Crunchyroll has announced that, starting later this month, most of the series will be locked behind a Crunchyroll Premium subscription. The Sony-owned anime streaming giant says t

Crunchyroll will soon require a paid subscription to watch past episode 206. Sony paid over $1 billion for the streamer in 2021.

Crunchyroll has announced that hundreds of One Piece episodes are leaving the free ad-supported tier. The anime streaming platform made the announcement in early December, confirming that by the end of the month,

Crunchyroll announced on Monday that it will soon require a Premium Membership for users to view the majority of episodes for the One Piece anime. The shift to subscription-only will occur in three phases.

Crunchyroll is gearing up to move hundreds of One Piece episodes from its free, ad-supported tier to its paid premium tier, IGN can exclusively reveal — but it won't happen all at once, and it also won't be every episode.