{"id":508516,"date":"2025-11-18T02:29:47","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T02:29:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/crunchyroll-is-now-available-on-switch\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T02:29:47","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T02:29:47","slug":"crunchyroll-is-now-available-on-switch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/crunchyroll-is-now-available-on-switch\/","title":{"rendered":"Crunchyroll Is Now Available On Switch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/crunchyroll-is-now-available-on-switch.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" alt=\"\" typeof=\"Image\" class=\"image-style-body-default\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>Anime streaming app Crunchyroll has launched on Switch today.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s\u00a0noteworthy for two reasons. One, it adds another streaming service to Switch, a platform with minimal options for watching TV and movies. Switch owners still only have Hulu, YouTube, Funimation, and Pok\u00e9mon TV to turn to. There\u2019s also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/2021\/11\/11\/twitch-comes-to-switch\">Twitch<\/a> if you prefer watching streamers. Two, it comes after Sony\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/2020\/12\/10\/sony-confirms-crunchyroll-acquisition-for-1175-billion-0\">billion-dollar acquisition<\/a>\u00a0of the service in December 2020, showing that the company has no intention to prevent Crunchyroll from further spreading its wings to other platforms.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Crunchyroll on Switch, which is powered by Unreal Engine, is the\u00a0first video app on the console\u00a0to offer offline viewing. That means you won\u2019t need an internet connection to catch up on <em>Demon Slayer<\/em> should you decide to fire up the app at the park or on a car ride. Crunchyroll is a subscription service boasting one of the largest anime libraries, even letting fans stream shows the same day they premiere in Japan.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While a nice addition, the Switch still lacks streaming heavyweights like Netflix, Disney+, HBO Max, and others which has been frustrating for owners who want to take advantage of its portability to watch their favorite shows anywhere. If you\u2019re not into anime, that leaves Hulu as the only real option. Hopefully, that changes, but given that the Switch has gone five years without even Netflix, it&#8217;s probably best not to get your hopes up.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/2022\/02\/17\/crunchyroll-is-now-available-on-switch\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anime streaming app Crunchyroll has launched on Switch today.\u00a0 That&#8217;s\u00a0noteworthy for two reasons. One, it adds another streaming service to Switch, a platform with minimal options for watching TV and movies. Switch owners still only have Hulu, YouTube, Funimation, and Pok\u00e9mon TV to turn to. There\u2019s also Twitch if you prefer watching streamers. Two, it comes after Sony\u2019s billion-dollar acquisition\u00a0of the service in December 2020, showing that the company has no intention to prevent Crunchyroll from further spreading its wings to other platforms.\u00a0 Crunchyroll on Switch, which is powered by Unreal Engine, is the\u00a0first video app on the console\u00a0to offer offline viewing. That means you won\u2019t need an internet connection to catch up on Demon Slayer should you decide to fire up the app at&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/crunchyroll-is-now-available-on-switch\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":508517,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-508516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-informer"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Crunchyroll Is Now Available On Switch | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Anime streaming app Crunchyroll has launched on Switch today.\u00a0 That&#039;s\u00a0noteworthy for two reasons. 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