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Initial D, Cells at Work, Fairy Tail, A Silent Voice, and More Kodansha Titles Join Crunchyroll Manga

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A new wave of Kodansha USA Publishing titles are joining the Crunchyroll Manga library on June 8, including A Silent Voice, Initial D, Cells At Work!, Princess Jellyfish, FAIRY TAIL, Land Of The Lustrous, EDENS ZERO, and more.

This next drop of Kodansha manga continues to build on the premium stories available that connect Crunchyroll and Crunchyroll Manga with a seamless experience, allowing members to toggle from the pages of the manga to anime with ease in a unified platform where discovery, storytelling, and fandom connect.

Kodansha builds on Crunchyroll Manga’s growing roster of premier publishing partners, including AlphaPolis, COMPASS, MobileBook.jp, Shueisha, Square Enix, Titan Manga, VIZ Media, and Yen Press. Together, they reinforce Crunchyroll Manga as a single, seamless destination to fall in love with manga.

See the complete list of titles from Kodansha coming to Crunchyroll Manga on June 8:

  • A Silent Voice
  • Ace of the Diamond
  • Air Gear Omnibus
  • Ajin: Demi-Human
  • Alive
  • Battle Angel Alita: Last Order Omnibus
  • Cells at Work!
  • EDENS ZERO
  • FAIRY TAIL
  • Girlfriend, Girlfriend
  • Gleipnir
  • Initial D
  • Inuyashiki
  • Knights of Sidonia
  • Land of the Lustrous
  • My Little Monster
  • Noragami: Stray God
  • Princess Jellyfish
  • Rave Master
  • Shaman King
  • Shikimori’s Not Just a Cutie
  • The Drops of God
  • The Wallflower
  • Witchcraft Works

Featured titles from Kodansha:

A Silent Voice (created by Yoshitoki Oima) – Years ago, Shoya Ishida led his peers in tormenting a hearing-impaired classmate, Shoko Nishimiya. When she transfers schools, Shoya finds he has gone from bully to bullied, and is left completely alone. Now Shoya struggles to redeem himself in Shoko’s eyes and to face the classmates who turned on him. 

Initial D (created by Shuichi Shigeno) – Tak Fujiwara spends a lot of time behind the wheel. His tofu delivery job sends him racing down the treacherous roads of Mount Akina, and without even realizing it, Tak has mastered racing techniques that take most drivers a lifetime to learn. Of course, none of his friends realize this. They’re all too busy watching the Akina Speed Stars, the local street racing team. When the legendary Red Suns show up to challenge the Speed Stars, it looks as if the Trueno Eight Six that has been seen racing through the mountain roads. The question remains…who’s the driver of this phantom car?

Cells at Work! (created by Akane Shimizu) – Strep throat! Hay fever! Influenza! The world is a dangerous place for a red blood cell just trying to get her deliveries finished. Fortunately, she’s not alone…she’s got a whole human body’s worth of cells ready to help out! The mysterious white blood cell, the buff and brash killer T cell, the nerdy neuron, even the cute little platelets—everyone’s got to come together if they want to keep you healthy!

Princess Jellyfish (created by Akiko Higashimura) – Tsukimi Kurashita has a strange fascination with jellyfish. She’s loved them from a young age and has carried that love with her to her new life in the big city of Tokyo. There, she resides in Amamizukan, a safe-haven for girl geeks who regularly gush over a range of things from trains to Japanese dolls. However, a chance meeting at a pet shop has Tsukimi crossing paths with one of the things that the residents of Amamizukan have been desperately trying to avoid—a beautiful and fashionable woman! But there’s much more to this woman than her trendy clothes! This odd encounter is only the beginning of a new and unexpected path for Tsukimi and her friends.

The Seven Deadly Sins (created by Nakaba Suzuki) – When they were accused of trying to overthrow the monarchy, the feared warriors the Seven Deadly Sins were sent into exile. Princess Elizabeth discovers the truth—the Sins were framed by the king’s guard, the Holy Knights—too late to prevent them from assassinating her father and seizing the throne! Now the princess is on the run, seeking the Sins to help her reclaim the kingdom. But the first Sin she meets, Meliodas, is a little innkeeper with a talking pig. He doesn’t even have a real sword! Have the legends of the Sins’ strength been exaggerated…? Prepare to get swept away by an epic fantasy story and colorful cast of characters that will rewrite the history of manga as we know it!

FAIRY TAIL (created by Hiro Mashima) – Cute girl wizard Lucy wants to join the Fairy Tail, a club for the most powerful wizards. But instead her ambitions land her in the clutches of a gang of unsavory pirates led by a devious magician. Her only hope is Natsu, a strange boy she happens to meet on her travels. Natsu’s not your typical hero—he gets motion sickness, eats like a pig, and his best friend is a talking cat. With friends like this, is Lucy better off with her enemies?

EDENS ZERO (created by Hiro Mashima) – It’s here! The creator of Fairy Tail, manga superstar Hiro Mashima, is back with a high-flying space adventure! All the steadfast friendship, crazy fighting, and blue cats you’ve come to expect…in space! A young boy gazes up at the sky and sees a streaming bolt of light. The friendly, armor-clad being at his side tells him gently, “That’s a dragon.” The fact that he’s joking isn’t important. What’s important is the look of wonder on the boy’s face…and the galaxy-spanning adventure that’s about to take place! Join Hiro Mashima (Fairy Tail, Rave Master) once more as he takes to the stars for another thrilling saga!

Land of the Lustrous (created by Haruko Ichikawa) – Land of the Lustrous is set in a far future Earth, where humanity’s distant descendants live on in a small group of sexless crystalline beings who must fight off an invasion from the Moon. In a world inhabited by crystalline lifeforms called The Lustrous, every unique gem must fight for their way of life against the threat of lunarians who would turn them into decorations. Phosphophyllite, the most fragile and brittle of gems, longs to join the battle. When Phos is instead assigned to complete a natural history of their world, it sounds like a dull and pointless task. But this new job brings Phos into contact with Cinnabar, a gem forced to live in isolation. Can Phos’s seemingly mundane assignment lead both Phos and Cinnabar to the fulfillment they desire?

Crunchyroll Adds Kodansha Titles to the Crunchyroll Manga Library

Crunchyroll is turning a new page in collaboration with Kodansha USA Publishing by bringing some of the most iconic manga franchises to Crunchyroll Manga. This marks a major step in Crunchyroll’s commitment to anime fans around the world as the ultimate destination for anime and manga fandom.

Starting on May 18, the Kodansha titles joining the Crunchyroll Manga catalog will include Attack on Titan, Fire Force, Tokyo Revengers, Your Lie in April, The Seven Deadly Sins, BAKEMONOGATARI, Chihayafuru, with more Kodansha titles to follow. These landmark series, many of which have defined anime, demonstrate Crunchyroll’s growing investment in premium entertainment.

Crunchyroll and Crunchyroll Manga reflect a seamless experience where fans can toggle from page to series with ease in a unified platform where discovery, storytelling, and fandom connect. Kodansha builds on Crunchyroll Manga’s growing roster of premier publishing partners, including AlphaPolis, COMPASS, MobileBook.jp, Shueisha, Square Enix, Titan Manga, VIZ Media, and Yen Press. Together, they reinforce Crunchyroll Manga as a single, seamless destination to fall in love with manga.

See the complete list of titles from Kodansha coming to Crunchyroll Manga on May 18:

  • Attack on Titan
  • Attack on Titan: Before the Fall 
  • BAKEMONOGATARI
  • Beck
  • Chihayafuru
  • DAYS
  • Domestic Girlfriend
  • Don’t Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro
  • Fire Force
  • Kiss Him, Not Me
  • My Boss’s Kitten
  • Nodame Cantabile
  • Parasyte
  • Peach Girl
  • Say I Love You.
  • School Rumble
  • The Fable
  • The Seven Deadly Sins
  • Tokyo Revengers
  • Tsuredure Children
  • Vampire Dormitory
  • Watari-kun’s ****** Is About to Collapse
  • Your Lie in April

Featured titles from Kodansha:

Attack on Titan (created by Hajime Isayama) – A century ago, the grotesque giants known as Titans appeared and consumed all but a few thousand humans. The survivors took refuge behind giant walls. Today, the threat of the Titans is a distant memory, and a boy named Eren yearns to explore the world beyond Wall Maria. But what began as a childish dream will become an all-too-real nightmare when the Titans return and humanity is once again on the brink of extinction…

Fire Force (created by Atsushi Ohkubo) – The city of Tokyo is plagued by a deadly phenomenon: spontaneous human combustion! Luckily, a special team is there to quench the inferno: The Fire Force! The fire soldiers at Special Fire Cathedral 8 are about to get a unique addition. Enter Shinra, a boy who possesses the power to run at the speed of a rocket, leaving behind the famous “devil’s footprints” (and destroying his shoes in the process). Can Shinra and his colleagues discover the source of this strange epidemic before the city burns to ashes?

Tokyo Revengers (created by Ken Wakui) – Watching the news, Takemichi Hanagaki learns that his girlfriend from way back in middle school, Hinata Tachibana, has died. The only girlfriend he ever had was just killed by a villainous group known as the Tokyo Manji Gang. He lives in a crappy apartment with thin walls, and his six-years-younger boss treats him like an idiot. Plus, he’s a complete and total virgin… At the height of his rock-bottom life, he suddenly time-leaps 12 years back to his middle school days!! To save Hinata, and change the life he spent running away, hopeless part-timer Takemichi must aim for the top of Kanto’s most sinister delinquent gang!!

Parasyte (created by Hitoshi Iwaaki) – They arrive in silence and darkness. They descend from the skies. They have a hunger for human flesh. They are everywhere. They are parasites, alien creatures who must invade—and take control of—a human host to survive. And once they have infected their victims, they can assume any deadly form they choose: monsters with giant teeth, winged demons, creatures with blades for hands. But most have chosen to conceal their lethal purpose behind ordinary human faces. So no one knows their secret—except an ordinary high school student. Shin is battling for control of his own body against an alien parasite, but can he find a way to warn humanity of the horrors to come?

The Seven Deadly Sins (created by Nakaba Suzuki) – When they were accused of trying to overthrow the monarchy, the feared warriors the Seven Deadly Sins were sent into exile. Princess Elizabeth discovers the truth—the Sins were framed by the king’s guard, the Holy Knights—too late to prevent them from assassinating her father and seizing the throne! Now the princess is on the run, seeking the Sins to help her reclaim the kingdom. But the first Sin she meets, Meliodas, is a little innkeeper with a talking pig. He doesn’t even have a real sword! Have the legends of the Sins’ strength been exaggerated…? Prepare to get swept away by an epic fantasy story and colorful cast of characters that will rewrite the history of manga as we know it!

Your Lie in April (created by Naoshi Arakawa) – Kosei Arima was a piano prodigy until his cruel taskmaster of a mother died suddenly, changing his life forever. Driven by his pain to abandon piano, Kosei now lives in a monotonous, colorless world. Having resigned himself to a bland life, he is surprised when he meets Kaori Miyazono, a violinist with an unorthodox style. Can she bring Kosei back to music, and back to life?

BAKEMONOGATARI (written by NISIOISIN and illustrated Oh!Great) – One day, high-school student Koyomi Araragi catches a girl named Hitagi Senjougahara when she trips. But-much to his surprise-she doesn’t weigh anything. At all. She says an encounter with a so-called “crab” took away all her weight… Monsters have been here since the beginning. Always. Everywhere.

Don’t Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro (created by Nanashi) – Nagatoro is a freshman in high school who loves teasing and torturing her older male classmate! What’s her motivation and why does Senpai put up with her? Does Nagatoro just want to create misery for Senpai? Or maybe she secretly likes him?

Chihayafuru (created by Yuki Suetsugu) – Chihaya is a girl in the sixth grade, still not old enough to even know the meaning of the word zeal. But one day, she meets Arata, a transfer student from rural Fukui prefecture. Though docile and quiet, he has an unexpected skill: his ability to play competitive karuta, a traditional Japanese card game. Chihaya is struck by his obsession with the game, along with his ability to pick out the right card and swipe it away before any of his opponents. However, Arata is transfixed by her as well, all because of her unbelievable natural talent for the game.

Additionally, a new title from Shueisha, Dricam!!, created by You Chiba, will also be added to Crunchyroll Manga on May 18. 

Paru Itagaki’s Sanda Comes to Crunchyroll Manga

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Santa Claus is coming to town as Sanda is now available to read on Crunchyroll Manga starting today. Also, Crunchyroll Manga has also added a new lineup of titles from J-Novel Club and COMPASS, including The Brilliant Healer’s New Life in the ShadowsStuck in a Time Loop: When All Else Fails, Be a VillainessDragon Daddy Diaries: A Girl Grows to GreatnessThe Invincible Summoner Who Crawled Up from Level 1, and more.

See the complete list of new titles now available to read on Crunchyroll Manga below:

  • A Pale Moon Reverie
  • A Royal Rebound: Forget My Ex-Fiancé, I’m Being Pampered by the Prince!
  • Accidentally in Love: The Witch, the Knight, and the Love Potion Slipup
  • Belladonna’s Remedial Poison
  • The Brilliant Healer’s New Life in the Shadows
  • Do Women Need Sex Entertainment?
  • Dragon Daddy Diaries: A Girl Grows to Greatness
  • Gamera – Rebirth – : Code Thyrsos
  • The Ghostly Darkness of Kanata
  • Gran Familia
  • I Only Have Six Months to Live, So I’m Gonna Break the Curse with Light Magic or Die Trying
  • The Invincible Summoner Who Crawled Up from Level 1
  • Isekai Metaller
  • Jeanette the Genius: Defying My Evil Stepmother by Starting a Business with My Ride-or-Die Fiancé!
  • The Magician Who Rose From Failure
  • The Raven Dark Hero
  • The Retired Demon of the Maxed-Out Village
  • Safe & Sound in the Arms of an Elite Knight
  • Saint Seiya: Dark Wing
  • Sanda
  • Stray
  • Stuck in a Time Loop: When All Else Fails, Be a Villainess
  • The Troubles of Miss Nicola the Exorcist

Existing titles on Crunchyroll Manga with new chapters now available this month:

  • Maiden of the Dragon: Falling for the Demon’s Lies

Crunchyroll adds Titan Books to its Digital Library

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Crunchyroll Manga has now partnered with Titan Books to bring subscribers even more titles to its growing manga library, including ATOM: The BeginningBurst AngelKamen Rider KuugaCorpse BladeSpeed Grapher, and more.

Titan Books joins other celebrated publishers, including AlphaPolis, COMPASS, Square Enix, VIZ Media, and Yen Press, with more to come in the future, making manga even more accessible than ever before all together in one ultimate service. 

See the complete list of Titan Books now available to read on Crunchyroll Manga below:

  • ATOM: The Beginning 
  • Burst Angel
  • Corpse Blade
  • Cosmic Censorship
  • Dopeman
  • Farewell, My Odin
  • Gamma Draconis
  • Hen Kai Pan
  • Kamen Rider Kuuga
  • My Name Is Zero
  • Outsiders
  • Ryuko
  • Shadows of Kyoto
  • Sherlock
  • Somali and the Forest Spirit
  • Speed Grapher
  • Sword of the Titans
  • The Elegant Courtly Life of the Tea Witch
  • The Godless World of Onee-Chan
  • The Great Yokai War: Guardians
  • The Poetry of Ran
  • Toxic Super Beasts
  • Villain Actor
  • Welcome to Ghost Mansion
  • Working for God in a Godless World
  • Yan

Launched on October 9, Crunchyroll Manga is a premium add-on service that lets fans dive into hundreds of comics created in Japan. The ad-free experience is available to read across iOS and Android apps, as well as on Crunchyroll.com/manga. 

NYCC 2025: Crunchyroll Manga Officially Launches

Crunchyroll, the ultimate lifestyle brand for all things anime, just evolved. Starting today, Crunchyroll subscribers in the U.S. and Canada can explore fan-favorite series or discover new gems with the all-new Crunchyroll Manga, a premium add-on service that lets fans dive into hundreds of comics created in Japan.

Rolling out across iOS and Android, and a web version following October 15, the ad-free experience will feature titles from leading publishers, including AlphaPolis, COMPASS, Square Enix, VIZ Media, and Yen Press, and more to be announced in the future, making manga even more accessible than ever before.

Select manga titles available at launch include: 

  • A Gatherer’s Adventure in Isekai *
  • The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten*
  • Apocalypse Bringer Mynoghra*
  • The Apothecary Diaries*
  • Beast Tamer*
  • Black Clover*
  • Bleach
  • Bungo Stray Dogs*
  • By the Grace of the Gods*
  • Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?!*
  • Daemons of the Shadow Realm 
  • Delicious in Dungeon
  • The Devil Is a Part-Timer!*
  • Do It Yourself!!*
  • Dr. STONE*
  • FAKE
  • From General to Bride: Marrying My Strongest Rival
  • Goodbye, Dragon Life*
  • The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn’t a Guy at All
  • Haikyu!!*
  • High School DxD*
  • How I Attended an All-Guy’s Mixer
  • I May Be a Guild Receptionist, but I’ll Solo Any Boss to Clock Out on Time*
  • The Ice Guy and His Cool Female Colleague*
  • I’ll Become a Villainess Who Goes Down in History*
  • Jujutsu Kaisen*
  • Kaiju No. 8*
  • Konosuba: God’s Blessing on This Wonderful World!*
  • Lycoris Recoil*
  • Maiden of the Dragon: Falling for the Demon’s Lies
  • Mieruko-chan Official Comic Anthology*
  • Mr. Villain’s Day Off*
  • My Awkward Senpai*
  • My Dress-Up Darling*
  • My Friend’s Little Sister Has It in for Me!*
  • My Happy Marriage
  • My Hero Academia*
  • Naruto*
  • New Saga*
  • One Piece*
  • Possibly the Greatest Alchemist of All Time*
  • The Princess of Blue Roses
  • Ragna Crimson
  • Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai*
  • Re:Monster*
  • Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon*
  • Rust-Eater Bisco*
  • Sasaki and Miyano*
  • Secrets of the Silent Witch*
  • She Loves to Cook, and She Loves to Eat
  • Spice and Wolf*
  • Spy x Family*
  • Sugar Apple Fairy Tale*
  • The Summer Hikaru Died
  • This Monster Wants to Eat Me*
  • Touring After the Apocalypse*
  • Tsukimichi -Moonlit Fantasy-*
  • The Unaware Atelier Meister*
  • Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop
  • …and many more!

Note: * = The anime adaptation is available on Crunchyroll

Crunchyroll Ultimate Fan subscribers ($15.99/month) can enjoy Crunchyroll Manga at no extra cost, along with anime-streaming on up to 6 devices, offline viewing and reading, access to Game Vault, 15% off select merch & subscriber exclusives, free shipping, early sale access & more.

Already a Fan or Mega Fan instead? Add Crunchyroll Manga starting at:

  • Crunchyroll Fan + Manga: $11.99 USD / $15.49 CAD (includes $4.00 USD / $5.50 CAD Manga add-on)
  • Crunchyroll Mega Fan + Manga: $15.49 USD / $17.49 CAD (includes $3.50 USD / $5.00 CAD Manga add-on)

All tiers unlock ad-free, unlimited reading across mobile, tablet, and web, with offline downloads, light/dark mode, two-page spreads, and personalized reading lists and recommendations.

Catch Crunchyroll Manga live on the floor at New York Comic Con, with demos and panels at Booth #1643 (Oct 9–12).

CES 2025: Crunchyroll to Launch a New Manga App This Year

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Japanese comics – or manga, the source material for many beloved anime series – will become even more accessible in North America as Crunchyroll has announced a new app, Crunchyroll Manga, for fans to enjoy digital manga as part of a new premium option for Crunchyroll members.

Crunchyroll President Rahul Purini announced that the new app would be coming to Crunchyroll later this year during Sony Group Corporation’s press conference at CES 2025 in Las Vegas. 

Home to the largest dedicated anime library, Crunchyroll will soon offer an all-new service, Crunchyroll Manga, making it easier than ever for fans to read brand-new and beloved titles from multiple top publishers all in one place.

Crunchyroll’s new app, Crunchyroll Manga, launches later this year as a standalone app on iOS and Android, debuting in the U.S. and Canada. Designed to complement Crunchyroll memberships, the app will be offered as a premium add-on, with web browser integration also planned for the future.

In the announcement, Purini noted that research shows that nearly 70% of anime fans read digital manga at least once a month.

Offering a vast array of stories across diverse genres, Crunchyroll Manga will feature both iconic titles and current fan favorites. Manga on Crunchyroll Manga will debut in English with the goal of increasing language options as the app expands similarly to Crunchyroll’s streaming service.