Fans in India Can Level Up Their Memberships Today With Ad-Free Access to Digital Manga, Including Titles Tied to Hit Anime Series, Through the New Ultimate Fan Membership
During closing remarks at Crunchyroll’s inaugural Crunchyroll Anime Future Forum in New York City, Crunchyroll President Rahul Purini announced that Crunchyroll Manga is now available in select English-speaking international markets, including India, bringing hundreds of manga titles from leading publishers to more fans around the world.
The expansion gives fans a single destination where they can read and discover manga from top publishers and seamlessly stream the corresponding anime adaptations on Crunchyroll.
Crunchyroll Manga launches in India through the new Ultimate Fan membership tier, priced at INR 299 per month or INR 999 annually.
More than 250 localized English titles from J-Novel Club, Square Enix, and Yen Press are now available on Crunchyroll Manga across iOS, Android, and web in India. The initial library includes popular series such as The Apothecary Diaries, My Dress-Up Darling, Bocchi the Rock!, Bungo Stray Dogs, Delicious in Dungeon, Lycoris Recoil, Sasaki and Miyano, Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill, Konosuba: God’s Blessing on This Wonderful World!, and many more. Additional titles and publishers will follow, including highly anticipated action titles from VIZ Media.
Crunchyroll Manga delivers unlimited, ad-free reading on mobile, tablet, and web, with support for offline reading, full two-page spreads, personalized reading lists, curated recommendations, and seamless switching between manga and its anime adaptation on the Crunchyroll platform. In India, the service is included with the new Ultimate Fan membership, which also provides access to Crunchyroll’s full anime streaming library and allows viewing on up to six devices. The platform is powered by Link-U Group, one of Japan’s leading digital manga service developers. Crunchyroll recently announced a minority investment in Link-U Group.
“For years, fans have asked us to bring manga closer to their Crunchyroll experience, and we are excited to make that a reality for more fans around the world. Anime and manga are deeply connected, and bringing them together gives fans more ways to discover the stories, characters, and worlds they love,” said Asa Suehira, Chief Content Officer, Crunchyroll. “Expanding into new territories and languages is an important step toward making Crunchyroll an even more complete home for anime fans everywhere.”
The launch builds on an already strong manga culture among Indian anime fans. India ranks among the leading markets globally for digital manga engagement, with 81% of Indian anime fans reading digital manga at least monthly and more than half (56%) engaging with it weekly. This strong connection between anime and manga is reflected globally as well: 69% of anime viewers surveyed across 11 markets read digital manga monthly or more, while Crunchyroll users are 1.4 times more likely than non-users to read digital manga weekly.
Since its debut in the U.S. and Canada in October 2025, Crunchyroll Manga has grown its library to more than 450 titles from premier publishing partners, including AlphaPolis, COMPASS, J-Novel Club, Kodansha, MobileBook.jp, Shueisha, Square Enix, Titan Manga, VIZ Media, Yen Press, and others.With Crunchyroll Manga now live in India, fans can immediately upgrade to the Ultimate Fan membership and start reading.
