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{{Company Infobox
|title       = Crunchyroll
|image       = [[File:Crunchyroll Logo.png|{{ImageSize}}]]
|imagebg     = white
|ja_kanji    = クランチロール
|ja_romaji   = Kuranchirōru
|foundation  = May 15, 2006
|industry    = {{W|Anime}}
|location    = {{W|San Francisco}}<br>{{W|California}}
|keypeople   = Kun Gao<ref>https://www.forbes.com/2009/08/04/online-anime-video-technology-e-gang-09-japan.html?sh=20bd7173576a</ref>{{S|co-founder}}
|affiliate   = 
|site        = [https://www.crunchyroll.com/jojos-bizarre-adventure www.crunchyroll.com]
}}
'''Crunchyroll''', headquartered {{W|San Francisco}}, {{W|California}}, is an American media distribution company that primarily focuses on streaming Japanese anime and manga. It was founded in 2006 by Kun Gao and a group of {{W|University of California, Berkeley}} graduates.

The site currently streams officially subtitled versions of the first 4 seasons of ''[[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: The Animation]]'': [[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (Season)|''Phantom Blood'' and ''Battle Tendency'']], ''[[Stardust Crusaders (Anime)|Stardust Crusaders]]'', ''[[Diamond is Unbreakable (Anime)|Diamond is Unbreakable]]'' and ''[[Golden Wind (Anime)|Golden Wind]]''.
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==Summary==
In April 2014, Crunchyroll began airing the [[Stardust Crusaders (Anime)|second season]] of the ''[[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure]]'' TV anime, ''[[Stardust Crusaders]]'', along with releasing the [[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (Season)|first season]], ''[[Phantom Blood]]'' and ''[[Battle Tendency]]''. In summer of 2014, an English dub of the first three episodes to Stardust Crusaders was produced. It was available for a very brief period of time, and maintained the cast it would later have three years later.<ref>https://www.crunchyroll.com/jojos-bizarre-adventure</ref>

{{Table
|align=center
|c1=Seasons
|c2=Start date
|c3=End date
|r1=''[[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (Season)|JoJo's Bizarre Adventure]]''
|r1c2=Apr 4, 2014
|r1c3=Apr 11, 2014
|r2=''[[Home Video Releases#JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Re-Edited|JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Re-Edited]]''
|r2c2=May 30, 2014
|r2c3=N/A
|r3=''[[Stardust Crusaders (Anime)|JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders]]''
|r3c2=Apr 4, 2014
|r3c3=Sep 12, 2014
|r4=''[[Stardust Crusaders (Anime)|JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders - Battle in Egypt]]''
|r4c2=Jan 9, 2015
|r4c3=Jun 19, 2015
|r5=''[[Diamond is Unbreakable (Anime)|JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable]]''
|r5c2=Apr 1, 2016
|r5c3=Dec 23, 2016
|r6=''[[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind]]''
|r6c2=Oct 5, 2018
|r6c3=Jul 28, 2019
}}

==Crunchyroll Anime Awards==
Crunchyroll held their first Anime Awards event on January 28, 2017. The nominees for the 2023 awards were announced on January 19, 2023, and the winners were revealed on March 4, 2023.<ref>[https://jojo-news.com/2023/01/19/stone-ocean-nominated-for-several-crunchyroll-2023-anime-awards-categories/ Stone Ocean Nominated For Several Crunchyroll 2023 Anime Awards Categories]</ref>
===Most Popular "Other"===
*Hero of the Year: [[Josuke Higashikata]] (2017)<br />{{S|'''Winner:''' Izuku Midoriya - {{W|My Hero Academia}}}}
*Best Boy: [[Josuke Higashikata]] (2017)<br />{{S|'''Winner:''' Yuri Katsuki - {{W|Yuri on Ice}}}}
*Best Action: ''[[Diamond is Unbreakable]]'' (2017)<br />{{S|'''Winner:''' {{W|Mob Psycho 100}}}}

===Nominees===
*Villain of the Year: [[Yoshikage Kira]] (2017)<br />{{S|'''Winner:''' Gaku Yashiro - {{W|Erased (manga)|Erased}}}}
*Best Opening Sequence: "[[Fighting Gold]]" by [[Coda]] (2019)<br />{{S|'''Winner:''' "Kiss of Death" by Mika Nakashima x Hyde - {{W|Darling in the Franxx}}}}
*Best Boy: [[Bruno Bucciarati]] (2020)<br />{{S|'''Winner:''' Tanjiro Kamado - {{W|Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba}}}}
*Best Score: [[Yugo Kanno]] (''[[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind]]'') (2020)<br />{{S|'''Winner:''' Mocky - {{W|Carole & Tuesday}}}}
*Best Fight Scene: [[King Crimson vs. Metallica (Story Arc)|King Crimson vs. Metallica]] (2020)<br />{{S|'''Winner:''' Tanjiro & Nezuko vs. Rui - {{W|Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba}}}}
*Best VA Performance (German): [[Marios Gavrilis]] (As [[Dio Brando]]) - ''[[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (Season)|Phantom Blood]]'' (2022)<br />{{S|'''Winner:''' René Dawn-Claude (As Satoru Gojo) - {{W|Jujutsu Kaisen}}}}

===2023 Nominees===
*Best Character Design: ''[[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean]]'' (2023)<br />{{S|'''Winner:''' Akira Matsushima - Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc}}
*Best Continuing Series: ''[[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean]]'' (2023)<br />{{S|'''Winner:''' One Piece}}
*Best Action: ''[[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean]]'' (2023)<br />{{S|'''Winner:''' Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc}}
*Best VA Performance (Japanese): [[Fairouz Ai]] (As [[Jolyne Cujoh]]) (2023)<br />{{S|'''Winner:''' Yuki Kaji (as Eren Jaeger) - Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2}}
*Best VA Performance (French): Laure Filiu (As [[Jolyne Cujoh]]) (2023)<br />{{S|'''Winner:''' Brigitte Lecordier (as Bojji) - Ranking of Kings}}
*Best VA Performance (Spanish): Lourdes Fabrés (As [[Jolyne Cujoh]]) (2023)<br />{{S|'''Winner:''' Jaime Pérez de Sevilla (as Yuta Okkotsu) - Jujutsu Kaisen 0}}
*Best VA Performance (German): [[Uwe Thomsen]] (As [[Jotaro Kujo]]) - ''[[Diamond is Unbreakable (Anime)|Diamond is Unbreakable]]'' (2023)<br />{{S|'''Winner:''' Nicolás Artajo (as Yuta Okkotsu) - Jujutsu Kaisen 0}}

===Winners===
*Best Character Design: ''[[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind]]'' (2019)
*Best VA Performance (Japanese): [[Yuichi Nakamura]] (As [[Bruno Bucciarati]]) (2020)

==Interviews==
{{Interview|Crunchyroll (August 2019)}}
{{Interview|Crunchyroll (June 2020)}}

==Censorship==
{{Main|Name Variants}}
Crunchyroll lightly censors the episodes of the anime, and mainly changes the subtitles and episode titles. This is done to hide several names that in the original version are references to music bands, albums and songs. Most of them are carried over from the games ''[[All-Star Battle]]'' and ''[[Eyes of Heaven]]'' (e.g. [[Gold Experience]] to ''Golden Wind'' or [[Crazy Diamond]] to ''Shining Diamond''), though there are some instances where Crunchyroll will either create new names (e.g. [[Black Sabbath]] to ''Shadow Sabbath''), or not use censors at all (e.g. [[Jean Pierre Polnareff]]'s name being unchanged). The voices in Japanese are not altered. Legally troubling names written out on-screen are sometimes re-typed or completely removed.

Aside from season one, which was added to the service after the blu-rays for it were already fully released, Crunchyroll will generally use the censored TV versions of the episodes due to its simulcast with Japan. As a result, many of the gory shots in the series, as well as specific details such as Jotaro's underage smoking, are darkened. Certain seizure-inducing scenes such as Stand barrages are also blurred.

===''[[Stardust Crusaders (Anime)|Stardust Crusaders]]''===
The "Oingo Boingo" part of the title seen on [[Tohth]] is censored and removed entirely; however, there are some scenes where it is left unchanged.
{{Table
|align=center
|c1=Japanese Broadcast
|c2=Crunchyroll Simulcast
|r1=[[File:Tohth stats.png|280px]]
|r1c2=[[File:Brothers Adventure.png|280px]]
}}

===''[[Golden Wind (Anime)|Golden Wind]]''===
{{Table
|align=center
|c1=Japanese Broadcast
|c2=Crunchyroll Simulcast
|r1=[[File:OriginalBIG.jpg|280px]]
|r1c2=[[File:Notorius Chase crunchyroll.png|280px]]
}}

==Merchandise==
===Shirts===
<gallery>
cr pb tshirt.png|Phantom Blood Dio Jonathan T-Shirt
cr pb tshirt2.png
cr battle tshirt.png|Joseph Wamuu Caesar T-Shirt
cr dio tshirt.png|Dio Hidden Face T-Shirt
cr sd tshirt.png|Stardust Crusaders Panels T-Shirt
cr diu tshirt.png|Diamond is Unbreakable T-Shirt
cr josuke tshirt.png|Josuke Crouch T-Shirt
cr giorno tshirt.png|Metal Lightning T-Shirt
cr dead tshirt.png|Thankful Death T-Shirt
cr fugo tshirt.png|Pannacotta Fugo T-Shirt
cr fugo tshirt2.png
cr bruno tshirt.png|Bruno Bucciarati T-Shirt
cr bruno tshirt2.png
cr giorno long sleeve.png|Giorno Giovanna Long Sleeve
cr giorno long sleeve2.png
cr gw long sleeve.png|Trio Ice Cream Long Sleeve
cr gw long sleeve2.png
cr jotaro long sleeve.png|Jotaro Stone Ocean Long Sleeve
cr diavolo crew.png|Golden Wind Diavolo Crew Sweatshirt
cr diavolo crew2.png
cr mista hoodie.png|Golden Wind Guido Mista Hoodie
cr mista hoodie2.png
cr sweater.png|Giorno Giovanna Holiday Sweater
</gallery>

===Miscellaneous===
<gallery>
cr jotaro throw.png|Jotaro Kujo Throw Blanket
cr giorno throw.png|Giovanna Throw Blanket
cr zipper throw.png|Zipperman Throw Blanket
cr gw backpack.jpg|Character Backpack
</gallery>

==See also==
*[[Toonami]]
*[[Netflix]]

==References==
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