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Looking at 308 reviews, most reviewers were let down by their experience overall. Many customers found the platform frustrating due to numerous UI and player issues, often describing the website as slow, laggy, and riddled with bugs. Reviewers frequently noted a terrible selection of anime, with many desired shows unavailable, incomplete seasons, or episodes missing titles. Content quality was also a concern, with issues like missing English dubs, desynchronized subtitles, or delayed episode releases. People expressed dissatisfaction, feeling the company prioritizes addressing alternatives over improving its own service. Customers also reported problems with their subscriptions, including the removal of free tiers and accounts incorrectly showing as free despite paid memberships.

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I absolutely hate how utterly poor their customer service is. It's been complaining about two issue for about three years now, and nothing what so ever has been done, and they're pretty easy fixes.... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

literally shutting down other sites when they cant even provide the selection the users want. meaning that they are not losing out on money or anything, AS THEY DONT EVEN STREAM THE SERIES.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Terrible selection of anime. And they attack sites that offer better selections just for being free. Their dubs are also infamous for having political agendas sown into them. Their own shows are awfu... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Crunchyroll is one of the most frustrating anime streaming platforms I’ve used. Many shows are missing English dubs, even when other languages like French or German are available, and sometimes... See more


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  1. Movie Streaming Service
  2. Movie Rental Store

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Crunchyroll.com is a free legal online video site that offers popular anime including Naruto, Skip Beat, and Shugo Chara. Start watching now. No registration or downloads required.


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TrustScore 1.5 out of 5

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Totally shit

Totally shit, I used some pirate sites better than this those sites give ads but just a few ones in 2 to 3 episodes one only one 30 second ad and they have full library of all anime from every platform, never gonna buy membership again

4 May 2026
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Garbage

Garbage. Used to be better when they were pirates too. Now they wanna make overpriced subscriptions and they think they're all high and mighty and taking down other sites now that they're up there. Taking the only option for the poor. Their greed is disgusting. Traitors

3 May 2026
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Payment Check, Subscription Cross , Twice

I tried to get crunchyroll subscription, I set up the autopay but was not redirected anywhere, payment was verified. So I thought it might be some bug, I will try again. I tried it again, and still the same thing. There's a very small fee that they take initially, I gave that twice but did not get premium, that's a serious bug because what if somebody would subscribe for 1 year straight, his money is gone then. What a trash for a website. So many bugs and faulty system. This could be the result of AI generated code. Unreliable and trashy website. Stay away, use animepahe

2 May 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

No Working Support, System flaws, Data Leak kept secret.

Crunchyroll is a HUGE security risk.
Email system flawed.
No live support for a week.
Not even feedback on tickets.
AI Assistent stupid AF.
Admits to Data leak after some time, claiming only non-essential data was retrieved.
Users are NOT AT ALL informed.
Bad way to recieve legally required DSGVO-Data-overview.

30 April 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

poor anime library, awful service

This site has very few older anime and, does not contain a great variety. Considering that this is an official anime publishing site it is very disappointing. I requested to withdraw my membership about 2 years ago and, it was more complicated than it should have been, plus they took days to respond to any of my service messages. I was not surprised when i found out this used to be a pirate site.

20 October 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Charged my account and then treated is as Free

They logged me out of all devices, some kind of TOS agreement. When I logged back in, it showed my account membership as "Free" when I've had the "Fan" subscription for months. Contacted support and even provided proof the debit transaction and they just basically shrugged their shoulders and say they couldn't find my account.

Absolute grifting. I resubscribed (with the same card info) so now I'll probably get double charged and I doubt their support will help with that either. Terrible experience.

26 April 2026
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I deal with tons of customer services…

I deal with tons of customer services but this is the worst they charged me 2 times for nothing and they ask almost every info screenshots and say it will get refunded now but it did not. And i said i cant pay the premium thats the main problem because of that those thing happen and guess what they say try mobile and close the chat to my face. And when i tried to recontact they denied. And now after hours now they are still did not fixed anything. I hope they took this comments in these page and fix themselves

24 April 2026
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I like to watch anime on my firetv

I like to watch anime on my firetv. Crunchyroll has an Amazon sub i can watch through but not a single ducking anime has subs properly done all the way through. Usually halfway through the series, the subtitles severely desync from the audio, if not missing the subs completely.

I think even if 10% of shows were like this, it would be bad, but its about 95%.

21 April 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Disappointed

They mistranslate what's being said in the anime. I don't know if it's to suit their narrative or what but I won't support that.

22 April 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

the site has shows i like but does not…

the site has shows i like but does not provide dubbed versions or at least only gives one season dubbed then rest only subbed. also has a very limited list of shows compared to how many anime shows and movies there is out there leaving many shows unviewable. would rate it higher if not for the limited amount of shows and some being half dubbed.

21 April 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Thieves

I've been trying to cancel my subscription for nearly 2 years.

They've only just added an easy way. Even then it has to be done through a browser. And not totally simple.

Before there were so many stages to go through. Eventually ending with some ridiculous email system.

This was intentional. Clearly to keep taking money from people

They should be ashamed of themselves.

21 April 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Disappointed

As a loyal Crunchyroll customer for years I was saddened by the recent price hike from 79.99 to 99.99. However I agreed to pay this new amount. However I was billed 110. When I logged into my account it says I was billed 99.99 but my bank was charged 110. I reached out to customer service and was told the rate went up to 99.99, I said yes im aware so why was I charged 110. I have not received any response. The user agreement says 99.99 so why did Crunchyroll violate this agreement and charged me an amount with informing the customer.

17 April 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 3 out of 5 stars

"It’s a mediocre anime streaming app

"It’s a mediocre anime streaming app. While it has a great collection and good video quality, the app and site don’t always work properly, which can be annoying. Overall, it’s an okay app."

17 April 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

the ios app is not optimised at all

the ios app is not optimised at all, streaming and downloading with a 100mb speed is very slow, plus when i tried to speak with the chat support all i got was one AI chat bot after another with human name. they don’t have any human chat support agents and was getting the generic answers again and agin for the problem. honestly, not worth it. pirated websites are alot optimised then this crap. will never recommend to anyone i know

8 April 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Crunchyroll Fails Its Users

Crunchyroll is one of the most frustrating anime streaming platforms I’ve used. Many shows are missing English dubs, even when other languages like French or German are available, and sometimes only parts of a series are dubbed.

The platform also has incomplete shows, with only one season available while the rest are missing. Episodes can be delayed or not released on time, often without any explanation.

Subtitles are unreliable, sometimes missing or in the wrong language, and the app itself has issues like buffering, crashes, and audio problems. On top of that, region locking means content varies depending on where you live.

Overall, Crunchyroll feels inconsistent and unreliable, making it hard to recommend despite being such a major anime platform.

8 April 2026
Unprompted review

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