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Robin

@luckyhit.bsky.social

You don't hate Crunchyroll enough

LittleKuriboh @littlekuriboh.bsky.social · May 29

Here's voice actor David Wald sharing how at the height of lockdown during a pandemic, Crunchyroll banned remote recording in an effort to union bust and also made it nearly impossible for him to work due to refusing to offer medical accommodations in studio.

David Wald tweets:

Lots of talk about the death of remote recording lately so here’s my 2 cents. I worked for a big dubbing co (IYKYK) for almost 20 years. At the height of lockdown, that co banned remote recording. If you couldn’t come into their studio, you were not cast in new projects. (1/8)

I’ve had type 1 diabetes since age 9. That’s an auto-immune disease. This makes me very vulnerable to all kinds of illnesses. A recording booth is an enclosed space full of someone else’s fresh spit with zero ventilation. (2/8)

So when there’s a new, not yet understood respiratory disease floating around as there was back then, any doctor will tell you to avoid exposure as much as possible, as mine did. So I stayed home. (3/8)

Over the course of the following 2 years, I wrote 20 or so emails to the HR dept and the producers at that co, BEGGING for a medical accommodation. I did not receive a single reply. Then they removed me from the audition list. (4/8)

After 2 years, broke and desperate, I had no choice but to return to in-person recording. Shortly after, I got the Dreaded Illness and had to stay home. They tried to bully me into coming in while I was still sick. (5/8)

It should be noted that my roommate at the time also had The Illness and was bullied into coming in anyway. Someone they KNEW was sick, and forced to come to the studio, as they tried to do with me. (6/8)

It should also be noted that when you walk into this studio, the booth schedule is on monitors all over the place, and there were remote sessions all over it every time I went in. Yet, AFAIK, not a single person ever received a medical accommodation. (7/8)

So what’s the lesson? If you really want in to the dubbing business, bypass the non-union stuff. Join the union and only do union work. Have someone in your corner, fighting for your most basic human rights, or you might get crunched like I did.

A user named Jodie asks:

So not only did they make a conscious decision to ban remote sessions (when they were allowed before?), they actively restarted them 2 years later but continued to deny you, and potentially others, on medical grounds? One of the main reasons to accommodate remote working? 💀

David Wald replies:

IMHO, the ban was purely a veiled effort at union-busting. You’ll notice the ban came after some very public unionization talk from out-of-state VAs who were making some very excellent points about the need for unionization. Shut them right down. Coincidence? 🤷‍♂️

May 29, 2026 at 10:51 PM

Geoff Thew

@mothersbasement.bsky.social

It's time to talk about the enshittification of Crunchyroll
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The Enshittification of Crunchyroll

YouTube video by Mother's Basement

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October 7, 2025 at 4:03 PM

Mom

@milph.mom

“You can watch it on Crunchyroll.”

Crunchyroll:

October 4, 2025 at 7:06 PM

LittleKuriboh

@littlekuriboh.bsky.social

Crunchyroll has announced that anime fan and global superstar The Weeknd is joining the list of presenters for the 10th annual Crunchyroll Anime Awards taking place next month.

CRUNCHYROLL Adds Global
Superstar The Weeknd to Roster of Presenters for the 10th Annual Anim...

April 10, 2026 at 11:43 PM

jenny tightpants

@jtp.bsky.social

crunchyroll what the fuck are you talking about

May 31, 2025 at 8:23 AM

Wario64

@wario64.bsky.social

Sekiro anime confirmed - Sekiro no Defeat at Crunchyroll

August 19, 2025 at 6:19 PM

Lady Emily ☄️

@ladyemily.nebula.tv

A few years ago, Crunchyroll closed RightStuf completely, replacing it with their own Crunchyroll online store. However, in doing so, they failed to renew the deal RightStuf had with Sunrise to distribute Gundam on Blu-Ray, meaning that now basically all Gundam series are out of print

Crunchyroll @crunchyroll.com · Aug 27

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August 28, 2025 at 4:50 AM

Daiz

@daiz.moe

New article on ★ daiz.moe ★

Crunchyroll is destroying its subtitles for no good reason
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A ton of research and effort went into this one. This is the article to read to get to the bottom of Crunchyroll's subtitle changes!

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Crunchyroll is destroying its subtitles for no good reason | Daiz.moe

With the Fall 2025 anime season, Crunchyroll demonstrates zero respect for anime as a medium as the presentation quality of its subtitles reach an all-time low.

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October 29, 2025 at 10:44 PM

Lady Emily ☄️

@ladyemily.nebula.tv

CrunchyRoll buying RightStuf, folding it into the CrunchyRoll store thus letting a lot of the RightStuf exclusive releases fall out of print, and then making access to the store a higher membership exclusive perk is brazenly indefensibly awful

July 14, 2026 at 8:02 PM

Kat Abughazaleh

@katmabu.bsky.social

the haikyuu dub is back on crunchyroll this is not a drill

February 16, 2026 at 3:13 AM

Catsuka

@catsuka.bsky.social

New trailer for "Goodbye, Lara".
Coming to Crunchyroll on July 5.

June 20, 2026 at 9:11 AM

Culture Crave 🍿

@culturecrave.co

#GhostOfTsushima anime is officially in the works for Crunchyroll 🥷

January 7, 2025 at 1:40 AM

Kazu

@fangirlkazu.bsky.social

Crunchyroll uploaded the full Yuri on Ice series for free on Youtube for 30 days in all dubs and subs because of the 10th anniversary!

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Yuri!!! on ICE Full Series 10th Anniversary Marathon | Available for 30 Days

YouTube video by Crunchyroll

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July 26, 2026 at 6:46 AM

Stephie

@pikablu.bsky.social

Crunchyroll revoked their Library Outreach Program which allowed public libraries to access their streaming library for free, destroying anime clubs across the country.

Crunchyroll @crunchyroll.com · Aug 27

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August 28, 2025 at 5:33 PM

Anime Feminist

@animefeminist.com

Crunchyroll fails to meet industry standards for Closed Captioning

While other streamers like Netflix, HiDive, and RetroCrush caption their entire dubbed libraries, the monopoly-holding #Crunchyroll only does so for a fraction of their library

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#accessibility

Crunchyroll mascot Hime grinning and wearing a crown

March 29, 2024 at 5:03 PM

Zach Hazard Vaupen

@emo-sludge.com

Best time to cancel your crunchyroll account is now. What a wretched site to begin with.

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Crunchyroll Faces Cancelation: Why Anime Fans Are Choosing Piracy After Latest Update

Crunchyroll has made yet another controversial move in 2025, but this time, anime fans cannot forgive it and finally cancelled the streaming site.

fandomwire.com

October 4, 2025 at 4:34 PM

Elise Schuenke

@troubledminnesotan.bsky.social

OH MY GOD THE GREEN YURI GOT NIRVANA FOR THE OPENING??? PEAK ABSOLUTE PEAK

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The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn't a Guy At All | Official Teaser | Crunchyroll

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July 4, 2026 at 12:45 AM

cobatts ||🧚‍♀️🍂||

@cobatts.bsky.social

I'm being told that crunchyroll has changed the line

a second plane has hit the towers george bush

August 31, 2026 at 3:25 AM

BeeKirby

@beekirby.bsky.social

Hello, I'm Dave Grohl. Crunchyroll has lost its credibility so it's borrowing some of mine

July 3, 2026 at 11:49 PM

JP Acosta

@acosta32jp.bsky.social

Crunchyroll

Fooch @davidfucillo.bsky.social · Mar 11

So, apparently @jjones9.bsky.social and ESPN are reporting the NFL is looking at a game the Wednesday before Thanksgiving this season.

What's the most random streaming service they can put this on? In @sbnation.bsky.social Slack, we've got Tubi, HGTV, and BritBox/Acorn on the list.

March 11, 2026 at 2:01 PM