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Crunchyroll To Roll Out Offline Streaming Options in 2017

Written By Samantha Ferreira

I, for one, welcome our offline overlords. Well, kind of. We’ll see how this plays out first.

Polygon reports that Crunchyroll will unveil an “offline streaming” service later this year. The publication received comment from a Crunchyroll representative while writing their piece on Amazon’s new offline viewing option.

The full comment is as follows:

“Our breadth of titles and relationships within the anime industry can’t be beat,” the rep said. “We know offline streaming is important to our viewers, and we’re working to bring this feature to the platform in 2017 so that fans can keep up with their favorite shows wherever they are.”

Yesterday, Amazon announced that they will offer offline playback features to Anime Strike subscribers. Users are able to download videos to their computers, tablets, and mobile devices for later viewing.

Source: Polygon (Thanks to L.B. Bryant for the tip!)

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Samantha Ferreira

Samantha Ferreira is Anime Herald’s founder and editor-in-chief. A Rhode Island native, Samantha has been an anime fan since 1992, and an active member of the anime press since 2002, when she began working as a reviewer for Anime Dream. She launched Anime Herald in 2010, and continues to oversee its operations to this day. Outside of journalism, Samantha actively studies the history of the North American anime fandom and industry, with a particular focus on the 2000s anime boom and bust. She’s a huge fan of all things Sakura Wars, and maintains series fansite Combat Revue Review when she has free time available. When not in the Anime Herald Discord, Samantha can typically be found on Bluesky.

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