Crunchy Nomore…?

Broken Crunchys...

Update: According to Akibanana, the time between broadcast and release of the online stream in HQ, Subbed and original, will be 1 hour for paid subscribers and 7 days later for free.

Breaking news!!!

Crunchyroll.com will stop accepting user submitted content and move towards copyright owner approved contents ONLY, from 8th January 2009 onwards.

OH NO!!! Does this mean that Crunchyroll will be crunchy nomore?

On other hand… NARUTO…(uhh…) will be streamed worldwide within 7 days of the Japanese broadcast with English subtitle for paid subscribers and non-paid members 7 days after the paid subcribers…

Other studios are also planing to put more contents onto Crunchyroll, with Gonzo and Toei animation being major contributors…

Skip to the bottom to read the source article from ANN… Now…
Let me go back and cry… … … … NOoOOO!

TV Tokyo to Stream Naruto via Crunchyroll Worldwide (Updated)
posted on 2008-11-17 04:36 EST
Paid subscriptions for English subs, 1 hour after Japanese airing, to begin on January 8

The Japanese broadcaster TV Tokyo has announced that it will begin streaming English-subtitled episodes of the Naruto anime series, about one hour after their Japanese broadcast, to paid monthly subscribers worldwide on the Crunchyroll video service on January 8, 2009.

Crunchyroll will then provide free Internet streaming of the episodes seven days after the paid subscribers see them. This coincides with when the online video services Joost and Hulu are providing their own free streaming of the same episodes via Viz Media. Viz Media announced earlier today that it will also begin hosting free streams of the new episodes on the official Naruto.com website on January 15.

On January 8, Crunchyroll will stop accepting user-submitted videos and other content from individuals, and only host videos approved by copyright holders. Gonzo and Toei Animation are two other major Japanese copyright holders of anime that decided to stream on Crunchyroll. ANN interviewed Crunchyroll founder Vu Nguyen in March.

Image © Masashi Kishimoto Scott/Shueisha, TV Tokyo, Pierrot

Update: BB Watch reports that TV Tokyo will distribute five anime series, including Naruto and Gintama, worldwide on the same day that they broadcast in Japan. ANN has added more background information to this article.

Lets enjoy it while it last…