Crunchyroll Announces Ghost of Tsushima Anime, Manga Subscription App
Crunchyroll announced two major initiatives during Sony's CES press conference in Las Vegas on January 6: a series adaptation of the video game Ghost of Tsushima and a new manga reading app for subscribers. The Ghost of Tsushima anime is a co-production between Crunchyroll, Aniplex, Sony Music, and PlayStation Productions, adapting both the main game and its Legends cooperative multiplayer mode. Takanobu Mizuno will direct, with Gen Urobuchi handling story composition and Kamikaze Douga providing animation. The series is set to premiere exclusively on Crunchyroll in 2027. Separately, Crunchyroll Manga will launch later this year in the U.S. and Canada as a standalone iOS and Android app, offered as a premium add-on for existing subscribers. The app will carry titles from multiple publishers and eventually support web browser access. Crunchyroll President Rahul Purini described the manga app as complementing the company's existing anime library, Game Vault, and merchandise store.