Watch 'Chainsaw Man' and 'Demon Slayer' on Coupang Play in partnership with Crunchyroll

[Financial News] Coupang Play is teaming up with global anime streaming platform Crunchyroll to expand its anime content offering. Popular and buzzy Crunchyroll titles, including 'Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc' and 'Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Infinity Castle, Chapter 1,' will now be available on Coupang Play.
Coupang Play said on the 5th that it had partnered with Crunchyroll to launch 'Crunchyroll Pass.' The partnership will let anime fans in Korea watch a variety of anime on Coupang Play.
'Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Infinity Castle, Chapter 1' set the all-time box-office record among Japanese films released in Korea. 'Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc,' which has gained popularity in Korea and abroad, is also part of the lineup.
Anime series will also be available. Joining the lineup are 'Iron Wok Jan!,' about a showdown between chefs; the supernatural comedy 'Let's Go Kaiki-gumi,' in which a protagonist who fears ghosts encounters spirits and bizarre beings; and the action fantasy 'Overgeared ~The Power of Items~,' about a gamer who gains special abilities in a game.
Coupang Play is expanding into anime, adding to its existing original content, live sports coverage, movies and dramas. Crunchyroll is broadening its reach among viewers in Korea through Coupang Play. The two companies plan to combine Crunchyroll's content with Coupang Play's streaming service to make anime more accessible to users in Korea.
Akshat Sahu, head of Crunchyroll for Asia, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), said, "Anime fans today are engaging with and enjoying anime in more ways than ever before, including through platforms, content formats and community activities. Crunchyroll's goal is to make it possible for fans to enjoy anime naturally at the touchpoints they have built into their everyday lives."
Sahu added, "Through our partnership with Coupang Play, we will broaden opportunities to watch anime while keeping pace with how viewers in Korea consume content."
A Coupang Play representative said, "We're pleased to bring Crunchyroll anime, with its global fan base, to Coupang Play users. We'll offer streaming quality and buzzy titles that live up to the expectations of anime fans in Korea."
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