The relaunched store went subscriber-only on August 18 and took every book with it. What survived the Blu-ray cull is mostly what Sony’s own labels publish.
Every manga, light novel, manhwa, and danmei title vanished from the Crunchyroll Store on August 18.
The removals were spotted by MangaAlerts on Bluesky and confirmed across the storefront the same day. The Blu-ray and DVD catalogue was cut alongside them.
Crunchyroll has not said whether any of it returns.
What’s left on the store
The numbers are small.
Around 387 Blu-ray and DVD products remain, with CDs and vinyl mixed into that count. The music page lists 10 CD and vinyl options in total.
The redesigned store leads on curated merch drops, Crunchyroll exclusives, apparel, and a reduced selection of collectibles. Books are not among the promoted categories at all.
Open orders still ship, including preorders scheduled after the transition.
Which Blu-rays survived
This is the part that reframes the story.
Per CBR, the discs removed were the anime Blu-rays not published by Crunchyroll, Funimation, or Aniplex. A Macross Plus box set is a rare exception on the other side.
Crunchyroll operates as a joint venture between Sony Pictures Entertainment and Aniplex, both Sony Group companies. Funimation came under the same roof in 2021.
So the catalogue did not simply shrink. It contracted toward what Sony’s own labels put out, and other publishers’ discs are the ones that went.
You now need a subscription to shop
The store is open only to Mega Fan and Ultimate Fan subscribers.
Those tiers run $13.99 and $17.99 a month in the US after last year’s increases, which also took the base Fan tier from $7.99 to $9.99.
The store discount those two tiers used to carry ended on August 14. Crunchyroll also stopped accepting store gift cards on the same date.
Four days later the paywall went up. The membership benefit that made the store worth having came down first.
What happened to Right Stuf?
Crunchyroll bought Right Stuf in August 2022, then retired the storefront in October 2023 and moved its catalogue over.
Right Stuf was the specialty retailer a lot of English-speaking anime and manga buyers used by default, and the books that disappeared this week are largely the ones it brought with it.
The company still runs its separate digital manga service, relaunched in October 2025 for browsers, iOS, and Android in the US and Canada.
Crunchyroll restructured in March and cut staff, saying at the time it was not a cost-cutting measure. Warehouse operations began downsizing in February.
Kotaku and GamesRadar+ both asked Crunchyroll for comment. Neither has reported a response.
Article compiled and edited by Derek Gibbs (entertainment editor) and the Clownfish TV newsroom.
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Hat Tips:
MangaAlerts on Bluesky, who spotted the removals first and whose reporting every outlet is working from
CBR (August 18, 2026), Leo Reyna’s finding that the surviving Blu-rays are Crunchyroll, Funimation, and Aniplex titles
GamesRadar+ (August 18, 2026), the 387-item count and the music page tally
Anime News Network (August 18, 2026), the gift card cutoff, the ended membership discount, and the Right Stuf timeline