Crunchyroll Teams With Starz for $16.99 Prime Video Bundle

Crunchyroll has stepped into its first U.S. multi-service bundle, pairing with premium drama hub Starz on Amazon’s Prime Video Channels for $16.99 a month. The package went live Wednesday and undercuts buying both add-ons separately by roughly 23%, a clear pitch to households already shopping the Amazon streaming storefront.

Standalone, Crunchyroll’s Fan plan and Starz each run about $11–12 a month; stacking them without a deal pushes past $22. The new combo keeps full access to both libraries while folding the signup into one Prime Video Channels checkout—exactly the kind of friction-cut move that has defined the latest wave of streaming partnerships.

The timing tracks Crunchyroll’s rapid scale-up under Sony. The anime platform reported 21 million paid members earlier this year, up from about five million when Sony closed the acquisition in 2021. Starz, independent after its Lionsgate split, finished 2025 near 17.6 million subscribers and has been shopping similar add-on and bundle plays across platforms.

Execs framed the deal as mutual discovery: Starz wants new eyes on its prestige slate, while Crunchyroll’s product leadership called the launch a way to meet fans where they already browse and to widen the door for anime storytelling. Viewing still runs through each service’s apps and sites; free trials may not carry over for bundle signups, so longtime Mega Fan members should double-check how the offer stacks against their current tier before switching.