If the acquisition is successful, Sony's audience will grow substantially with Crunchyroll’s 70 million free members and three million paying subscribers from more than 200 countries and regions.
The company would have proposed to Sony the sale of Crunchyroll for USD 1.5 billion. At the end of June, Crunchyroll reported that it had surpassed three million paying subscribers worldwide, as well as 70 million registered users.