German streaming service Joyn has struck a new anime content agreement with Sony Pictures Entertainment, further expanding its partnership with the studio and significantly boosting its offering in the genre.
Under the deal, the ProSiebenSat.1-owned platform will gain access to more than 430 episodes from the Crunchyroll anime catalogue, which Sony describes as the world’s largest dedicated anime streaming service. The package includes a range of popular Shounen series such as Black Clover, Dr. Stone, Log Horizon, Mob Psycho 100 and My Hero Academia.
The agreement strengthens Joyn’s anime strategy, which already includes a long-standing focus on the genre through TV channel ProSieben Maxx. According to Joyn, the newly licensed series will be available to stream free of charge.
“With this deal, we are offering our viewers the very best anime entertainment at any time from the world’s largest anime streaming service,” said Thomas Lasarzik, EVP Group Content Acquisitions & Sales at ProSiebenSat.1. “For more than 12 years, we have been showing the latest anime series on ProSieben Maxx, and with this deal we are now completing our anime portfolio on Joyn.”
