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I recently got to visit Crunchyroll-- whose offices are smaller than VIZ's but still pretty awesome, you should see their gaming setup in the lobby! --and chat with two representatives, Executive Vice-Presient Ilya and Branding Manager Keith.

There's a lot of neat information to be had on the site and its future plans, as well as its past plans-- I've seen many suggestions in the anime blogiverse that it was the TV Tokyo deal that "forced" Crunchyroll to go legit, for example, but this is pretty firmly contradicted by Executive VP Ilya Levtov, who says it was always in the game plan, prior to any of the company's recent deals.

They also talk about the site's plans for manga, dubs, Asian dramas, user-created (legal) content, and other partnerships, so be sure to watch! To make it easier, here's the video:



P.S. That's Shinji and a Crunchyroll in the background, there in spirit.