Crunchyroll Manga is expanding again, with 24 titles joining the platform’s May 2026 lineup from 18 May 2026.
For manga readers, the biggest names in this update are easy to spot: Attack on Titan, Fire Force, and Parasyte are all part of the latest batch. There is also Attack on Titan: Before the Fall, the prequel spin-off illustrated by Satoshi Shiki and based on Ryou Suzukaze’s light novel, set before Hajime Isayama’s main story kicks off.
That one should be especially interesting for fans who only watched the anime and never explored the wider Attack on Titan side material. Instead of following Eren, Mikasa, and Armin, Before the Fall focuses on different characters in an earlier period of the same brutal world. Basically, more Titan misery, but from another angle.
The lineup is mostly made up of Kodansha titles, with one notable exception: Dricam, described as an underrated Shonen Jump+ series. The update also includes Watari-kun’s ****** Is About to Collapse, plus older fan-favourite or underappreciated works like Nodame Cantabile and DAYS.
For SEA readers, the important part is not just what Crunchyroll Manga is adding, but where the app is actually available. Right now, Crunchyroll Manga is available on iOS and Android in the US and Canada, with a web version that followed shortly after launch. The service launched last year as Crunchyroll’s dedicated manga app, aiming to bring more localized manga to readers, including titles from major publishers such as Kodansha and Shueisha.
So for Malaysian fans, this update is exciting but also slightly sakit hati lah. We can see Crunchyroll slowly building a proper manga ecosystem around the same audience that already watches seasonal anime on the main streaming platform, but local availability is still the big question. Malaysia already has a strong anime community, from cinema releases to cons to weekend manga shopping at Kinokuniya, Shopee, and local bookstores. A proper legal digital manga service with big titles would be genuinely useful here, especially for readers who want official translations without hunting across multiple apps.
The subscription setup also matters. According to the reported details, Crunchyroll Manga can be added on to existing subscription tiers, while Ultimate Fan subscribers get access without paying extra. If Crunchyroll eventually rolls this out more widely in SEA, pricing will be the make-or-break factor. A clean catalogue is nice, but Malaysian readers will immediately compare it against physical volumes, other digital manga apps, and whatever they already pay for anime streaming.
Crunchyroll’s wider manga library already lists major titles such as One Piece, Jujutsu Kaisen, and The Apothecary Diaries, so the direction is clear: the company wants to be more than just the place you watch anime every season. It wants to own more of the anime-to-manga pipeline too.
For now, this May 2026 update is another sign that Crunchyroll Manga is growing fast, even if SEA fans are still waiting for the doors to properly open. If Malaysia gets access later, titles like Attack on Titan, Fire Force, Parasyte, and Nodame Cantabile would make a solid starting library.
Source: ComicBook Anime