Image: Crunchyroll While Crunchyroll’s monthly prices haven’t jumped in five years‚ Sony is getting ready to change that for subscribers in a handful of countries. Crunchyroll announced today that the prices for its Mega Fan and Ultimate Fan streaming subscription tiers are going up as a result of “the company’s investment in more anime‚ additional services like music and games‚ and additional subscriber benefits.” While the basic Crunchyroll Premium will continue to cost $7.99 / month‚ subscriptions for the Mega Fan tier are increasing from $9.99 to $11.99 / month‚ and the Ultimate Fan tier will rise from $14.99 to $15.99 / month. Crunchyroll is also shortening its free-trial period from two weeks down to just one. Notably‚ the price... Continue reading…