Crunchyroll and Ellation are the same - Software Engineer Crunchyroll Employee Review

1.0
Mar 9, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Used to be a good place to work. I wrote a long review of this place once, I think one of the 3 stars (or maybe 4 stars), and I genuinely believed in the mission then

Cons

Go check the Ellation Glassdoor before you decide anything. Ellation is the "parent" company of Crunchyroll and while that may lead some people to think that perhaps Crunchyroll itself is a standalone unit within Ellation, more or less sheltered from all that's happening, it's not. Pretty much anyone who worked on Crunchyroll worked on the new product VRV as well, it is the same people the same teams (there was not enough headcount to split into two), so anything that is described happening to Ellation employees is gonna be the very same for this listing, even if they look separate in Glassdoor

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5.0
Apr 1, 2026
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Pros

Great culture when you have a great boss.

Cons

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2.0
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Recommend
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Pros

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Cons

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