I notice this anime watched by a student in a site very similar to Youtube and here's what I found.
Crunchyroll a Youtube look a like, found its way to anime fanatics. With its steady audience mostly from Singapore, Philippines and Malaysia based on Crunchyroll google trends. With its extensive loads of media types mostly uploaded by users, Crunchyroll streams the same content at a higher quality to users if they "donate" $4 or $6 per month to the site ads free!
Viacom (a leading global entertainment content company) almost close the deal of buying Crunchyroll early this year noticing the fast growth of Crunchyroll's traffic. The deal did not fell through because of copyright issues.
According to CrunchBase, Crunchyroll founders are employees of HotOrNot's San Francisco office and wanted to remain anonymous.
Viacom (a leading global entertainment content company) almost close the deal of buying Crunchyroll early this year noticing the fast growth of Crunchyroll's traffic. The deal did not fell through because of copyright issues.
According to CrunchBase, Crunchyroll founders are employees of HotOrNot's San Francisco office and wanted to remain anonymous.