St. Clair Saints and Crunchyroll Sign Varsity Esports Partnership

The St. Clair Saints, the first varsity esports program in Canada, announced today a partnership with Crunchyroll, the premier anime streaming service with more than 5 million subscribers and over 120 million registered users. The exciting new relationship marks the first time Crunchyroll has partnered with a collegiate esports program.

To start the partnership, the Crunchyroll logo will be featured prominently on the Saints 2021-22 jerseys. On-campus activations at St. Clair College will start in September and grow to larger events in 2022 with the completion of the school's brand new 15,000 square-foot esports facility.

The most exciting element of this partnership is the events we have planned for the future. While many schools have anime clubs, this partnership will bring that idea to the next level not only for the esports players but also for the student body at large,” said Shaun Byrne, St. Clair College Esports Director.

“We look forward to partnering with the St. Clair Saints esports program to help ensure anime fans and gamers have access to the education and entertainment they love, in a community they can thrive in,” said Jean-Marc Douville, Country Manager for Canada, Crunchyroll.

About St. Clair Saints Esports

The Saints varsity esports program, representing St. Clair College in Windsor, Ontario, was the first program of its kind in Canada founded in 2017. The Saints compete in League of Legends, Overwatch, VALORANT, Call of Duty, Rainbow Six: Siege, Fortnite, and Rocket League where varsity players earn scholarships to compete against colleges and universities across North America.

About Crunchyroll

Crunchyroll connects anime and manga fans across 200+ countries and territories through the content they love. Best known as a top streaming service delivering AVOD and SVOD content, Crunchyroll also provides experiences to deepen fan engagement and community through social, events, games, consumer products, content distribution, content creation, and manga publishing. 

Fans have access to one of the largest collections of licensed anime through Crunchyroll, Anime Digital Network (in partnership with Citel, a subsidiary of Média-Participations), and Anime on Demand video streaming services, translated in multiple languages for viewers worldwide. Viewers can also access simulcasts — top series available immediately after Japanese broadcast. Crunchyroll's services also extend to licensing of theatrical, TV, home video, consumer product, and video game rights. 

Fans engage further with events (including owned events Crunchyroll Expo, Anime Awards, Crunchyroll Movie Nights, KAZÉ Anime Nights), consumer products through eCommerce and retail partners (Crunchyroll, KAZÉ, AV Visionen), Crunchyroll Games, KAZÉ Games, and manga (KAZÉ Manga, Crunchyroll Manga app, Crunchyroll Manga Store).

Crunchyroll was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices in Los Angeles, Tokyo, Paris, Lausanne, Chisinau, and Berlin (AV Visionen). VRV (U.S.) and Eye See Movies (Germany) are also Crunchyroll brands.

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Chris Funston