Content Ratings are classifications given to shows, movies, and music videos to indicate their appropriateness for various audiences. These ratings incorporate factors such as age, maturity, and sensitivity to specific themes to help guide viewers in making informed choices about what is suitable to watch.
What are the Crunchyroll Content Ratings and Content Restrictions?
Here's a quick and easy guide to understanding how Crunchyroll sets and updates our content ratings for shows, movies and music videos:
- The ratings on each show's Details page reflect the highest content rating level for the series.
- Content Ratings are set by our service or local standards organizations.
- Ratings for shows, movies, and music videos may vary by region.
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You can customize your Crunchyroll viewing experience for each profile using Content Restrictions and Ratings tools.
CRUNCHYROLL’S CONTENT RATINGS SYSTEM
| Rating | Description |
| ALL |
This content is appropriate for all ages. Show examples:
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| PG |
Generally suitable for a younger audience but may have some content that could be considered not suitable for all ages, like rude humor, slapstick violence, or themes such as death and loss. Show examples:
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| 12+ |
Appropriate for older children and young teens. It may include light swearing, mild violence, or topics like bullying and coming-of-age themes. Show examples:
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| 14+ |
It may contain stronger violence with some blood, swearing, and sexual themes or images. It might touch on topics such as suicide or sexual assault, but indirectly. Show examples:
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| 16+ |
Not suitable for younger teens. It may contain strong violence, harsh language, and sexual content, including non-explicit nudity. Serious themes like suicide, abuse, and sexual assault may be depicted. Show examples:
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| 18+ |
Intended for adults. It may include harsh language, explicit nudity and sexual content, and extreme violence. Show examples:
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Content Descriptors are specific labels or phrases that accompany our Content Ratings to offer further details about the material or themes featured in a series or movie. Crunchyroll employs these descriptors to help viewers better understand the nature of the content, enabling them to make more informed decisions about their viewing choices. For series, Content Descriptors are applied at the series or season level and may not reflect the content present in each episode.
You may see the following content descriptors along with Crunchyroll content:
- Adult Themes
- Blood/Gore
- Drug/Alcohol Use
- Sexualized Imagery
- Fear
- Flashing Lights
- Nudity
- Profanity
- Self-Harm
- Sexual Content
- Sexual Violence
- Slurs
- Smoking
- Suicide
- Suggestive Dialogue
- Supernatural Horror
- Torture
- Violence
Where can I find the Content Rating?
You can find a show's Content Rating:
- On the Details Page: You can check the details page of the show, movie, or music video for the rating. The exact spot may differ depending on your device. Along with the content rating, you'll see Content Descriptors which offer more insight about some themes and details included such as profanity, violence, or nudity.
- At the beginning of video playback: When you play an episode of a show or movie you’ve selected, you’ll see the Content Rating and any Descriptors displayed briefly in the upper left-hand corner at the beginning of the show.
What are Content Restrictions?
Content Restrictions refer to the ability to set specific viewing limitations based on Content Ratings based on Crunchyroll’s master account password-protected system. By customizing these restrictions, the main Crunchyroll account holder can control which rating levels are accessible for each profile and sub-profile attached to the master account.
- This feature uses the Content Ratings, enabling users to tailor the viewing experience according to their preferences and ensure that only appropriate content is available for viewing.
- Content rated above the chosen levels will be automatically blocked from playback.
How do I set up Content Restrictions?
To learn how to set up and choose content restrictions, please refer to this article.
I’m having issues setting up the Content Restrictions
For troubleshooting any technical issues with setting up a master profile's or subprofile’s content restrictions, please refer to this article.