Production Manager

Founded by fans, Crunchyroll delivers the art and culture of anime to a passionate community. We super-serve over 100 million anime and manga fans across 200+ countries and territories, and help them connect with the stories and characters they crave. Whether that experience is online or in-person, streaming video, theatrical, games, merchandise, events and more, it’s powered by the anime content we all love.

Join our team, and help us shape the future of anime!

The Production Manager will support the development, packaging, production, and distribution of scripted film and television projects based on Japanese manga, anime, and novels. Working closely with the Creative Executive and Studio Japan team members, you will support collaboration between Japanese IP partners, U.S. creative partners, and studio executives while helping maintain the integrity of the underlying IP throughout the project lifecycle.

In the role of Production Manager, you will report to the Head of Crunchyroll Storyworks.

We are considering applicants for the location of Los Angeles, CA.

• Support the identification, research, and evaluation of Japanese manga, anime, and novels for film and television adaptation.
• Develop a deep and authoritative knowledge of each assigned IP, including its story, characters, world, themes, fanbase, and cultural significance, and serve as a key internal resource throughout the adaptation process.
• Read and evaluate underlying IP, scripts, pitches, treatments, and outlines; prepare coverage, research, creative analyses, and recommendations.
• Support projects throughout the full creative lifecycle—from development and packaging through production, post-production, and distribution—tracking creative decisions, deliverables, approvals, budgets, and key milestones.
• Research and help identify potential writers, directors, lead actors, and producers; prepare talent lists, background materials, and recommendations to support project packaging.
• Develop a strong working knowledge of physical production, including production planning, scheduling, and budgeting, and work directly with line producers and production executives to understand how creative decisions affect production scope, cost, and execution.
• Review and track project budgets and production plans, identifying material changes or potential issues for discussion with the Creative Executive and relevant production and finance teams.
• Support the Creative Executive in advancing the three core objectives of each project:
• Keep the authenticity to the source IP, commercial success, and creative excellence.
• Facilitate cross-cultural communication among Japanese authors, publishers, editors, creators, rights holders, Studio Japan team members, U.S. studio executives, and external creative partners.
• Ensure that creative feedback, priorities, and decisions are clearly documented and communicated.
• Build relationships with writers, directors, producers, talent, agents, managers, line producers, and other production partners within both the U.S. creative community and Japanese IP ecosystem.
• Prepare and maintain pitches, presentations, IP briefs, creative materials, talent lists, project status reports, and other development and production materials.
• Conduct research and gather insights from fans and relevant audience communities to help identify the elements audiences consider essential to the IP and flag potential creative choices that could conflict with its core DNA or fan expectations.
• Coordinate closely with business affairs, legal, finance, production, research, marketing, distribution, and other internal teams, tracking information and follow-up necessary to support project objectives.
• Monitor Japanese manga, anime,…