User blog comment:ILOVESHOUNENANIME/Just Sayin/@comment-5972544-20130623110343/@comment-2214433-20130623113438

I always wondered whether Crunchyroll can be considered 'official' or not, I mean, how do they get the subs and what not? However, last week when they made a post about the early release of AoT, they mentioned their 'sub team' so I guess they have people doing the subs similarly to any fansub. The only difference is that they receive the episode itself from the studio/TV/whatever. And you have to pay if you want to fully enjoy their services :P