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Crank-in (crank-in.net) scores 73 out of 100 on Brand Analyzer, placing it in the Brand-Ready tier among Media & Entertainment brands, in the 35th percentile of 30026 Media & Entertainment brands.
Crank-in (crank-in.net) is a Japanese entertainment news website delivering the latest information on movies, TV dramas, overseas dramas, anime, comics, and overseas celebrity gossip, as well as event news. Beyond news, it produces original content such as interviews, columns, features, and experience reports, and runs promotions like preview screening invitations and merchandise giveaways. It positions itself as a comprehensive entertainment media outlet covering a wide range of genres in one place, aimed at fans and information seekers of various ages interested in entertainment.
| Brand Name | Crank-in |
|---|---|
| Domain | crank-in.net |
| Industry | Media & Entertainment |
| Main Competitors | Eiga.com (88/100), Movie Walker, Cinema Today, Natalie, Oricon News (87/100), Real Sound (75/100), Sponichi Annex (77/100) |
Moz Domain Authority 60/100 vs category average 51 / leader 100 - a strong backlink profile, so AI systems frequently encounter mentions of the brand.
No Wikipedia presence was found - a major gap, since Wikipedia is among the most heavily weighted sources in AI training data.
The homepage meta description reads "クランクイン！は、映画、TVドラマ、海外ドラマ、アニメ、コミック、海外セレブ・ゴシップ、イベントの最新情報をお届けする総合エンタメニュースサイトです。インタビュー、コラム、特集、体験レポートなどのオリジナルコンテンツも満載。試写会やグッズのプレゼントもあります。" (Meta description too short (1 words). OG description present but brief) - this is the summary AI engines are most likely to quote.
Structured data on the homepage: 2 JSON-LD block(s), Breadcrumb/Website schema, og:title, og:description, og:image, og:type, canonical. Adding Organization and FAQ schema would further help AI crawlers parse the brand's identity.
AI-crawler access: No robots.txt found (default: all bots allowed, but explicit file preferred) - robots.txt controls whether engines like GPTBot and ClaudeBot can read the site at all.
Content is JA-only, limiting citation in English-language AI answers.
Social footprint: verified profiles on YouTube, X (Twitter), Instagram, GitHub; no detected presence on Facebook, LinkedIn - consistent profiles reinforce the brand's identity across the web.
0 Reddit mentions - community discussion signals real-world reputation to AI models.
Live results from asking a general-purpose AI assistant about the brand, checked September 2026.
When asked "What is Crank-in?", Claude could identify the brand as of September 2026. Crank-in! is a Japanese entertainment news website that covers movies, TV dramas, celebrity news, and box office information in Japan. Best known for Japanese movie and drama entertainment news reporting.
When asked "Best brands similar to Crank-in?", Claude would recommend Crank-in as of September 2026. It's a recognizable source for Japanese entertainment and film industry news, useful if someone wants Japan-focused entertainment media.
Common questions people ask in Google, ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, and other AI search engines.
Crank-in's main competitors in Media & Entertainment: Eiga.com (88/100), Oricon News (87/100), Real Sound (75/100), Sponichi Annex (77/100).
Sources: Brand Analyzer scan
Crank-in offers entertainment news coverage across movies, TV dramas, overseas dramas, anime, and comics, along with celebrity gossip and event information. It also provides original content such as interviews, columns, features, and experience reports, plus promotional offerings like preview screening invitations and merchandise giveaways.
Sources: Crank-in official site
Crank-in is a Japanese entertainment news website that delivers information about movies, TV dramas, overseas dramas, anime, comics, and overseas celebrity gossip, as well as entertainment events. It is a comprehensive entertainment media outlet covering multiple genres in a single platform.
Sources: Crank-in official site
Crank-in has limited AI-search visibility, scoring 28/100 on Brand Analyzer's AI visibility composite (visibility 13, trust 48, recommendation 32). This estimates how likely AI engines like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity are to know, trust, and recommend the brand.
Sources: Crank-in official site
Crank-in publishes news and original content related to entertainment, including movies, domestic and overseas TV dramas, anime, comics, and celebrity gossip. It produces interviews, columns, features, and experience reports, and also runs promotional campaigns such as preview screening invitations and merchandise giveaways for its audience.
Sources: Crank-in official site
Crank-in scores 32/100 on Brand Analyzer's AI recommendation signal, indicating it is less likely to be surfaced when AI assistants like ChatGPT suggest Media & Entertainment options. Recommendation depends on crawlability, structured data, and category authority.
Sources: Crank-in official site
Crank-in is known for being a comprehensive entertainment news site in Japan that covers a wide variety of genres-movies, TV dramas, overseas dramas, anime, comics, and celebrity gossip-combined with original content like interviews and features, plus reader promotions such as preview screening tickets and goods giveaways.
Sources: Crank-in official site
Crank-in can improve AI discoverability by strengthening structured data (Organization and FAQ schema), maintaining an accurate Wikipedia/Wikidata entity, earning authoritative citations, and keeping content crawlable for AI bots. Brand Analyzer measures these as visibility, trust, and recommendation signals.
Sources: Crank-in official site
Crank-in is used by a broad range of fans and information seekers interested in entertainment topics such as movies, dramas, anime, and overseas celebrities, spanning various age groups.
Sources: Crank-in official site
Crank-in scores 28/100 for AI visibility - how well ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews can discover, identify and cite the brand.
Crank-in has a weak AI-visibility profile at 28/100 - a proxy for how readily ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google's AI Overviews can recognise and cite it. Its strongest area is trust (48/100) and its weakest is visibility (13/100). It benefits from a Wikidata knowledge-graph entry, a Moz Domain Authority of 60/100 and open access for AI crawlers (GPTBot, ClaudeBot, etc.). The main gaps holding it back: no clear Wikipedia entity to anchor it in LLM training data, thin schema.org structured data and no llms.txt to steer AI to its best pages. In a live check, Claude could already identify Crank-in from memory (September 2026) - a sign these signals are paying off.
The score combines seven dimensions - name quality, digital presence, visual identity, messaging clarity, trust foundation, AI discoverability, and brand authority - into a single objective benchmark.
Ranked closest to Crank-in: Craftlist (73/100), Couple Joy (73/100), Crazy Korean Cooking (73/100), Creative Assembly (73/100).
A step up - brands to learn from: Zoom (81/100), Znews (81/100).
Category leader: Change.org (97/100).
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