Crunchyroll was acquired by Sony’s Funimation for over $1 billion late last year, and now we’re finally seeing what that means for anime fans who use those viewing platforms. Crunchyroll is getting a ...

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In summer 2021, the Sony’s Funimation Global Group acquired Crunchyroll for over one billion dollars. At the time, it wasn’t clear what that would mean. We only knew that Funimation sought to create ...

Funimation's partnership with Crunchyroll will come to an end on November 9, 2018. Crunchyroll shared the news in a post on its official forums, saying: As many of you know, we have had an ongoing ...

Crunchyroll announced that starting on Tuesday, the entire library of Funimation anime — including shows, movies, and previously exclusive upcoming simulcast premieres — will live under the ...

Anime streaming service Crunchyroll has announced it has begun adding content from main rival Funimation. This move was expected as Crunchyroll acquired Funimation in 2021. Current Funimation paid ...

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A Crunchyroll and Funimation merger just from the world’s largest anime library, adding over 40,000 episodes and over 16,000 hours of anime content. Luckily, fans do not have to wait long to catch ...

It looks like Funimation is finally about to finish its merger with Crunchyroll. Back in 2022, the collision began as Sony Entertainment brought Funimation under its fold with the help of Crunchyroll.

Effectively putting a bookend to Sony’s $1.175 billion deal to buy the platform in 2020, Crunchyroll has added more than 50 series that were previously either exclusive to Funimation or weren’t ...