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 ...

It was announced last summer how Funimation would be purchasing Crunchyroll for a cool $1.2 billion, bringing two of the most popular anime streaming platforms in the U.S. (if not the world) together.

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These days, it is hard to imagine a world without anime. Whether we’re talking about Japan or the United States, the medium has a tight hold on fans across the globe. For decades, anime was once seen ...

We’ve known this day was coming for a few years, but now we finally have an end date: Funimation is officially closing on April 2, 2024 – and it could spell bad news for your digital library. A post ...

This week marks a major turning point in the anime landscape. For 30 years, Funimation has been a vocal presence in the anime industry, and it helped rear the fandom in the United States. On April 1st ...

Anime fans have expressed frustration online after Crunchyroll announced it won't grant users access to Funimation digital copies when the two streaming services merge fully. Crunchyroll's guide ...

After last summer’s official close of the anime mega-merger of Crunchyroll and Funimation, Sony Pictures Entertainment has unified the offerings into a single service. Crunchyroll subscribers starting ...