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On May 11, 2005, Funimation was acquired by Navarre Corporation for US$100.4 million in cash and 1.8 million shares of Navarre stock. As part of the acquisition, Gen Fukunaga was retained as head of the company, transitioning to the position of CEO, and the company's name was changed from Funimation Productions to Funimation Entertainment.
In 2021, Sony acquired Crunchyroll. [4] In March 2022, Funimation Global Group, the service's parent company, was rebranded as Crunchyroll, LLC and a large majority of its catalog was moved to Crunchyroll; [5] [6] despite this, the Funimation streaming service remained active and continued to distribute titles that were originally licensed by ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 24 January 2025. American video streaming service This article is about the streaming service. For the various related companies of this name and other uses, see Crunchyroll (disambiguation). Crunchyroll Logo used since 2024 [a] Type of business Subsidiary Type of site OTT streaming platform Available in ...
AT&T inked a deal to sell its Crunchyroll anime business to Sony’s Funimation group for $1.175 billion in cash, the companies announced. Funimation, a joint venture between Sony Pictures ...
Crunchyroll announced Bones 25: Dreaming Forward, a new four-part documentary delving into the history of Bones, the studio behind iconic anime including Cowboy Bebop and Fullmetal Alchemist ...
Crunchyroll subscribers starting today will gain access to streaming fare previously exclusive to Funimation as Sony starts to phase out the Funimation brand. The company paid nearly $1.2 billion ...
Crunchyroll - sold to Sony's joint venture anime division Funimation, run by Sony Pictures and Sony Music Entertainment Japan's Aniplex, in 2021; the merged company was branded entirely as Crunchyroll, LLC in 2022, with the Funimation name continuing to be used for its streaming service until the merger is completed.
On October 18, 2018, VRV announced that Hidive would be launching its channel on its service, which replaced FUNimation Now, which left the service on November 9, 2018. [10] Sony announced its acquisition of VRV's parent company Crunchyroll from AT&T on August 9, 2021, via its FUNimation subsidiary. After the acquisition took effect, Hidive ...