Mon, May 6, 2019 at 9:28 PM UTC SPT in July 2017 acquired a 95% majority stake in Funimation for $143 million with Fukunaga retaining a minority stake. Fukunaga founded Funimation in 1994. Decker’s ...

In a blog post on its website, Crunchyroll announced it will be acquired by Sony’s Funimation Global Group. Sony and Funimation will purchase the anime distributor from AT&T at the purchase price of ...

Get ready to consume all your anime (or most of it, anyway) under one roof. That’s basically the result of big news on Monday afternoon, as Sony announced its Funimation Global Group has acquired ...

It may be a good time to be a fan. But it isn’t a particularly good time to be a consumer. More than ever, the notion of “buying” media you love is significantly in question. First, there are ...

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AT&T has officially divested Crunchyroll, closing the sale of the anime business to Sony’s Funimation group — bringing together two erstwhile competitors under the Sony umbrella. The telco, looking ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook It looks like things in the anime industry are getting shaken up in the U.S. Today, a brand-new ...

When Sony acquired Funimation, it apparently also meant the end of the anime localizer's partnership with Crunchyroll and VRV. According to Polygon, Funimation president Gen Fukunaga sent a memo to ...

CULVER CITY, Calif. and DALLAS, Aug. 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. (SPE) and AT&T Inc.* (NYSE:T) today announced that SPE has completed its acquisition of AT&T's Crunchyroll ...