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Funimation [b] was an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service. Launched in 2016, the service was one of the leading distributors of anime and other foreign entertainment properties in North America .
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 ...
On October 18, 2018, Funimation and Crunchyroll announced that their partnership with would end on November 9, 2018, as a result of Sony Pictures Television's acquisition of Funimation. [63] Despite the home video releases being unaffected and still going on as planned, select Funimation content would be removed from Crunchyroll, and subtitled ...
Crunchyroll is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service owned by Sony Group Corporation. [b] The service primarily distributes films and television series produced by East Asian media, including Japanese anime, and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, with a Japanese branch located in Shibuya, Tokyo.
Crunchyroll—Anime and simulcasts (left April 29, 2023) CuriosityStream—Non-fiction documentaries relating to science, technology, nature, and world history (left November 19, 2019) DramaFever—Korean dramas (shut down on October 16, 2018, subsequently left VRV days after) Funimation—Japanese anime dubbed into English (left November 9, 2018)
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 ...
The pricing and free trial changes are the first and only price changes to Crunchyroll since 2019 — new membership tiers and benefits were introduced in 2020, along with a price decrease in ...
The telco, looking for every opportunity to pay down its debt, sold Crunchyroll for $1.175 billion in cash paid at closing by Funimation Global Group, a joint venture between Sony Pictures ...