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On January 24, 2020, Funimation announced it would be merging its online catalog into AnimeLab for Australian and New Zealand audiences, and would shut down FunimationNow for Australia and New Zealand on March 30. [74] On May 1, Funimation announced that they formed a partnership with Kodansha Comics to host a series of weekly watch parties. [75]
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 the Funimation company before the merger ...
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 ...
Crunchyroll was previously a subsidiary of Otter Media, itself a subsidiary of AT&T's WarnerMedia, and from 2016 to 2018, the service partnered with Funimation, which Sony acquired in 2017 and would eventually merge into its brand in 2022 after Sony acquired Crunchyroll from AT&T in 2021.
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)
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 ...
Blue Exorcist and Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga joined the Funimation catalog in the UK and Ireland the same day, to celebrate the merger. [18] On 28 March 2022, the company changed its legal name to Crunchyroll Manga Ltd. [19] and again on 21 July 2022 to Crunchyroll Ltd. [20]
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.