Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The deal between Funimation and Crunchyroll means widening distribution for anime to a broader group. Crunchyroll’s ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The telco, looking for every opportunity to pay down its debt, sold Crunchyroll for $1.175 billion in cash paid at closing by ...
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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Earlier this month, Funimation finalized its acquisition of Crunchyroll for $1.175 billion, merging the anime megaplexes of Sony and AT&T and setting the stage for industry upheaval. The era of Big ...
Sony just raised the price of anime and left American otakus with few other options. The company’s anime streamer, Funimation, is officially shutting down on April 2, according to a press release on ...
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 ...
Crunchyroll is a premiere anime direct-to-consumer service, and as of Monday, Sony’s Funimation has acquired the Crunchyroll brand. Get ready to consume all your anime (or most of it, anyway) under ...