In summer 2021, the Sony’s Funimation Global Group acquired Crunchyroll for over one billion dollars. At the time, it wasn’t clear what that would mean. We only knew that Funimation sought to create ...

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The anime world is about to get shaken to its core, and we have two of its top companies to thank! At last, Funimation and Crunchyroll are expanding their merger to bring anime to fans in a new way. A ...

Anime streaming platform Funimation has been folded into one-time rival Crunchyroll to form an anime super-service. More than 1,600 hours of anime has been added to Crunchyroll at no extra cost, ...

It looks like Funimation is finally about to finish its merger with Crunchyroll. Back in 2022, the collision began as Sony Entertainment brought Funimation under its fold with the help of Crunchyroll.

Fans of Japanese animation are closer to one-stop watching this week. LEILA FADEL, HOST: The anime streaming service Funimation announced that more than 1,600 hours of its exclusive content will start ...

It was announced last summer how Funimation would be purchasing Crunchyroll for a cool $1.2 billion, bringing two of the most popular anime streaming platforms in the U.S. (if not the world) together.

A Crunchyroll and Funimation merger just from the world’s largest anime library, adding over 40,000 episodes and over 16,000 hours of anime content. Luckily, fans do not have to wait long to catch ...

If you are a current user of the anime streaming service, Funimation, you should go ahead and cancel your subscription. That’s because the anime streaming service will move its entire library — ...