Nearly three years after the two streaming services merged, Funimation is being sacrificed to beef up Crunchyroll as the premier anime hub. Reading time: Reading time 2 minutes Come April 2, ...

How long is “forever”? When it comes to digital media, forever could be as close as a couple of months away. Funimation’s parent company, Sony, bought rival anime streaming service Crunchyroll in 2021 ...

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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 ...

According to the Funimation statement, this will not have any impact on fans’ access to the anime on Crunchyroll. It then goes into benefits on why you should have a Crunchyroll account and ...

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Crunchyroll announced that starting on Tuesday, the entire library of Funimation anime — including shows, movies, and previously exclusive upcoming simulcast premieres — will live under the ...

Sony is making an effort to appease customers who will lose their entire Funimation digital libraries when the anime streaming service merges into Crunchyroll. Currently, though, the company’s plan ...

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 ...

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 — ...