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Subscribers wish to know the status of the Funimation and Crunchyroll merger. Who acquired who and which of the two is shutting down? Here’s all you need to know. Yes, Funimation is set to shut down ...

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 ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Funimation has merged with Crunchyroll – and it’s changing how you watch anime. The two anime ...

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, ...

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.

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook The anime world is about to get shaken to its core, and we have two of its top companies to thank!

Anime fans heard the rumblings back in 2021 that powerhouses Funimation and Crunchyroll would be joining forces to offer an epically impressive unified streaming service. Well, some huge news rolled ...

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, ...