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 ...

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 ...

With Funimation now fully merged into Crunchyroll, the anime streaming market in 2026 is dominated by two contrasting players: Crunchyroll’s vast seasonal lineup and HIDIVE’s curated niche catalog.

Funimation, the American OTT streaming service hub for anime and other entertainment content, is about to bid adieu. Launched in 2016, following its initial partnership with Toei Animation, Funimation ...

Netflix has surpassed Crunchyroll as the leading anime streaming platform in seven of nine major global markets, according to GEM Partners' 2026 Anime Global White Paper. The report attributes Netflix ...

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"Time is a cruel mistress." While loading the Funimation app and settling in to watch the newest shonen title being streamed from Japan, anime fans are unlikely to every here Funimation's trademark ...

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.

Just as how the debut of the anime adaptation for Rifujin na Magonote’s original light novel series had been delayed from its initially scheduled debut of Fall 2020 due to the ongoing COVID-19 ...