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What’s On The Crunchyroll, Funimation, & HIDIVE Anime Streaming Calendar For December 10th, 2020 We’re getting into the fall season here as December rolls on and more and more shows have been setup and are underway. It’s a busy season with a lot of shows out – though not every day – and here’s what’s tentatively scheduled for today: Crunchyroll: Thursday 12/10 7:59 AM – Akudama Drive Episodes 1, 10 Japanese Simulcast Premium Thursday 12/10 10:30 AM – Higurashi: When They C...

That's a lot of cash for anime, but this is actually a pretty big move for the company.

Sony Picturess Funimation Group Set to Buy Crunchyroll for $1.175 Billion Sony is set to acquire Crunchyroll for $1.175 billion, partnering the anime giant with its own Funimation service to make a new mega-service. Back in October, rumors started to float around that Sony Pictures would soon be scooping up Crunchyroll. The popular streaming service has a massive worldwide audience, especially when you consider that Sony already has Funimation under its umbrella. Adding Crunchyroll’s more tha...

AT&T is selling Crunchyroll to Sony for $1.18B AT&T announced yesterday that it’s selling anime streaming service Crunchyroll to Sony’s Funimation for an acquisition price of $1.18 billion. According to the announcement, Crunchyroll has 90 million registered users and 3 million paying subscribers. The service started in 2006 as a site for fan-uploaded, fan-subtitled (and often pirated) content, but it has increasingly become a home for officially licensed anime, along with games, manga and ...

Last night the news broke that AT&T had agreed to sell Crunchyroll to Funimation for $1.175 billion.

AT&T Hives Off Crunchyroll to Sony PUBLISHED BY AT&T announced Wednesday that it is selling off its anime streaming service Crunchyroll to Sony’s Funimation Global Group for $1.175 billion. There have been a spate of mergers and acquisitions among streaming media companies as they consolidate in a bid to expand their market presence. Over the last five years, the number of services that stream video over the internet has more than doubled to 271, according to research firm Parks Associates. ...

10 December 2020, 6:12 am EST By Sony Corporation is set to purchase Crunchyroll, an anime streaming service from AT&T for a total of $1.175 billion. The buyout was announced by both Sony and AT&T on December 9. Crunchyroll will now be a part of Sonys Funimation, which already licenses numerous popular anime shows such as "Fullmetal Alchemist", "Attack on Titan", and "One Piece". Sony set to invest on Crunchyroll Now that Sony owns both Funimation and Crunchyroll, the company already has power...

Crunchyroll holds one of the largest collections of licensed anime along with more than 3 million paid subscribers.

Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out season 2: Renewal and potential release date revealed Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out/ENGI/Funimation The first season of Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out was a smash hit, but has a release date for season 2 of the anime been revealed? With everything going on in 2020, we all need the light-hearted entertainment that slice of life comedy series Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out delivers. The first season of the hilarious anime concluded back in September but will Uzaki-c...

The deal will give Sony access to Crunchyrolls 3 million paying subscribers across more than 200 countries and regions, helping Sony compete more globally with entertainment giants such as Netflix.