Sony Pictures's Funimation Group Set to Buy Crunchyroll for $1.175 Billion
Sony Pictures's 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 than 90 million users to the team makes a ton of sense. Today, they’ve made the news official. The p...