Sony Pictures Entertainment now officially owns Crunchyroll and Funimation. The company has closed the acquisition at $1.175 Billion on Monday. As the deal is now closed, the CEO of Sony Pictures said their goal is to create a unified anime subscription as soon as possible.
Sony Completes Acquisition of Crunchyroll
Last year in December, Sony has first announced the deal of acquiring Crunchyroll. The company wants to see Crunchyroll join Funimation, which is the existing anime streaming property of Sony.
However, Sony has not shared any details on when how we will see and what experience the users will take. As of now, Funimation and Crunchyroll will be seen as separate streaming platforms.
Big news! Crunchyroll will continue its commitment to anime and its fans, now under Sony Funimation Global Group. MORE: https://t.co/lJ0z3nS6sR pic.twitter.com/2WqD1QWKxH — Crunchyroll (@Crunchyroll) August 9, 2021
