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Sony’s Funimation agrees to buy anime streamer Crunchyroll for $1.175 billion
Funimation partners with VIZ Media to expand its streaming anime catalog
Genre fans are getting milked by streaming services
Like Thanos at the end of Infinity War, Marvel has culled some of its Netflix universe, cancelling both Iron Fist and Luke Cage in the past few weeks. That leaves Daredevil and Jessica Jones as the remaining Defenders on the streaming service, plus s...
After Math: Paying more for less
The rent is too damn high unless you're living in a van down by the river, medical care routinely puts people into bankruptcy, gas prices are still floating around $3 a gallon nationwide and Senator Ted "Zodiac Killer" Cruz is worried that his six fi...
Funimation shows leave Crunchyroll following Sony’s acquisition
When Sony acquired Funimation, it apparently also meant the end of the anime localizer's partnership with Crunchyroll and VRV. According to Polygon, Funimation president Gen Fukunaga sent a memo to employees announcing that the company is leaving tho...
Funimation Wants Nintendo Switch to Add Dragon Ball Z’s Goku in Super Smash Bros.
Nintendo announced a line up of games that will be headed to Nintendo Switch and 3DS in the coming months of 2018. The most exciting news was the announcement of the release of Smash Bros. on...
Funimation Wants Nintendo Switch to Add Dragon Ball Z’s Goku in Super Smash Bros.
Nintendo announced a line up of games that will be headed to Nintendo Switch and 3DS in the coming months of 2018. The most exciting news was the announcement of the release of Smash Bros. on...
Sony wants to turn your PS4 into an anime box after buying Funimation
Japanese animation has exploded in popularity over the past few years, thanks to increased availability on streaming services like Crunchyroll, Hulu and Amazon. It was popular enough for Funimation, which specializes in translating anime for American...
Sony is acquiring anime distributor Funimation
Turns out the partnership Sony and Funimation forged to create the latter's streaming service wasn't a one-off thing. Sony Pictures is currently in the process of buying 95 percent of Funimation for $143 million, putting the anime distributor's value...