Sony’s Funimation completes acquisition of AT&Ts Crunchyroll

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Sony’s Funimation Global Group Completes Acquisition of Crunchyroll from AT&T | Sony Pictures Entertainment

CULVER CITY, CA AND DALLAS, TX, August 9, 2021 — Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. (SPE) and AT&T Inc.* (NYSE:T) today announced that SPE has completed its acquisition of AT&T’s Crunchyroll anime business through Funimation Global Group, LLC. Funimation is a joint venture between SPE and Sony...

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I can't imagine this being good for the anime streaming industry.

 

[ThreePi]

I'm gonna have to binge through my HiDive queue since this probably is the death knell for VRV.

 

[SolidSnakeBoy]

I still feel mixed on this. On one hand them being separate kept prices low; On the other, I feel like Netflix is kind of a behemoth and they are ramping up on their effort. I think my hope is that this allows the combined company to start investing in content creation, dubbing, and consolidate catalogue. Still i do expect prices to go up.

 

[Spinluck]

it's like trading cards at this point lol

 

[PepperedHam]

I know things like this are bad but selfishly I would be very happy if their two libraries could now merge into a single subscription.