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December 02, 2023

"Funimation Entertainment" redirects here. For the streaming service titled after the former company name, see Funimation. For the current titular streaming service, see Crunchyroll. For other topics, see Crunchyroll (disambiguation).

Crunchyroll, LLC,[5] d/b/a Crunchyroll,[d] is an American entertainment company based in Coppell, Texas,[6] focused on the distribution and licensing of anime, films, and television series. The company, then known as Funimation Productions,[e] was founded in May 1994, by Gen Fukunaga and his wife Cindy in Silicon Valley, with funding by Daniel Cocanougher and his family, who became investors in the company, which then relocated to North Richland Hills and later Flower Mound, Texas.[7]

Crunchyroll, LLC
Crunchyroll
Formerly
  • Funimation, Inc. (1994–2020)[a]
  • Funimation Productions, Ltd. (1994–2005, 2011–2020)
  • Funimation Entertainment (2005–2011)
  • Funimation Global Group, LLC (2020–2022)
TypeJoint venture[1]
IndustryEntertainment
GenreAnime
FoundedMay 9, 1994; 29 years ago (1994-05-09), in Silicon Valley, California, U.S.[2]
Founder
Headquarters
Coppell, Texas
,
U.S.
Key people
  • Rahul Purini (CEO)
  • Asa Suehira (CCO)
Products
BrandsCrunchyroll[b]
Funimation[b]
Services
Number of employees
400[3] (2022)
Parent
Divisions

Funimation was acquired by Navarre Corporation in May 2005; in April 2011, Navarre sold Funimation to a group of investors that included Fukunaga for $24 million.[8] The company was then acquired by Sony, which has run the company through a joint venture between Sony Pictures Entertainment and Sony Music Entertainment Japan's Aniplex.[9][10][11] and rebranded to Crunchyroll, LLC in March 2022 after acquiring the streaming service of the same name in August 2021.[12]

History

Main article: History of anime in the United States

Early history

 
The original FUNimation logo used from 1994 to 2005

In the early 1990s, Japanese-born businessman Gen Fukunaga was approached by his uncle, Nagafumi Hori, who was working as a producer for Toei Company. Hori proposed that if Fukunaga could start a production company and raise enough money, Toei Animation would license the rights to the Dragon Ball franchise to the United States. Fukunaga met with co-worker Daniel Cocanougher, whose family owned a feed mill in Decatur, Texas, and convinced Cocanougher's family to sell their business and serve as an investor for his company.[13][14][15]

The company was founded on May 9, 1994, as FUNimation Productions.[2][16] The company was originally based in Silicon Valley, but eventually relocated to North Richland Hills, Texas.[15][17] They initially collaborated with other companies on Dragon Ball, such as BLT Productions, Ocean Studios, Pioneer and Saban Entertainment.[18][19] After two aborted attempts to bring the Dragon Ball franchise to television via first-run syndication, Cartoon Network began airing Dragon Ball Z as part of its Toonami programming block in 1998, which quickly became the highest-rated show on the block and garnered a large following.[20][21][22] The success of Dragon Ball Z is credited for allowing Funimation to acquire other licensed titles.[22][23][24][25]

Beginning in September 2003, Funimation signed a North American home video deal with Canada-based Nelvana.[26] Such titles released included Redwall, Pecola, Tales from the Cryptkeeper, Timothy Goes to School and the Disney Channel TV special The Santa Claus Brothers.[27] This was Funimation's first foray into non-anime entertainment.

Acquisition by Navarre Corporation

 
Funimation logo from May 11, 2005, to January 7, 2016. The colored version of the logo was used until April 2011.

On May 11, 2005, Funimation was acquired by Navarre Corporation for US$100.4 million in cash and 1.8 million shares of Navarre stock. As part of the acquisition, Gen Fukunaga was retained as head of the company, transitioning to the position of CEO, and the company's name was changed from FUNimation Productions to FUNimation Entertainment.[28][29] In 2007, Funimation moved from North Richland Hills, Texas to Flower Mound.[30] Funimation moved into the Lakeside Business District with a ten-year lease.[31]

According to an interview in February 2008 with Navarre Corporation CEO Cary Deacon, Funimation was in early stage negotiations to acquire some of the titles licensed through Geneon's USA division, which ceased operations in December 2007.[32] In July 2008, Funimation confirmed that they had acquired distribution rights to several Geneon titles, including some that Geneon had left unfinished when they withdrew from the U.S. market.[33] At Anime Expo 2008, Funimation announced that it had acquired over 30 titles from the Sojitz catalog that had previously been licensed by ADV Films.[34] In 2009, Funimation signed a deal with Toei Animation to stream several of its anime titles online through the Funimation website.[35]

Second stint as an independent company

 
Logo from 2016 to 2022. It is still used for the Funimation streaming service.

On May 27, 2010, Navarre Corporation announced that it began negotiating a potential sale of Funimation. It was also announced that if the sale took place, Funimation would be reclassified as a "discounted operation" starting in the first quarter of 2011.[36] On September 16, 2010, Navarre announced that six potential buyers were interested in acquiring Funimation.[37] In the first quarter of 2011, Navarre reclassified Funimation as "discounted operations".[38] On April 4, 2011, Navarre released a statement announcing that Funimation had been sold to a group of investors that included original owner Gen Fukunaga for $24 million.[39] It was also announced that Navarre would remain as exclusive distributor of Funimation's titles.[39]

On October 14, 2011, Funimation announced a partnership with Niconico, the English language version of Nico Nico Douga, to form the Funico brand for the licensing of anime for streaming and home video release. From this point on, virtually all titles simulcasted by Niconico were acquired by Funimation.[40] In 2014, Funimation released Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods to theaters in partnership with Screenvision.[41] Based on its success, Funimation launched its own theatrical division in December 2014.[42] On June 22, 2015, Funimation and Universal Pictures Home Entertainment announced a multi-year home video distribution deal. The deal allowed UPHE to manage distribution and sales of Funimation's catalog of titles.[43] Universal began distributing Funimation's titles in October of that year.[44]

 
The FunimationNow logo used from 2016 to 2020

In January 2016, Funimation introduced a new logo and announced their streaming service, FunimationNow.[45][46] In April 2016, they launched their service in the UK and Ireland.[47] On September 8, 2016, Funimation announced a partnership with Crunchyroll. Select Funimation titles would be streamed subtitled on Crunchyroll, while select Crunchyroll titles would be streamed on FunimationNow, including upcoming dubbed content. In addition, Funimation would act as the distributor for Crunchyroll's home video catalog.[48]

Sony ownership

In May 2017, it was reported that Universal Studios and Sony Pictures Television were interested in purchasing Funimation; however, Universal decided not to proceed with the bidding.[49] On July 31, 2017, Sony Pictures Television announced that it would buy a controlling 95% stake in Funimation for $143 million, a deal that was approved by the United States Department of Justice on August 22, 2017.[50] This deal allowed Funimation to have synergies with Sony's Animax and Kids Station divisions and "direct access to the creative pipeline".[51] The deal was closed on October 27, 2017.[52]

On February 16, 2018, it was reported that Shout! Factory's Shout! Studios division acquired the U.S./Canadian distribution rights to Big Fish & Begonia and partnered with Funimation Films again for distribution.[53] On July 12, 2018, it was announced that Funimation Films had picked up licensing rights for Dragon Ball Super: Broly in North America and that its English dub would premiere in theaters sometime in January 2019 in the United States and Canada, only around a month after its national premiere in Japan.[54] On August 7, AT&T fully acquired Otter Media, owner of Crunchyroll.[55] On October 18, 2018, Funimation and Crunchyroll announced that their partnership with would end on November 9, 2018, as a result of Sony Pictures Television's acquisition of Funimation.[56] Despite the home video releases being unaffected and still going on as planned, select Funimation content would be removed from Crunchyroll, and subtitled content would return to FunimationNow. Additionally, it was also announced that Funimation would be removed from Otter Media-owned streaming service VRV entirely, being replaced by HIDIVE.[56] In December 2018, it was reported that another reason the partnership ended was due to a dispute concerning international expansion.[57] On December 4, 2018, Funimation inked an exclusive multi-year first-look SVOD deal with Hulu.[58]

On February 1, 2019, Gen Fukunaga announced that he would be stepping down as general manager, and transitioning to chairman of the company,[59] with Colin Decker assuming the role of general manager in May 2019.[60] On March 23, 2019, at AnimeJapan 2019, Funimation announced that they had partnered with Chinese streaming service Bilibili to jointly license anime titles for both the U.S. and Chinese markets.[61] On May 29, Funimation announced that they had acquired Manga Entertainment's UK branch, and immediately consolidated the former's UK business into the latter's.[62] On July 5, 2019, Funimation announced at Anime Expo that they had reached a streaming partnership with Right Stuf, with select titles from Nozomi Entertainment being made available on FunimationNow later in the year.[63] On August 31, 2019, Aniplex of America announced on Twitter that they would be partnering with Funimation Films to co-release Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl theatrically in the U.S. on October 2, 2019, and in Canada on October 4, 2019.[64]

Aniplex/SPT joint venture and international expansion

On September 24, 2019, Sony Pictures Television and Aniplex announced that they were consolidating their international anime streaming businesses under a new joint venture, Funimation Global Group, LLC., with Funimation general manager Colin Decker leading the joint venture. The joint venture would operate under Funimation's branding, and allow Funimation to acquire and distribute titles with Aniplex subsidiaries Wakanim, Madman Anime and AnimeLab. The first title under the joint venture, Fate/Grand Order - Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia, would receive a 30-day exclusivity on FunimationNow, AnimeLab and Wakanim, and provide Funimation exclusive rights to the English dub for one year.[11] In December, Funimation launched a "Decade of Anime" poll in which fans voted for their favorite anime across multiple categories.[65][66]

On January 24, 2020, Funimation announced it would be merging its online catalog into AnimeLab for Australian and New Zealand audiences, and would shut down FunimationNow for Australia and New Zealand on March 30.[67] On May 1, Funimation announced that they formed a partnership with Kodansha Comics to host a series of weekly watch parties.[68] On May 4, Funimation announced that they had struck a deal with NIS America to stream select titles on FunimationNow.[69] Funimation would also announce that same day that they would hold a virtual anime convention called "FunimationCon" on July 3–4, 2020. It was one of several virtual events taking the place of that year's Anime Expo, which announced its cancellation on April 17.[70] On July 3, Funimation announced at FunimationCon that they would expand their streaming service to Latin America, starting with Mexico and Brazil in Q4 2020, with one of the first dubbed titles released being Tokyo Ghoul:re.[71][72] Funimation later revealed that they would launch their Latin American services in December 2020.[73] However, they launched their service early on November 18, 2020.[74] On September 9, Funimation announced that they had reached a distribution partnership with Viz Media, with Viz Media titles being made available to stream on Funimation's website.[75] The deal was made after select Viz titles such as Part I of Naruto and the first 75 episodes of Hunter × Hunter were previously made available on FunimationNow. On December 2, 2020, Brazilian TV channel Loading announced a content partnership with Sony Pictures Entertainment. Funimation titles being included in the partnership was hinted at, but not confirmed.[76] Five days later, it was officially confirmed that Funimation titles would be included in the partnership.[77] On November 24, Funimation announced they had partnered with Sunrise to stream select Gundam titles such as Mobile Suit Gundam, Mobile Suit Gundam SEED, and later Mobile Suit Gundam Wing and Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam. Some Gundam titles already streamed on Funimation prior to said partnership like Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans.[78]

To unify the company's image abroad, Manga Entertainment was rebranded as Funimation UK in the UK and Ireland, on April 19, 2021, with AnimeLab relaunched under the Funimation brand in Australia and New Zealand, from June 17, 2021.[79][80] Afterwards, Funimation launched their streaming services to three South American countries of Colombia, Chile, and Peru on June 16, 2021.[81] On September 1, Funimation and Gonzo announced a partnership to upload select remastered titles on their respective YouTube channels until November 30. These titles were Ragnarok the Animation, Witchblade and Burst Angel.[82]

Relaunch as Crunchyroll

See also: Crunchyroll

On December 9, 2020, Sony Pictures Entertainment announced that it would acquire Crunchyroll from WarnerMedia for a total of US$1.175 billion in cash, placing the company under Funimation once the acquisition was finalized.[83] However, on March 24, 2021, it was reported that the United States Department of Justice had extended its antitrust review of the acquisition.[84] The acquisition of Crunchyroll was completed on August 9, 2021, with Sony stating in their press release that they would create a unified anime subscription using their anime businesses as soon as possible.[85] Crunchyroll confirmed four days later that VRV was included in the acquisition.[86]

On January 25, 2022, Crunchyroll announced that they were going to release Jujutsu Kaisen 0 in theaters on March 18, 2022, in the United States and Canada. The film launched in over 1,500 theaters, as well as some IMAX theatres, in both sub and dub. They also stated that the feature would be coming soon to theaters in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, France, Germany, and Latin America among other countries. This is the first Crunchyroll film to be distributed in association with Funimation Films.[87]

On March 1, 2022, it was announced that the Funimation, Wakanim and VRV SVOD services would be consolidated into Crunchyroll. Additionally, it was announced that Funimation Global Group, LLC would undergo a rebrand as Crunchyroll, LLC.[88][5] Fourteen days later, it was announced that Funimation's home video releases would be distributed under the Crunchyroll banner, with the latter's logo replacing that of the former on the spine and back of the covers for each new release that comes out starting with its June 2022 slate.[89] Following the Russian military invasion of Ukraine, Crunchyroll announced on March 11, 2022 that it would halt services in Russia, thus shutting down operations of Wakanim and Crunchyroll EMEA entirely, in line with global sanctions.[90] Its parent company Sony donated $2 million in humanitarian aid to Ukraine.[91]

On April 5, 2022, the company announced that Funimation's YouTube channel was rebranded as Crunchyroll Dubs and that it would serve as Crunchyroll's channel for English-dubbed content while English-subtitled content would still be uploaded on their Crunchyroll Collection channel.[92] The company also stated that they would release an English-dubbed first episode of an anime series every Saturday at 3:00 pm. ET on the channel, starting with Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World on April 9, 2022. Three days later, another announcement was made in that the Funimation Shop would be moved to the Crunchyroll Store.[93] Two weeks later, CEO Colin Decker stepped down from his position. He was replaced by COO Rahul Purini.[94] As a result of the merger in March 2022, pre-existing shows such as My Hero Academia, Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out!, and others that were streaming on Funimation will remain along with newer seasons until a full migration of its licensed catalog is transferred over to Crunchyroll. New series such as Spy × Family, Chainsaw Man, and A Couple of Cuckoos are only released on Crunchyroll, albeit with the dubbing production done in the Coppell studios. Once the content migration is completed, the Funimation OTT platform is expected to be sunset. On August 4, 2022, Crunchyroll acquired anime eCommerce retailer and distributor Right Stuf. Right Stuf's adult/hentai sales and distribution were spun off to a separate company as part of the deal.[95][96]

On September 20, 2022, Kyle McCarley's contract to voice Shigeo Kageyama, the protagonist of Mob Psycho 100, was not renewed by Crunchyroll. McCarley, who is a member of SAG-AFTRA, had offered to work on a non-union contract for the third season, on the condition that Crunchyroll meet with SAG-AFTRA representatives to discuss potential future contracts. Crunchyroll refused the offer, sparking criticism from anime fans and media outlets.[97][98][99][100]

In February 2023, Crunchyroll laid off 85 staff as part of employee redundancy between the 12 offices including its main Coppell headquarters and Culver City offices.[101]

Distribution

In July 2008, Funimation and Red Planet Media announced the launch of a mobile video on demand service for AT&T Mobility and Sprint mobile phone subscribers. Three titles were part of the launch, Gunslinger Girl, Tsukuyomi: Moon Phase, and The Galaxy Railways, with entire seasons of each made available.[102]

Until 2016, Funimation did not directly release its properties in non-North American (English language speaking) markets, and instead sub-licensed its properties to other companies such as the UK branch of Manga Entertainment and Anime Limited in the United Kingdom.[103]

In 2016, Funimation began directly releasing some of its titles in the United Kingdom and Ireland with Funimation branding, with Funimation handling licensing and localization, and Anime Limited handling distribution and classification.[104] Funimation later distributed My Hero Academia in the region through Universal Pictures UK in 2017,[105] and later through Sony Pictures UK, along with other select titles, in 2018.[106] Funimation later began sub-licensing titles to Manga Entertainment's UK branch in late 2018, before acquiring the company on May 29, 2019, and releasing titles directly.[62] On September 24, 2019, Sony Pictures Television and Aniplex consolidated their international anime streaming businesses, with Funimation becoming the leading company for the group.[11]

Funimation also began directly distributing its titles in Australia and New Zealand in 2017. Similar to the UK and Ireland, select titles were released through Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment from 2017 to 2018. From September 2018, Funimation transferred distribution to Madman Anime, with the company handling distribution and classification within the region.[107][108] Madman Anime was later consolidated into Funimation in 2019.[11]

Lawsuits

Anti-piracy

In 2005, Funimation's legal department began to pursue a more aggressive approach toward protecting the company's licensed properties. They started sending "cease and desist" (C&D) letters to sites offering links to fansubs of their titles. This move was similar to that taken by the now-defunct ADV Films several years before with several major torrent sites.[109]

Funimation's legal department served C&D letters for series that had not yet been advertised or announced as licensed, including Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle, Black Cat, and SoltyRei, with a few known series also mentioned in the letter.[110] Funimation revealed more licenses on October 6, 2006, when it sent letters to torrent sites demanding that distribution of xxxHolic's TV series, Mushishi, Ragnarok the Animation, and other series cease.[111]

Since October 2009, Funimation has routinely filed DMCA takedown notices to get unauthorized distributions of its and its partners' properties removed from Google search results.[f]

In January 2011, Funimation filed a lawsuit against BitTorrent users in the U.S. for allegedly downloading and uploading One Piece.[112] Funimation dropped the suit in March after a Northern Texas judge, having already indicated that the court would appoint attorneys for the defendants,[113] ruled that the defendants were not "acting in concert" and thus could not be sued as a group; each would have to be sued separately.[114]

The One Piece film at issue was a fansub, an unauthorized copy distributed with fan-produced, translated subtitles. Soon after the lawsuit was abandoned, Funimation was reported to have long been deriving dubs from fansubs.[115] Nevertheless, Funimation continues to hold their stance that fansubbing is harmful to the anime industry, stating "The practices of illegal downloads and 'fansubbing' are very harmful to our Japanese partners and [...] we have been asked to monitor and take action against unauthorized distribution of these titles. Because we believe that this will benefit the industry, we have agreed to do so."[116] Sites which distribute fansubs or separate fan-created subtitles remain a frequent target of civil actions by Funimation and other anime companies, as well as criminal prosecution in at least one case.[117]

Two months after failing to sue BitTorrent users in the North Texas district, Funimation engaged in forum shopping and proceeded to sue 1,427 defendants in the neighboring East Texas district for acting "in concert" to infringe copyright on The Legend Is Born: Ip Man. This case was allowed to proceed. However, the court dismissed the case against all remaining defendants with prejudice, on October 17, 2013.[118]

Disputes with partners

In November 2011, Funimation sued A.D. Vision, AEsir Holdings, Section23 Films, Valkyrie Media Partners, Seraphim Studios, Sentai Filmworks and its CEO, John Ledford and Switchblade Pictures for a sum of $8 million, citing "breach of contracts" and other issues. Funimation said that ADV's transfer of assets were made with "the intent to defer, hinder or defraud the creditors of ADV [Films]." Funimation sought ADV's sale of assets as void.[119] The lawsuit was settled in mediation in 2014. The terms of the settlement were not disclosed.[120]

Vic Mignogna lawsuit

Main article: Vic Mignogna § Allegations of sexual harassment and legal issues

In early 2019, allegations of sexual misconduct against voice actor Vic Mignogna were brought forward on Twitter with the MeToo movement. Funimation conducted an internal investigation of the matter and announced on February 11, 2019, that they had ended their relations with Mignogna.[121] On April 19, 2019, Mignogna filed a civil suit against Funimation and voice actors Jamie Marchi, Monica Rial, and Rial's fiancé, Ron Toye. Mignogna and his attorney were seeking a monetary relief of over $1 million.[122] On June 12, 2019, Funimation filed a response denying Mignogna's allegations.[123] On July 1, 2019, Funimation filed an anti-SLAPP motion for Mignogna to dismiss his lawsuit.[124] Rial, Marchi, and Toye then filed their anti-SLAPP motions on July 19, 2019.[125] A hearing to consider the defendants's anti-SLAPP motions took place on September 6, 2019,[126] presiding Tarrant County judge John P. Chupp dismissed the civil suit against Marchi.[127] On October 4, 2019, the civil suit against Funimation, Rial, and Toye was dismissed.[128]

On October 24, 2019, Mignogna filed an appeal against the dismissal.[129] On October 30, 2019, Rial, Toye, Marchi, and Funimation filed a motion to have Mignogna's appeal dismissed, which was subsequently denied.[129][130] On November 5, 2019, Funimation filed a motion to recover attorney's fees, costs, and sanctions related to the lawsuit.[131] On November 27, 2019, Tarrant County judge John P. Chupp ruled that Mignogna had to pay a total of $238,042.42 in attorney's fees and sanctions to Rial, Toye, Marchi, and Funimation.[132]

Kojicast lawsuit

On April 24, 2019, Kojicast filed a lawsuit against Funimation claiming that the company's FunimationNow streaming service was an infringement on Kojicast's patent.[133]

Shop lawsuit

On January 13, 2021, Jenisa Angeles filed a class-action lawsuit against Funimation, claiming that their online store failed to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act.[134] The suit was settled out of court. The terms of the settlement were not disclosed.[135]

Notes

  1. ^ Exact name as shown on the Delaware corporations registry under file no. 2672363.
  2. ^ a b Crunchyroll, LLC operates but does not directly own the brand's namesake or Funimation OTT streaming platforms. Instead, both the company and services are owned by a joint venture between Sony Pictures Entertainment and Sony Music Entertainment Japan (through Aniplex).
  3. ^ Crunchyroll, LLC and Game Show Network, LLC parent company Sony formed Crunchyroll Channel through a partnership between the two companies, despite both of them being owned by different divisions of Sony. Crunchyroll, LLC is owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment and Sony Music Entertainment Japan's Aniplex, while Game Show Network, LLC is owned by the Sony Pictures Television Networks division of Sony Pictures Television.
  4. ^ Formerly known as Funimation.
  5. ^ stylized as FUNimation Productions
  6. ^ As of October 2012, the Chilling Effects search engine is broken, but Google search results for site:lumendatabase.org funimation reveal the DMCA notices received and processed so far.

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crunchyroll, funimation, entertainment, redirects, here, streaming, service, titled, after, former, company, name, funimation, current, titular, streaming, service, crunchyroll, other, topics, crunchyroll, disambiguation, crunchyroll, crunchyroll, american, en. Funimation Entertainment redirects here For the streaming service titled after the former company name see Funimation For the current titular streaming service see Crunchyroll For other topics see Crunchyroll disambiguation Crunchyroll LLC 5 d b a Crunchyroll d is an American entertainment company based in Coppell Texas 6 focused on the distribution and licensing of anime films and television series The company then known as Funimation Productions e was founded in May 1994 by Gen Fukunaga and his wife Cindy in Silicon Valley with funding by Daniel Cocanougher and his family who became investors in the company which then relocated to North Richland Hills and later Flower Mound Texas 7 Crunchyroll LLCTrade nameCrunchyrollFormerlyFunimation Inc 1994 2020 a Funimation Productions Ltd 1994 2005 2011 2020 Funimation Entertainment 2005 2011 Funimation Global Group LLC 2020 2022 TypeJoint venture 1 IndustryEntertainmentGenreAnimeFoundedMay 9 1994 29 years ago 1994 05 09 in Silicon Valley California U S 2 FounderGen FukunagaCindy BrennanHeadquartersCoppell Texas U S Key peopleRahul Purini CEO Asa Suehira CCO ProductsAnimemotion picturesJapanese East Asian cinemahome videoBrandsCrunchyroll b Funimation b ServicesStreamingtelevisionNumber of employees400 3 2022 ParentSony Pictures Entertainment 2017 present Aniplex Sony Music Entertainment Japan 2019 present DivisionsCrunchyroll EMEACrunchyroll Store AustraliaCrunchyroll UK and IrelandCrunchyroll Games 4 Crunchyroll StoreCrunchyroll Channel joint venture with Game Show Network LLC c Funimation was acquired by Navarre Corporation in May 2005 in April 2011 Navarre sold Funimation to a group of investors that included Fukunaga for 24 million 8 The company was then acquired by Sony which has run the company through a joint venture between Sony Pictures Entertainment and Sony Music Entertainment Japan s Aniplex 9 10 11 and rebranded to Crunchyroll LLC in March 2022 after acquiring the streaming service of the same name in August 2021 12 Contents 1 History 1 1 Early history 1 2 Acquisition by Navarre Corporation 1 3 Second stint as an independent company 1 4 Sony ownership 1 4 1 Aniplex SPT joint venture and international expansion 1 4 2 Relaunch as Crunchyroll 2 Distribution 3 Lawsuits 3 1 Anti piracy 3 2 Disputes with partners 3 3 Vic Mignogna lawsuit 3 4 Kojicast lawsuit 3 5 Shop lawsuit 4 Notes 5 ReferencesHistoryMain article History of anime in the United States Early history nbsp The original FUNimation logo used from 1994 to 2005In the early 1990s Japanese born businessman Gen Fukunaga was approached by his uncle Nagafumi Hori who was working as a producer for Toei Company Hori proposed that if Fukunaga could start a production company and raise enough money Toei Animation would license the rights to the Dragon Ball franchise to the United States Fukunaga met with co worker Daniel Cocanougher whose family owned a feed mill in Decatur Texas and convinced Cocanougher s family to sell their business and serve as an investor for his company 13 14 15 The company was founded on May 9 1994 as FUNimation Productions 2 16 The company was originally based in Silicon Valley but eventually relocated to North Richland Hills Texas 15 17 They initially collaborated with other companies on Dragon Ball such as BLT Productions Ocean Studios Pioneer and Saban Entertainment 18 19 After two aborted attempts to bring the Dragon Ball franchise to television via first run syndication Cartoon Network began airing Dragon Ball Z as part of its Toonami programming block in 1998 which quickly became the highest rated show on the block and garnered a large following 20 21 22 The success of Dragon Ball Z is credited for allowing Funimation to acquire other licensed titles 22 23 24 25 Beginning in September 2003 Funimation signed a North American home video deal with Canada based Nelvana 26 Such titles released included Redwall Pecola Tales from the Cryptkeeper Timothy Goes to School and the Disney Channel TV special The Santa Claus Brothers 27 This was Funimation s first foray into non anime entertainment Acquisition by Navarre Corporation nbsp Funimation logo from May 11 2005 to January 7 2016 The colored version of the logo was used until April 2011 On May 11 2005 Funimation was acquired by Navarre Corporation for US 100 4 million in cash and 1 8 million shares of Navarre stock As part of the acquisition Gen Fukunaga was retained as head of the company transitioning to the position of CEO and the company s name was changed from FUNimation Productions to FUNimation Entertainment 28 29 In 2007 Funimation moved from North Richland Hills Texas to Flower Mound 30 Funimation moved into the Lakeside Business District with a ten year lease 31 According to an interview in February 2008 with Navarre Corporation CEO Cary Deacon Funimation was in early stage negotiations to acquire some of the titles licensed through Geneon s USA division which ceased operations in December 2007 32 In July 2008 Funimation confirmed that they had acquired distribution rights to several Geneon titles including some that Geneon had left unfinished when they withdrew from the U S market 33 At Anime Expo 2008 Funimation announced that it had acquired over 30 titles from the Sojitz catalog that had previously been licensed by ADV Films 34 In 2009 Funimation signed a deal with Toei Animation to stream several of its anime titles online through the Funimation website 35 Second stint as an independent company nbsp Logo from 2016 to 2022 It is still used for the Funimation streaming service On May 27 2010 Navarre Corporation announced that it began negotiating a potential sale of Funimation It was also announced that if the sale took place Funimation would be reclassified as a discounted operation starting in the first quarter of 2011 36 On September 16 2010 Navarre announced that six potential buyers were interested in acquiring Funimation 37 In the first quarter of 2011 Navarre reclassified Funimation as discounted operations 38 On April 4 2011 Navarre released a statement announcing that Funimation had been sold to a group of investors that included original owner Gen Fukunaga for 24 million 39 It was also announced that Navarre would remain as exclusive distributor of Funimation s titles 39 On October 14 2011 Funimation announced a partnership with Niconico the English language version of Nico Nico Douga to form the Funico brand for the licensing of anime for streaming and home video release From this point on virtually all titles simulcasted by Niconico were acquired by Funimation 40 In 2014 Funimation released Dragon Ball Z Battle of Gods to theaters in partnership with Screenvision 41 Based on its success Funimation launched its own theatrical division in December 2014 42 On June 22 2015 Funimation and Universal Pictures Home Entertainment announced a multi year home video distribution deal The deal allowed UPHE to manage distribution and sales of Funimation s catalog of titles 43 Universal began distributing Funimation s titles in October of that year 44 nbsp The FunimationNow logo used from 2016 to 2020In January 2016 Funimation introduced a new logo and announced their streaming service FunimationNow 45 46 In April 2016 they launched their service in the UK and Ireland 47 On September 8 2016 Funimation announced a partnership with Crunchyroll Select Funimation titles would be streamed subtitled on Crunchyroll while select Crunchyroll titles would be streamed on FunimationNow including upcoming dubbed content In addition Funimation would act as the distributor for Crunchyroll s home video catalog 48 Sony ownership In May 2017 it was reported that Universal Studios and Sony Pictures Television were interested in purchasing Funimation however Universal decided not to proceed with the bidding 49 On July 31 2017 Sony Pictures Television announced that it would buy a controlling 95 stake in Funimation for 143 million a deal that was approved by the United States Department of Justice on August 22 2017 50 This deal allowed Funimation to have synergies with Sony s Animax and Kids Station divisions and direct access to the creative pipeline 51 The deal was closed on October 27 2017 52 On February 16 2018 it was reported that Shout Factory s Shout Studios division acquired the U S Canadian distribution rights to Big Fish amp Begonia and partnered with Funimation Films again for distribution 53 On July 12 2018 it was announced that Funimation Films had picked up licensing rights for Dragon Ball Super Broly in North America and that its English dub would premiere in theaters sometime in January 2019 in the United States and Canada only around a month after its national premiere in Japan 54 On August 7 AT amp T fully acquired Otter Media owner of Crunchyroll 55 On October 18 2018 Funimation and Crunchyroll announced that their partnership with would end on November 9 2018 as a result of Sony Pictures Television s acquisition of Funimation 56 Despite the home video releases being unaffected and still going on as planned select Funimation content would be removed from Crunchyroll and subtitled content would return to FunimationNow Additionally it was also announced that Funimation would be removed from Otter Media owned streaming service VRV entirely being replaced by HIDIVE 56 In December 2018 it was reported that another reason the partnership ended was due to a dispute concerning international expansion 57 On December 4 2018 Funimation inked an exclusive multi year first look SVOD deal with Hulu 58 On February 1 2019 Gen Fukunaga announced that he would be stepping down as general manager and transitioning to chairman of the company 59 with Colin Decker assuming the role of general manager in May 2019 60 On March 23 2019 at AnimeJapan 2019 Funimation announced that they had partnered with Chinese streaming service Bilibili to jointly license anime titles for both the U S and Chinese markets 61 On May 29 Funimation announced that they had acquired Manga Entertainment s UK branch and immediately consolidated the former s UK business into the latter s 62 On July 5 2019 Funimation announced at Anime Expo that they had reached a streaming partnership with Right Stuf with select titles from Nozomi Entertainment being made available on FunimationNow later in the year 63 On August 31 2019 Aniplex of America announced on Twitter that they would be partnering with Funimation Films to co release Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl theatrically in the U S on October 2 2019 and in Canada on October 4 2019 64 Aniplex SPT joint venture and international expansion On September 24 2019 Sony Pictures Television and Aniplex announced that they were consolidating their international anime streaming businesses under a new joint venture Funimation Global Group LLC with Funimation general manager Colin Decker leading the joint venture The joint venture would operate under Funimation s branding and allow Funimation to acquire and distribute titles with Aniplex subsidiaries Wakanim Madman Anime and AnimeLab The first title under the joint venture Fate Grand Order Absolute Demonic Front Babylonia would receive a 30 day exclusivity on FunimationNow AnimeLab and Wakanim and provide Funimation exclusive rights to the English dub for one year 11 In December Funimation launched a Decade of Anime poll in which fans voted for their favorite anime across multiple categories 65 66 On January 24 2020 Funimation announced it would be merging its online catalog into AnimeLab for Australian and New Zealand audiences and would shut down FunimationNow for Australia and New Zealand on March 30 67 On May 1 Funimation announced that they formed a partnership with Kodansha Comics to host a series of weekly watch parties 68 On May 4 Funimation announced that they had struck a deal with NIS America to stream select titles on FunimationNow 69 Funimation would also announce that same day that they would hold a virtual anime convention called FunimationCon on July 3 4 2020 It was one of several virtual events taking the place of that year s Anime Expo which announced its cancellation on April 17 70 On July 3 Funimation announced at FunimationCon that they would expand their streaming service to Latin America starting with Mexico and Brazil in Q4 2020 with one of the first dubbed titles released being Tokyo Ghoul re 71 72 Funimation later revealed that they would launch their Latin American services in December 2020 73 However they launched their service early on November 18 2020 74 On September 9 Funimation announced that they had reached a distribution partnership with Viz Media with Viz Media titles being made available to stream on Funimation s website 75 The deal was made after select Viz titles such as Part I of Naruto and the first 75 episodes of Hunter Hunter were previously made available on FunimationNow On December 2 2020 Brazilian TV channel Loading announced a content partnership with Sony Pictures Entertainment Funimation titles being included in the partnership was hinted at but not confirmed 76 Five days later it was officially confirmed that Funimation titles would be included in the partnership 77 On November 24 Funimation announced they had partnered with Sunrise to stream select Gundam titles such as Mobile Suit Gundam Mobile Suit Gundam SEED and later Mobile Suit Gundam Wing and Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam Some Gundam titles already streamed on Funimation prior to said partnership like Mobile Suit Gundam Iron Blooded Orphans 78 To unify the company s image abroad Manga Entertainment was rebranded as Funimation UK in the UK and Ireland on April 19 2021 with AnimeLab relaunched under the Funimation brand in Australia and New Zealand from June 17 2021 79 80 Afterwards Funimation launched their streaming services to three South American countries of Colombia Chile and Peru on June 16 2021 81 On September 1 Funimation and Gonzo announced a partnership to upload select remastered titles on their respective YouTube channels until November 30 These titles were Ragnarok the Animation Witchblade and Burst Angel 82 Relaunch as Crunchyroll See also Crunchyroll On December 9 2020 Sony Pictures Entertainment announced that it would acquire Crunchyroll from WarnerMedia for a total of US 1 175 billion in cash placing the company under Funimation once the acquisition was finalized 83 However on March 24 2021 it was reported that the United States Department of Justice had extended its antitrust review of the acquisition 84 The acquisition of Crunchyroll was completed on August 9 2021 with Sony stating in their press release that they would create a unified anime subscription using their anime businesses as soon as possible 85 Crunchyroll confirmed four days later that VRV was included in the acquisition 86 On January 25 2022 Crunchyroll announced that they were going to release Jujutsu Kaisen 0 in theaters on March 18 2022 in the United States and Canada The film launched in over 1 500 theaters as well as some IMAX theatres in both sub and dub They also stated that the feature would be coming soon to theaters in the United Kingdom Ireland Australia New Zealand France Germany and Latin America among other countries This is the first Crunchyroll film to be distributed in association with Funimation Films 87 On March 1 2022 it was announced that the Funimation Wakanim and VRV SVOD services would be consolidated into Crunchyroll Additionally it was announced that Funimation Global Group LLC would undergo a rebrand as Crunchyroll LLC 88 5 Fourteen days later it was announced that Funimation s home video releases would be distributed under the Crunchyroll banner with the latter s logo replacing that of the former on the spine and back of the covers for each new release that comes out starting with its June 2022 slate 89 Following the Russian military invasion of Ukraine Crunchyroll announced on March 11 2022 that it would halt services in Russia thus shutting down operations of Wakanim and Crunchyroll EMEA entirely in line with global sanctions 90 Its parent company Sony donated 2 million in humanitarian aid to Ukraine 91 On April 5 2022 the company announced that Funimation s YouTube channel was rebranded as Crunchyroll Dubs and that it would serve as Crunchyroll s channel for English dubbed content while English subtitled content would still be uploaded on their Crunchyroll Collection channel 92 The company also stated that they would release an English dubbed first episode of an anime series every Saturday at 3 00 pm ET on the channel starting with Re Zero Starting Life in Another World on April 9 2022 Three days later another announcement was made in that the Funimation Shop would be moved to the Crunchyroll Store 93 Two weeks later CEO Colin Decker stepped down from his position He was replaced by COO Rahul Purini 94 As a result of the merger in March 2022 pre existing shows such as My Hero Academia Uzaki chan Wants to Hang Out and others that were streaming on Funimation will remain along with newer seasons until a full migration of its licensed catalog is transferred over to Crunchyroll New series such as Spy Family Chainsaw Man and A Couple of Cuckoos are only released on Crunchyroll albeit with the dubbing production done in the Coppell studios Once the content migration is completed the Funimation OTT platform is expected to be sunset On August 4 2022 Crunchyroll acquired anime eCommerce retailer and distributor Right Stuf Right Stuf s adult hentai sales and distribution were spun off to a separate company as part of the deal 95 96 On September 20 2022 Kyle McCarley s contract to voice Shigeo Kageyama the protagonist of Mob Psycho 100 was not renewed by Crunchyroll McCarley who is a member of SAG AFTRA had offered to work on a non union contract for the third season on the condition that Crunchyroll meet with SAG AFTRA representatives to discuss potential future contracts Crunchyroll refused the offer sparking criticism from anime fans and media outlets 97 98 99 100 In February 2023 Crunchyroll laid off 85 staff as part of employee redundancy between the 12 offices including its main Coppell headquarters and Culver City offices 101 DistributionIn July 2008 Funimation and Red Planet Media announced the launch of a mobile video on demand service for AT amp T Mobility and Sprint mobile phone subscribers Three titles were part of the launch Gunslinger Girl Tsukuyomi Moon Phase and The Galaxy Railways with entire seasons of each made available 102 Until 2016 Funimation did not directly release its properties in non North American English language speaking markets and instead sub licensed its properties to other companies such as the UK branch of Manga Entertainment and Anime Limited in the United Kingdom 103 In 2016 Funimation began directly releasing some of its titles in the United Kingdom and Ireland with Funimation branding with Funimation handling licensing and localization and Anime Limited handling distribution and classification 104 Funimation later distributed My Hero Academia in the region through Universal Pictures UK in 2017 105 and later through Sony Pictures UK along with other select titles in 2018 106 Funimation later began sub licensing titles to Manga Entertainment s UK branch in late 2018 before acquiring the company on May 29 2019 and releasing titles directly 62 On September 24 2019 Sony Pictures Television and Aniplex consolidated their international anime streaming businesses with Funimation becoming the leading company for the group 11 Funimation also began directly distributing its titles in Australia and New Zealand in 2017 Similar to the UK and Ireland select titles were released through Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment from 2017 to 2018 From September 2018 Funimation transferred distribution to Madman Anime with the company handling distribution and classification within the region 107 108 Madman Anime was later consolidated into Funimation in 2019 11 LawsuitsAnti piracy In 2005 Funimation s legal department began to pursue a more aggressive approach toward protecting the company s licensed properties They started sending cease and desist C amp D letters to sites offering links to fansubs of their titles This move was similar to that taken by the now defunct ADV Films several years before with several major torrent sites 109 Funimation s legal department served C amp D letters for series that had not yet been advertised or announced as licensed including Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle Black Cat and SoltyRei with a few known series also mentioned in the letter 110 Funimation revealed more licenses on October 6 2006 when it sent letters to torrent sites demanding that distribution of xxxHolic s TV series Mushishi Ragnarok the Animation and other series cease 111 Since October 2009 Funimation has routinely filed DMCA takedown notices to get unauthorized distributions of its and its partners properties removed from Google search results f In January 2011 Funimation filed a lawsuit against BitTorrent users in the U S for allegedly downloading and uploading One Piece 112 Funimation dropped the suit in March after a Northern Texas judge having already indicated that the court would appoint attorneys for the defendants 113 ruled that the defendants were not acting in concert and thus could not be sued as a group each would have to be sued separately 114 The One Piece film at issue was a fansub an unauthorized copy distributed with fan produced translated subtitles Soon after the lawsuit was abandoned Funimation was reported to have long been deriving dubs from fansubs 115 Nevertheless Funimation continues to hold their stance that fansubbing is harmful to the anime industry stating The practices of illegal downloads and fansubbing are very harmful to our Japanese partners and we have been asked to monitor and take action against unauthorized distribution of these titles Because we believe that this will benefit the industry we have agreed to do so 116 Sites which distribute fansubs or separate fan created subtitles remain a frequent target of civil actions by Funimation and other anime companies as well as criminal prosecution in at least one case 117 Two months after failing to sue BitTorrent users in the North Texas district Funimation engaged in forum shopping and proceeded to sue 1 427 defendants in the neighboring East Texas district for acting in concert to infringe copyright on The Legend Is Born Ip Man This case was allowed to proceed However the court dismissed the case against all remaining defendants with prejudice on October 17 2013 118 Disputes with partners In November 2011 Funimation sued A D Vision AEsir Holdings Section23 Films Valkyrie Media Partners Seraphim Studios Sentai Filmworks and its CEO John Ledford and Switchblade Pictures for a sum of 8 million citing breach of contracts and other issues Funimation said that ADV s transfer of assets were made with the intent to defer hinder or defraud the creditors of ADV Films Funimation sought ADV s sale of assets as void 119 The lawsuit was settled in mediation in 2014 The terms of the settlement were not disclosed 120 Vic Mignogna lawsuit Main article Vic Mignogna Allegations of sexual harassment and legal issues In early 2019 allegations of sexual misconduct against voice actor Vic Mignogna were brought forward on Twitter with the MeToo movement Funimation conducted an internal investigation of the matter and announced on February 11 2019 that they had ended their relations with Mignogna 121 On April 19 2019 Mignogna filed a civil suit against Funimation and voice actors Jamie Marchi Monica Rial and Rial s fiance Ron Toye Mignogna and his attorney were seeking a monetary relief of over 1 million 122 On June 12 2019 Funimation filed a response denying Mignogna s allegations 123 On July 1 2019 Funimation filed an anti SLAPP motion for Mignogna to dismiss his lawsuit 124 Rial Marchi and Toye then filed their anti SLAPP motions on July 19 2019 125 A hearing to consider the defendants s anti SLAPP motions took place on September 6 2019 126 presiding Tarrant County judge John P Chupp dismissed the civil suit against Marchi 127 On October 4 2019 the civil suit against Funimation Rial and Toye was dismissed 128 On October 24 2019 Mignogna filed an appeal against the dismissal 129 On October 30 2019 Rial Toye Marchi and Funimation filed a motion to have Mignogna s appeal dismissed which was subsequently denied 129 130 On November 5 2019 Funimation filed a motion to recover attorney s fees costs and sanctions related to the lawsuit 131 On November 27 2019 Tarrant County judge John P Chupp ruled that Mignogna had to pay a total of 238 042 42 in attorney s fees and sanctions to Rial Toye Marchi and Funimation 132 Kojicast lawsuit On April 24 2019 Kojicast filed a lawsuit against Funimation claiming that the company s FunimationNow 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