Crunchyroll and Funimation merger: What does it mean and what happens next?

For the the rapidly growing group of folks who love anime, this is game-changing news.

Imagine Hulu or Disney Plus picking up HBO Max.

The plan is to create one anime streaming service to rule them all.

“Our goal is to create a unified anime subscription experience as soon as possible.”

What is Crunchyroll?

What is Funimation?

It currently has the license for huge shows like Dragonball Z and Attack on Titan.

What happens next?

Sony will look to consolidate both services under one umbrella.

Most likely it’ll be the former.

Worth mentioning: Many major anime shows actually already stream on both Crunchyroll and Funimation.

The most likely immediate move would be to add additional content to Funimation.

“We know you may have questions,” read a statementpublished on Crunchyroll.

Thank you for your trust and support!"

As of right now it’s unclear what will mean for anime content coming to the West.

I’ll always be rooting for you.

A very sad day for anime, sony/funimation acquisition of crunchyroll has been completed.