Funimation Archives

Sony’s Funimation Completes $1.175 Billion USD Purchase of Crunchyroll From AT&T

August 10, 2021

Following a months long delay prompted by an anti-trust probe from the United States Justice Department, Sony’s Funimation has successfully completed its purchase of AT&T’s Crunchyroll division, finalizing ...

Funimation Announces Plans To Stream Robotech, Release New Collector’s Edition Blu-Ray Set

Spencer Baculi

June 20, 2021

Anime

Following the recent resolution of the decades-long rights battle between the Macross and Robotech anime series, Funimation has announced their plans to not only stream the entirety of the series, but also rele...

Trio of Funimation’s Asian American Voice Actors Take Issue With White Actors In Anime While Boasting That Voice Acting Affords The “Freedom To Play Outside How Your Body Looks”

Spencer Baculi

May 30, 2021

Anime

A trio of Asian-American voice actors currently employed by Funimation recently shared their frustrations with white voice actors, primarily celebrities, acting in or voicing both live-action and animted anime ...

Funimation Inserts Reference To Non-Binary Identities Into English Dub Of Sk8 The Infinity

Spencer Baculi

April 14, 2021

Anime

Reset the clock, as Funimation has once again heavily deviated from a series’ Japanese dub by inserting overt references to Western culture, this time by adding a reference to “non-binary” individuals into the ...

Sony Purchase of Crunchyroll In Jeopardy As U.S. Justice Department Extends Anti-Trust Probe

Spencer Baculi

March 26, 2021

Anime

Sony’s acquisition of Crunchyroll has hit a major roadblock, as the sale of the anime streaming service is now facing increased scrutiny by the U.S. Department of Justice. Source: Dragon Ball Super Episode ...

Nihon Falcom Announces The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel Anime Adaptation

Spencer Baculi

March 14, 2021

Anime, Video Games

Nihon Falcom has announced that their popular RPG series The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel will receive an anime adaptation, with the series’ anticipated release set for sometime in 2022. Re...

Tons Of New Information Announced Including The Release Date And Second Trailer For Megalobox 2: Nomad

John F. Trent

March 9, 2021

Anime

TMS Entertainment provided a ton of new information including the release date and a brand new trailer for the upcoming Megalobox 2: Nomad anime series. First they released a brand new trailer, which you can...

The Daily Stupid: Chun-Li, Bill Gates, Funimation, And More

John F. Trent

February 19, 2021

Anime, Censorship, Movies, The Daily Stupid

Welcome to The Daily Stupid, where we cover some of the dumbest and most idiotic things happening around the world and on the internet. Today, we’ve got more stupid including a Jezebel writer thinking Chun-L...

Funimation Offers Akira SD Blu-Ray Owners Free Upgrade to 4K Version

Spencer Baculi

December 28, 2020

Anime

Following the announcement that Akira would be receiving a 4K Ultra HD home video release, Funimation has announced that owners of the original Blu-Ray release can upgrade their physical copies of the film to t...

Report: AT&T Confirms Sale Of Crunchyroll To Sony’s Funimation for $1.17 Billion

Spencer Baculi

December 10, 2020

Anime

AT&T has announced that they will be selling the Crunchyroll anime streaming service to the Sony owned Funimation Global Group, LLC for a total of $1.175 Billion USD. Related: Sony Enters Final Negotia...

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