Crunchyroll has announced that it will merge with Funimation and operate as Crunchyroll. As a result, content previously exclusive to Funimation and Wakanim will now be available on Crunchyroll. Additionally, new series, beginning April 1 with titles from the Spring 2022 anime season, will be released exclusively on Crunchyroll.
Crunchyroll’s VRV will also be unified under Crunchyroll, while Funimation will continue to add new episodes of its current anime series.
The consolidation comes after Sony’s Funimation acquired Crunchyroll from AT&T in August 2021 for $1.175 billion USD. The acquisition was originally announced in December 2020 by Sony Pictures and Crunchyroll. In March 2021, the U.S. Justice Department reviewed whether the deal would give Sony dominance over anime streaming.
Source: Funmation, Crunchyroll, Press Release
