May 9, 1994; 30 years ago (1994-05-09), in Silicon Valley, California, U.S.[2]
Founder
Gen Fukunaga
Cindy Brennan
Headquarters
3501 Olympus Blvd, Suite 400[3] Coppell, Texas
,
U.S.
Key people
Rahul Purini (CEO)
Asa Suehira (CCO)
Products
Anime
motion pictures
Japanese/East Asian cinema
home video
Brands
Crunchyroll
Services
Streaming
television
Owners
Sony Pictures Television (2017–present)
Aniplex[b] (2019–present)
Number of employees
400[4] (2022)
Divisions
Crunchyroll Channel (joint venture with Game Show Network, LLC[c])
Crunchyroll EMEA
Crunchyroll Games[5]
Crunchyroll Store
Crunchyroll Store Australia
Crunchyroll UK and Ireland
Crunchyroll, LLC,[6] d/b/a Crunchyroll, formerly known as Funimation,[d] is an American entertainment company based in Coppell, a suburb of Dallas, Texas,[7] 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.[8]
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.[9] The company was acquired by Sony Pictures Television in 2017 and rebranded to Crunchyroll, LLC in March 2022 after acquiring the streaming service of the same name and its parent Ellation in August 2021.[10]
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^"Careers". Funimation. Archived from the original on January 30, 2022. Retrieved January 29, 2022.
^"CRUNCHYROLL GAMES TERMS OF SERVICE". Archived from the original on July 22, 2022. Retrieved July 22, 2022.
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^Brown, Steve (November 5, 2020). "Sony-owned Funimation is latest to make move to Cypress Waters mega-development". The Dallas Morning News. Archived from the original on February 1, 2022. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
^David, Eric (September 9, 2016). "How Funimation Made DFW an Anime Production Hub". Dallas Innovates. Archived from the original on August 10, 2021. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
^Warren, Emily (April 8, 2011). "Navarre Sells Anime Studio FUNimation". Asia Pacific Arts. Archived from the original on April 13, 2014. Retrieved April 17, 2011.
^Mateo, Alex (August 9, 2021). "Sony's Funimation Global Group Completes Acquisition of Crunchyroll from AT&T". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on August 9, 2021. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
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