Crunchyroll Acquisition

announced that Funimation Global Group has completed the acquisition of 100% of the equity interest in Ellation Holdings which operated the anime business Crunchyroll. Sony previously confirmed the acquisition of Crunchyroll for USD 1.175 billion, which was recently completed on August 9, 2021. Crunchyroll is known as a premier anime direct-to-consumer service within AT&T’s WarnerMedia segment with over 3 million SVOD subscribers. "We are very excited to welcome Crunchyroll to the Sony Group," said Kenichiro Yoshida, Chairman, President and CEO, Sony Group Corporation. has recently confirmed to acquire Crunchyroll for USD 1.175 billion. AT&T has agreed to sell its Crunchyroll anime business to Funimation Global Group, LLC. Crunchyroll is known as a premier anime direct-to-consumer service within AT&T’s WarnerMedia segment with over 3 million SVOD subscribers. The merging of Crunchyroll and Funimation will allow them to develop distribution for their content partners and expand its offerings for consumers. Read more in our articles including "Sony’s Funimation Global Group completes acquisition of Crunchyroll" and "Sony confirms acquisition of Crunchyroll for USD 1.175 billion".