Two years after merging content into Crunchyroll‘s massive anime library, Funimation is shuttering its app and website on April 2, the company announced on its website. The streaming platform is ...

These days, it is hard to imagine a world without anime. Whether we’re talking about Japan or the United States, the medium has a tight hold on fans across the globe. For decades, anime was once seen ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Crunchyroll and Funimation logos (Photo Credit: Funimation, Sony, Crunchyroll) Funimation, the American OTT streaming service hub ...

Nearly three years after the two streaming services merged, Funimation is being sacrificed to beef up Crunchyroll as the premier anime hub. Reading time 2 minutes Come April 2, Funimation is going the ...

How long is “forever”? When it comes to digital media, forever could be as close as a couple of months away. Funimation’s parent company, Sony, bought rival anime streaming service Crunchyroll in 2021 ...

In a recent interview with The Verge’s Decoder podcast, Crunchyroll president Rahul Purini revealed that the anime-focused streaming service was experimenting with implementing AI-generated subtitles ...

This week marks a major turning point in the anime landscape. For 30 years, Funimation has been a vocal presence in the anime industry, and it helped rear the fandom in the United States. On April 1st ...

Anime fans have expressed frustration online after Crunchyroll announced it won't grant users access to Funimation digital copies when the two streaming services merge fully. Crunchyroll's guide ...

Funimation used to be known as a fierce competitor to Crunchyroll and one of the go-to streaming services for all things anime. While the Funimation app was notorious for being slow and ridden with ...