Crunchyroll LLC
American entertainment company / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Crunchyroll, LLC[6] (d/b/a Crunchyroll), formerly known as Funimation,[lower-alpha 4] is an American entertainment company based in Coppell, a suburb of Dallas, Texas.[7] It operates an eponymous over-the-top subscription video on-demand service, which showcases licensed content related to the Japanese anime, films and television series.
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Company type | Joint venture[1] |
Industry | Entertainment |
Genre | Anime |
Founded | May 9, 1994; 30 years ago (1994-05-09), in Silicon Valley, California, U.S.[2] |
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Headquarters | , U.S. |
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Brands | Crunchyroll |
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Number of employees | 1500+[4] (2024) |
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The company 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]