Crunchyroll, a privately owned company headquartered in the US, is a subsidiary of Sony Pictures Entertainment. Founded in 1994, it employs approximately 560 individuals and is a tier 1 media tech buyer. The company specializes in Media and TV services, focusing on dubbing and distributing East Asian Media content. It was renamed from Funimation in March 2022 when Sony integrated its existing anime services, including Funimation and Wakanim. Since 2019, Funimation has been managed through a joint venture between Sony Pictures Entertainment and Sony Music Entertainment Japan. Crunchyroll licenses anime series and distributes them through its SVOD and AVOD streaming platforms.
On July 29, 2026, Starz and Crunchyroll began bundling their services on Amazon’s Prime Video platform. Concurrently, Bandai Namco released new trailers for the NARUTO CARD GAME, showcasing card designs and mechanics, following its initial announcement in June. Previously, on July 27, collectible brand TUBBZ launched a collaboration featuring Tanjiro Kamado and Nezuko Kamado from *Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba* as rubber ducks, available in Collector’s Boxed and Mini Editions. This follows Crunchyroll highlighting on July 25 a new shonen hit, *Black Torch*, an inventive supernatural action manga by Tsuyoshi Takaki that originally ran from 2016-2018 in Shueisha’s Jump Square and Shonen Jump+, which the platform is now reviving.
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