Sony own Crunchyroll: Sony closes $1.175 billion deal to buy Crunchyroll
2 min readSony Owns Crunchyroll Now After The $1.175 billion Deal is Final!. It’s great news for everyone. Joanne Waage, the General Manager of Crunchyroll, where he said that the acquisition is only helpful for the anime community. Moreover, he added that It will bring in creativity. And the Sony Group has benefits of that and helps to develop the screening platform. In 2006, Crunchyroll was first started.
Since that time it has been able to make a good and creative brand. It is also worth mentioning that Funimation and Aniplex are presently under the Sony Group. And whereas, Crunchyroll and Funimation are the largest global theatres for anime. So now, Sony has huge brands with it. and the alliance would improve the creation and culture of anime for many years to come. And everyone knows that Sony is globally recognized in the gaming world, and may help enrich the quality and availability of anime games as well.
Views of the users
On the opposite it, Crunchyroll users believe that this deal can not give benefits. They think that it can only be toxic to the anime community. Whereas, when we talk about Funimation, then it is available only in some countries. By this action users are not happy with this. And they think that they are eliminated from Sony’s plan. While some other people think that a united platform will impair the strong website of Crunchyroll. Because sometimes it often misbehaving Funimation. After receiving these views this is the question about how Sony will manage.
How Sony will react?
And it has been developing a monopoly on the anime
So, now that when Crunchyroll is part of the organization. Sony is scheduling to give rise to something big to the anime community. In addition to that, this acquisition should suggest that the producers, creators, and fans, all will be closed through their future plans.
Also read: Captain America 4: Anthony Mackie is Returning as Sam Wilson