jun 12, 2006 - Crunchyroll launches
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Crunchyroll, Inc. is an American distributor, publisher, production and licensing company focused on streaming anime, manga, and dorama. Founded in 2006 by a group of University of California, Berkeley graduates,[8] Crunchyroll's distribution channel and partnership program delivers content to over 100 million registered users worldwide.[9] Crunchyroll was a subsidiary of Otter Media, which is a subsidiary of AT&T's WarnerMedia.[10] Sony announced in December 2020 that its joint venture anime business Funimation, ran by Sony Pictures Television and Sony Music Entertainment Japan's Aniplex, would acquire Crunchyroll from AT&T for approximately US$1.175 billion;[11] the completion of the acquisition was announced on August 9, 2021.[12] Crunchyroll has offices in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Tokyo, Lausanne, Paris, Berlin, and Chișinău,[13] and is a member of The Association of Japanese Animations (AJA).[14] "Crunchyroll Hime", also known as "Hime", is the official mascot of Crunchyroll.[15]
Crunchyroll offers over 1,000 anime shows,[14] more than 200 East Asian dramas to users, and around 80 manga titles as Crunchyroll Manga, although not all programming is available worldwide due to licensing restrictions. Crunchyroll passed one million paid subscribers in February 2017,[14][16] and has over 5 million paid subscribers as of 2021.[7] Crunchyroll also selects some anime titles for release on home video through its distribution partners (Funimation, Sentai Filmworks, Viz Media, & Discotek Media in North America and Anime Limited in the United Kingdom).[17][18]
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