Crunchyroll! According to Crunchyroll's General Manager, Joanne Waage, the acquisition will only benefit the anime community. It should enlist the Sony Group's experience in the development of the streaming platform. Crunchyroll, which was founded in 2006, has managed to establish a positive brand image. In the meantime, the Sony Group owns Funimation and Aniplex. Crunchyroll and Funimation are the two most popular anime streaming services in the world. As a result, now that Sony is utilising its knowledge to continue its operations, the merger will advance the art and culture of anime for decades to come.

What can we expect now that Crunchyroll is owned by Sony?

Crunchyroll is now owned by Sony. We should expect a lot of changes in the anime world after the $1.175 billion deal. Funimation and Aniplex were previously controlled by Sony Group businesses. As a result of Crunchyroll's addition to the organisation, Sony intends to provide something significant to the anime community. Through their future ambitions, the producers, creators, and fans should all be brought closer together as a result of this transaction. Tony Vinciquerra, Chairman and CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment, indicated that they were working on an uniform anime subscription model. This strategy should help the company add a broader range of content to its collection while also reaching a larger audience.

For almost 25 years, Funimation has been producing and distributing anime around the world. They feel that their experience will aid in the creation of the ultimate anime experience. Video-on-demand services, expos, conventions, events, and retail should all be included in this experience. On Crunchyroll's platform, there were 120 million registered users and 5 million subscribers. Now that they're all under Sony's control, they intend to use them to unite the anime community in Japan and around the world. This community should focus on assisting producers and creators in reaching a larger audience with their work.

One of Sony's top executives stated that the company wants to introduce the new streaming services to all platforms. As a result, there has been speculation that Sony would introduce a new Playstation Plus subscription that includes the streaming platform as well.

Crunchyroll was also a part of HBO Max's library expansion. There is yet no information on what the acquisition will imply for HBO Max.