Funimation is Merging With Crunchyroll

<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;&quest;s&equals;crunchyroll">Crunchyroll<&sol;a> and <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;&quest;s&equals;Funimation">Funimation<&sol;a> are now becoming one package&period; Recently&comma; the brand announced that existing and new Crunchyroll subscribers will now have access to library and simulcast content previously exclusive to Funimation&period; Crunchyroll’s pricing will also remain unchanged&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"aligncenter wp-image-176977 size-large" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;03&sol;03150513&sol;CR&lowbar;EVEN&period;MORE&lowbar;9x16-576x1024&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"576" height&equals;"1024" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-youtube layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"500" height&equals;"281" data-videoid&equals;"s6MYLOvuagI" title&equals;"ALL YOUR ANIME - ALL IN ONE PLACE&excl; ✨"><a placeholder href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;s6MYLOvuagI"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;ytimg&period;com&sol;vi&sol;s6MYLOvuagI&sol;hqdefault&period;jpg" layout&equals;"fill" object-fit&equals;"cover" alt&equals;"ALL YOUR ANIME - ALL IN ONE PLACE&excl; ✨"><&sol;a><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center">Additional Information<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Colin Decker&comma; CEO of Crunchyroll had this to say about the news&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;When we brought Funimation and Crunchyroll together last year&comma; our top priority was to put fans first&period; Unifying all of our brands and services under the Crunchyroll brand globally enables us to offer more value than ever before as we combine subs&comma; dubs&comma; simulcasts&comma; library&comma; music&comma; movies&comma; manga—all into one subscription&period; The new Crunchyroll is the realization of a dream&comma; and we are grateful to the creators of anime and the millions of fans who have joined us in making the community what it is today&period;”<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>As of today&comma; 40&comma;000&plus; sub and dub episodes are available on Crunchyroll for fans to enjoy&comma; with more hitting the service daily over the next few weeks ahead&period; All new series from the upcoming Spring season – the biggest on record to be announced soon – will stream only on Crunchyroll&semi; Funimation will continue to add new episodes of current series&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Fans of anime will be thrilled that Crunchyroll’s ad-free subscription options have not changed&comma; creating a huge benefit for new and existing subscribers who will no longer have to pay for two services&period; &lpar;Crunchyroll tiers are &dollar;7&period;99&sol;month&comma; Fan&semi; &dollar;9&period;99&sol;month&comma; Mega Fan&semi; and &dollar;14&period;99&sol;month&comma; Ultimate Fan&rpar;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In addition to consolidation of SVOD services&comma; Sony-owned Funimation Global Group&comma; LLC will now operate as Crunchyroll&comma; LLC and has initiated rebranding across its global footprint to solidify Crunchyroll as the single&comma; global brand for anime&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Existing subscribers of Funimation can learn more <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;help&period;crunchyroll&period;com&sol;hc&sol;en-us&sol;categories&sol;4418423071892" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">here<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Source&colon; press release<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><b>Are you a Crunchyroll or Funimation subscriber&quest; What do you think of this news&quest; Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below&period;<&sol;b><&sol;p>&NewLine;