Amazon Prime Video has announced the exclusive global launch (outside of Japan) of the Japanese anime blockbuster Evangelion: 3.0+1.01 Thrice Upon A Time on August 13th. The movie is the fourth and final chapter of the new theatrical edition of Evangelion. The anime film – which is the highest-grossing in all movies by chief director Hideaki […]

Funimation, a specialist in anime serving fans worldwide, announced that streaming platform AnimeLab will begin serving fans under the Funimation brand in Australia and New Zealand commencing June 17th. The announcement was made by Tim Anderson, Senior Vice President of International for the Funimation Global Group. Madman Anime Group, including AnimeLab, was acquired by Funimation […]

Crunchyroll, the anime straming service, has announced that the epic pirate adventure series One Piece will be bringing new subtitled episodes to French, German, Russian, Italian and Spanish-speaking Europe, alongside Portugal, the UK, Ireland and Nordics. This catalogue expansion will bring more than 400 subtitled episodes of the long running shonen series to fans in […]

Manga Entertainment has announced that it will be branded in the UK and Ireland as Funimation, commencing April 19th. The rebrand completes its acquisition by Funimation Global Group, a specialist in anime serving fans worldwide. Headquartered in London, England, Manga was acquired by Funimation Global Group in April 2019 and serves fans across a wide […]

Crunchyroll, the anime streaming platform, has started rolling out a new, enhanced experience. Premium members in the US are are the first to experience the New Crunchyroll Beta which offers web users a chance to check out the mobile-responsive experience, fresh new homepage, redesigned browse and watch pages, new search capabilities and the new Crunchylists […]

STARZPLAY, the MENA SVoD service, has added over one thousand episodes of anime content via a multi-year deal with TV Tokyo Corporation. STARZPLAY subscribers can now watch some of TV Tokyo’s popula anime productions such as Naruto (all 220 episodes) as well as its sequel Naruto Shippuden (all 500 episodes). Other favourites that will play […]

Crunchyroll, the anime streaming service, has added Mobile Suit Gundam, the first series within the iconic Gundam franchise, to its library of more than 1,000 titles and 30,000 episodes. All 42 episodes of the godfather of the mecha genre will be available on Crunchyroll effective immediately, in both English dub and subtitles. The subtitled series […]

WarnerMedia’s AT&T has agreed to sell its Crunchyroll anime business to Sony’s Funimation Global Group in a deal worth $1.175 billion (€0.9bn). Crunchyroll is an anime direct-to-consumer service within AT&T’s WarnerMedia segment with over 3 million SVoD subscribers and growing. It currently serves 90 million registered users across more than 200 countries and territories offering […]

Funimation, the global anime content provider, has announced its service is now live in Brazil and Mexico. The service is now available online and will roll out on various apps and Smart TV platforms in 2021.  Funimation’s Brazil and Mexico service offerings include anime series subtitled in Portuguese and Spanish respectively, with select titles dubbed. […]

Crunchyroll, the anime streaming service, announced at the Crunchyroll virtual industry panel at Anime Expo Lite a slate of new series coming soon to its platform. Crunchyroll announced two new Crunchyroll Original series including: TONIKAWA: Over The Moon For You – In this married life comedy by “Hayate the Combat Butler” author Kenjiro Hata, Nasa […]