Crunchyroll’s parent company Ellation operates under Otter Media, a joint venture between AT&T and The Chernin Group formed in 2014.
Otter Media invested another US$22 million in Crunchyroll’s parent company Ellation in November 2015.
Media distribution service Crunchyroll announced at a “thank you meeting” in Japan on Friday that co-founder and CEO Kun Gao will take over as representative director of Crunchyroll’s Japanese branch, Crunchyroll K.K., on April 1.
After nine years of helping build Crunchyroll, Vince has been looking forward to taking a break for some time.