Sony Pictures Entertainment and AT&T announced on Monday that Sony’s Funimation Global Group has completed its acquistion of Crunchyroll from AT&T.
Kenichiro Yoshida, chairman, president and CEO of Sony Group Corporation commented on the merger, “We are very excited to welcome Crunchyroll to the Sony Group.
Crunchyroll and Viz Media Europe closed the deal for Crunchyroll to become the majority owner of Viz Media Europe Group last December.
In addition to Funimation, Sony owns the subsidiary anime production companies A-1 Pictures and CloverWorks through Aniplex.