Funimation Acquires Crunchyroll in Merging of Anime Mega Powers
One of the biggest places to watch anime has acquired one of the other biggest places to watch anime in a deal that’s basically like if Netflix acquired Hulu, but (obviously) in an extremely anime-specific way. AT&T has agreed to sell its Crunchyroll service to Funimation, which is owned by Sony, for just under $1.2 billion, the company…