The anime industry has a new king: Sony buys streaming service Crunchyroll for $ 1.175 billion

Company Sony bought from a media conglomerate AT&T popular anime streaming service Crunchyroll… Now the popular site has become part of Funimation – subsidiary Sonyfocusing on the distribution of Japanese animation and related content. According to current information, the transaction value is estimated at $ 1.175 billion

Rumors of negotiations between AT&T and Sony in a relationship Crunchyroll walked for several months. In August, the press reported that they planned to sell the service for $ 1.5 billion, but Sony this price did not suit.

Now, having in his arsenal Funimation and Crunchyroll, Sony has actually become the largest distributor of anime content worldwide.

This situation is fully consistent with recently announced plans Sony, in which a huge stake is placed on Japanese animation – it has now become the fourth pillar for the corporation, right after film, music and video games

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