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Crunchyroll history
Crunchyroll company history timeline
Crunchyroll started in 2006 as a for-profit video upload and streaming site that specialized in hosting East Asian content.
In 2008, Crunchyroll secured a capital investment of $4.05 million from the venture capital firm Venrock.
In 2010, Crunchyroll announced its acquisition of the North American DVD rights to 5 Centimeters Per Second.
Crunchyroll-Hime, the mascot behind Crunchyroll was born out of a contest (2012) that had a certain artist win and design the concept.
On April 22, 2014, AT&T and The Chernin Group announced the formation of a joint venture to acquire, invest in and launch over-the-top (OTT) video services.
On October 22, 2015, Anime News Network reported that Crunchyroll had achieved 700,000 paying subscribers.
On July 1, 2016, Crunchyroll announced plans to dub and release a number of series on home video.
On March 22, 2017, Kun Gao took over as representative director of its Japanese branch, succeeding Vincent Shortino.
On March 30, 2017, Crunchyroll began to distribute anime through Steam.
In January 2018, Otter Media bought the remaining shares (20%) of Crunchyroll from TV Tokyo and other investors.
In October 2018, the service announced an expansion into original content with the anime-inspired series High Guardian Spice produced by Ellation Studios.
On March 4, 2019, it was announced that Otter Media would be placed under Warner Bros. as part of a reorganization.
On September 6, 2019, Crunchyroll announced that they became the majority investor in Viz Media Europe.
Later in October 2020, it was reported that Sony was in its final talks with AT&T to acquire the streaming service for more than ¥100 billion, roughly US$957 million.
On August 9, 2021, Sony announced that it had completed its acquisition of Crunchyroll.
Sony has phased out Funimation and all their products will slowly move to CR and be finalized by April 2022.
The partners plan to start work on the new slate in April 2022 with anime-focused developer and producer Slow Curve.
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Crunchyroll competitors
| Company name | Founded date | Revenue | Employee size | Job openings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atari | 1996 | $218.0M | 400 | 4 |
| Nimblefish Technologies | 1999 | $4.8M | 75 | - |
| zSpace | 2006 | $8.0M | 3 | - |
| Intertec International | 2002 | $24.0M | 331 | 1 |
| Naismith Engineering | 1949 | $450,000 | 50 | - |
| IMET Electronics Corporation | - | $7.4M | 3,500 | - |
| Danger | 1999 | $7.9M | 100 | - |
| Avision | 1991 | $110.0M | 2,000 | - |
| BlackLine | 2001 | $653.3M | 1,055 | 38 |
| Avanquest Software | 1984 | $3.0M | 35 | - |
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