Acquisition closed
Sony acquires Crunchyroll (2021)
Sony completed the acquisition of Crunchyroll on 9 August 2021 for $1.18 billion.[1]
Sony acquired Crunchyroll from AT&T for $1.175 billion and merged its own Funimation service into it. Crunchyroll had begun as an unlicensed anime site run by university students; simultaneous licensed release is what turned anime into a mainstream global business.
Deal facts
- Announced
- Closed
- Value
- $1.18 billion (enterprise value)
- Buyer
- Sony
- Seller
- —
- Assets
- Crunchyroll
- Regulatory review
- None recorded
Ownership changes recorded from this deal
| Owner | Owned | Relationship | Stake | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sony | Crunchyroll | owns | 100% | 2021-08-09 | present |
Who owns Crunchyroll today?
- Crunchyroll — owned by Sony since 2021
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Sony completes acquisition of Crunchyroll — Sony Group Corporation, Official press release, published 9 August 2021; retrieved 8 September 2026.
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