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Sony to buy US anime giant Crunchyroll to expand global footprint

Sony Pictures Entertainment has announced that AT&T has agreed to sell its Crunchyroll anime business to Funimation Global Group, LLC. Funimation is a joint venture between Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. and Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc.’s subsidiary, Aniplex Inc. Meanwhile Crunchyroll is a premier anime direct-to-consumer service within AT&T’s WarnerMedia segment with more than 3…