Resources — In The End, Crunchyroll Has Always Been A Brand
Oh, it’s you. Didn’t see you there! To be honest, I didn’t think anyone would click on this. If you’re coming from this article, I guess you really like my work or have a thing for unnecessarily long articles! More power to you, I guess! If you haven’t read that article, I suggest turning back now and doing so or this just going to be a long list of nothing. But if you’re here to glance how the final report came to be, you’re in the right place.
Before that, if you did read the article and have lingering doubts, I’ll assume some of you are here to fact check me. That’s good! Accountability works both ways, and there’d be no point in publishing that article if there wasn’t, you know, facts. But if you’re hoping that I’ve somehow made a mistake and there’s a sliver of evidence that somehow absolves Crunchyroll of its 16-year history as of this writing, then you’re asking the wrong questions mate. Remember Full Metal Alchemist? Remember that episode where the boys decipher Dr. Marcoh’s secret notes and they wished they hadn’t? I bet you did.
Anyhow, this unnecessary introduction for a resources page has gone long enough! The message has been sent and what you do with this information is up to you. Here is the complete documentation for In The End, Crunchyroll Has Always Been A Brand, in order of appearance:
3. Sony’s Funimation Global Group Completes Acquisition of Crunchyroll from AT&T
4. Now Playing: Anime Online | Forbes
5. TV Tokyo to Stream Naruto via Crunchyroll Worldwide | Anime News Network
6. Largest Anime Streaming Service Crunchyroll Surpasses One Million Paid Subscribers | Crunchyroll
7. Why I canceled my Crunchyroll membership | Otaku Journalist
8. Chernin, AT&T Set Brand for New Online Video Venture: Ellation (Exclusive) | Variety
9. AT&T-Chernin Group’s Otter Media Online-Video Venture Acquires Creativebug for $10 Mil | Variety
10. Chernin Group Purchases Majority Stake in Crunchyroll | Anime News Network
12. Funimation, Crunchyroll End Content-Sharing Partnership | Anime News Network
13. Funimation President Gen Fukunaga on Crunchyroll Split and Why Hulu Deal ‘Makes Sense’ | Newsweek
15. Crunchyroll Responds To Concerns About Rising Prices | Kotaku
16. Is the Crunchyroll app always this bad? | Resetera
17. Megathreads for Issues and Complaints with Crunchyroll | Reddit
18. Opinion: Why Do Streaming Services Have Such Bad UI? — State of Streaming 3.0 | IGN
19. Looking Back on the Origin of Skip Intro Five Years Later | Netflix
20. Everything You Need To Know About Disney Plus: Pricing, Launch Times, Lineup And More | Forbes
21. Skip Intro/End Credits Feature Comes to Funimation Smart TV and Gaming Console Apps | Funimation
22. Netflix is Slashing Animation Amid Subscriber Drops | IGN
23. Netflix Is Reportedly Changing Its Anime Strategy’s Main Focus | ComicBook.com
24. Netflix and SAG-AFTRA sign contract that includes dubbing work | Los Angeles Times
27. Evangelion on Netflix is a disservice for anime fans, says Funimation president | Polygon
28. Disney+ and the Summertime Rendering Problem | AniTAY
29. Jump Editor-in-Chief Explains What’s Unusual About Demon Slayer’s Success | Anime News Network
30. The Devil is a Part-Timer! anime is finally getting a second season | Polygon
32. Funimation is launching its own streaming anime service | Engadget
33. Funimation NOW: Sort Yourself Out — Your Pants Are Down Around Your Ankles | AniTAY
34. The Funimation App — UX Case Study | Andrei Alikimovich
35. Funimation Becomes First Anime App on Nintendo Switch, All-New Design Debuts | Funimation
36. Nintendo Switch Gets Funimation App | IGN
37. Behind Funimation’s Redesign of the All-New iOS App | Funimation
38. All-New, Updated Funimation App Begins Rolling Out on iOS | Funimation
39. New Crunchyroll Beta Now Available to All International Users | Crunchyroll
40. Please Help Advocate for Subtitles [Closed Captions] on Dubbed Anime | Reddit
41. Doctorkev’s Thoughts on the Autumn 2022 Anime Season: Crunchyroll | AniTAY
42. Got Dubs? Crunchyroll Boosts English Dub Library with Crunchyroll Dubs! | Crunchyroll
43. FEATURE: Dubbed Anime That You Didn’t Know Were on Crunchyroll | Crunchyroll
46. Crunchyroll Collection | YouTube
47. Crunchyroll Dubs [formerly Funimation] | YouTube
49. New to Crunchyroll? Dive Into Our Anime Community With This Helpful Guide! | Crunchyroll
50. Mob Psycho 100’s English Voice Actor Probably Isn’t Coming Back Because Of Crunchyroll | Kotaku
52. Crunchyroll Originals Have Been A Disaster | Anime News Network
54. Crunchyroll’s 2017 Co-Productions | Crunchyroll
55. Crunchyroll Reveals First Slate of Crunchyroll Originals | Crunchyroll
56. Why Does The Crunchyroll Original Series EX-ARM Look So Awful? | Anime News Network
57. The Worst Anime of 2020 | Mother’s Basement | YouTube
58. Golden Slaine Court: Crunchyroll Originals | AniTAY
59. Warren Ellis abused star power in fan relationships, say dozens of women | The Verge
60. FreakAngels Sucks | BlackLightJack | YouTube
61. AniTAY’s Top Anime of 2021: Part One | AniTAY
62. AniTAY’s Top Anime of 2021: Part Two | AniTAY
63. AniTAY’s Top Anime of 2021: Part Three, The Top Ten | AniTAY
64. Marge Dean Brings Anime and Inclusion Together at Crunchyroll Studios | Animation World Network
67. Aspiring Animation Creator Alleges Corporate Bias Against Diverse Creators | Anime News Network
68. Animation Industry’s FAUX Diversity Hurts ACTUAL Diversity in Cartoons?! | YouTube
69. Sofia E. Alexander | Twitter
70. Crunchyroll plans to produce more of its own original anime shows | Digiday
71. Raye Rodriguez | Twitter (2)
72. Sofia E. Alexander | Twitter (2)
73. Lucifer and The Biscuit Hammer Is A Mess | AniTAY
74. High Guardian Spice, Onyx Equinox Creators Discuss the Shows’ Low Budgets | Anime News Network
75. HBO Max’s animation cull shows it has no respect for creators | Tech Advisor
76. Fena: Ending Explained (or How To RUIN an Anime In One Episode) | Anime News Network
77. Blade Runner: Black Lotus Doesn’t Feel Like Part Of The Blade Runner Universe | Game Rant
78. Shenmue The Animation has been cancelled after its first season | Rock Paper Shotgun
79. The Adult Swim x Crunchyroll Partnership Is Officially Sunk | TheOASG
80. Sony “Freezes” Toonami from premiering Demon Slayer Season 2 | Toonami Squad
81. A Discussion Among Unions — 100% Union Power at Little Secret | Anime News Network
82. Webtoon and Crunchyroll Partner to Co-Develop Animated Content | Anime News Network
83. Tower of God RULES And Fans Seem To Agree
84. How Tower of God’s Top-Notch Atmosphere Makes the Show
85. RECAP: The Latest The God of High School Succeeds Where Some Stories Fail
86. FEATURE: Team Seoul is the Team 7 For A New Generation
87. ESSAY: God of High School’s Yu Mira and the Power of No
88. FEATURE: The Catchy Songs of Noblesse are the Perfect Excuse to get into K-Pop
89. Tower of God: A New Era for Anime | Gigguk | YouTube
90. Everything You Need to Know About Noblesse (Video Essay) | Crunchyroll Extras | YouTube
91. Moist Meter (Tower of God) | penguinz0 | YouTube
92. THE POWER OF SIMPING IS UNMATCHED! (Tower of God [Part 1]) | Heavenly Controller | YouTube
93. WEBTOON Offers Free Coins to Crunchyroll Users for a Limited Time | Crunchyroll
94. Crunchyroll and WEBTOON Present a Special Tower of God Fan Sweepstakes! | Crunchyroll
95. INTERVIEW: WWE Superstar Xavier Woods Talks God of High School | Crunchyroll
96. WWE’s Sasha Banks Talks God of High School And Connecting With Fighting Anime | Crunchyroll
97. FEATURE: Explore 2020’s Most Popular Anime on Crunchyroll Around the World! | Crunchyroll
98. To Celebrate Noblesse, YOU Could Win a Free Pizza From Crunchyroll! | Crunchyroll
99. WWE President: WWE Sells ‘Multi-Episode Anime Series’ to Crunchyroll | Anime News Network
100. Why Several WWE Wrestlers Have Refused To Work Their Saudi Arabia Shows | TheSportster
101. Vince McMahon Reportedly Paid Millions In Hush Money To Four Women | Defector
102. Noblesse Is NOT a Great Webtoon Adaptation, but Still Worth Watching | CBR
103. The Problem With Webtoon Adaptations: Will Solo Leveling Anime Break Through? | Game Rant
104. Tower Of God and Undercooked Potential (GR Anime Review) | Glass Reflection | YouTube
105. Why Webtoons x Crunchyroll FAILED | SeaTactics | YouTube
106. NOBLESSE is a Disappointing Mess (Why did WEBTOON Anime Adaptations FAIL) | Drunk Sensei | YouTube
107. Jujutsu Kaisen takes home top prize at Crunchyroll’s Anime Awards | Polygon
108. #crunchyrollpartner | Twitter
109. Crunchyroll All-Stars: Larry Ogunjobi on Going to Conventions from Anime Expo to Japan
110. Crunchyroll All-Stars: Zion Nelson on Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood’s Outstanding Story
111. Crunchyroll All-Stars: John Reid on Incorporating One-Punch Man Workouts to His Routine
112. Just In: New CR Loves Lady Gaga! | Crunchyroll
113. WarnerMedia Looking to Sell Crunchyroll Anime-Streaming Service for at Least $1 Billion | Variety
115. AT&T Long Term Debt 2010–2022 | Macrotrends
116. AT&T CEO John Stankey says it was ‘time to unleash’ WarnerMedia assets | The Verge
117. AT&T Wants $1.5 Billion in Crunchyroll Sale to Sony | The Information
118. Crunchyroll Crosses Three Million Subscribers! | Crunchyroll
119. It’s Impossible to Live as a Crunchyroll Translator | The Canipa Effect | YouTube
120. Sony’s Funimation Global Group Completes Acquisition of Crunchyroll from AT&T | Sony Pictures
121. Funimation officially acquires anime streaming service Crunchyroll for $1.175B | Polygon
123. Funimation Global Group to Acquire Crunchyroll: Fans Win! | Funimation
124. It’s STILL Impossible to Live as a Crunchyroll Translator (timestamp) | The Canipa Effect | YouTube
125. Gigguk | Twitter
126. The Black Hokage | Twitter
127. Yammy | Twitter
128. Mother’s Basement | Twitter
129. This is why streaming Netflix, Disney Plus, and HBO Max keeps getting more expensive | The Verge
131. What We Know About the Funimation-Crunchyroll Merger | Anime News Network
132. Crunchyroll Purchases Anime Retailer Right Stuf | Anime News Network
133. Crunchyroll bought a leading anime store, and now you can’t buy hentai there anymore | Polygon
134. ‘Goblin Slayer’ Gets Content Warning From Crunchyroll | ComicBook.com
136. Crunchyroll Has Acquired Right Stuf — How Will This Affect US Anime Consumers? | CBR
137. It’s STILL Impossible to Live as a Crunchyroll Translator | The Canipa Effect | YouTube
138. It’s Impossible to Live as a Crunchyroll Translator (2) | The Canipa Effect | YouTube
139. Why Doesn’t Crunchyroll Pay Translators Less? | Otaku Entrepreneur
140. Interview With The Fansubber (page 3) | Anime News Network
141. Video Site with Unauthorized Anime Gets US$4M Capital | Anime News Network
142. So, Crunchyroll Dubs… | The Cartoon Cipher | YouTube
143. Crunchyroll’s Move Back to In-Person Dub Recording Sparks Union Discussion | Anime News Network
144. How Anime Dubs Were Made During COVID | Anime News Network
145. Reba Buhr | Twitter
148. A Message to the Fans of Mob Psycho 100 | Kyle McCarley | YouTube
149. Crunchyroll to Recast Mob Psycho 100 III for Simuldub | Anime News Network
151. Crunchyroll Premieres Creditless Mob Psycho 100 III Dub | Game Rant
153. My Dress-Up Darling Launches First Season 2 Teaser: Watch | ComicBook.com
154. Ranking of Kings Anime’s Special Episode Announces April Premiere in Teaser | Anime News Network
156. Jujutsu Kaisen 0 Film Earns US$17.7 Million in 1st 3 Days in U.S. | Anime News Network
157. ‘One Piece Film: Red’ Narrowly Beats ‘Black Adam’ at Friday Box Office | Collider
158. Anime has never been bigger, so why are voice actors struggling to get by? | We Got This Covered
159. Does Money Really Affect Motivation? A Review of the Research | Harvard Business Review
160. Mob Psycho 100’s Kyle McCarley on Anime Dubbing and #JustAMeeting | Anime News Network
161. @x_Ankh | Twitter
162. Fact Check-Edmund Burke did not say evil triumphs when good men do nothing | Reuters
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