Funimation and Crunchyroll took the anime fandom by surprise when Sony announced it would be acquiring the latter brand. Fans knew the merge would make for the ultimate anime service, and those premonitions are coming true. Today, a report announced Funimation's massive library of anime is coming to Crunchyroll, and it would put things lightly to say fans are freaking out.
As you can see below, the Internet is geeking out over the big news, and well – saying the move is big puts things lightly. Funimation has one of the largest anime libraries out there, and it includes a lot of throwback series that Crunchyroll could never license. The catalog is also filled with dubs for hits like One Piece and Dragon Ball. So now, fans will be able to watch all those goodies on Crunchyroll.
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The move began today as Funimation and Crunchyroll planned to roll out the merger on March 1st. More than 40,000 episodes from Funimation have already been moved over, and more will be coming to Crunchyroll in the coming weeks. All of these additions will come free of charge to current Crunchyroll subscribers, so there will be no uncharge for the brand-new content. And given how fans are reacting online, they cannot wait for the libraries to conjoin fully.
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