- Crunchyroll President Rahul Purini discusses the global popularity of anime.
- Crunchyroll, a Sony-owned anime-focused subscription streaming platform, has seen significant growth and profitability.
- The company has expanded into new markets since Sony’s acquisition from AT&T for $1.18 billion.
- Sony merged Crunchyroll with Funimation, another anime streaming service it had bought in 2017.
- Crunchyroll also has theatrical and live events businesses.
- The company’s annual Anime Awards ceremony will be held in Tokyo for the second year running on March 2.
- Goldman Sachs estimated last year that Crunchyroll will account for 36% of all profit in the Sony Pictures Entertainment segment by 2028.
- Purini believes there’s still room to grow even as more general entertainment companies move into the anime space.
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