![]() "Together with the Manga team, Funimation will bring its fan-first omnichannel approach to serving anime fans – engaging with them directly through the widest array of touchpoints." This begins with providing fans access to Manga’s library of titles to enjoy whenever and wherever they want on FunimationNow," says Funimation vice president of sales and distribution, Mitchel Berger. "With this acquisition, we will create a truly immersive anime experience for fans in the UK and Ireland. It even includes several titles (such as Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood) not available to users in the US. These include Akira, Sword Art Online, Wolf Children, Summer Wars and more. The most immediate effect is that titles that been licenced by Manga will soon be available via Funimation's streaming service, FunimationNow. With that said- how will this effect fans? In buying Manga UK (who already distribute many of Funi's titles in the UK and Ireland) it instantly has a major footing in the region.įirstly, we need to say that we hope that the news does not negatively impact any of the staff at Manga UK- who are all fantastic people- and we wish them all the best. ![]() Now it has been announced that the company has been acquired by the US's biggest anime brand Funimation.įunimation was itself acquired by Sony Pictures Television last year, and has since been increasing its ambitions or expansion outside of North America. Its distinctive black cross has been familiar to generations of UK based anime fans, from Akira onwards. ![]() Since its founding in 1991, it has changed hands numerous times, being owned by companies including Polygram, Anchor Bay and Starz, before becoming independent again back in 2016. Manga Entertainment (formally Manga Video, also often called Manga UK) is the UK's longest established anime distributor, and one of the oldest anime labels in the English-speaking world.
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