Paywallcalypse Now (EDIT 10/18/2018: Sony kills Funi deal with Crunchy and VRV)

[Lord Dalek]

HEY GUYS! ANIME'S DEAD AGAIN! THANKS AMAZON AND NETFLIX!!!! 

[Lord Dalek]

ITS DEAD!!!! HALLEFUCKINGLUJAH!!!!!!

[VLordGTZ]

Glad to see that Strike is finally dead!  I don't think Amazon will be leaving simulcasting as long as their Noitamina and Animeism deals are still in place, but this will at least make their content accessible to a wider range of people. 

[Lord Dalek]

Aaaaaand Sony just reignited the streaming wars.

[Painted Outlaw]

"We've just launched a strong fall season -- with the likes of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, and Sword Art Online Alicization".
Ok, that was pretty funny.

That does sound like a bummer though. Hopefully, something gets straightened out soon.

[Daikun]

FUNimation's loss is HiDive's gain.

[Daikun]

FUNi has now partnered with Hulu.

Ugh. No thanks.

[Daikun]

FUNi acquires Manga Entertainment.

[Daikun]

Crunchyroll acquires Viz Europe

Wow! Okay.

[Daikun]

WarnerMedia is looking to sell Crunchyroll to offload its debt.

One of the potential buyers is Sony.

Crunchy-FUNi partnership again?

[Avaitor]

I don't think that's going to happen, at least not for that price tag.

But wow, AT&T is in a lot of debt- $150 billion. This is why these mega corporate monopolies are such a bad idea.

[Daikun]

I don't think that's going to happen, at least not for that price tag.

Sony is worth $215 billion.
That price tag is a piss in the bucket for them.

[Avaitor]

I don't think that's going to happen, at least not for that price tag.

Sony is worth $215 billion.
That price tag is a piss in the bucket for them.

Yeah, but Sony only paid $145 million for Funimation. Crunchy Roll isn't worth ten times that like Warner is asking.

[Daikun]

Viz is adding its titles to FUNi's streaming service.

[Daikun]

Looks like Crunchyroll's sale to Sony is indeed happening.