Press release content from Business Wire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. AT&T to Sell Crunchyroll to Sony’s Funimation Global Group December 9, 2020 GMT CULVER CITY, Calif. & DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec 9, 2020-- Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. and AT&T Inc. * ( NYSE:T ) today announced that AT&T agreed to sell its Crunchyroll anime business to Funimation Global Group, LLC. Funimation is a joint venture between Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. and Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc.’s subsidiary, Aniplex Inc. ADVERTISEMENT Crunchyroll is a premier anime direct-to-consumer service within AT&T’s WarnerMedia segment with more than 3 million SVOD subscribers and growing. It serves 90 million registered users across more than 200 countries and territories offering