Today is a sad day for anime fans. For the past two years, Funimation and Crunchyroll have had a partnership where they would share the streaming rights for their various anime titles, but that partnership has come to an end. As of November 9th, the partnership between Funimation and Crunchyroll will end, as well as Funimation’s partnership with VRV. The reason is mostly due to AT&T’s buyout of WarnerMedia, who own both VRV and Crunchyroll, while Sony owns Funimation.
So what does this mean for the average anime viewer? Well, it’s a bit unclear at the moment. According to Crunchyroll, several Funimation titles will disappear from their service on November 9th, however those titles have yet to be decided on. Crunchyroll has also stated that titles that premiered during the partnership on Crunchyroll, like My Hero Academia and Attack on Titan, will continue to air on Crunchyroll, though they didn’t say for how long or if future seasons will still air on their service. On that same note, the Funimation channel on VRV will shut down on November 9th.
Source: Destructoid RIP FuniRoll; Crunchyroll and Funimation split