And now the man responsible for fumination being popular in the past has passed away. RIP Akira Toriyama

RIP!!! THE CREATOR OF DRAGONBALL!!!😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

Funimation, "You want my anime? Well you can have it! I left it all in one place!" *dies* Narrator, "Thus began the age of the Great Piracy Era!"

First, FUNimation announcing its end, and now Akira Toriyama is dead? That's a double whammy. Even FUNimation secured the license to one of Akira Toriyama's most popular creations prior to his death.

9:30 I'm 41, born in 83. I watched Dragon Ball's early days before Toonami, i tried telling my friends about it but no one knew anything about it and the airtime was early Saturday mornings. Me and my brothers loved watching it. When we ran out of new episode, we then found out that we could watch DB on Mexican channels. We loved the show so much, we'd tune in and watch it without any subtitles just to see what happened next. Eventually they also ran out of new episodes and the next time we saw it was on Toonami. After it gained fame on that airtime, we'd walk to our local comic book shop and buy future content that the owners got from Japan.

My Akira was Princess Mononoke. That's what officially made me realize that anime was different. It was like adult like cartoons/animation.

This reminds me a little of when WWF bought WCW in 2001 in the Wrestling industry pretty much putting them out of business leaving no competition. Lack of competition is the worst thing that can happen for the customer

Today is the day…farewell Funimation..

😢😢😢 Funimation cared about dub watchers and their app format was perfect. I don’t wanna switch to crunchyroll. I had some great times on funimation watching Black Clover, Yu Yu Hakusho, DBZ, One Piece and more. I’m going to miss it

6:55 Side note: Toei’s first attempt at bringing Dragon Ball to the west was actually France in 1988. The series was a huge success there starting with the original Dragon Ball in 1988 continuing with DBZ in 1990, the manga being published in 1993, and then GT in 1997.

I went on a date with a girl that worked at Funimation and picked her up from work. The building is not fun on the outside.

It was announced when the acquisition happened funimation would be phased out in favor of the crunchy roll name. I remember cause right after it happened I immediately canceled my funimation subscription and hopped back over to Crunchyroll. Don’t know why anybody is surprised the plans announced were followed through on.

Eh, Funimation had it coming for a long time. Watched them since 96/97 back before they were big when they used to air 2 hour tv-blocks showing Samurai Pizza Cats/ Eagle Riders aka Gforce/ pre-early Namek Saga Dragon Ball Z, Masked Rider( Kamen Rider) and others who'd rotate through their roster. When the company redubbed DBZ at their Texas studio as a cost cutting measure to avoid rehiring Ocean Dub from Canada( oh how i miss them! ❤ ROCK THE DRAGON!!) they had made a deal with Toonami to air new episodes after airing the previous Ocean Dubs. The company exploded with success and soon, could afford producing other Mega Hits such as Yu yu Hakusho, Full Metal Alchemist, One Piece( again redubbed) and Soul Eater to name a few. The big turning point came with Funi-corperate and controveries with Toei. While their were some fall out with the voiceactors, whether this be certain bloopers, outtakes, VA caught with CP on the job, the Vic Mignonia case with Jamie Marchi/Monical Rial, issues with Chris Sabat or Goku's current VA Sean Schemmel, taking personal ownership of his character and attacking verbally against fans...things were getting heated! Other issues would be changing the scripts from what was original intended for dubs, either into something more satirical or 'agenda driven' lines added( your results may vary but i personally love Shimoneta, Panty/Stockings changes- same with DB Super). Another is releasing anime titles that would quickly be Delisted from streaming and distribution-to never be seen ever again such as the english dub of Interspiecies Reviewers; which would later get a released sub release though Kitty Media/Right Stuff til Funimation bought the company and delisted all their Hentai/ Adult DVD's/Bluray from the site . These changes and more had created a bad reputation with Toei and the name Funimation. They saw it as, if this company keeps getting away with this negative behavior, we will take the properties away from them without a renewed contract! From a buisness perspective it makes since; you dont want to associated with a company that uses their property to glorify their peraonal egos and makes them look bad. Luckily, the merger with Sony/ Crunchy Roll would mean a rebranding of the company and ultimately eliminate some of the negative press under its new name. However, as you said, the days of Funimation are gone but the legacy will still be remembered....whether this its a good thing or not.😅

Sailor Moon had a small success that was not noticed until the online fandom showed there was an audience. Pokemon was the 4Kids Entertainment success thanks to Nintendo's marketing. Dragon Ball Z, took a while to succeed but once the episodes got good, that was their break.

It is sad to hear them go, but to be fair ADV was the juggernaut that came before Funimation that they lived in the shadows of. For a while all Funimation had was DBZ, but now I understand why.

God took Funimation and Akira Toriyama from us at the same time 😭

I'm impressed. I've found there's a lot of worth in small channels and there's a lot of effort shown. Keep it up. I look forward to seeing more

R.I.P. Akira Toriyama 🙏😭 The positive messages in your works have and will change countless people's lives for the better. Your essence lives on through them. Thank you, sir. 🙏

I wish the video had mentioned older distributors like ADV films, Tokyo pop, Geneon, Manga Video, etc.

WOAH WOAH WOAH, WAIT. Fullmetal was done by Aniplex, not Funimation. Anyways, fuck Funimation. Not the biggest fan rn of how localizers have been treating their recent properties, and the drama among the VA staff regarding Vic Mignogna left a bad taste in my mouth for years considering how it mirrored a lot of the issues that happened with the Johnny Depp trial. Idk if he did it or not, but I sure as hell have not been very trusting of the MeToo Movement since then. We shouldn't be assuming either side is immediately guilty in situations regarding sexual harassment.

Nice video, an all though Funimation's fall is somewhat sad the recent controversies they were involved in (specificly with their VAs) has gotten some people to lose any sympathy for them.

Bro I love the formatting and research put into this! Absolutely deserve more subs

Great video lad, I grew up in Arlington Texas. Walking distance near the FUNimation original studio. Good memories all around. I love dragon Ball Z and actually got to meet many of the voice actors who we're at the time, local residents in my hometown❤😁

Honestly, Funimation was getting too greedy for its own good.

Your entire channel is beyond underrated my man

Crunchyroll exist also in many european countries. FUNimation did only exist in the US and maybe Canada und Mexiko. Maybe the meaning and name from FUNimation in other countries aren't so big like Crunchyroll's. Maybe Sony want to make Crunchyroll the only big anime streaming service in all western countries even in europa and australia

Great video gonna need to compete with this quality soon

Subscribed! Heavily underrated channel.

I just realized this dude only got like 300 subscribers like how? This video was so well put together and so interesting

RIP AKIRA first anime I watched was dbz my dad got me into it at a very young age

Fantastic video, man!

What a unbelievable video!! Keep the video coming

Those Saturday Morning Anime items were what had me. Akira, Roujin Z, Vampire Hunter D, Record of Lodoss Wars, Iria:Zeiram, Robot Carnival, they were my intro. DBZ existed, true (when Fujisankei Communications International was a network; same place that had OG Iron Chef), but my intro came between Robotech & Sailor Moon. They got better when the movies were seen. After that & Sci-fi Channel, was hooked.

This amazing video just hit our pilaf servers! Underrated is an UNDERstatement!! Keep going kitsune amazing work - 💙

As someone who is sad funimation left us I kinda knew this might happen the moment they fired Vic and Stopping the dub of interspecies reviewer every since then I knew it was end then it sad it was absorbed by a platform that was inspired by Funimation Hack there was a TV channel for Funimation in Maryland tv channel Most my DVD I gotten was from funimation I am sad this ended well at least anime Sentai work is still around at least my other childhood platform isn’t dead

With the amount of research and effort put into the presentation, I thought you were bigger until the video ended and I saw your views and subscribers. Oh well, I guess I'll claim my "I've been there when you were amsll" card in the future after you get more traction.

This video was great I’ve never seen your content but you are amazing you earn a new sub

I personally haven't supported Funimation since the Vic Mignogna controversy. The mask slipped off of the company during that particularly nasty episode and I did not like what I saw. I'll still enjoy my box sets and dvds. But I'm not exactly unhappy they're closing up shop. Not that Crunchyroll that they're being folded into is any better mind you.

I honestly thought the in-house politics was the true reason behind Funimation's fall, such as the Kick Vic movement that crashed and burned because he was ultimately proven innocent. Shame he can't get a voice acting job again, unlike Todd Habbercorn

It's funny how the founder sounded like this young, ambitious upstart with a dream, only needing to work hard to achieve his goals... Then you say he needed a MILLION DOLLARS given to him from family to license Dragon Ball, and it hits you that nope... you still need to have money to make money 😂 Back then, $1 million was even more than it is now, so good thing he had wealthy family to make his dreams come true.

3:21 POV Dragon Ball: Nah I’d win 💀 Rest In Peace to the goat Akira Toriyama 😢

man i hope you make a longer video on this subject cuz i like how you edited the video

I lost my respect for Funimation after that Vic Mignona case; so this one was a long time coming

I can’t believe the impact of dragon ball z section made me tear up 😭 great vid

Ana amazing video, very informative! I’ve been in the anime community for a pretty long time now, and didn’t know a lot of these things

Great video.

FUNimation was definitely a legend in anime history . But everything has it's end...

This trend towards also in many european countries like Germany. German anime and even manga publishers was acquirrd by Sony/ Crunchyroll and rebrand with the Crunchyroll Name. The same goes for anime streaming services like Wakanim, which were also acquired by Sony/Crunchyroll. In many countries crunchyroll didn't get some Anime licences like Attack on Titan or One Piece. Now they get mostly the same Anime in mostly all western countries like the US

Very interesting video, thank you for al the research you've done! I would have loved if years were also listed together with the events in the video, it would had been way more informative...

whether you hate or love DragonBall (I personally love it) it paved the way for most anime's you have nowadays (MHA, JOJO, Naruto etc), without it most of these other anime's probably wouldn't have existed at all

RIP akira toriyama

Which is a shame. OG DB is amazing! Peak DB!

Good video, however it would of been good for you to go into detail about the controversies in the company too.

I like how everyone is like “oh no Sony is taking away my Funimation!” But at the height of Funimation those same people were complaining on how clunky their streaming service was and how some of the physical media was in the wrong aspect ratio. And how subs were not correctly translated. Lol

Wow end of an era, I remember on my DBZ dvds hearing that funimation intro lol

Funi started to get bad when they got the purple simplified logo instead of the Texas flag looking one.

honestly I'm glad funimation is shutting down because they'll find a way to ruin the shows you love through their dubbing and localization

I kind of like that you didn't bring up any other controversies but at the same time I think they're very important as to why FUNimation and Crunchyroll both far and we're in hard times

Funimation shows have brought me a huge amount of joy during my adult life especially over the last ten years years or so when I really got back into it..... man what a ride it's been, good times

RIP Akira Toriyama

You earned a subscription lil bro

Honestly. The First Anime I EVER saw was Both The Original Dragon Ball, and the Fatal Fury OVAs. I was Big on Action Cartoons when I was Little, Thunder Cats, Batman, and even the Original Hanna Barbara Action toons like Arabian Knights helped to push my Interest! But when I saw how Dynamic, Insane, and Downright Brutal those Anime like DBZ, Fatal Fury, and Later THE GUYVER!! I was Hooked! Anime for me in the Early 90s was peak entertainment for me back then. Only fostered further the more My Uncle and my Dad exposed me to it! And yeah, without DBZ or the Og Dragon Ball show, I don’t think I’d Be here.

RIP Akira Toriyama DB & DBZ is what help lunched Funimation and Became Toonami Staple on Cartoon Network.

Really good video you got a sub from me.

Rest in Pieces. It was a dogshit service that didn’t care about its customers.

I remember when my family first got cable television and I was lucky enough to have good grades to the point that they let my room have cable television in there. I was ecstatic to get cartoon Network & Nickelodeon thinking I'd watch a few shows and hop on the video games later. . . But then there was this channel I never seen before called Funimation channel, and I clicked on it being exposed to samurai champion, soul eater, and on Saturday movies like the Evangelion movies and Trigun Badlands rumble came on. I spent an ungodly amount of time just absorbing anime the moment I found out there was an entire channel dedicated just to my favorite thing at the time. . . And then years later it was taken off FiOS. . . and I cried. . . Now hearing that Funimation is kinda on its last leg in name, I can't help but look at all the old bumps on KZfaq that used to appear every commercial when it was streaming back then. The dope music the fascinating shows and introductions to entirely new worlds and characters. . . As frustrating as the company stated to become later down the line, I'm still gonna miss tf out of Funimation

I will never forgive them for what they did to Vic. There needs to be _Some_ sort of Justice served. If Elon was to buy a company I’d want him to buy Crunchy Roll just to clear out Sabat’s clique and rehire Vic.

Speaking of Funimation and anime, I wonder what Funimation's reaction to the lastest update on Akira Toriyama will be.

I bought Dragon Ball on VHS when it first came out, before Z was a thing on TV. It was my first introduction to Dragon Ball. There were 2 episodes per cassette, it was goofy, and fun. My cousin and I loved it.

While I'd been a fan of some anime in the early 90's, I didn't really know that they were anime. It wasn't until Dragon Ball Z in the late 90's that I truly learned what anime was and became a fan of it in general. That said, I don't really remember how I even learned the word anime nor what it was. I just always remember knowing Dragon Ball Z was different from American cartoons.

While Funimation as a company will always be the heart of what helped anime to the West, however the people inside the Funimation company has always been a point of contention at least to me, given of what happened with Vic Mignogna, a once well-respected VA in the industry, and how they just kicked him out due to false allegations by Monica Rial and Jamie Marchi and not to mention how the veteran VA such as Christopher Sabat, treat their coworkers like trash which goes to show how toxic the workplace is. It didn't also help the fact the anime localizers insert their politics into their English dubs, infamously like Kobayashi Dragon Maid (you know the "woke stuff") by people who don't even like anime! So sorry but in a way I am glad Funimation is going away and hopefully all the toxicity might go away with it along with those VAs.

The Karma for wrongfully firing Vic and ruining his career has been satisfying to hear about. Funimation became its own worst enemy.

With the merge of Funimation did crunchy will have DBZ with the Bruce Falconer Score option or it will become a lost media with time ???

When Funimation fired Vic, that was the beginning of the end.

I’m surprised your a small channel bro

This was great, honorable mention : Manga entertainment, responsible for ghost in the shell. ADV Films (I used to order VHS from them) , Pioneer Geneon brought us Tenchi Muyo amongst others.

I didn't know if it was just a streaming platform gone, or the whole company. Now I know. And this is so sad.

This is shocking can’t believe that Funimation is going to be gone

Considering Sony purchased Crunchyroll from AT&T it's understandable that all operations and series will carry over to Crunchyroll, as their library so much more bigger

The streaming service Funimation will shut down but the company formerly known as Funimation Global Group LLC has changed its name to Crunchyroll LLC. It is the original Crunchyroll business that was closed. So technically it is still Funimation under a new name, it is just the service known as Funimation that is gone in favor of the service known as Crunchyroll.

The price increase should be illegal. Its a form of extortion! Alas...I shall pay to get my fix 😂

Started great, became woke though, so Funimation won't be missed.

Bruh why pay 100$ a year for anime that crazy😂

What an era Funimation was. Got some fond memories of it. Now I'm just a true pirate.

11:14 i heard the godzilla atomic breath sound. Wonder if anyone notice

What is going to happen to regular digital copies (DVD only)? When I've buy long animes on DVD for a while. Like One Piece and Dragon Ball. So I'm a little worried about the future of Anime DVD in English Dub.

Speed Racer and Sailor Moon were my first animes.

Yes sir and what made dbz more epic was the Bruce falconer score it caught the eye of the American audience instantly it made the show more serious and badass

Watching Funimation dubs after school on Toonami was a huge part of my childhood. Thank you, Funimation.

This is why I had issues with Funimation, like how the fuck do you skip the beginning of the story It's like skipping Naruto to Shippuden or skipping East Blue to New World I'll always prefer the OG Dragon Ball over the Z, GT, and Super

I don’t feel bad about pirating old episodes of Dragonball. Not one little bit. Screw streaming services.

We should have been watching

Well edited video. But the narration could use some work.

5:50 Ah, there we go! BINGO!

That dbz into at 5:50 goes hard. I loved your breakdown and the editing is amazing, very entertaining video, I love your energy

I got funimation last year and was shocked they didn’t advertise any classics. You cannot find dragon ball unless you search for it. I understand promoting new releases but I would advertise the heavy hitting classics you have

My Akira was Beyblade . I remember watching it on 4kids and falling in love then eventually it became Naruto To OP then bleach . Glad I was there to see the Big 3 Air on TV

Crunchyroll isn’t increasing their prices as much as funimation annual subscribers will now be paying what crunchyroll subscribers have been paying for a long time now. The tiers of crunchyroll have been at 96, 120, and 180 for a long time now. You paying 100 sets you in the middle of the first two tiers. Funimation annual subscribers who honestly believed theyd ever pay less than the cheapest cr tier were living in a fantasy.

Uh why did you leave out ADV Films and Bandai

The way these executives and coworkers treated Vic don’t give a damn.