Īfter producing 104 English-dubbed episodes, cut down from 143 Japanese ones, 4Kids dropped the One Piece license in December 2006. They were unsuccessful and, in June 2004, 4Kids Entertainment announced that they had licensed the series.
In December 2003, Funimation dismissed rumors that they had licensed the series but stated that they " in the top companies still in negotiations" for it. While the version initially broadcast on Cartoon Network was edited to the channel's standards, the streaming and home video versions, and the Adult Swim broadcasts are uncensored and streaming and home videos feature both English and Japanese versions.įunimation's logo (2D version) from 2005 to 2011 the wordmark version was used until 2016.įunimation was one of the bidders in the original war over the rights to One Piece, even registering a URL for it (among other anime) despite not owning the rights to the series at the time. Funimation's home video release in May 2008 started with the re-dubbed version of the first episode 4Kids previously dubbed, and by May 2010 they had re-dubbed of all of the episodes previously handled by 4Kids. Funimation's English localization is also used in Britain (through their subsidiary Manga Entertainment) and Australia.įunimation's English dub began airing in June 2007 with the Jaya Arc, continuing from where the edited 4Kids dub had left off. Additionally, they have released six TV Specials and five Movies in both subtitled and dubbed formats. They have released every episode of the series with English subtitles (barring three crossover episodes) and stream new episodes the day they air in Japan. On March 16, 2022, the company announced that future One Piece home video releases, starting with Season 11 Voyage 8 on June 7, 2022, will be released under the Crunchyroll brand internationally, replacing the Funimation and Wakanim brands in both North America and Europe, respectively, while the Kazé brand will be kept in France and Germany.įunimation holds the rights to the One Piece anime in North America for streaming and home video, and record their own in-house English dub which has reached episode 940. In March 2022, the company announced that it will be rebranded and absorbed into Crunchyroll, LLC, after the streaming service of the same name was acquired by Sony from Otter Media in August 2021.
Funimation was owned by Navarre Corporation between May 11, 2005, and April 2017, and was subsequently acquired by Sony Pictures Television on Octo and since 2019, it is a joint venture between Sony Pictures Television and Aniplex. It was founded by Gen Fukunaga and his wife in 1994 to produce, merchandise, and distribute anime and other entertainment properties in the USA and international markets. Crunchyroll, LLC (formerly known as Funimation Global Group, LLC), is an American entertainment and anime-dubbing company headquartered in Coppell, Texas, USA.
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