By Andrew Osmond. When this blog last presented a rundown of anime streaming titles this time last year, Crunchyroll had been recently acquired by the Funimation Group. Well, what a difference a year makes. Crunchyroll’s the name now, baby. In March, it was announced that Funimation’s animation library would be transferring to Crunchyroll en masse, […]
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