Sony's Latest Merger Proves Digital Ownership Is a Myth
Soon,animefans will face what is the darkest day in the long history of the art form. Yup, even darker than the live-action adaptation ofThe Last Airbender. Trouble began with theCrunchyroll-Funimationmerger in 2020. Sony combined the two largest distributors of streaming anime and manga content in the world, creating an anime monopoly one baby step at a time. Since then, questions have been raised about Sony’s long-term strategy for the platform and the obvious conflicts of maintaining two separateanime-streaming servicesunder the same umbrella, often with overlapping content on sale....