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Gen Fukunaga (福永 元, Fukunaga Gen, born March 22, 1962) is a Japanese-born American engineer and entrepreneur. He established Funimation (now Crunchyroll), a company that distributes anime in Canada and the United States. He served as its president and chairman until 2019, where he stepped down.
Gen Fukunaga was born on 22 March 1961 in Itami, Hyogo, Japan. He is a producer and production manager, known for Dragon Ball Super: Broly (2018), Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone (2007) and Steins;Gate (2011). He is married to Cindy Brennan Fukunaga. They have three children.
May 9, 2017 · Gen Fukunaga is the CEO of Funimation Entertainment. Fukunaga initially bought licensing rights to “Dragon Ball Z,” the most successful anime title worldwide, through connections he made...
Jan 14, 2019 · Fukunaga is the founder and CEO of Funimation, now a wholly owned division of Sony Pictures Television. The company’s fortunes waxed and waned and its future weighed in the balance...
Sep 11, 2021 · Gen Fukunaga, an engineer who was born in Japan but lived in the States most of his life, had an uncle at Toei, the studio that distributed Dragon Ball in Japan. Fukunaga managed to convince his...
Origins. In the early 1990s, Japanese-born businessman Gen Fukunaga was approached by his uncle, Nagafumi Hori, who was working as a producer for Toei Company. Hori proposed that if Fukunaga could start a production company and raise enough money, Toei Animation would license the rights to the Dragon Ball franchise to the United States.
Gen Fukunaga was born on 22 March 1961 in Itami, Hyogo, Japan. He is a producer and production manager, known for Dragon Ball Super: Broly (2018), Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone (2007) and Steins;Gate (2011). He is married to Cindy Brennan Fukunaga. They have three children.
Feb 1, 2019 · Sony Pictures Television -owned Funimation has launched a search for a new general manager, as founder Gen Fukunaga is stepping out of day-to-day management at the anime network/distributor...
Nov 22, 2011 · Funimation Expands Streaming Service to Mexico, Brazil This Fall (Jul 3, 2020) Funimation Founder Gen Fukunaga Steps Down as GM (Feb 1, 2019) Sony Pictures TV to Acquire Majority Stake in ...
Gen Fukunaga (福永 元, Fukunaga Gen, born 22 March 1962) is a Japanese–American engineer and businessman. He established Funimation, a company that distributes anime in Canada and the United States. He currently serves as its president.
