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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.
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Jan 14, 2019 · That man is Gen Fukunaga. 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...
May 9, 2017 · Learn how Gen Fukunaga turned his childhood passion for Japanese animation into a $100 million venture. Read about his journey from IBM engineer to anime licensor, producer, and distributor, and his vision for the future of Funimation.
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Gen Fukunaga is a Japanese-American producer and production manager who has worked on many anime titles, such as Dragon Ball Super: Broly, Evangelion and Steins;Gate. He is also the founder of FUNimation Entertainment, a leading anime provider in North America.
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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...
Funimation Founder and Retired CEO Gen Fukunaga gave a must listen seminar on the anime business at Columbia Business School’s Center on Japanese Economy and...
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Feb 1, 2019 · Funimation Founder Gen Fukunaga Moves Into Chairman Role, Sony Seeks New GM for Anime Service (EXCLUSIVE) Sony Pictures Television -owned Funimation has launched a search for a new general...
