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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.
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.
The company was founded in May 1994 by Gen Fukunaga and his wife Cindy in Silicon Valley, with funding by Daniel Cocanougher and his family, who became investors in the company, which then relocated to North Richland Hills and later Flower Mound, Texas.
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...
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...
May 29, 2010 · Funimation CEO Gen Fukunaga talks about the past and future of Funimation after Navarre's recent announcement of their intention to sell the company.
We recently sat down with FUNimation founder and CEO Gen Fukunaga in his office in Flower Mound, Texas to talk about FUNimation and the anime industry. In the first part of this two-part interview, we talk about the anime market in the U.S., the impact and future of legal and illegal downloading, and timing issues for Japanese vs. U.S. releases.
Nov 21, 2004 · We recently sat down with FUNimation founder and CEO Gen Fukunaga in his office in Fort Worth, Texas to talk about FUNimation and the anime industry. In the first part of this two-part interview, we talk about the history of FUNimation and anime in the U.S. and its licensing strategies.
