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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.
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.
- Danielle Abril
Jan 14, 2019 · Sony Pictures Television. Funimation’s story begins with 13-year-old Fukunaga traveling to Japan with his parents, who had emigrated to the U.S., but who brought Gen to Japan to live for a time ...
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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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.
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Feb 1, 2019 · Gen Fukunaga, who launched Funimation in 1994, is stepping down as GM and focusing on content partnerships. Sony Pictures Television is looking for a new GM to lead the anime network/distributor, which has a $130 million revenue run rate.
Feb 1, 2019 · Gen Fukunaga, who founded Funimation in 1994, is moving into a chairman role and looking for a new general manager for the anime network/distributor. The move comes after Sony Pictures Television Networks acquired a majority stake in Funimation in 2017.
