Funimation was an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service. Launched in April 2009, the service was one of the leading distributors of anime and other foreign entertainment properties in North America. It streamed popular series, such as Dragon Ball, One Piece, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, YuYu Hakusho, My Hero Academia, Attack on Titan, Fairy Tail, Black Clover, Fruits Basket, Assassination Classroom and Tokyo Ghoul among many others. The service and its parent company were acquired by Sony, who ran the service through Sony Pictures Television from 2017 to 2019 and then through Sony Pictures and Aniplex from 2019 to its closure in 2024. In 2021, Sony acquired Crunchyroll.