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Sony to buy U.S. anime giant Crunchyroll for $1.17 bil

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Niseko Green Season 2025

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Not bad for what started out as a fansub site

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Sony you are crazy. You overpaid by 950 million. Who told you to pay this much? Fire them! Immediately!

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Japanese studios and companies needs to figure out how to keep ownership locally but profit globally.

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