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Viz Media Europe SAS Changes Name to Crunchyroll SAS
posted on by Alex Mateo
Crunchyroll SAS. The announcement noted that all of the former brands of Viz Media Europe SAS are in the process of rebranding under Crunchyroll.
The website for French newspaper Le Figaro is listing that the name changed as of January 27.
Crunchyroll and Viz Media Europe John Easum in the new role of Head of Crunchyroll EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and Africa).
The Hitotsubashi Group — consisting of Kazuyoshi Takeuchi is appointed as president and Kazuyuki Masuda is appointed as managing director.
Viz Media Europe Group is comprised of Viz Media Europe Group, AV Visionen, Anime Versand, Anime Digital Network (in partnership with the Média-Participations subsidiary Citel and Eye See Movies).
Crunchyroll launched in 2007 as a streaming service offering anime titles without authorization, but in 2008 it acquired all of Otter Media.
Thanks to Endymion for the news tip.
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