Crunchyroll and Funimation?

[Mafty]

So what exactly does this merger mean? Will Crunchyroll now have acess to some/all of Funimations catalogue or vice versa? I've tried looking online but the press release is kinda vague.

[Chris]

Well yeah, the entire point of the merger would be to have one larger library to dominate anime streaming. It will probably also eventually mean unifying accounts, the streaming software/backend, pricing, etc.

[Seto Kaiba]

So what exactly does this merger mean? Will Crunchyroll now have acess to some/all of Funimations catalogue or vice versa? I've tried looking online but the press release is kinda vague.

Thus far, almost nothing has been published... presumably because Funimation's acquisition of Crunchyroll is waiting on regulatory approvals and other legal proceedings without which the acquisition can't proceed.

Announcing any plans for the future of Crunchyroll vs. FunimationNow will probably only come after the deal is final.

As I understand it, Crunchyroll has several times the subscriber base that FunimationNow does... so it's unclear if the two services merging will be done under Crunchyroll's name or FunimationNow's.