In 2021, Sony announced a project that rebranded all of their channels to have the Sony name, with this logo used if Animax was affected. However, this was just a prototype, and the previous logos were kept.
On December 18, 2023, Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan announced that it will sell its stakes in both Animax and sister channel Kids Station to electronic store chain Nojima (AK Entertainment) in order to focus on its anime streaming service Crunchyroll.