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Funimation Productions

1994–2005

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1994–1996

1996–2005

2003–2005

Funimation Entertainment

2005–2011

2005–2009

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2007–2011

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Funimation

2011–2016

2016–present

On July 31, 2017, Sony Pictures Television announced that it would acquire a 95% controlling stake in Funimation for $143 million pending approval. Sony touted that the deal would allow Funimation to have synergies with its Animax and Kids Station divisions and "direct access to the creative pipeline".

Sony Pictures TV Networks To Acquire Majority Stake in Funimation

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Funimation

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Sony Pictures Entertainment

Part of Sony

Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group:
Columbia Pictures | TriStar Pictures | Sony Pictures Animation | Sony Pictures Classics | Screen Gems | 3000 Pictures | Sony Pictures Imageworks | Sony Pictures Digital | Sony Pictures Releasing (International) | Sony Pictures Consumer Products | Provident Films | Eon Productions | Sony Pictures International Productions

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment:
Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment | Sony Wonder

Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions:
Destination Films | Affirm Films | Stage 6 Films

Sony Pictures Television Studios:
Columbia Showcase Theatre | Crunchyroll | Embassy Row | 2waytraffic | Silver River Productions | Left Bank Pictures | AXN Original Production | Lean-M | GSN Originals | TriStar Television | Funimation (95%) (Crunchyroll (VRV) | Madman Anime Group | Funimation Channel) | Teleset (50%) | Silvergate Media | Starling | Gemstone Studios

Sony Pictures Television Networks:
AXN (HD): Latin America | South Korea | Sony AXN (Germany)
Other AXN-branded channels: AXN White (Spain | Portugal) | Japan | AXN Sci Fi | AXN Mystery | AXN Movies | Crime (South Korea)

Sony Channel: Latin America

US Networks: Sony Movies | Sony Cine | GetTV

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Sony Pictures Networks India

Pending merger with Zee Entertainment Enterprises

Indian TV channels:

Hindi: Entertainment: Sony TV ^HD, Sony Sab ^HD and Sony Pal | Movies: Sony Max ^HD (Other), Sony Max 2 (classic movies) and Sony Wah | Kids: Sony Yay
English: Movies: Sony Pix ^HD | Knowledge: Sony BBC Earth ^{HD, 1}
Regional languages: Bengali: Sony Aath | Marathi: Sony Marathi

Sony Pictures Sports Network: Sony Six ^HD | Sony Ten 1 ^HD, Sony Ten 2 ^HD, Sony Ten 3 ^HD (Hindi), Sony Ten 4 ^HD (Tamil and Telugu)

International channels: SET (Asia)

Video-on-demand: SonyLIV

Defunct channels: Animax (India) | AXN ^HD (English entertainment) | Sony Rox HD and Sony Mix (Hindi music) | Sony Le Plex HD (English movies) | Sony Ten Golf HD | Sony ESPN ^{HD, 2} (sports)

Content production arm: Studio NEXT
Film production: Sony Pictures Networks Productions

Notes:
¹Joint venture with BBC Studios.
²Was a joint venture with ESPN.

Other channels: Animax | Game Show Network¹ | Star Channel (Japan) | Lifetime (Latin America)² | FMN (Indonesia)³

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Other assets: Sony Pictures Mobile | Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions | AXN Sync | AXN Now | AXN Player | Movies Anywhere | Sony Pictures Studios | Madison Gate Records | Madhouse (5%)⁴

Former/defunct assets:
Film and television studios: The Burbank Studios | CBC Film Sales Corporation | Columbia Night at the Movies | Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International | Embassy Home Entertainment | First Independent Films | First Release Home Entertainment | Gaumont Columbia TriStar Films⁵ | Gaumont Columbia TriStar Home Video⁵ | The Guber-Peters Entertainment Company | Jim Henson Pictures | Magic Window | Manga Entertainment UK | Musicvision | Rastar Films | RCA-Columbia Pictures-Hoyts Video | Sony Wonder | SVS Triumph | Tri-Star Showcase | Triumph Films | Video Box Office | Screen Gems Television | Columbia Pictures Television | Columbia Pictures Television Distribution | Columbia TriStar Television | Columbia TriStar Domestic Television | Sony Pictures Family Entertainment Group | Sony Pictures Television International | Sony Wonder Television | Screen Gems Network | Colex Enterprises | Spelling-Goldberg Productions | Tandem Productions | T.A.T. Communications Company | Embassy Communications | Embassy Pay Television | Embassy Pictures | Merv Griffin Enterprises | Rastar Television | Coca-Cola Telecommunications | Barris Industries | Barris Program Sales | Four D Productions | The Mimus Corporation | Diplomatic Productions | Culver Entertainment | Victory Television | Columbia/Embassy Television | Fearnet

Defunct television channels: United States: 3net⁶ | UK and Ireland: TruTV⁷ | Western Europe: AXN Italy | SET Portugal | SET Spain | Central and Eastern Europe: AXN Crime | Sony Channel (Baltics | Turkey) | Southeast Asia: Sony Channel | Sony BeTV | India: AXN | Sony ESPN⁸ | Sony Le Plex HD | Sony Rox HD | Sony Ten Golf HD | Canada: Sony Movie Channel | AXN Movies | Latin America: Sony Spin² | South Africa: Sony Channel | Sony Max
Video-on-demand: Southeast Asia and India: HOOQ⁹

Divested television channels: Southeast Asia:¹⁰ AXN | Gem | One | Animax | UK and Ireland: Sony Pictures Television UK Networks¹¹ (Sony Channel | Sony Movies | Sony Movies Classic | Sony Movies Action) | Netherlands: Film1¹² | Russia:¹³ Sony Channel Russia | Sony Sci-Fi | Sony Turbo | Central and Eastern Europe:¹⁴ AXN (Hungary, Poland, Romania) | AXN Black (Central Europe, Poland, Romania) | AXN White (Romania, Ukraine) | AXN Spin (Balkans, Poland, Romania) | Hungary¹⁴ (AXN | Sony Max | Sony Movie Channel | Viasat 3¹⁵ | Viasat 6¹⁵)
Video-on-demand: Crackle

¹Formerly co-owned with AT&T; Sony acquired AT&T’s stake of GSN in 2019.
²Joint venture with A+E Networks.
³Joint venture with Dori Media Group.
⁴Joint venture with Nippon Television.
⁵Joint venture with Gaumont.
⁶Joint venture with IMAX Corporation and Discovery, Inc.
⁷Under license from WarnerMedia.
⁸Joint venture with ESPN.
⁹Joint venture with WarnerMedia and Singtel.
¹⁰Sold to KC Global Media Entertainment.
¹¹Sold to Narrative Entertainment.
¹²Sold to SPI International.
¹³Sold to National Media Group.
¹⁴Sold to Antenna Group.
¹⁵Under license from Viasat.

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Electronics/Technologies

Alpha | Bravia | Cyber-shot | Handycam | Memory Stick | Reader | InfoLithium | Sony DADC (CD | DVD | DVD Video | UMD | Blu-ray (3D, Ultra High Definition) | VHS (VHS-C) | Sony Mobile (Xperia) | Vaio (5%) | Walkman

Entertainment

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Sony Interactive Entertainment

Part of Sony

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Part of Sony Interactive Entertainment

Consoles
PlayStation | PlayStation 2 | PlayStation 3 | PlayStation 4 | PlayStation 5

Dedicated consoles
PlayStation Classic

Accessories
DualShock | Move | Wonderbook | VR

Software ranges
Greatest Hits | Essentials | PlayStation the Best | PSone Books | BigHit Series | Classics HD | Collection | Minis | PSone Classic | PSone Imports

Magazines
PlayStation Official Magazine - UK

PlayStation Network
Store | Plus | Now | VidZone | PlayMemories Online | Blog (Blogcast) | Access | Video

Other
Sony Entertainment Network | Productions | Studios

Predecessor
Super Disc

Defunct
EyeToy | Go!Cam | Go!Explore | Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine | The Official Magazine | PlayStation (PSone) | 2 (PSX) | 3 | Portable (PSP Go) | TV | PlayTV | PocketStation | Home | Life | Qore | FirstPlay | Rewards | Digital Comics | Adhoc Party | Room for PSP | Go!Messenger | Go!View | PS2 Online (Central Station) | Mobile | Music | Music Unlimited | Underground | Vita | Vue

Studios
Worldwide: PlayStation Studios
North America: Bend Studio | Bluepoint Games | Insomniac Games | Naughty Dog | San Diego Studio | Santa Monica Studio | Sucker Punch Productions
Europe: Guerrilla Games | Housemarque | London Studio | Media Molecule | XDev
Asia: Japan Studio (Project Siren | PlayStation C.A.M.P! | Team Asobi) | Polyphony Digital
Related: Cellius | Gaikai | SN Systems

Franchises

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Main Games

Ape Escape | Ape Escape 2 | Ape Escape 3

Spin-offs
Pipo Saru 2001 | Saru! Get You! Million Monkeys | Racing | Saru! Get You! SaruSaru Big Mission | Ape Quest

Party games
Pumped & Primed | EyeToy: Monkey Mania | Academy | Academy 2 | PlayStation Move

Appearances
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater | PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale

V • T • E Gran Turismo
Gran Turismo \| 2 \| 3: A-Spec \| Concept \| 4 \| PSP \| 5 \| 6 \| Sport Upcoming: 7

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Main Games

The Precursor Legacy | Jak II | Jak 3 | The Lost Frontier

Other Games
Jak X: Combat Racing | Daxter | Collection

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Ratchet & Clank

Main Games

Ratchet & Clank | Going Commando | Up Your Arsenal | Deadlocked |
Tools of Destruction | Quest for Booty | A Crack in Time | Into the Nexus | Rift Apart

Reimagining
Ratchet & Clank (2016)

Spin-offs
Size Matters | Secret Agent Clank | All 4 One | Collection | Full Frontal Assault

Mobile Games
Going Mobile | Clone Home | Before the Nexus

Films
Ratchet & Clank (2016)

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Main Games

The Thievius Raccoonus | Band of Thieves | Honor Among Thieves | Thieves in Time

Other Games
The Sly Collection | Bentley's Hackpack

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Main Games

Drake's Fortune | Among Thieves | Drake's Deception | A Thief's End

Other Games
Golden Abyss | Fight for Fortune | The Nathan Drake Collection | The Lost Legacy

Other Media
Eye of Indra | The Fourth Labyrinth

Live Action:
Uncharted

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Games

WipEout | 2097/XL | 64 | Wip3out | Fusion | Pure | Pulse | HD/Fury | 2048 | Omega Collection | Rush

AG Racing League

Teams
AG Systems | Assegai | Auricom | EG-X (EG-R | Xios) | FEISAR | Goteki 45 | Harimau | Icaras | Mirage | Piranha | Qirex | Tigron | Triakis | Van-Über
Defunct: G-Tech

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Main Games

God of War | God of War II | Chains of Olympus | God of War III | Ghost of Sparta | Ascension | God of War (2018 video game) | Ragnarök

Other Games
Betrayal | Collection | Origins Collection

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Main Games

Resistance: Fall of Man | Resistance 2 | Resistance 3

Other Games
Resistance: Retribution | Resistance: Burning Skies

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A Guerrilla Games franchise

Main Games
Killzone | Killzone 2 | Killzone 3 | Killzone: Shadow Fall

Other Games
Killzone: Liberation | Killzone: Mercenary

Defunct
989 Studios (989 Sports) | Bigbig Studios | Contrail | Evolution Studios | Guerrilla Cambridge | Incognito Entertainment | Studio Liverpool | Sony Online Entertainment | Team Soho | Zipper Interactive

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Sony Music Entertainment

Part of Sony

Flagship labels
Columbia Records | RCA Records | Epic Records | Arista Records

Other labels/properties
604 Records | Arista Nashville | Ariola Records | Bad Boy Records | Century Media Records | Columbia Nashville | Columbia SevenOne | DefStar Records | Freebandz | Legacy Recordings | Madison Gate Records | Milan Records | Nickelodeon Records | Now That's What I Call Music! | Philadelphia International Records | Pink Floyd Records | Provident Label Group | RCA Inspiration | RCA Records Nashville | RED Music | Sony Music Publishing (EMI Production Music | Extreme Music) | Sony Classical | Sony Masterworks | Sony Music Entertainment Japan (Aniplex | Peanuts Worldwide (39%)¹ | Sony Creative Products) | Sony Music Latin | Syco Music | The Orchard | Thirty Tigers | Ultra Music | Vevo

Defunct/Former
American Recordings | Aware Records | Bang Records | Bell Records | Bertelsmann Music Group | Buddah Records | CBS Records International | Colgems Records | Colpix Records | Columbia Graphophone Company | Creation Records | EMI Music Publishing | Fox Records | Jive Records | J Records | LaFace Records | Loud Records | Nickelodeon Video | Relativity Records | Sony Wonder² | Sony Music Soundtrax | TriStar Music | TVT Records | Zomba Label Group | Def Jam Recordings

Notes
¹ Co-owned with WildBrain (41%) and Charles M. Schulz Creative Associates (20%).
² Now a label of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.

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Sony Pictures Entertainment

Part of Sony

Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group:
Columbia Pictures | TriStar Pictures | Sony Pictures Animation | Sony Pictures Classics | Screen Gems | 3000 Pictures | Sony Pictures Imageworks | Sony Pictures Digital | Sony Pictures Releasing (International) | Sony Pictures Consumer Products | Provident Films | Eon Productions | Sony Pictures International Productions

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment:
Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment | Sony Wonder

Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions:
Destination Films | Affirm Films | Stage 6 Films

Sony Pictures Television Studios:
Columbia Showcase Theatre | Crunchyroll | Embassy Row | 2waytraffic | Silver River Productions | Left Bank Pictures | AXN Original Production | Lean-M | GSN Originals | TriStar Television | Funimation (95%) (Crunchyroll (VRV) | Madman Anime Group | Funimation Channel) | Teleset (50%) | Silvergate Media | Starling | Gemstone Studios

Sony Pictures Television Networks:
AXN (HD): Latin America | South Korea | Sony AXN (Germany)
Other AXN-branded channels: AXN White (Spain | Portugal) | Japan | AXN Sci Fi | AXN Mystery | AXN Movies | Crime (South Korea)

Sony Channel: Latin America

US Networks: Sony Movies | Sony Cine | GetTV

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Sony Pictures Networks India

Pending merger with Zee Entertainment Enterprises

Indian TV channels:

Hindi: Entertainment: Sony TV ^HD, Sony Sab ^HD and Sony Pal | Movies: Sony Max ^HD (Other), Sony Max 2 (classic movies) and Sony Wah | Kids: Sony Yay
English: Movies: Sony Pix ^HD | Knowledge: Sony BBC Earth ^{HD, 1}
Regional languages: Bengali: Sony Aath | Marathi: Sony Marathi

Sony Pictures Sports Network: Sony Six ^HD | Sony Ten 1 ^HD, Sony Ten 2 ^HD, Sony Ten 3 ^HD (Hindi), Sony Ten 4 ^HD (Tamil and Telugu)

International channels: SET (Asia)

Video-on-demand: SonyLIV

Defunct channels: Animax (India) | AXN ^HD (English entertainment) | Sony Rox HD and Sony Mix (Hindi music) | Sony Le Plex HD (English movies) | Sony Ten Golf HD | Sony ESPN ^{HD, 2} (sports)

Content production arm: Studio NEXT
Film production: Sony Pictures Networks Productions

Notes:
¹Joint venture with BBC Studios.
²Was a joint venture with ESPN.

Other channels: Animax | Game Show Network¹ | Star Channel (Japan) | Lifetime (Latin America)² | FMN (Indonesia)³

Theme Parks Columbia Pictures Aquaverse

Other assets: Sony Pictures Mobile | Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions | AXN Sync | AXN Now | AXN Player | Movies Anywhere | Sony Pictures Studios | Madison Gate Records | Madhouse (5%)⁴

Former/defunct assets:
Film and television studios: The Burbank Studios | CBC Film Sales Corporation | Columbia Night at the Movies | Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International | Embassy Home Entertainment | First Independent Films | First Release Home Entertainment | Gaumont Columbia TriStar Films⁵ | Gaumont Columbia TriStar Home Video⁵ | The Guber-Peters Entertainment Company | Jim Henson Pictures | Magic Window | Manga Entertainment UK | Musicvision | Rastar Films | RCA-Columbia Pictures-Hoyts Video | Sony Wonder | SVS Triumph | Tri-Star Showcase | Triumph Films | Video Box Office | Screen Gems Television | Columbia Pictures Television | Columbia Pictures Television Distribution | Columbia TriStar Television | Columbia TriStar Domestic Television | Sony Pictures Family Entertainment Group | Sony Pictures Television International | Sony Wonder Television | Screen Gems Network | Colex Enterprises | Spelling-Goldberg Productions | Tandem Productions | T.A.T. Communications Company | Embassy Communications | Embassy Pay Television | Embassy Pictures | Merv Griffin Enterprises | Rastar Television | Coca-Cola Telecommunications | Barris Industries | Barris Program Sales | Four D Productions | The Mimus Corporation | Diplomatic Productions | Culver Entertainment | Victory Television | Columbia/Embassy Television | Fearnet

Defunct television channels: United States: 3net⁶ | UK and Ireland: TruTV⁷ | Western Europe: AXN Italy | SET Portugal | SET Spain | Central and Eastern Europe: AXN Crime | Sony Channel (Baltics | Turkey) | Southeast Asia: Sony Channel | Sony BeTV | India: AXN | Sony ESPN⁸ | Sony Le Plex HD | Sony Rox HD | Sony Ten Golf HD | Canada: Sony Movie Channel | AXN Movies | Latin America: Sony Spin² | South Africa: Sony Channel | Sony Max
Video-on-demand: Southeast Asia and India: HOOQ⁹

Divested television channels: Southeast Asia:¹⁰ AXN | Gem | One | Animax | UK and Ireland: Sony Pictures Television UK Networks¹¹ (Sony Channel | Sony Movies | Sony Movies Classic | Sony Movies Action) | Netherlands: Film1¹² | Russia:¹³ Sony Channel Russia | Sony Sci-Fi | Sony Turbo | Central and Eastern Europe:¹⁴ AXN (Hungary, Poland, Romania) | AXN Black (Central Europe, Poland, Romania) | AXN White (Romania, Ukraine) | AXN Spin (Balkans, Poland, Romania) | Hungary¹⁴ (AXN | Sony Max | Sony Movie Channel | Viasat 3¹⁵ | Viasat 6¹⁵)
Video-on-demand: Crackle

¹Formerly co-owned with AT&T; Sony acquired AT&T’s stake of GSN in 2019.
²Joint venture with A+E Networks.
³Joint venture with Dori Media Group.
⁴Joint venture with Nippon Television.
⁵Joint venture with Gaumont.
⁶Joint venture with IMAX Corporation and Discovery, Inc.
⁷Under license from WarnerMedia.
⁸Joint venture with ESPN.
⁹Joint venture with WarnerMedia and Singtel.
¹⁰Sold to KC Global Media Entertainment.
¹¹Sold to Narrative Entertainment.
¹²Sold to SPI International.
¹³Sold to National Media Group.
¹⁴Sold to Antenna Group.
¹⁵Under license from Viasat.

Finance
Sony Financial Holdings | Sony Assurance | Sony Bank (SmartLink Network) | Sony Life (Aegon Sony Life)

Defunct/Former
Aiwa | Betamax | Cassette Memory (Micro) | MGM Holdings (20%) | MicroMV | MiniDisc | Sony Dynamic Digital Sound | Trinitron | WEGA

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