Crunchyroll president Rahul Purini on how anime took over the world

EntertainmentThe head of the fast-growing streaming service discusses the Funimation merger and shutdown and where he sees growth in anime.

By Nick Statt, is a Senior Producer on Decoder. Previously, he wrote about technology and gaming for Naavik, Protocol, and The Verge.

Photo illustration: The Verge / Photo by Crunchyroll

Today, I’m talking with Rahul Purini, the president of Crunchyroll, a streaming service focused entirely on anime — and really, the biggest anime service still going. Rahul has a long history with anime: he spent more than seven years at Funimation, a company that started in the ’90s to distribute Dragon Ball Z to US audiences, before getting the top

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