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Heads up to all anime lovers who patronize the American entertainment company, Funimation. The online platform will be temporarily down for maintenance. Funimation posted on their official twitter account the scheduled maintenance that will begin tomorrow at 3:30 a.m. EST.

The Twitter post reads:

⚠️ Heads up, everyone! ⚠️

We’ll be undergoing some maintenance tomorrow starting at 3:30 am ET. Streaming will be unavailable during this time, but our team will be working hard to get everything done quickly to make sure you’re able to get back to your anime ASAP. ?

The announcement did not include when the maintenance will be over.

Funimation brief backgruond

Funimation is an American entertainment company that specializes in the dubbing and distribution of foreign content, mostly anime. The company is based in Flower Mound, Texas, and the studio is one of the leading distributors of anime and other foreign entertainment properties in North America.

The company was founded on May 9, 1994, by Fukunaga and his wife Cindy, and named it FUNimation Productions. The initial funding was provided by Daniel Cocanougher. After eleven years, FUNimation Productions was acquired by Navarre Corporation and was renamed to FUNimation Entertainment.

The ownership of the company has since been transferred several more times until it was finally acquired by Sony Pictures Television on October 27, 2017. Its name now is simply Funimation and is the leading entertainment company in terms of dubbing and distribution of animes.

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Lambert Nathaniel
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I am a university teacher who can't get enough of anime and manga. My class' group names are based on my favorite characters, especially from One Piece. I read manga or watch anime every chance I have. I started reading manga just a few years back and I was hooked the first day. I usually follow fan pages and am consistently given a Top Fan Badge. I also love baking and cake decorating and trying to make anime-themed cake designs.

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