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Funimation

The company was founded in 1994 by Japanese-born businessman Gen Fukunaga.

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Funimation began in 1994 by Gen Fukunaga and his wife Cindy as Funimation Productions, with funding by Daniel Cocanougher and his family, who became investors in the company.

Gen Fukunaga

So Gen went to a coworker named Daniel Cocanougher whose family owned a feed mill in Decatur, Texas and convinced the Cocanougher family to sell their business and invest in creating a production company.

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Fukunaga's uncle, Nagafumi Hori, was one of the producers for Dragon Ball, he approached Gen about bringing the series over to America.

Navarre Corporation

Then in April 2011, Navarre sold Funimation to a group of investors including Gen Fukunaga.

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