On 24 September 2019, Aniplex and Sony Pictures Television announced that they were consolidating their international anime streaming services under a new joint venture comprising Funimation, Madman Anime Group and Wakanim. The consolidation reorganized AnimeLab as a direct subsidiary of Funimation.

Who made AnimeLab?

AnimeLab is a project developed by the team at Madman Anime Group in Melbourne, Australia.

Did Sony buy AnimeLab?

But over the last five years, Sony has strengthened its portfolio of international streaming services through acquisitions, starting in 2015 with the French anime streaming service Wakanim. In 2018, the company purchased the Australian anime distributor Madman Anime and its streaming service, AnimeLab.