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Funimation Entertainment (previously known as Funimation Productions) is an anime dubbing and distribution company currently based in Flower Mound, Texas (a suburb of the [[DFW Metroplex|Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex]]). The company rose to prominence by acquiring the rights to the popular anime title ''[[Dragonball Z]]'', its predecessor series ''[[Dragon Ball (Manga)|Dragon Ball]]'' and its sequel series ''[[Dragon Ball GT (Anime)|Dragon Ball GT]]'' as a way to survive the early '90s minor recession. By 1999, they were able to get widespread television exposure via [[Cartoon Network]] and the ''[[Dragon Ball (Manga)|Dragon Ball]]'' phenomenon belatedly yet quickly grew in the United States as it had elsewhere. Two previous attempts by Funimation to release ''[[Dragon Ball (Manga)|Dragon Ball]]'' to network television had previously been cancelled, before the series and the company found success on [[Cartoon Network]]. Over time, it's found success with other anime like the two ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (Mangamanga)|Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' series and ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho (Manga)|Yu Yu Hakusho]]''.
 
In recent years, they have broadened their anime horizons far beyond their [[Shonen Jump]] roots, licensing series in nearly every possible genre (except Hentai).
 
In early July 2008, Funimation [http://www.funimation.com/f_index.cfm?page=news&id=454 struck a deal with Geneon Entertainment] to distribute many of the defunct company's unfinished ("orphaned") anime properties, including ''[[Rozen Maiden]]'', ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'', ''[[Black Lagoon (Manga)|Black Lagoon]]'', ''[[Hellsing]]'', ''[[Kyou Kara Maou]]'', ''[[Zero no Tsukaima (Light Novel)|Familiar of Zero]]'' and ''[[Saiunkoku Monogatari|The Story of Saiunkoku]]''. A couple of these shows would be license-rescued after [[Geneon]]'s rights expired, but the rest have since faded into the ether.
 
Less than a week later, they also [http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-07-04/funimation-picks-up-over-30-former-ad-vision-titles picked up over 30 titles] from [[ADV Films]] as a result of a ''major'' falling-out between ADV and Japanese partner Sojitz. Those titles are indicated below.
 
At the end of 2008, Funimation went on a licensing binge called "New Show A-Go-Go!", during which they announced even more [[Geneon]] titles (such as ''[[Samurai Champloo (Anime)|Samurai Champloo]]''), as well as new titles such as ''[[Soul Eater (Manga)|Soul Eater]]'' and the ''[[Rebuild of Evangelion (Anime)|Rebuild of Evangelion]]'' films.
 
In an effort to counter [[Fan Sub|fansubs]], they have recently made a number of their titles available for free [http://www.funimation.com/video/ on their website] (as well as [http://www.youtube.com/user/FUNimation YouTube]), including new acquisitions that have never been sold legally in the United States before, like ''[[Fist of the North Star]]'' and the original ''[[Captain Harlock]]'' series. This is awesome. They have also begun a program to carry shows on their video site a few days after they air in Japan; they have done this with ''[[Shikabane Hime]]'' and ''[[Full Metal Panic (Anime)|Full Metal Panic]]: The Second Raid'' and are now doing this with newer [[Noitamin ANoitaminA]] series and recent episodes of ''[[One Piece (Manga)|One Piece]]''. This is ''really awesome''. Unfortunately, they only have distribution rights for the USA and Canada for any of these, and have thus prevented people outside North America from watching those shows on their own website. This is anti-awesome.
 
Needless to say, the company is now held in very high regard among anime fans, despite forming an equal base of hatedom for those very reasons listed above, and they seem determined to hold to their current course. This all happening amidst an economic recession that is shrinking the dubbing industry, which results in gaining a higher percentage of anime statewide than other studios. Part of their marketing strategy is that they actually listen to the fans and take their suggestions into account, which does work. They graciously make most of their titles available in full on their website, with links to which DVD they're on so they may be purchased. They also run their own digital cable channel, currently the only linear anime-exclusive, television network. Because of their insane amount of titles and the somewhat limited budget for dubs, 95% of the time they have to use the same actors who live in the area, leading to severe [[Relationship Voice Actor]] situations in all their shows, and who have gained growing popularity among fans.
 
FUNimation currently holds the rights for almost<ref> (Exceptions: [[Gate Keepers]] and [[Gate Keepers 21]] ([[Geneon]]); [[Blue Submarine No. 6]], [[Melty Lancer]], [[Yukikaze]] ([[Bandai Entertainment]]); [[Gravion]], [[Final Fantasy Unlimited]], [[Zaion I Wish You Were Here]], [[Special A]] ([[ADV Films]] and its descendants); [[Real Bout High School]] ([[Tokyo Pop]]), and others that remain unlicensed.)</ref> all [[GONZO]] properties, and they have been releasing them in very appealing boxed sets with excellent production values and many extras (examples include their releases of ''[[Afro Samurai (Anime)|Afro Samurai]]'' and ''[[Speed Grapher (Anime)|Speed Grapher]]''). They also have an imprint of sorts called ''The Viridian Collection'', which they have designed as a sort of [[Criterion Collection]] for high-profile anime releases, such as ''[[Samurai 7]]'', ''[[Basilisk (Manga)|Basilisk]]'' and ''[[Desert Punk (Mangamanga)|Desert Punk]]''. These releases are budget priced, so it's very easy to amass a relatively large collection of good anime without breaking your pockets. ''S.A.V.E. Edition'', where you can get a complete series for at most $30, takes this concept one step further.
 
Has done some interesting things regarding DVDs, especially involving Dragon Ball, such as starting a redubbed DVD series called the "Ultimate Uncut" Edition, only to abruptly drop that and subsequently announce new "Remastered" Season Box Sets of the entire series, cropped to Widescreen. Naturally, many fans weren't impressed with the cropping, and the so-called Orange Boxes became the best selling anime boxsets on DVD by far. Due in part to purist backlash over the cropping in the Orange Boxes, Funimation announced they had finally acquired the Super-High Quality Dragon Boxes from Japan, with the English dub remixed so that it retains the original background music, and Japanese voices selected by default for all those hardcore fans that didn't buy into the Widescreen Remasters. However, Funimation only holds the licensing rights in the US and Canada, so there's not much they can do legally for people outside of North America.
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In October 2011, it was announced at New York Comic Con that [http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-10-14/funimation-niconico-to-jointly-license-anime Funimation and Nico Nico formed a joint partnership for streaming and home video releases]. The partnership establishes a joint venture, known as "Funico", where Nico Nico handles the online streaming while Funimation handles the home video distribution.
 
At the same time as the above paragraph, there also arose a chance the company may suffer some collateral damage related to the [[4Kids! Entertainment|4Kids]] bankruptcy and lawsuit, due to TV Tokyo accusing them of conspiracy regarding a 2002 deal to distribute 4Kids' [[Yu-Gi-Oh!]] videos. In a similar sense, Funimation decided to [http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-01-13/funimation-sues-a.d-vision-sentai-others-for-us$8-million file a lawsuit against numerous companies that was once ADV Films regarding to ADV's sale of assets in 2009].<ref> Which is quite ironic considering Funimation had once lend their voice acting talents to ADV Films and vice versa</ref> Not to mention how both Verizon and Cablevision dropped the Funimation Channel within only two months of each other, which does not bode well for the only existing linear, all-anime channel in the US!
 
For a list of [[FUNimation]] regulars, head to [[Names to Know In Anime]]\Dub Voice Actors\Texas.
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== Series they localized themselves ==
* [[.hack Quantum|.hack//Quantum]] (The first .hack// to be released by [[FUNimation]])
* [[Afro Samurai (Anime)|Afro Samurai]]
* [[Aria the Scarlet Ammo]]
* [[Asobi Nini Iku Yo (Light Novel)yo!|Asobi Ni Iku Yo]] ("[[Cat Planet Cuties]]")
* [[Axis Powers Hetalia (Manga)|Axis Powers Hetalia]] (given a [[Gag Dub]])
* [[Genesis of Aquarion (Anime)|Aquarion]]
* [[B Gata H Kei (Manga)|B Gata H Kei]] ("[[Yamadas First Time]]")
* [[Baccano (Light Novel)|Baccano]]
* [[Baka and Test Summon The Beasts]] (both seasons and the OVA between them)
* [[Bamboo Blade (Anime)|Bamboo Blade]]
* [[Basilisk (Manga)|Basilisk]]
* [[Beck (Mangamanga)|Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad]]
* [[Big Windup]]
* [[Birdy the Mighty]] (DECODE TV series)
* [[Black Blood Brothers (Manga)|Black Blood Brothers]]
* [[Black Butler (Manga)|Black Butler]]
* [[Black Cat (Mangamanga)|Black Cat]]
* [[Black Lagoon (Manga)|Black Lagoon]]: OVA - "Roberta's Blood Trail"
* [[Blassreiter (Anime)|Blassreiter]]
* [[Blessing of the Campanella]]
* [[Blue Gender]]
* [[Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai (Light Novel)|Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai]] (''"Haganai"'')
* [[Burst Angel (Anime)|Burst Angel]]
* [[Cubex Cursedx Curious (Light Novel)C³|Cubex Cursedx Curious]]
* [[C the Money And Soul of Possibility]]
* [[A Certain Magical Index]] (as well as ''[[To Aru Kagaku no Railgun (Manga)|A Certain Scientific Railgun]])
* [[Casshern Sins (Anime)|Casshern Sins]]
* [[Chaos ;Head]]
* [[Chrome Shelled Regios (Light Novel)|Chrome Shelled Regios]]
* [[Claymore (Manga)|Claymore]]
* [[Darker Than Black (Anime)|Darker Than Black]]
* [[Dance in The Vampire Bund (Manga)|Dance in Thethe Vampire Bund]]
* [[Deadman Wonderland (Manga)|Deadman Wonderland]]
* [[Desert Punk (Mangamanga)|Desert Punk]]
* [[Detective Conan (Manga)|Detective Conan]] (known as "Case Closed" due to [[DC Comics]]'s ironclad trademark on the name "Conan")
* [[D Gray-Man (Manga)|D. Gray-man]] (as of May 2012, only the first 51 episodes)
* [[Dragon Ball (Manga)|Dragon Ball]]
* [[Dragon Ball GT (Anime)|Dragon Ball GT]]
* [[Dragon Ball Kai (Anime)|Dragon Ball Kai]]
* [[Dragon Ball (Manga)|Dragon Ball Z]]
* [[Dragonaut: theThe Resonance]]
* [[Eden of the East (Anime)|Eden of the East]]
* [[El Cazador Dede La Bruja (Anime)|El Cazador De Lala Bruja]]
* [[Eureka Seven AO (Anime)|Eureka Seven AO]]
* [[Fairy Tail (Manga)|Fairy Tail]]
* [[Fractale]]
* [[Freezing (Manga)|Freezing]]
* [[Fruits Basket (Manga)|Fruits Basket]] (the first shojo series to be dubbed by [[FUNimation]])
* [[Fullmetal Alchemist (Animeanime)|Fullmetal Alchemist]] (series, movie, and all but one OVA)
* [[Fullmetal Alchemist (Mangamanga)|Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood]] (series, movie and OVAs)
* [[Full Metal Panic (Anime)|Full Metal Panic]]: The Second Raid (Sort of. Kadokawa Pictures USA [now defunct] held the license itself and outsourced localization -- translation, subtitling, scripts, dubbing - to ADV in order to have consistency with the previous two series; Funi was in charge of packaging, DVD authoring, and distribution. Funi now hold this license outright, though)
* [[Ga -Rei Zero]]
* [[Gad Guard]]
* [[The Galaxy Railways]]
* [[Guilty Crown (Anime)|Guilty Crown]]
* [[Gunslinger Girl]] (first series as well as ''Il Teatrino'' and accompanying OVA)
* [[Hell Girl]] (first season only)
* [[High School DXD (Light Novel)|High School DXDDxD]]
* [[Kore wa Zombie Desu Ka (Light Novel)ka?|Is This a Zombie?]] (full rights for the first season, so far just streaming for the second)
* [[Kaze no Stigma (Light Novel)|Kaze no Stigma]]
* [[Kenichi: theThe Mightiest Disciple]]
* [[Kiddy Grade]]
* [[King of Thorn (Manga)|King of Thorn]]
* [[Kodomo no Omocha (Manga)|Kodomo no Omocha]] (as "Kodocha"; first 51 episodes only, with [[Bad Export for You|some issues]] beyond their control)
* [[Last Exile: Fam, theThe Silver Wing (Anime)|Last Exile Fam the Silver Wing]]
* [[The Legend of the Legendary Heroes (Anime)|The Legend of the Legendary Heroes]]
* [[Lupin the Third|Lupin III]] (nine of the TV specials and the "Dead or Alive" film)
* [[Mahou Sensei Negima]] (only the two TV series and the Spring / Summer OVAs)
* [[Maken Ki (Manga)-ki!|Maken Ki]]
* [[Master of Martial Hearts]]
* [[Mirai Nikki (Manga)|Mirai Nikki]] (''"The Future Diary"'')
* [[Mr Stain On Junk Alley]]
* [[Mushishi]]
* [[Nabari no Ou]]
* [[Oh Edo Rocket (Anime)|Oh! Edo Rocket]]
* [[One Piece (Manga)|One Piece]] (technically a license-snipe from [[4Kids! Entertainment]], released uncut with ''far'' more accurate dub; needless to say the fans rejoiced)
* [[Oretachi Nini Tsubasa wa Nai]] ("We Without Wings")
* [[Ouran High School Host Club]]
* [[Panty and& Stocking Withwith Garterbelt (Anime)|Panty and Stocking With Garterbelt]]
* [[Peach Girl]]
* [[Phantom Requiem of the Phantom]]
* [[Princess Jellyfish]]
* [[Rebuild of Evangelion (Anime)|Rebuild of Evangelion]]
* [[Ride BackRideback]]
* [[Robotech: theThe Shadow Chronicles]]
* [[Romeo X Juliet]]
* [[Rumbling Hearts]] ([[Market-Based Title|a.k.a.]] Kimi Ga Nozomu Eien)
* [[The Sacred Blacksmith]]
* [[Rosario to Vampire (Manga)|Rosario to Vampire]] (both seasons)
* [[Samurai Seven|Samurai 7]]
* [[Sasami Magical Girls Club (Anime)|Sasami Magical Girls Club]]
* [[School Rumble]] (except for the [[Contested Sequel|3rd Semester OVA]])
* [[Sekirei (Manga)|Sekirei]]
* [[Sengoku Basara]]
* [[Seto no Hanayome (Manga)|Seto no Hanayome]] (released as ''"My Bride is a Mermaid"'')
* [[Shigurui]] (quite possibly the most family-unfriendly show Funimation has ever distributed)
* [[Shikabane Hime]] (Released as ''"Corpse Princess"'')
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* [[Shin Chan]] (as a [[Gag Dub]])
* [[Shuffle]]
* [[Slayers (Anime)|Slayers]] (seasons 4 and 5 of the TV series, Revolution and Evolution-R, dubbed with the original NYC cast)
* [[Solty Rei (Manga)|Solty Rei]]
* [[Sora no Otoshimono (Manga)|Sora no Otoshimono]] (released as ''"Heaven's Lost Property"'')
* [[Soukou no Strain]] ([[Market-Based Title]]: ''[[Fun Withwith Acronyms|STRAIN: STRategic Armored INfantry]]'')
* [[Soul Eater (Manga)|Soul Eater]]
* [[Speed Grapher (Anime)|Speed Grapher]]
* [[Spiral]]
* [[Spice and Wolf]]
* [[Strike Witches]]
* [[Steins ;Gate]]
* [[Summer Wars (Anime)|Summer Wars]]
* [[Suzuka]]
* [[Tales of Vesperia]]: The First Strike
* [[Tenchi Muyo! GXP]]
* [[Trigun (Manga)|Trigun]] [[The Movie|Badlands Rumble]]
* [[Trinity Blood (Light Novel)|Trinity Blood]]
* [[Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle]]
* [[Tsukuyomi Moon Phase (Anime)|Tsukuyomi Moon Phase]]
* [[Vandread (Anime)|Vandread]]
* [[Witchblade (Animeanime)|Witchblade]]
* [[Xxx HO Li C (Anime)XxxHolic|Xxx HO Li C]] (first TV series only; sales were said to be insufficient to justify releasing later installments)
* [[Yu Yu Hakusho (Manga)|Yu Yu Hakusho]]
 
== Series acquired from ADV in Summer 2008 ==
* [[Zero Zero Nine One (Anime)009-1|Zero Zero Nine One]]
* [[AIR (Visual Novel)|AIR]]
* [[Air Gear (Manga)|Air Gear]]
* [[Ah! My Goddess (Manga)|Ah My Goddess]]: Flights of Fancy
* [[Le Chevalier Deond'Eon]]
* [[Comic Party Revolution]]
* [[Coyote Ragtime Show (Anime)|Coyote Ragtime Show]]
* [[Devil May Cry: theThe Animated Series (Anime)|Devil May Cry the Animated Series]]
* [[Guyver (Manga)|Guyver]]
* [[Kanon (Visual Novel)|Kanon]]
* [[Kurau Phantom Memory]]
* [[Murder Princess]] (ADV hadn't even ''announced'' this one when they lost it)
* [[Pani Poni Dash!]]
* [[Pumpkin Scissors]]
* [[Red Garden (Anime)|Red Garden]]
* [[Keroro Gunsou (Manga)|Sgt. Frog]] (dubbed by Funi in-house as a [[Gag Dub]]/[[Woolseyism]])
* [[The Wallflower]]
* [[Welcome to The NHK]]
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== License Rescues ==
* [[Armitage III (Anime)|Armitage III]] (from Geneon)
* [[Black Lagoon (Manga)|Black Lagoon]] (the TV series, originally held by Geneon)
* [[Bubblegum Crisis (Anime)|Bubblegum Crisis]] (from ADV)
* [[Chobits (Manga)|Chobits]] (from Geneon)
* [[Makai Senki Disgaea (Anime)|Disgaea]] (expired Geneon license rescue)
* [[Excel Saga (Animeanime)|Excel Saga]] (from ADV)
* [[Fafner in Thethe Azure]] (from Geneon, along with the previously unlicensed movie)
* [[Zero no Tsukaima (Light Novel)|Familiar of Zero]] (first season only; rights have since lapsed and been picked up by [[Sentai Filmworks]])
* [[Full Metal Panic (Anime)|Full Metal Panic]] (from ADV)
* [[Full Metal Panic (Anime)|Full Metal Panic]]: Fumoffu (ditto)
* [[FLCL (Anime)|FLCL]] (from Synch-Point)
* [[Gantz (Manga)|Gantz]] (from ADV)
* [[Girls Bravo (Manga)|Girls Bravo]] (from Geneon)
* [[Gun X Sword (Anime)|Gun X Sword]] (from Geneon)
* [[Hellsing]] (from Geneon)
* [[Haibane Renmei (Anime)|Haibane Renmei]] (from Geneon)
* [[Ikki Tousen (Manga)|Ikki Tousen]] (Season 1 only, from Geneon)
* [[Initial D (Manga)|Initial D]] (from [[Tokyo Pop]], and given a brand-new dub)
* [[Kamichu!]] (from Geneon)
* [[Karin]] (from Geneon)
* [[Last Exile (Anime)|Last Exile]] (from Geneon, and later on the sequel ''[[Last Exile: Fam, theThe Silver Wing (Anime)|Last Exile Fam the Silver Wing]]'')
* [[Love Hina (Manga)|Love Hina]] (from Bandai Entertainment, except the OVA's. The specials are licensed but unreleased)
* [[Noir (Animeanime)|Noir]]
* [[Samurai Champloo (Anime)|Samurai Champloo]] (from Geneon)
* [[Serial Experiments Lain (Anime)|Serial Experiments Lain]] (from Geneon)
* [[Shakugan no Shana]] (all three seasons, the OVA, and the movie, from Geneon)
* [[Shaman King]] (From 4Kids Entertainment; DVD released only)
* [[Slayers (Anime)|Slayers]] (the first 3 TV seasons, previously held by the now-liquidated [[Central Park Media]])
* [[Sonic X (Anime)|Sonic X]] (from 4Kids Entertainment)
* [[Tenchi Muyo!]] (the original OVA and TV series, from Geneon)
* [[Tenchi in Tokyo]] (from Geneon)
* [[Tenchi Universe]] (from Geneon)
* [[Trigun (Manga)|Trigun]] (TV series, from Geneon)
* [[Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni (Visual Novel)ni|When They Cry]] (from Geneon - now expired/dropped)
 
== Streaming Rights Only ==
* [[Airmaster (Manga)|Airmaster]] (via Toei)
* [[Captain Harlock]] (via Toei)
* [[Digimon Adventure 02 (Anime)|Digimon Adventure 02]] (via Toei)
* [[Digimon Tamers (Anime)|Digimon Tamers]] (via Toei)
* [[Fist of the North Star]] (via Toei; Discotek has the home video rights)
* [[Gaiking]] (via Toei)
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== Other ==
* [[Chuck E. Cheese in Thethe Galaxy 5000]]
* [[Oblivion Island Haruka And The Magic Mirror]] (Released by [[FUNimation]] but dubbed by [[Bang Zoom]]! Entertainment.
 
 
=== Tropes relating to [[FUNimation]] ===
* [[Anime Accent Absence]]: Occasionally averted, as in ''[[Baccano (Light Novel)|Baccano]]'' and ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia (Manga)|Hetalia]]''.
* [[Completely Different Title]]: Does this for quite a few shows. For example, ''[[Seto no Hanayome|The Inland Sea Bride]]'' became ''[[My Bride Is a Mermaid]]''.
* [[Digital Piracy Is Evil|Digital Piracy and Fansubs are Evil]]: This is FUNimation's official stance and they encourage their fans to obtain anime through legal means. In fact, they even take legal action either through C&D letters to torrenters and fansubbers, or [http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-01-25/funimation-sues-1337-bittorrent-users-over-one-piece sue a large number of BiTorrent users over downloading One Piece episodes]. They even take down fansub videos of many anime titles in [[YouTube]], ''even in titles they do not directly own'' (e.g. [[Naruto]] and [[School Days (Visual Novel)|School Days]]). In fact, they are pretty much the policeman of the anime industry.
** Their anti-piracy and fansub stance is pretty much the reason why [[Scandalgate|they briefly lost simulcast rights for Fractale]]. Unlike [[Anime News Network]] where they got [[Ore no Imouto ga Konna Nini Kawaii Wake ga Nai (Light Novel)|Oreimo]] back within several weeks, Funimation managed to get the Fractale simulcast back ''within a few days.''
* [[Doing It for Thethe Art]]: one of the major reasons why some LA and New York based voice actors are willing to work with Funimation. Heck, they even got [[Scott McNeil|a Canadian guy]] to work on a small role in [[Fullmetal Alchemist (Animeanime)|Fullmetal Alchemist]].
* [[Fan Service]]: According to a Funimation representative as well as many of the Funimation voice actors, some of the highest selling shows happen to be ones with heavy fanservice (along with the said popular [[Shonen]] titles like [[Dragonball Z]] and [[Fullmetal Alchemist (Mangamanga)|Fullmetal Alchemist]]), much to the very annoyance of the [[Anime News Network|ANN]] editors who are quite critical to this trope. It wouldn't [[Baka to Test Toto Shoukanjuu|be a]] [[Cat Planet Cuties|surprise]] [[B Gata H Kei|with]] [[Chaos ;Head|the]] [[Panty and& Stocking Withwith Garterbelt (Anime)|recent]] [[Rosario to Vampire|shows]] [[Kore wa Zombie Desu Kaka?|they've]] [[Dance in Thethe Vampire Bund|licensed]].
** This is most apparent with their release of ''[[Sekirei]]'', whose tagline is "Boobies for the win!".
* [[Gag Dub|Gag Dubs]]: While most of Funimation's dubs attempt to stay reasonably faithful to their source material, some comedy series, such as [[Shin Chan]], [[Keroro Gunsou (Manga)|Sgt. Frog]], and ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia (Manga)|Hetalia]]'', receive this treatment.
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: Given the company's highly centralized talent roster, anyone who watches more than a couple of their dubs will start to recognize their regulars, and is probably the one complaint fans have with them. They do occasionally spring for new talent, however.
* [[Man of a Thousand Voices]]: Many veteran Funimation voice actors tend to have this; [[Laura Bailey]], [[Vic Mignogna]], [[Troy Baker]], [[Kyle Hebert]], [[J Michael Tatum]], [[Brina Palencia]], [[Todd Haberkorn]] and [[Luci Christian]] deserve special mention.
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*** [[Pigeonholed Voice Actor]]: because of the focus on capturing the emotion and personality of the character, it would not be a surprise for some Funimation voice actors to be completely good at the character archetypes they are typecast into.
* [[Multiple Demographic Appeal]]: They license various titles that appeal to different demographics, not just the popular [[Shonen]] shows.
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: You know that little thing with 4Kids on [[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]? Well, this will haunt them again in the future.
** Also, [[Scandalgate|Fractalegate]].
* [[One of Us]]: Many of the staff and voice actors who worked with Funimation are anime, video games, and comic book geeks themselves. Some of them are deviantARTists themselves like [http://maioceaneyes.deviantart.com/ Micah Solusod] and [http://lexchan.deviantart.com/ Alexis Tipton]. The reason many of them can scream for hours on end in shonen shows is because guys like Chris Sabat and Justin Cook, two of the original employees, were in rock bands for years prior!
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* [[Promoted Fanboy]] (or Fangirl): Many of the company's voice acting regulars are anime fans themselves, and translation and subtitling staff are frequently former fansubbers.
* [[Safe Harbor]]: Their TV channel is on non-basic cable and is nowhere near as popular as the bigger cable channels, so ''every hour of the day'' is safe from censoring from the United States FCC, with curses left intact! The only censored word is "fuck", and the only blurred or blocked visual elements that appear are those that were left in the Japanese versions.
* [[Scandalgate]]: Fractalegate, though not as severe as [[Ore no Imouto ga Konna Nini Kawaii Wake ga Nai (Light Novel)|Oreimogate]].
* [[Unions in Hollywood]]: averted, Funimation is non-union, [[Department of Redundancy Department|and is based on Flower Mound, Texas]]. This can be [[Justified Trope|justified]] though, since Texas is [http://www.nrtw.org/c/txrtwlaw.htm a right to work state], which prohibits union-only environments.
** However, Funimation does occasionally hire voice actors from LA or New York, the most unionized places in the country when it comes to acting. Again, another [[Justified Trope|justification]], as many of these said voice actors either had worked with Funimation in the past (e.g. [[Vic Mignogna]], [[Kyle Hebert]], [[Laura Bailey]], [[Travis Willingham]], and [[Troy Baker]]), had lived and been raised in the Dallas area during their childhood years with family members still living around the area (e.g. [[Johnny Yong Bosch]] and [[Spike Spencer]]) or are used for continuity with previous works (e.g. [[Crispin Freeman]] and [[Sean Schemmel]]). It's also a possibility that the said voice actors had applied the financial core status, as many of them have worked in both union and non-union projects.
* [[Viewers Are Geniuses]]: They acquired and dubbed ''[[XXX HolicXxxHolic]]'' and ''[[Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle]]'' at the same time because they knew characters crossed over into the other show at certain points, thus making sure no actor would voice more than one character in either show, lest fans would accuse them of casting two actors for the same character. This was beneficial to them when dubbing the ''Tsubasa'' OVA and each of their movies, where Watanuki, the black Mokona, and Yuuko have important roles.
* [[What the Hell, Hero?|What The Hell, FUNimation?]]: Funimation suing Section23 and other companies that was once [[ADV Films]] regarding to the sale of assets. [[Internet Backdraft|This divided the anime fandom even further]], considering that Section23 had already quickly rebuild themselves from the ashes of ADV Films and the fact that the anime industry in North America is suffering enough with the layoff of employees from [[Media Blasters]] and the downfall of [[Bandai Entertainment]], Funimation suing Section23 is kinda seen as a very dicky move.
** Even [[Chris Patton]], who had worked in many Funimation titles in the past under [[ADV Films]] label, was [https://twitter.com/#!/lechrispatton/status/159063669819449345 completely disappointed at Funimation for their lawsuit in his Twitter]. Justified, as he's predominately works at Houston, Texas where Sentai Filmworks/Section23 is headquartered at.
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