Anime Icons/Episode 4 transcript

==Prologue==
Narrator: "They started in the mid-90's, with little money and big dreams."
Gen Fukunaga: "My uncle told me if you raise enough money to start your own company, I'll give you the rights to Dragon Ball in the US."
Narrator: "The Dragon Ball Z craze put it on the map as Funimation."
Gen Fukunaga: "When Dragon Ball Z started airing on Toonami, that was when ratings really started to skyrocket. It really became a hit."
Narrator: "And the acquisition of a streaming service led to the start of a new era."
Gen Fukunaga: "Crunchyroll is the wave of the future for anime."
Colin Decker: "Let's face it, without Dragon Ball Z, anime wouldn't be as big in the west as it is today."
Narrator: "Both companies were confident that anime had a future in the United States."
Gen Fukunaga: "I doubt Sony would be in the anime business today had it not been for the success of shows like Dragon Ball or Yu Yu Hakusho.
Narrator: "While other anime dubbing companies have struggled to survive, What is now known as Crunchyroll has continued to dominate."
Colleen Clinkenbeard: "It was something that started gradually building, but never subsided and continues to build and build."
Narrator: "This is the story of the company that continues to lead us to the anime revolution. The compelling true story of Crunchyroll."
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