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It is good to see there is interest in Funimation, but I'll reserve judgment on whether being purchased is a good thing or not until we see the new owners and their strategy. Navarre has been a supportive owner and see to care about Funimation's best interest in this sale, but we won't know what the purchasing company is actually going to do until they are in control. we could see cut backs of licenses, we could see major changes. We could also see the new corporate masters taking a more active role in the company which could mean more money infusion but also decisions made by parent company people that don't understand the business. So I am trying to be cautiously optimistic at the moment but with worries due to how important Funimation is to the U.S. anime market.
To be fair, one of them was me. I offered to throw in my VHS subs of Tenchi Muyo to sweeten the deal, but so far no call back...
Since a company selling off property or an internal company makes money after the sell, their stock value goes up. When I first heard about Navarre wanting to sell off Funi, I immediately bought some shares and started waiting for the day this would finally happen. I'll be glad to sell them off, too (Navarre is such a piddly little company, haha).
Also, I'm not too worried about Funi. The way they have made it sound, Navarre and Funi are working together to base the sell on a little more than the amount of money being paid. I am optimistic that they will go to the right people.
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