The Animatsu brand would ultimately be phased out, with its final release being "Hello! KINMOZA", released on July 2, 2018. Animatsu Entertainment was dissolved on December 31, 2019. On June 17, 2016, it was announced that Animatsu had acquired the global rights to the film "In This Corner of the World", with Mazandarani credited as "Overseas Manager" for the film. Animatsu later announced that it had reached a distribution deal with Shout! Factory to distribute the film in North America. That same month, Lionsgate announced they would acquire Starz Inc. which would eventually be completed in December 2016, placing Manga US under Lionsgate Home Entertainment. In the same month, Kaleidoscope Film Distribution announced they had purchased Platform Entertainment and confirmed that they would split Manga UK off to become separately operated. In 2017, Lionsgate Home Entertainment relaunched Manga US' website and Facebook and Twitter page, and confirmed a re-launch in the near future. Lionsgate currently licenses the Manga Entertainment brand-name from the UK branch. On May 29, 2019, Funimation announced that they had acquired Manga UK, with the former merging its UK and Ireland operations into Manga. Manga UK also announced that they were co-producing the anime television series "Cannon Busters" with Netflix. On September 24, 2019, Sony Pictures Television and Aniplex announced that they were consolidating their international anime streaming businesses, including Madman Anime Group and Wakanim, under a new joint venture, with Funimation as the leading company for the group and its general manager Colin Decker leading the joint venture.