Founded in 2004, the company also operates different businesses including a video on demand platform and a merchandising arm in its own country.

[5] The following year, Aniplus established its subsidiary Plus Media Networks Asia in Singapore to handle anime and Korean drama distribution for the Southeast Asian market.

[1] On November 8, 2022, private equity firm Keistone Partners announced that it and Aniplus would jointly acquire 87% stake in animation streaming company Laftel Inc. from RIDI Corporation, the owner of Manta webtoon platform for 80 billion won.

[1] In April 2023, Aniplus had entered an acquisition deal of Animax, the second largest animation broadcaster and rival competitor in South Korea, with KC Global Media Entertainment.

[1] On October 4, 2024, it was announced that Aniplus Korea will discontinue some of its key core services effective December 31 due to various internal and external factors including the changes in landscape of media environment that focuses more on its stronger business venture in the area.

The services that may affect the discountinuation include its live broadcast, VOD streaming and download functionalities; while the rest of owned and operated assets such as Laftel, Animax Korea and other offerings will remain unaffected.

In May 2021, it was reported that the company planned to expand its store to five cities across the country within the third and fourth quarters of the year.

[26] On May 25, 2018, Aniplus Asia was made available on Easy TV Home in the Philippines, but has ceased operations since September 30, 2019.

[29] On April 1, 2021, Aniplus Asia ceased its transmission on Astro Go in Malaysia[30] and Royal Cable in the Philippines after the contract had expired,[31] However, the channel resurfaced on Royal Cable among other alternatives following the lack of channel lineups due to the closure of Disney-owned networks in the region.

[36] In August 2015, Aniplus Asia partnered with OTT platform iflix to distribute its titles via its VOD service.

[citation needed] Later in November, it was picked up by streaming website Tribe in Indonesia, and reached the Philippines in December of the same year.

As of 2024, Aniplus Asia has licensed its titles to other streaming services such as Amazon Prime Video, Bilibili, Crunchyroll, Disney+, iQIYI, Netflix, and WeTV.

[44] The block premiered with Attack on Titan: Junior High, Myriad Colors Phantom World and Kantai Collection, dubbed in Tagalog.

[45] On July 25, 2017, Aniplus Asia announced that it has opened an online store for anime merchandise on its website.

[49] The convention is held annually on a weekend in November or December at the Korea International Exhibition Center.

[52] Much like other anime conventions, AGF features many events for attendees to take part in such as guest panels and concerts, as well as activities from exhibit booths and collaboration cafes.

In June 2020, it was reported that Aniplus was developing exhibitions from webtoons and pursuing contracts overseas through the company.

[3] It handles goods production process including planning, design, manufacturing, distribution and operation.

It was originally owned by Sony Pictures Television International before being sold to KC Global Media Entertainment in 2020.