‘Free!’ Season One to Be Re-released in the U.S., Now With an English Dub
FUNimation Entertainment announced via social media a few hours ago that Free! Iwatobi Swim Club is being re-released in North America. They are producing an English dub for the first season and have partnered with Crunchyroll to release it on DVD and Blu-ray in July this year. FUNimation stated that they will be releasing more titles as a result of this partnership in the future. Crunchyroll anno...
Crunchyroll Announces Plans to Dub and Release Anime on DVD and Blu-ray
Crunchyroll has just announced at Anime Expo that they will be dubbing several anime titles and releasing them on DVD and Blu-ray. Additionally, they also obtained the merchandising rights for Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress. The titles that Crunchyroll will be dubbing and releasing on home video are: Berserk, Big Order, Twin Star Exorcists, Free! Iwatobi Swim Club, Gintama, Kabaneri of the Iron For...
Subbed Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters Now On Crunchyroll
English dubbed shows have played a big part in introducing anime to us as kids, we were all exposed to it and most of the time enjoyed it, but have you ever wondered what those shows were like in their original form? Thanks to an announcement made by 4K Media, we can now do so with uncut, English subtitled episodes of Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters on Crunchyroll. From the pyramid puzzle necklace to the ...
Discotek Makes Several New Anime Announcements
Discotek Media has just made several announcements, including the signing of a contract with Crunchyroll. The complete Earl and Fairy series and complete Shining Tears x Wind series will be released with Japanese audio and English subtitles. The complete series of SeHa Girls (Sega Hard Girls) was announced however no information about this release is currently available. Night on the Galactic Rail...
Summer 2015 Crunchyroll Acquisition List
Crunchyroll has acquired many shows for the summer 2015 simulcast season, and all shows in the following list are available for viewers in Australia. Here is the list of both new and old series now added or being added to the Crunchyroll library: Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE Samurai Warriors Military! Unlimited Fafnir JoJo’s Bizzare Adventure: Stardust Crusaders – Battle in Egypt ...
Crunchyroll Now Available For Wii U
Crunchyroll has announced that the Wii U is the latest device to receive a version of their popular streaming application. The release of the application for this device herald the new availability of thousands of episodes of licensed content to stream. Official Press Release Note from Nintendo Now Wii U owners can have access to more than 25,000 episodes and 15,000 hours of hit licensed content, ...
Aniplex of America Licenses ‘Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend’
Aniplex of America has just announced their acquisition of the license to stream Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend. Episodes will begin streaming on the Aniplex Channel, Crunchyroll and Hulu beginning January 8, 2015. The exact time of the simulcast will be revealed at a later date. The series will be directed by Kanta Kamei (Oreshura, Nanana’s Buried Treasure) and will be produced b...
Kodansha Comics to Release the ‘Your Lie in April’ Manga in English
Kodansha Comics has just announced that they will be releasing the first volume of the Your Lie in April (Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso / April Is Your Lie) manga in English in Spring 2015. Naoshi Arakawa’s manga is currently being adapated into a 22-episode anime series. The anime has been licensed by Aniplex USA and Madman, and Crunchyroll is streaming the series in North America, Central Americ...
Aniplex of America Acquires Streaming Rights to ‘Durarara!!x2’
Aniplex of America has announced their acquisition of the streaming rights to all three seasons of the new Durarara!!x2 series. The new adaptations were initially announced in May. Although the first series was animated by Brains Base, the second series will be animated by Studio Shuka, the company’s first major project. Aniplex USA has launched an official English website for the series. Th...
Terra Formars to be streamed uncensored on Crunchyroll “at a later date”
Today during New York Comic Con Crunchyroll revealed that they will be streaming an uncensored version of Terraformars in the future. When exactly is unknown, as it was stated that the streaming would begin “at a later date TBA” but this is great news for fans of the series as it has been nearlyimpossible to actually enjoy thanks to the censorship that has plagued the first three episo...
Love Stage Yaoi Manga Added To Viz Medias SuBLime
Great news for all you yaoi fans out there, Taishi Zaou’s manga Love Stage!! has been added to the list of upcoming titles from Viz Medias’ SuBLime publishing company. Viz made the announcement during yesterday’s Yaoi-Con held in San Francisco, other boys love titles announced included Isaku Natsume’s Ginger Honey and Tomoko Yamashitas’ The Night Beyond The Tricorner Window. Love Stage!! is about ...
Crunchyroll Streams All Cardcaptor Sakura Episodes Today
Since the first episode of Sailor Moon Crystal began, it was only natural for anime fans to wonder if Crunchyroll would pick up the other iconic magical girl anime from their nostalgia. Well today they gave those who grew up with Cardcaptor Sakura quite a treat as they put all 70 episodes of the series up on their website. Crunchyroll first announced the streaming of Cardcaptors during their panel...