Posted by: sidereeldom on: October 1, 2010
Fresh off of the success of boobs ‘n’ brawls ‘n’ brains anime High School of the Dead, The Anime Network has acquired the streaming rights to boobs ‘n’ brawls ‘n’ bushido series Samurai Girls. Based on a popular figure series and subsequent multimedia blitz, the series promises pretty much the exact same things that High [...]
Posted by: sidereeldom on: September 16, 2010
You want fall anime? Crunchyroll has your fall anime right here. Yesterday, the anime streaming site announced a host of Kadokawa titles, including: The World God Only Knows Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt Squid Girl (Shinryaku! Ika Musume) Super Robot Wars OG: The Inspector Sora no Otoshimono: Forte Tegami Bachi season 2 Fortune Arterial They [...]
Posted by: sidereeldom on: June 2, 2010
Well – what seemed inevitable, but certainly took its sweet time, was announced on Crunchyroll today: the hyper-popular Bleach is going to be simulcast on the streaming site starting next week. According to their release, “All episodes will be available to all viewers, with the latest simulcast episode available for Premium Members one hour after TV [...]
Posted by: sidereeldom on: April 21, 2010
FUNimation starts airing the second half of the noitaminA block tomorrow, and as you can see from the subtitled trailer above, Tatami Galaxy is a huge departure from your average kids’ action fantasy or cute-girl-moe anime. The visuals are freakish and fascinating, the story looks deliciously twisted, and all in all, it looks like it’ll be [...]
Posted by: sidereeldom on: April 15, 2010
Yes, all of it. Today, FUNimation announced that the potential spring season savior Sarai-ya Goyou (AKA House of the Five Leaves) and lesser-known Tatami Galaxy will both be simulcast under its banner. The deal as announced covers future series that live in the noitaminA block as well, so this is a pretty big win for FUNimation. [...]
Posted by: sidereeldom on: April 2, 2010
Well, this is definitely out of the ordinary: it turns out that the Anime Network isn’t the only outlet for the simulcast of Ichiban Ushiro no Daimao! Crunchyroll announced today that it will also be streaming the high school fantasy/comedy. I wouldn’t go so far as to say this is unprecedented, but it’s interesting to see [...]
Posted by: sidereeldom on: March 31, 2010
Crunchyroll has added in the latest announcement in the race to for online streaming rights, and it’s a pretty interesting one – the East-meets-West Heroman. The simulcast will be available every Thursday at 3 AM Pacific time, and while I’m not going to stay up for it, I’m definitely going to add it to my [...]
Posted by: sidereeldom on: March 30, 2010
In a surprise first strike in the spring anime sweepstakes, the Anime Network just announced that it will be streaming the April fantasy/comedy anime Ichiban Ushiro no Daimao from its Anime Network Online site. The former division of ADV Films will start streaming the show on Friday, April 2. Hit the jump for the text of [...]
Posted by: sidereeldom on: March 4, 2010
This is the best news of the year so far: Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu, which I consider the most entertaining show in recent memory, is not only licensed by FUNimation, but it’s on the fast track to release. Starting tomorrow, FUNimation is going to start streaming subtitled episodes of BakaTest, which it is calling [...]
Posted by: sidereeldom on: January 18, 2010
The weekend’s always a busy time for anime, since so many popular shows air on Saturday and Sunday mornings. Three of the big streaming highlights were the usual shounen fare, but there are some hidden gems with a lot of potential that you should keep an eye on, too.
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