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Well, that pulled us out of the doldrums pretty quickly. Both simulcast king Crunchyroll and anime market leader FUNimation dropped the names of big titles today, with FUNimation rescuing Gainax’s FLCL from the defunct Synch-Point/Broccoli, and Crunchyroll starting up simulcasts of Durarara!!
Both of these titles come with strong pedigrees. FLCL is one of Gainax’s best works post-Eva, though the collaboration from powerhouses Production IG and Starchild certainly didn’t hurt. It’s a festival of weirdness that I really hope has aged well – I’ll have to pull out my old DVDs and check, but it should be just as much fun as it was when it came out. FUNimation hasn’t yet announced what they’re going to do with Synch-Point’s original, fairly solid dub track, so that’ll be some news to look out for when they finalize contracts.
Meanwhile, Durarara!! comes with a strong recommendation from anyone who has ever watched Baccano!!, with its story of street gangs in Ikebukuro and the motorcycling Dullahan they all fear.
This is a pretty strong start to 2010 already, and both Crunchyroll and FUNimation are far from done with their announcements. Let’s see how it all plays out!
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Crunchyroll is placing its bets on underpants this season, with its first simulcasts of the winter season being the bouncy-bouncy tale of Omamori Himari and Chu-Bra!!, the heartwarming tale of a bunch of middle school girls learning about sexy underwear and its many uses.
I’m only a little ashamed to admit that I’m going to watch Omamori Himari over the next few weeks, largely out of morbid curiosity but also from that accursed Y chromosome being so dang predictable. However, what I’ve seen of Chu-Bra! makes me feel dirty, so I’ll probably skip that one after watching a few requisite episodes for review purposes.
Are you guys going to be watching any of these fine fan service shows?
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