Autumn Streaming Announcements...

Re: The News Thread (for news that does not need a thread)

ConanThe3rd said:
Nope, it's being cockblocked is what started this whole nonsense.
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Just seen it was our good friend's Kaze what a surprise.

I don't understand why they pick up the UK streaming rights for shows & then do nothing with them. All it does is block other legal sites from obtaining them.

I was thinking that maybe Kaze were leaving the UK market but notice they are involved in the Sony Movie Channel.
 
kuuderes_shadow said:
We get 3 of last night's four announcements from Crunchyroll:
Galilei Donna
Bottom Biting Bug 2
Walkure Romanze

We don't get Meganebu, however.
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Don't mind missing out on Free with spectacles... Looking forward ro Galilei Donna, I could use a bit of noitaminA that isn't C Control. Given how many of last seasons shows I never got around to even trying, it isn't the end of the world that we seem to be shortchanged this time around, although I did want to watch Samurai Flamenco. I might actually find the time to watch Attack on Titan.

EDIT... Synopses and info...

We're also excited to announce Galilei Donna, launching on Thursday, October 10, at 11:00am Pacific Time, available to members in U.S.A, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Netherlands, Central and South America including Caribbean, Europe (including Scandinavia and French-speaking and German-speaking territories).

An original production from A-1 pictures and airing on the coveted noitaminA block in Japan, Galilei Donna follows the three Ferrari sisters who are descendents of the astronomer, Galileo Galilei. The year is 2061 and the world is in the grips of another ice age. With a mysterious organization hunting them down and searching for the “Galilei Donna”, the three sisters must work together to fight against the organization and discover their true destinies.

Hozuki Ferrari is the youngest sister at 13, with Rina Hidaka, who also voiced Nana Ichikawa from Love Lab, cast in the role. The middle sister is 16-year old Kazuki Ferrari, played by Rumi Okubo, who also voiced Toko Ichimiya from Servant x Service. The oldest of the sisters is Hazuki Ferrari, age 20, voiced by Kei Shindo, also known as Mito Aizawa in The Knight in the Area.




The second season of the bottom-biting sensation is back with Bottom Biting Bug 2, starting on Monday, September 30, at 3:00pm Pacific Time.

Bottom Biting Bug 2 will be available to Crunchyroll members in the following territories: U.S.A., Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Denmark, Finland, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Latin America (Central and South America including Caribbean), Austria, Germany, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Belgium, Italy, Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, France, French DOM-TOM, Andorra, Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco.

Husband and wife team UrumaDelvi wrote and recorded the children's song "Oshiri Kajiri Mushi," and also animated the music video, which serves as the basis for Bottom Biting Bug. The song blew up in popularity, breaking into the Oricon singles chart's top 10, selling over 300,000 CDs and hitting 1.5 million downloads.

The protagonist, Bottom Biting Bug the 18th (age 10), is endlessly cheerful and energetic, and just loves to sing and dance. When bitten correctly by a bottom biting bug, a person with a hunched back will have perfect posture, a depressed person will start to laugh, a timid person will gain confidence... Anyone bitten will seem like a whole new person! However, even bottom biting bugs make plenty of mistakes... The story of B.B.B.'s crazy life continues with more of the humor and gags that kids love!




And finally, Walkure Romanze will be on Crunchyroll starting Sunday, October 6, 2013 at 9:30 am Pacific Time available to Crunchyroll members WORLDWIDE ex Asia.

Based on a visual novel of the same name, Walkure Romanze takes place at an academy that is focused on the sport of jousting. The main character, Takahiro Mizuno, had originally planned to train to become a knight at the academy, but an injury back home in a jousting tournament forced him to rethink his plans. Now, he’s decided to train as a begleiter, or knight’s assistant, and help one of the academy’s girls win.

Walkure Romanze is being produced by production company 8-Bit, whose other works include Wagnaria!! and two other titles this season as well, Infinite Stratos 2 and Tokyo Ravens. Relative newcomer Seiichiro Yamashita, who previously had minor roles in Oreimo 2 and Sunday Without God, will be voice acting as the main character Takahiro, and Ai Shimizu, whose other roles include Serafall Leviathan from High School DxD New and Marshall Princess Yoshimoto Imagawa from Sengoku Collection (Parallel World Samurai), is playing his childhood friend and fellow student, Mio Kisaki.
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When will crazy anime companies learn. Region blocking the UK will do them no good, and just annoy us. Anime fat cats, stop cutting off our nose to spite our beautiful blimey face, and give us the anime the rest of the world gets. I don't pay £5 a month to Crunchy just for my older brother to mooch off my account and watch Attack of Titan, but at this rate that's what I might well be doing!
 
Dannielle said:
Just heard we get Golden Time .. which may convince me to keep my membership up.
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Yup

After a hug weekend release of titles, we're going to ease back into things with the addition of: Golden Time

This brand new simulcast on Crunchyroll is set to broadcast on October 3 at 12:30 pm Pacific Time to users in the following territories: USA, Canada, UK, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Scandinavia, Netherlands, Turkey, Central and South America. As always, free users will get it one week after initial broadcast.



For those unfamiliar, here's what you're in store for:

"Banri Tada is a newly admitted student at a private law school in Tokyo. However, due to an accident, he lost all of his memories. During his freshman orientation, he encounters another freshman from the same school, Mitsuo Yanagisawa, and they hit it off at once. Without any memory of each other, their lives become more and more intertwined as if set by the hands of fate. But what is their fate, and will it lead to happiness or another memory to forget…"
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Crunchyroll to Stream "Miss Monochrome: The Animation"

Fall anime madness continues at Crunchyroll and today the streaming service is proud to announce that Miss Monochrome: The Animation, based on the virtual singer character created by Yui Horie, is joining the lineup.

Miss Monochrome: The Animation will simulcast every Tuesday starting today, October 1 at 11:00 am Pacific Time for its premium members. Free users will be able to view this series one (1) week after initial broadcast on Crunchyroll. More information can be found on www.crunchyroll.com/miss-monochrome.


Voice acting veteran Yui Horie (AKB0048, Fairy Tail) originally created the titular character of Miss Monochrome and provides her voice in this new short animated series about an android who decides to try and become a top idol singer. Direction is by Yoshiaki Iwasaki (Sky Girls, Love Hina).

Miss Monochrome: The Animation will be available to Crunchyroll members around the world except Japan and Taiwan.
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Going by the rage at the moment, Kyoukai No Kanata has been blocked from everywhere bar north america for crunchyroll, taking i think the total tally of titles not appearing in the UK to about 6-7? i think. I'm running out of reasons to keep my subscription this season
 
Ryo Chan said:
need to invest on a vpn arby ;)
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Honestly, if they're going to play asshole, I don't see why warming the BT Tracker and reaping the rewards within is such a problem.

In an official capacity I will not condone piracy, however, I will condemn the practice of region segregation as a capital crime.

Edit: Oh! But we're are being so GRACIOUSLY allowed to watch Infinite Stratos 2. Dear lord, gag me with a spoon.

I swear, Manga has to have their hands in thier faces about all this. SAO got a ton of advertising though it's CR run, I imagine.
 
If Manga UK were upset about it they could always license the shows and pop them on Crunchyroll themselves (as certain US companies do).

R
 
Rui said:
If Manga UK were upset about it they could always license the shows and pop them on Crunchyroll themselves (as certain US companies do).

R
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Certain US companies are not beholden to Australian disto, the BBFC swindling them at every turn and the need to price sensibly.
 
Why would Manga UK be, if it was a streaming arrangement? According to Funi, it's possible to make money doing it, and Manga's pricing is far crazier than the distributors in the US.

Well, it looks as though someone else is beating them to it anyway.

R
 
Teekyu 3 and White Album 2

Teekyu 3 will be airing Sunday, October 6 at 7:30am Pacific Time for Crunchyroll members in North America, South America, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Denmark, Finland, Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden.

Teekyu 3 is based on the tennis comedy manga that appeared in Comic Earth Star magazine, written by Roots and illustrated by Piyo. The anime adaptation debuted in 2012 and featured animation by studio MAPPA (Kids on the Slope).

The everyday lives of four unusual girls of the Kameido High School tennis club will have you convulsing with laughter. Thrown about by her idiot seniors, junior member Oshimoto Yuri finds herself constantly correcting them. Incompetent at tennis despite being a member of the tennis club, second year student Shinjo Kanae is a joke machine. Kansai second year student Bando Marimo is unimaginably perverted. Solving all problems with money is the mysterious and wealthy second year student Takamiya Nasuno.


And that's not all! White Album 2 will also be airing this fall on Crunchyroll, starting Saturday, October 5 at 11:00am Pacific Time for members in U.S.A, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, Netherlands, Turkey, Germany, Latin America (Central and South America including Caribbean), Spain, Portugal, France.

Originally based off of a visual novel, White Album 2 centers on Haruki Kitahara, a junior in college, and his relationships with two girls in the light music club, Setsuna Ogiso and Kazusa Touma. Animation production is by Satelight, whose other works include AKB0048 and Legend of Arata, and is being directed by Masaomi Ando, who previously also worked on Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse and Fairy Tail.

Haruki is voiced by Takahiro Mizushima, who also played Satoshi Nagino in Love Lab and Rollo Lamperouge in Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2, with Hitomi Nabatame, Saori Bajina in Oreimo and Margery Daw in Shakugan no Shana, as Kazusa, and Madoka Yonezawa, whose other roles include Izumi Akazawa in Another and Kumiko Yabusaki in Genshiken Second Season, is cast as Setsuna.
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ConanThe3rd said:
And if you're quiet enough, you might just hear the sound of the one person in the entire united kingdom that gives a 'eff about those shows.
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Better put on your party pants, Conan...

Hark! The sequel to the hit anime series Little Busters! is joining Crunchyroll’s fall 2013 simulcast line up! Little Busters! Refrain is set to broadcast every Saturday starting on October 5, at 7:00am Pacific Time for its premium members, with free members able to watch one week later. More information can be found on www.crunchyroll.com/littlebusters.

Story and background
The sequel to the hit series Little Busters!, Little Busters! Refrain returns to Riki Naoe and his group of childhood friends, who form a baseball team called “Little Busters.” J.C. Staff is once again doing the animation production on this series, and director Yoshiki Yamakawa returns as well to helm the series as director once more.


The cast features Yui Horie as Riki Naoe, best known for her roles in Fruits Basket as Toru Honda and Love Hina as Naru Narusegawa, with Hikaru Midorikawa of Gundam Wing's Heero Yuy fame, as the leader of gang, Kyousuke Natsume and Tomoe Tamiyasu, who also voiced Futami Moriyama in Recorder and Randsell, as his sister, Rin Natsume.


Little Busters! Refrain will be available to Crunchyroll’s audience in the following territories: USA, Canada, UK, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, The Netherlands, Scandinavia, Turkey, Central America, South America, Caribbean, French speaking regions, German speaking regions, Turkey, Italy, Austria, Germany, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Belgium, Italy, Denmark, Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, France, French DOM-TOM, Andorra, Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco.
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