Winter Streaming Announcements

[reborn]

Crunchyroll will be starting things off for premium members with Boku-no-imoutowa.

Boku-no-imoutowa“Osaka-okan”, tells the story of Kyosuke, a boy who has been reunited with his sister after 10 years of living apart. However, his little sister Namika is nothing like he remembers.

Boku-no-imoutowa“Osaka-okan” is another collaboration between director and designer Sota Sugahara and writer Kotaro Ishidate, who previously worked together on the first season of gdgd Fairies. Ryoko Shirashi, best known for her roles as Hayate in the Hayate the Combat Butler series and Kaede Nagase in Negima!, will star as the main character. His younger sister will be voiced by Kana Asumi, whose credits include Yukikaze Panettone from Dog Days, Kiyal in Gurren Lagann, and Ran from the Shugo Chara series.

The series is based off of a series of popular books called “Osaka Rules” by Chukei Shuppan, which offers a humorous look at how to deal with people from Osaka, who are stereotypically portrayed as being louder and more forward than their Tokyo counterparts.

Source: http://www.crunchyroll.co.uk/forumtopic ... r-specials
http://www.crunchyroll.co.uk/lineup

 

[Just Passing Through]

They'll also be continuing with more Saki - Episode of Side A

Winter season anime announcements are underway, and here’s another one for you… Saki Episode of Side A shall continue on Crunchyroll!

Episode 13 will be airing for Premium members on December 24, 2012, at 7:30am PST. Free members will be able to view it one week later, at the same time.

For those of you who aren’t already familiar with Saki Episode of Side A, here’s a plot synopsis refresher!

Shizuno Takakamo and Ako Atarashi, members of the Achiga Girl's Academy Kid's Mahjong Club, invite the new transfer student from Tokyo, Nodoka Haramura, to come play with them. Kuro Matsumi, a student one year above them, and Harue Akado, a university student who is their coach, are there as well, and together they spend their days having fun and playing Mahjong. But when it's time to go to middle school, Harue leaves for a pro team, and Ako ends up going to a different school. And then Nodoka transfers, and the group is torn apart.

Premium members can catch Saki worldwide except for Japan. It will be available to free members in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, the Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden.

Also, get the Steel Angel Kurumi re-watch in (or first watch if you haven't seen it yet) as it comes off CR on Dec 31st as its licence expires.

The episodes are short and sweet 10 mins w'out credits, so it shouldn't be too much of a chore.

 

[Just Passing Through]

Here's Crunchyroll's announcement list...

Aoi Sekai no Chushin de
Blast of Tempest
Bottom Biting Bug
Cardfight!! Vanguard Asia Circuit (Season 2)
Fair Tail
Folktales from Japan
Gintama
Hunter x Hunter
Ixion Saga DT
Magi
Naruto Shippuden
Naruto Spin-Off: Rock Lee & His Ninja Pals
Polar Bear Cafe
Saint Seiya Omega
Saki Episode of Side A
Shin Sekai Yori (From the New World)
Space Brothers
The Pet Girl of Sakurasou

are all continuing

Wooser's Hand-to-Mouth Lifeis a new catalogue title with one more to be announced, and new broadcasts have 10 empty boxes to fill at this time.

EDIT: I see that Magi is a continuing series... I guess we only get half of it for free on AoD. No matter, as of the four shows I'm watching on AoD, it's been the biggest disappointment.

 

[Just Passing Through]

Crunchyroll to Stream "LOVE LIVE!" Anime

Crunchyroll’s new announcements for winter continue with the acquisition of the LOVE LIVE! anime. This idol music themed series from Sunrise studios (the house that Gundam built) is set to begin streaming on January 8, at 8am Pacific Time for premium members and one week later for free members.

Voice talent includes ROBOTICS;NOTES veterans Yoshino Nanjo and Sora Tokui along with Aya Uchida (Kiddy GiRL-AND, Strike Witches).

Here's the synopsis...

“Otonokizaka High School is planning to close within three years. However, nine (9) female students come together with one thing in mind— to form a pop idol group to revive the school’s popularity and keep it from shutting down. ‘In order to protect our beloved school, there’s only one thing we can do...become pop stars!’

Their goal is simple: Become an overnight sensation and use their nationwide media exposure to promote their school and bring in a wave of new students to the ailing area. A simple but solid plan, they figure. Naturally, they’re nervous and wonder if this plan can really succeed, but for better or worse their new journey has begun... ”

LOVE LIVE! will be available to Crunchyroll’s audience in the following territories: USA, Canada, UK, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Central and South America.

 

[Ian Wolf]

EDIT: I see that Magi is a continuing series... I guess we only get half of it for free on AoD. No matter, as of the four shows I'm watching on AoD, it's been the biggest disappointment.

I don't think that is being streamed in the UK, just everywhere else. I believe AOD is still showing it in this country.

 

[Rui]

I think JustPa means he wasn't sure whether it would keep running through the end of the season (I believe it's currently planned two be two cour, though I'm hoping we'll get at least twice as much as that when all is said and done).

R

 

[reborn]

Though it does raise up an issue with what's going to happen with AoD this winter season.

 

[Just Passing Through]

The initial announcement for the autumn season was that it would be free, and that following that 'apology' to the fans, it would be back to business going forward. If they continue with Magi, as I expect them to, it will be behind the paywall from Cour 2 onwards.

 

[Just Passing Through]

Crunchyroll to Stream “Encouragement of Climb” and "Mangirl” Anime

Winter announcements are well underway at Crunchyroll, and today kicks off with no less than two titles. The Encouragement of Climb and Mangirl anime will both begin streaming on the site next week!

Based on the manga serialized in Comic Earth Star magazine, Encouragement of Climb is set to broadcast every Wednesday starting on Jan/2 at 10:00 am Pacific Time for its premium members. Free members will be able to view one week after initial broadcast on Crunchyroll.

Story:

“Aoi prefers indoor hobbies and is afraid of heights, but her childhood friend Hinata loves to show off her passion for mountain climbing. As young children they once watched the sunrise from the top of a mountain, and now they've decided to take up mountain climbing in hopes of seeing that sunrise again. They have cooking battles with mountaineering gear, climb small hills in their neighborhood, and meet new mountaineering friends as they learn the ropes of the hobby. When will they finally see that sunrise again?”

Encouragement of Climb will be available to Crunchyroll’s audience in the following territories: North America, South America, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, United Kingdom, Ireland, Finland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and the Netherlands.

Mangirl is based on the four-panel manga by Kagari Tamaoka, which began publishing in 2011 in the pages of Comic Earth Star magazine. The anime is set to broadcast every Wednesday starting on January 2nd at 10:00 am Pacific Time for its premium members. Free members will be able to view one week after initial broadcast on Crunchyroll.

Story:

“We're going to launch a manga magazine! A team of girls with zero experience in manga editing are off and running toward their dream of creating the biggest manga magazine in Japan! They seem to do nothing but run into problems and failures... But still they're working hard every day!”

Mangirl will be available to Crunchyroll’s audience in the following territories: North America, South America, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, United Kingdom, Ireland, Finland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and the Netherlands.

There’s many more announcements for the winter season at Crunchyroll coming up soon, so STAY TUNED TO CRUNCHYROLL NEWS!

 

[Just Passing Through]

Crunchyroll to Stream "Ai Mai Mi" Anime

Crunchyroll’s announcements for the winter anime season continue with the acquisition of Ai Mai Mi. This new comedic series, about three girls trying to break into manga, is set to broadcast every Thursday starting on January 3, at 7:30 am Pacific Time for premium members. Free members will be able to view one week after initial broadcast on Crunchyroll.

Ai Mai Mi is based on the manga by Choboraunyopomi and was produced by animation studio Seven (Moria-san wa Mukuchi, Recorder and Randsell).

Story:

“Three girls in the manga club, Ai, Mai, and Mii, battle with evil Earth invaders, face off against rivals in tournaments, and might not actually draw any manga.”

Rejoice! Ai Mai Mi will be available to worldwide audiences except for Japan.

Apparently a lot of Crunchyroll's new announcements so far this season are for five minute shorts...

They have a couple of catalogue titles due for announcement today. Hopefully they won't be locked away from the UK.

 

[Just Passing Through]

ANN Reports that Crunchyroll is to stream Ishida and Asakura Comedy Anime.

2-minute shorts of high school antics to premiere in Japan on January 6

The Comic Natalie website reports that the media service Crunchyroll will stream the Ishida and Asakura (Ishida to Asakura) gag comedy anime overseas as it airs in Japan. The two-minute surreal comedy shorts will premiere on Tokyo MX TV station on Sunday, January 6 at 10:27 p.m.

Masao's original manga centers on the friendship of high school boys Asakura (Weiß Survive's Nobuhisa Nakamoto) who "wants to become a teacher at a girls' school in the future" and Ishida (Kamisama Kiss's Shūta Morishima) who "wants to become a florist with Asakura in the future."

EDIT: and those catalogue titles "Hula Girls" and "Documentary of AKB48: to be continued", live action, were indeed locked away from the UK.

 

[anime_andrew]

Got five new shows to announce for AoD actually as well it seems - final contract pending but while a few i's and t's are dotted I persuaded folk to make this season of Anime on Demand free as well.

Broadcast will be as close to Japan as possible but for at least one of our partners it's only their second season of simulcasts so they're still adapting. We're helping to ease them in before things really ramp up though...

*whistles innocently and wanders off again*

 

[anime_andrew]

Here's Crunchyroll's announcement list...
EDIT: I see that Magi is a continuing series... I guess we only get half of it for free on AoD. No matter, as of the four shows I'm watching on AoD, it's been the biggest disappointment.

See further down, as we're warming up for something big pretty soon, I persuaded everyone to let this season remain free so Magi finishes as it started and the five new shows go that way too.

Looking forward to finally having the delicious NDA lifted so I can talk more openly at last too...

AP

 

[Just Passing Through]

High School Harem Time!

Crunchyroll to Stream "Oreshura" Anime

It's a new year, and the new announcements for the winter anime season at Crunchyroll continue and Oreshura is the first of several titles slated to be unveiled today.

This high school comedy, whose lengthy original name reads as Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru (or, if you prefer, the short version: Oreshura) is set to broadcast every Saturday starting on January 5, at 9:00 am Pacific Time for premium members. Free members will be able to view one week after initial broadcast on Crunchyroll.

An adaptation of the light novel of the same name, Oreshura features voice actors Chinatsu Akasaki (Bodacious Space Pirates, Sacred Seven) and Ryota Ohsaka (Attack on Titan, OniAi, tsuritama) and direction by Kanta Kamei, who previously worked on Samurai Champloo and Kuroko’s Basketball.

Here's the story:

“The protagonist, Eita Kidou, is a high school freshman with excellent grades and a disdain for love. He used to live a regular school life with his childhood friend, Chiwa Harusaki, a girl who's nearly a sister to him, but then one day the school's most beautiful girl, Masuzu Natsukawa, confesses to him.

However, her true desire is only to fool the eyes of others and pretend to be a couple. With a certain secret of his in Masuzu's hands, Eita is forced to play along… But a fierce battle over Eita begins as his ex-girlfriend, Himeka, and his fiancé, Ai, join the fray!!”

Oreshura will be available to the following Crunchyroll audiences: U.S., Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa.

 

[ConanThe3rd]

So unless someone really screwed up, from a logical perspective, AoD's getting Maoyu

Though knowing Japan dot dot dot.

 

[Joshawott]

So unless someone really screwed up, from a logical perspective, AoD's getting Maoyu

Though knowing Japan dot dot dot.

They just confirmed to Shiroi Hane on Twitter that they do.

 

[Just Passing Through]

So Maoyu's CR blurb, even though AoD are getting it...

Maoyu is based on the light novel series by Mamare Touno that initially appeared on 2channel in 2009 before it began publication in 2010. The anime features direction by Takeo Takahashi who also helmed Spice and Wolf.

Official story synopsis:

“Fifteen years have passed since the war between humans and demons began. The human army that charged through the gate into the demon world managed to take one of the demon clan's vital strongholds, but left an opening for the demon clan to occupy part of the humans' territory. Frequent skirmishes between humans and demons in the intensely cold southern kingdoms have caused everyone much suffering and confusion.

In the midst of all this turmoil, one hero stood up and set forth with his three companions to subjugate the demon clan. Their advance became a great source of hope for the people of the central nations.

However, whether because he grew irritated with the slow progress of his advance or for some other reason, the hero left his companions and set off for the demon king's castle alone...”

and Crunchyroll to Stream "Cuticle Detective Inaba" Anime

The new winter anime announcements at Crunchyroll continue with Cuticle Detective Inaba which is set to broadcast every Friday starting on January 4, at 7:00pm Pacific Time for premium members, and January 11 for free members.

Here's the official staff and story details ...

Based on the original manga written and illustrated by Mochi, Cuticle Detective Inaba centers around Hiroshi Inaba, who is genetically engineered to be part wolf and part human. He runs his own private detective agency, along with his cross-dressing secretary Yuta Sasaki and teenage assistant Kei Nozaki. Their goal is to arrest their arch-nemesis, Don Valentino, a goat that literally eats money!

The cast features Junichi Suwabe as main character Hiroshi, Asami Shimoda as Yuta, and Miyu Irino as Kei. Toru Ohkawa, Roy Mustang of Fullmetal Alchemist fame, will be voicing the diabolical goat Don Valentino. The opening will be performed by Suwabe himself, titled “Haruka, Nichijou no Naka de,” and the ending is “Prima Stella”, sung by Ohkawa.

Cuticle Detective Inaba will be available to Crunchyroll’s audience in the following territories: USA, Canada, UK, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Netherlands & Scandinavia.

 

[Just Passing Through]

Crunchyroll to Stream "Ishida & Asakura" Anime

A new day brings a new round of scintillating winter anime announcements at Crunchyroll, and Ishida & Asakura is the first of several titles TBA today.

Based on the high school gag comedy manga, and featuring the voice acting talents of Nobuhisa Nakamoto (Legend of Duo) and Shuta Morishima (Cardfight! Vanguard, Kamisama Kiss, Tantei Opera Milky Holmes), Ishida & Asakura is set to broadcast every Saturday starting on January 5 at 5:00 pm Pacific Time for premium members. Free members will be able to view one week after initial broadcast on Crunchyroll.

Story:

“The friendship of high school boys can be a unique and oftentimes surreal existence for outsiders looking in. Of course, the friendship between our protagonists Ishida and Asakura, are no different. Join these two crazy characters as they get into all sorts of hilarious antics this winter season!”

Ishida & Asakura will be available to the following Crunchyroll audiences: U.S., Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Denmark, Finland, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Middle East, and South America.

 

[Just Passing Through]

Anime on Demand to stream Student Council’s Discretion Level 2?

Same region restrictions as Mayou!

Based on the light novels by Sekina Aoi, this sequel to 2009's Student Council’s Discretion Level (already streaming on Crunchyroll) is set to broadcast every Wednesday starting on January 9th at 10:00 am Pacific Time for its premium members. Free members will be able to view one week after initial broadcast on Crunchyroll.

Story info

“The student council of the private school Hekiyo Academy is a paradise where wild delusions never rest. After successfully joining the student council due to his excellent grades, the second-year vice president, Ken Sugisaki, aims to make the female remainder of the student council his harem, but is regularly treated like nothing more than air...

The strongest little kid around, president Kurimu Sakurano; the cool and kind but super-sadistic secretary, Chizuru Akaba; the boyish vice president who's surprisingly girly at times, Minatsu Shiina; and the sweet, lovely treasurer with several regrettable qualities, Mafuyu Shiina...

The crazy, almost out-of-control daily lives of these highly unique members is still continuing nonstop - today, tomorrow, and the day after!

But the time limit imposed by the upcoming graduation is drawing nearer... What will happen to the student council? What will its members do?! Do we never learn, making a second anime season out of this?!”

Student Council’s Discretion Level 2 will be available to Crunchyroll’s audience in the following territories: North America, Ireland, Finland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Iceland, and the Netherlands.

EDIT Season 1 is streamable to the UK from CR

 

[Just Passing Through]

is Hakkenden: Eight Dogs of the East which begins its broadcast on Thursday, January 10th at 10:35am PST.

Hakkenden: Eight Dogs of the East will be available in the following territories: USA, Canada, Central & South America, UK, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden.

They would have lost their lives if they did not make the choice back then. The legendary eight beads and their owners... One is for someone important, and one is for his life as a human. The story of a destiny to encounter and fights lead by the beads, have just begun.

and

Crunchyroll to Stream "THE UNLIMITED Hyobu Kyosuke " Anime

New streaming anime announcements at Crunchyroll are off to a running start today as THE UNLIMITED Hyobu Kyosuke joins the winter lineup.

This new spin-off from the Zettai Karen Children series is set to broadcast every Monday starting on January 7, at 10:35a.m. Pacific Time for its premium members, and January 14 for free members.

Story and staff info:

"A spin-off of the original Zettai Karen Children series, THE UNLIMITED Hyobu Kyosuke is focused on the titular character, Kyosuke Hyobu, a man in possession of ESP powers who wants to wipe out normal humans after his former instructor tried to kill him. Also joining the cast are new anime-only characters, Yuugiri and Andy Hinomiya.

The series is being helmed by director Shishō Igarashi, and is being animated by the studio manglobe, who have also produced other titles such as Samurai Champloo and The World Only God Knows. Voice actor Koji Yusa will be reprising his role as Hyobu, with Nao Touyama and Junichi Suwabe cast as Yuugiri and Andy, respectively. The opening theme song is “Last Resolution” performed by Emblem of THE UNLIMITED, and the ending “Outlaws” is by eyelis."

THE UNLIMITED Hyobu Kyosuke will be available to Crunchyroll’s audience worldwide except for Japan.