FUNimation added another big title to its spring anime lineup, this time with the streaming and home video rights to Ninja Slayer , which is coming from the thus-far-always-awesome Trigger ( Little Witch Academia , Inferno Cop , Kill la Kill ). The launch date …Read more »
FUNimation announced some new upcoming streaming shows during this weekend's Anime Detour convention. First up is The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan , which will feature Haruhi 's Minori Chihara and Tomokazu Sugita reprising their respective roles as Yuki and Kyori. Simulcast plans will be announced …Read more »
FUNimation has a Blu-ray/DVD combo pack release of the BlazBlue: Alter Memory anime set for June 30, so now it's time to learn who all will be portraying the cast of the fighting game-based series in the English dub . See the full list below: …Read more »
FUNimation is preparing to roll out the second phase of its Broadcast Dubs program for the current season, so that means it's time for more English dub cast announcements. One of the latest to get the treatment is Kunihiko Ikuhara's Yurikuma Arashi , the dub …Read more »
Funimation is considering launching a near-real time English dub for one of its biggest titles, One Piece , according to brand manager Josh Kocurek. The company has been releasing what is calls Broadcast Dubs, which are streamed shortly after the subtitled simulcast, since November, dubbing …Read more »
FUNimation is getting ready to kick off its Broadcast Dubs program this Wednesday, and the lineup includes the Assassination Classroom anime, based on the Shonen Jump manga by Yusei Matsui. The dubs will be part of a new prime time block and live show called …Read more »
FUNimation announced another addition to its winter 2015 simulcast lineup yesterday. The latest anime is Maria the Virgin Witch , kicking off on January 11 at 9:30am Eastern Time. Here's how FUNimation describes it: In the time of the Hundred Years’ War, a young and …Read more »
Yurikuma Arashi , the latest anime series by Sailor Moon and Revolutionary Girl Utena director Kunihiko Ikuhara, will be available to stream alongside its Japanese airing thanks to FUNimation. The series has been added to FUNi's winter 2015 simulcast lineup , and you can read …Read more »
FUNimation announced plans to simulcast Samurai Warriors , the anime adaptation of Koei and Omega Force's Samurai Warriors / Sengoku Musou hack-and-slash game series. The first episode of the anime is set to premiere on January 11. FUNimation's synopsis: Based on the hit video game, …Read more »
With Evangelion 1.11 and 2.22 airing on Toonami this weekend, people want to know: when’s Evangelion 3.33 coming out in the States? Funimation, who own the rights to the U.S. release, can’t tell us quite yet, but they did comment on the release on their …Read more »
It’s coming! It’s really coming! It is, of course, Assassination Classroom , the anime adaptation of the manga in which a class of junior high school students have to assassinate their alien teacher before he destroys the earth. Frankly, the description alone makes the thing …Read more »
Update: FUNimation has since added more cast members to the mix, including Johnny Yong Bosch (Lelouch in Code Geass ) as Makoto Tachibana, Todd Haberkorn (Natsu in Fairy Tail ) as Haruka Nanase, and Vic Mignogna (Edward Elric in Fullmetal Alchemist ) as Rin Matsuoka. …Read more »
Crunchyroll recently started streaming the Akatsuki no Yona anime, and now FUNimation is joining in on the fun with its own license of the series . FUNimation will stream Akatsuki no Yona as Yona of the Dawn starting October 21. Yona of the Dawn is based …Read more »
October will see the end of the fantasy manga Claymore , which began life in Monthly Shonen Jump back in 2001 before switching to Weekly Shonen Jump and then Jump Square. The final chapter, which is being billed as the "grand finale," will appear in …Read more »
Whoa, this one kind of came out of nowhere. We hadn’t heard anything about this being in production, but suddenly there’s a trailer for a live-action Princess Jellyfish movie. Check it out! Princess Jellyfish is, of course, a manga and subsequent anime about Tsukimi, a …Read more »
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