Whats up guys,

Hope you're all enjoying this MONSTROUS season with more anime than you can handle.
However, despite all these great titles being delivered to you each and every week, one of our catalog titles will be going away due to licensing restrictions: Usagi Drop.

You will have until the stroke of midnight Pacific Time on March 1 (or 2/28 at 11:59:59) to check out this manga-adapted series before it goes back into the Crunchyroll Anime Vault.

Watch Oreimo 2 on Crunchyroll,
New Episodes added every Saturday
Series Premiere April 6th

And for all you GIRLS und PANZER fans, the wait is almost over! Episodes 11 and 12 will be returning to Crunchyroll on Thursday, March 28, 2013 at 6:00pm PDT! Free users will be able to catch Episode 12 one week later, at the same time slot.

Hey everyone,

It's almost springtime, the time when cherry blossoms bloom, and that means that Global Shinkai Day is just around the corner! Global Shinkai Day is a world-wide online film festival featuring the films and works of CoMix Wave Films Director/Creator extraordinaire Makoto Shinkai. This year, we will be celebrating the works of Makoto Shinkai from Friday, March 15 through Sunday, March 17, for a special Shinkai Weekend celebration!

We will be featuring three of Shinkai's works from the past, 5 Centimeters Per Second, The Place Promised in Our Early Days, and Voices of a Distant Star, available during the weekend for ALL MEMBERS WORLDWIDE (ex Japan).

We're also very excited to announce a new movie joining our lineup for Shinkai Weekend this year, courtesy of Sentai Filmworks, Shinkai's newest film, Children Who Chase Lost Voices!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

March 29, 2013


SANTA MONICA, CA (March 29, 2013) – Recently at their industry panel at Sakura-con in Seattle, Aniplex of America Inc. announced the acquisition of Valvrave the Liberator, created by Sunrise studio (Cowboy Bebop, Mobile Suit Gundam), and that the series will be streaming online. Valvrave the Liberator will be available one day after its initial airing in Japan. Set in a world where 70% of the human population lives in space, Valvrave the Liberator follows the story of a high school student named Haruto. Haruto is a kind young man who hates fighting, but all that will change as his peaceful town will be invaded by a military force. Everything will change once Haruto’s encounter with a mysterious humanoid weapon called Valvrave.

A synopsis on Valvrave the Liberator: A new age where 70% of the human population lives in space thanks to the development of “Dyson Sphere”, a city in space. The world is divided into two main powers: The Dorrssia Military Pact Federation, a power which grew out of a military alliance, and the Atlantic Rim United States (ARUS), which grew in power as it expanded its trade agreements. The minor nation of JIOR has declared neutrality between these two forces and maintains its peace through economic prosperity. Within the JIOR’s Sphere, Haruto Tokishima lived an ordinary life as a high school student in the division known as “Module 77”-until the Dorssian military begins their sudden invasion! But the whole world will be shaken when Haruto meets the mysterious humanoid weapon, Valvrave!

“Valvrave the Liberator is an exciting new series that fans have been looking forward to watching” says Hideki Goto, the president of Animation Business of Aniplex of America. “Valvrave the Liberator is another example of how we continue to provide the fans with the latest and greatest content right after it airs in Japan.”

For more information on Valvrave the Liberator, visit: www.AniplexUSA.com/valvrave