And now the first of our new announcements! Noragami will be joining our 2014 Winter simulcast lineup.

synopsis:

Yato may just be a minor god now, but he’s determined to make it big and he’s got a plan. Unfortunately, things just don’t seem to be going his way. He doesn’t have a single shrine dedicated to him, his partner has just quit, and now he’s got to find a new divine weapon. Just when things look bleak, he meets a girl named Hiyori and changes her life forever.

We’ll have a simulcast date and time for you soon, so stay tuned! We’ve got 3 more simulcasts to announce, but you’ll just have to wait til tomorrow to find out more! Make sure you come back as we unveil the next one!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

December 19, 2013


SANTA MONICA, CA (December 19, 2013) – Starting 2014 with brand new titles, Aniplex of America Inc. has announced today that they will be simulcasting two highly-anticipated shows for this winter anime season: Nisekoi and World Conquest Zvezda Plot. Both titles are set to start streaming in January just hours after its original broadcast in Japan. Both titles will be produced by animation studios that have produced multiple hit anime series including popular Aniplex of America titles. In addition to their streaming plans, Aniplex of America is also planning on a home video release of these titles. Details about the physical releases will be announced at a later date.

About Nisekoi: From animation studio SHAFT, the studio that brought the world the Monogatari Series and Puella Magi Madoka Magica, comes the new animated series Nisekoi. From the popular manga with the same title, Raku Ichijo is an average high school student who also happens to be the sole heir to the head of a Yakuza Family. Ten years ago, Raku made a secret promise with a girl he met. They promised one another that they will “get married when they reunite.” Since then, Raku never let go of the pendant the girl gave him. But one day, a beautiful girl named Chitoge Kirisaki transfers into Raku’s class. Raku’s relationship with Chitoge is less than civil as they hate each other’s existence. But, by a weird turn of events, Raku and Chitoge agree to be fake lovers. Although his heart is really interested in his classmate Kosaki Onodera, Raku must continue pretending to be Chitoge’s boyfriend. How far will you go for a love so truly fake? Which girl holds the key to Raku’s pendant and to his heart?

About World Conquest Zvezda Plot: From the studio that produced Sword Art Online and Blue Exorcist, A-1 Pictures brings a brand new original title this winter. World Conquest Zvezda Plot features an all-star production staff including Director Tensai Okamura (Blue Exorcist, Darker than Black), Character Designer Keigo Sasaki (Blue Exorcist) and writer Meteor Hoshizora (TYPEMOON). World Conquest Zvezda Plot follows a little girl by the name of Kate Hoshimiya as she reveals her plans for the future. Along with a colorful cast of characters, Kate Hoshimiya will shock everyone as she achieves something nobody has been able to achieve before, WORLD DOMINATION. What did it take to conquer the world? How was Kate Hoshimiya able to execute a plan so magnificent, so frightful and so glorious? Is this part of the Zvezda plot? All will be revealed in the new show, World Conquest Zvezda Plot.

For the Nisekoi Teaser Page, visit: www.AniplexUSA.com/nisekoi
Full website for Nisekoi coming soon at: www.NisekoiUSA.com
For more information on World Conquest Zvezda Plot, visit: www.AniplexUSA.com/zvezda

Welcome to the All-New YUGIOH.COM

Dec 24 | 10:50 AM

Welcome Duelists to the all new YUGIOH.COM beta, the place for everything Yu-Gi-Oh!

The new site features full episodes of every series*, character bios, card info and way more. You'll also find the latest news and announcements of all things Yu-Gi-Oh! Is there a new card set? DVD? New episodes, toys, manga? This is the Yu-Gi-Oh! source!

So come in, explore, watch, and discover. It's time to duel!

Release Notes:

+ 73 Character pages across all series
+ 1,886 pieces of card art, 4041 cards across all series
+ All episodes of Yu-Gi-Oh!, Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, and Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's available to stream in the US
+ 72 Episodes of Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL available to stream in the US
+ 29 Episodes of Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL in Japanese with English subtitles available to stream in the US
+ 135 Episodes of Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's in Japanese with English Subtitles available to stream in the US

* International streaming coming soon!

We'll be adding new episodes, characters, cards, and info regularly, so check back often.

2014 Winter Simulcasts – Maken-Ki! Two Joins the Line-up

The simulcast announcements continue! Today we’re announcing that “Maken-Ki! Two” will be joining our line-up! Click here to read our previous announcement.

synopsis:

The students of Tenbi Academy are back for round two! What trouble will Takeru get himself into for season 2? You’ll just have to watch to find out!

2014 Winter Simulcasts – Inari, Konkon, Koi Iroha Joins the Line-up

s a lovely after Christmas treat, here’s another simulcast announcement! “Inari, Konkon, Koi Iroha” will be joining our winter line-up. Click here to see our previous announcements.

synopsis:

Inari is a cheerful girl with a crush on the coolest guy in school, but she can’t seem to confess her feelings to him. When a goddess blesses her with the ability to shapeshift—much to the chagrin to the spiritual world—can love bloom for the young girl?

We’ve got one more to reveal. Keep an eye on the blog and on our social sites (Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr) for the latest info!

Animate.tv: Crunchyroll to Stream Wake Up, Girls! Anime
posted on 2013-12-27 16:30 EST

Site: Chinese services Tudou, Youku to also stream both film & TV series

The Animate.tv website reported on Friday that the American media service Crunchyroll and the Chinese media services Tudou and Youku will stream the Wake Up, Girls! movie and television anime series. The television anime series will premiere in Japan on January 10. The film Wake Up, Girls! Shichi-nin no Idol (Wake Up, Girls! The Seven Idols) will also open in Japan that same day, and the Niconico service will stream the beginning of the film and the television episodes in Japan.

According to Animate.tv, the film will be streamed in its entirety in 108 countries (including China, the United States, and countries throughout Europe) at the same time that the film opens in Japan. The site adds that Crunchyroll, Tudou, and Youku will stream the Wake Up, Girls! television series worldwide immediately after TV Tokyo airs the anime. In Japan, the Bandai Channel and many other services will begin streaming the television anime episodes for a fee on January 19.

Published on Dec 27, 2013

You are watching Bushiroad's official Future Card Buddyfight Channel.
The first episode will begin streaming on January 3 (USA time) / January 4 (Asia time).
For more information, visit our official web site (http://fc-buddyfight.com/en/).
*Please note that the streaming of the episodes are restricted to some regions only.

Los Angeles, CA (December 30, 2013) – Bushiroad announced that the TV animation of its latest trading card game, Future Card Buddyfight, will be available on popular streaming sites Hulu and YouTube, from January 3, 2014.

Hulu will begin streaming Future Card Buddyfight TV Animation in English dub, with new episodes released every Friday, starting from January 3, 2014. The episodes will be available for streaming immediately after the airing of the animation in Japan.

The animation in English dub will also be available on the official Future Card Buddyfight YouTube Channel at http://www.youtube.com/fcbuddyfight from January 3, 2014 in most territories.

Bushiroad's latest trading card game, Future Card Buddyfight, features the simultaneous releases of both English and Japanese editions of the game worldwide.

It launches in January, 2014, with the releases of Trial Deck Vol. 1: Dominant Dragons and Trial Deck Vol. 2: Savage Steel on January 24, 2014. The first booster for the series, Booster Pack Vol. 1: Dragon Chief, will release one week later on January 31, 2014, with a full schedule of products coming out throughout the remainder of 2014.

Future Card Buddyfight launch events will be held simultaneously worldwide from January 24 to February 2, 2014 to commemorate the launch of the new trading card game. An exclusive promotional card and other gifts will be given out to all participants at the launch events.

Future Card Buddyfight TV Animation Synopsis:

In 2030, through “Buddyfight,” humans have started cultural interactions with residents from a parallel universe. Buddyfight is a game with selected humans as the “Buddyfighter,” and residents from the other world as the partner (known as “Buddy Monster”). These battles have high significance and sometimes they are even used to decide the fates of nations, and naturally there are those who seek to use the Buddy Monsters for evil purposes.

One fine day, Gao Mikado, a 6th year elementary student at Aibo Academy, rescues a boy from some hooligans out of kindness, and this act catches the attention of a monster, “Drum Bunker Dragon” from the Dragon World. Drum takes a liking to the unconventional Gao, and forms a pact with him as a buddy. This is the story of their journey, and the deep bonds they forge with each other, as well as the various friends they meet along the way!

Further details regarding Future Card Buddyfight can be found on the official website, http://fc-buddyfight.com/en/ or Facebook Page, http://www.facebook.com/Buddyfight.

2014 Winter Simulcasts – D-Frag! (D-Fragments) Joins the Line-up
Exciting news! D-Frag! (D-Fragments) will be joining our 2014 Winter Simulcast Line-up. D-Frag! is from the studio that brought you Durarara!! We’ll be sure to update everyone once we have a simulcast date and time.

synpopsis:

Kenji likes to think that he and his gang of friends are the bad boys of their school. That is, until he meets the four insane girls of a game-making club whose personalities are all super weird (and a little on the violent side). When Kenji’s forced to join their little group, his life quickly takes a turn for the outrageous.

To see our previous 2014 Winter Simulcast announcements, please click this link.

Now, you’ll notice that another box has been added to our graphic. We just got word that we’ll be adding one more simulcast to the mix. Stay tuned for details!

Space Dandy – To EVS…and beyond!
Posted by Adam on 01/05/2014 at 9:00am

We all hope you tuned into see the premiere of Space Dandy on Toonami last night. It was a big event for all of us at FUNimation both here in Texas and out at Otakon Vegas.

Be sure to tune in to Toonami each and every Saturday at 11:30pm EST to see it first!

If you missed the premiere last night, want to watch it again, or are wanting to see the English subbed version of the show, we’ve got you covered as well.

Every Sunday at 7:00am EST the newest episode of Space Dandy will be added to FUNimation.com and viewable across all of our apps. For Elite Video Subscribers these episodes will be commercial-free and in HD. So if you are reading this you can go watch the first episode RIGHT NOW!

In addition to this, we have some more options every Sunday. You will be able to watch the English sub with your Hulu or Hulu Plus accounts. If you are looking to download the latest episode you can find both the dub and the sub on the Sony Entertainment Network via your PlayStation console, Microsoft Xbox Video via your Xbox console, in the iTunes store, Amazon Instant Video, or VUDU. Stay tuned for more places to download episodes in the near future.

Catch new episodes of the series every Sunday at 11am ET on http://funimation.com/noragami.