FUNimation Acquires the Rights for Ultimate Otaku Teacher and the Live Action Series Love:Redux
Posted by Michelle on 04/04/2015 at 2:30pm

Ultimate Otaku Teacher

When it comes to hardcore anime fans, some people prefer to hide their otaku “power level,” while others proudly wear their passion on their sleeves. Junichirou Kagami is definitely the latter in our new simulcast: Ultimate Otaku Teacher (Denpa Kyoushi)!

Ultimate Otaku Teacher is about an unusual young teacher who connects with his students, not unlike many other famous school anime like GTO, Gokusen, or our own Assassination Classroom, but this show is full of anime in-jokes and otaku culture that may be familiar to a lot of anime fans even in the West. If you like comedies like Genshiken, Oreimo, or The World God Only Knows, be sure to check this one out!

Ultimate Otaku Teacher will be simulcasting on FUNimation.com, with an eventual home video release.

The first episode of Ultimate Otaku Teacher will be available tonight at 10:30pm ET. The series will then stream regularly on Saturdays at 7am ET.

Here’s a little more about the show:

The studio behind Oreimo and Sword Art Online now brings you an ultimate otaku comedy!

Junichiro Kagami: scientific prodigy, groundbreaking physicist, published author…hopeless otaku. Once a promising young scientist, he’s since been rejected from the scientific community for his controversial research on anime-based teleportation. It’s like they always say: people fear the things they don’t understand. Now, a 24-year-old NEET with his science career behind him, Kagami finally has time to devote to the things that REALLY matter: updating his anime blog. But not everyone understands the dire importance of fandom. Even Kagami’s sister (his own blood and flesh!!) eventually gets fed up with his antics and forces him to take a job as a high school physics teacher. Dealing with “real-lifers” is a real drag, but soon Kagami finds himself strangely drawn to the conflicts of his pupils – and they to his…unorthodox teaching methods. In the world of high school drama, Kagami is armed with a potent knowledge of useless anime trivia, and an understanding of human problems derived from his on-screen friends. This otaku might just make the ultimate teacher!

FUNimation acquires the rights for Ghost in the Shell: Arise – Alternative Architecture
Posted by Michelle on 04/08/2015 at 5:24pm

FUNimation is pleased to announce that we have acquired the rights for the cyberpunk sci-fi action series–Ghost in the Shell: Arise – Alternative Architecture! Even better, episode 1 will be available TONIGHT at 7:30pm ET! Click here to watch the episode.

synopsis:

The Ghost in the Shell: Arise OVA sequence has been rebuilt into eight TV-length episodes and extended with two new broadcast exclusive episodes to create Ghost in the Shell: Arise * Alternative Architecture! In this highly anticipated prequel set in the year after the fourth World War, cyborg and hacker Motoko Kusanagi finds herself wrapped up in the investigation of a devastating bombing. But she¹s not the only one looking for answers‹as she delves deeper into the mystery of who is behind the attack, a specialized team unlike any before begins to
take shape.

The series will stream Sundays at 10am ET. Click here for more info.

ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – April 17, 2015 – Viewster (www.viewster.com), the worldwide online video service connecting passionate audiences, today announced the launch of its application for Xbox 360. Viewster’s simulcasts, and vast catalog of anime, TV shows and movies are now made available to the worldwide Xbox 360 community for free. Xbox completes Viewster’s presence on all major smart TV brands, Roku, Amazon Fire TV, as well as on web, Android and iOS.

“Our community has heavily requested Viewster’s presence on the Xbox 360 Marketplace, so we’re extremely happy to now finally be able to accommodate our user’s needs for another channel to enjoy our unique entertainment. We fully adapt consoles as a natural element in cross-device viewing throughout the week”, said Kai Henniges, CEO, Viewster.

Viewster recently added Naruto Shippuden, the world’s greatest anime show, to the service. Streaming as simulcast in Europe, which means that week by week, the latest episode becomes available immediately after having aired on Japanese TV. Latest additions to North American viewers include highly acclaimed Fate/stay night[Unlimited Blade Works], as well as Gunslinger Stratos and Plastic Memories.

Announcing: Rainy Cocoa — now streaming!
Posted by Lauren on 04/22/2015 at 4:14pm

Spring simulcast season is well underway (have you started watching it yet? Check out all our shows at funimation.com/spring!), but we’re excited to announce yet a new addition to the roster— Rainy Cocoa (Ame-iro Cocoa)! This is a series of anime shorts (think Hetalia) featuring several big-name Japanese male seiyuu voice actor stars. It’s a sweet tale about hot cocoa and some cool guys!

We’re launching the first three episodes right now at funimation.com/rainy-cocoa, and new episodes will launch again at 11:30 AM every Sunday!

Watch them week-to-week with the rest of your simulcasts, or binge watch them in multi-episode chunks! And if you like the show, be sure to tell your friends to watch it on legal streams too— simulcast views for all shows help up determine whether an anime gets a dub or an awesome home video release!

Here’s a little more about the show:
Aoi Tokura is having a rough day. He’s used to being mistaken for a girl, but it’s even worse when a captivating stranger on the train calls him a creeper for staring a little too long. Aoi’s soaked by a sudden rainstorm and takes shelter at Rainy Color, a cozy café where the warmth of the staff compliments the sweet hot cocoa he’s served. When he falls into a job at the café he feels like things are finally looking up— until Keiichi Iwase, the man he couldn’t help but stare at on the train, shows up. Did this day just get worse, or better?

And here’s the Japanese voice cast:

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Will you be watching? Let us know! And let us know if you want more shorts or bishounen anime content!

This weekend Crunchyroll will be hosting a very special moving screening!
We will be airing Time of Eve : The Movie ~ !

Time of Eve : The Movie is going to be available to users Worldwide, minus Japan.

Not only will the movie be available around the world, but we'll also be offering you the opportunity to watch with the following subtitles: English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, and Chinese.

In addition to this, we'll also be offering the English Dub.

Time of Eve : The Movie will be available from Friday the 24th to Sunday the 26th. (4/24/15 @ 12:00 AM PST - 4/26/15 @ 11:59 PM PST)

New simulcast for @Crunchyroll - Robot Girls Z Plus! #ACen2015