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Crunchyroll Adds Heaven's Lost Property 2, Panty & Stocking, Fortune Arterial

The media-distribution website Crunchyroll has announced on Wednesday that it will simulcast the Sora no Otoshimono: Forte (Heaven's Lost Property: Forte), Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt, and Fortune Arterial: Akai Yakusoku anime series. It will also add 13 more back catalog titles from the licensor Kadokawa Pictures.

The three new simulcasted series will be available in North and South America, the Middle East, Africa, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Iceland, the Netherlands, Portugal, Singapore, Malaysia, and the Philippines. These three series will stream on the same day that each of their episodes air in Japan. Sora no Otoshimono: Forte and Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt will premiere on October 1, while Fortune Arterial: Akai Yakusoku will premiere on October 8.

Sora no Otoshimono: Forte is the sequel to the October 2009 anime Sora no Otoshimono. The anime Saori Hayami), an angel.

Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt is a new anime by the studio Gainax. The story centers around a teen-celebrity-like blond-haired girl named Panty and a black-haired Goth Loli girl named Stocking. The two are angels sent from the heavens to battle the "Ghosts" on Earth. A trailer for the series was recently streamed.

Based on an adult romance game, Fortune Arterial: Akai Yakusoku revolves around Kōhei Hasekura, a student who is transferring between schools for the 10th time. He discovers that his new remote island school, Shūchikan Academy, has a female vampire named Erika Sendō within its student body.

Update: More background/story information and images added.

Update 2: Crunchyroll has begun streaming a video with voice actresses Saori Hayami (Ikaros), Mina (Sohara Mitsuki), and Iori Nomizu (Nymph).