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Funimation Streams Phantom ~ Requiem for the Phantom Anime (Update 2)
posted on by Egan Loo
The North American anime distributor Blassreiter). The story centers around "Phantom," the Inferno organization's most elite assassin — who happens to be a girl named Ein. Phantom's true identity is compromised by an unwitting male witness, so Inferno brainwashes the witness into becoming another assassin named "Zwei."
The anime just premiered in Japan on April 2, and Funimation will be streaming all of the first four episodes, including the episode that will air in Japan on Friday at 2:15 a.m. (Thursday at 1:15 p.m. EDT). The anime staff at the Bee Train studio includes director released in North America.
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Update: Funimation began streaming the fourth episode on Thursday at 11:30 a.m. EDT, before the episode aired in Japan at 1:15 p.m. EDT.
Update: Funimation has acknowledged that it will adjust the streaming time of next week's episode to accommodate the Japanese airing time.
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