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Funimation Adds House of Five Leaves, The Tatami Galaxy (Updated)
posted on by Egan Loo
The North American anime distributor Noitamina block with English subtitles — within an hour of the Japanese broadcast — starting this Thursday. The simulcast of House of Five Leaves launches on Thursday at 12:30 p.m. CDT (Friday morning in Japan). The simulcast of The Tatami Galaxy will launch next Thursday at 11:45 a.m. CDT.
The story of House of Five Leaves follows the lives of the House of Five Leaves gang in Edo-era Japan during the height of the shōgun's rule. In particular, the masterless samurai (rōnin) Akitsu Masanosuke becomes the bodyguard of the gang's charismatic leader Yaichi. Viz Media is publishing the first manga volume in North America this month.
Fujiko F. Fujio's Parallel Space) is writing and supervising the series' scripts.
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Update: More background information added.
Update 2: The first episode of House of Five Leaves is now streaming on Funimation's website, Hulu.com.
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