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Crunchyroll Streams Nekogami Yaoyorozu, Usagi Drop, R-15 (Updated)
posted on by Egan Loo
The media distribution site Usagi Drop on its lineup page as two more titles it will be simulcasting for the summer season.
In Nekogami Yaoyorozu, director FLIPFLOPs' Nekogami Yaoyorozu "neighborhood deity comedy" manga of the same name.
The story follows a cat goddess (nekogami) named Mayu-sama (Yui Horie). Unexpected visitors in the form of other goddesses stop by the antique shop.
Cat God will premiere on Crunchyroll on Friday, July 8 at 8:00 p.m. EDT. The anime will be available worldwide except for Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Macau, Taiwan, Andorra, Belgium, , Luxembourg, Monaco, and Switzerland.
On Friday, Crunchyroll posted an Usagi Drop banner on its site.
In Usagi Drop, 30-year-old bachelor Daikichi (Ayu Matsuura) in his grandfather's garden while at his grandfather's funeral. Rin is the unwanted 6-year-old daughter of Daikichi's grandfather, and Daikichi decides to take her in when no one in the family accepts the responsibility.
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The anime will Noitamina block on Thursday, July 7 at 24:25 (effectively Friday, July 8 at 12:45 a.m.). It will premiere on Crunchyroll on Thursday, July 7 at 12:30 p.m. EDT. It will be available on Crunchyroll in the United States, Canada, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Iceland, Netherlands, Brazil and Portugal.
Crunchyroll already Kamisama Dolls this summer, along with 13 other continuing titles.
Update: Areas where simulcasts are available listed, more background information added.
Update 2: Crunchyroll also announced that it will R-15. The simulcast will be available in North and South America, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Africa and the Middle East.
The anime, based on Takuya Fujima's light novel series, centers around Taketo Akutagawa, a student with a secret: he is a talented pornographic novelist with a newspaper-serialized work. He enrolls in a school that only accepts geniuses, and risque trouble ensues there.
Destiny of the Shrine Maiden) at the studio AIC. R-15♡, the group composed of the main voice actresses, is performing the opening theme song "Maji Yaba Mōsō Love" and the ending theme "Hirameki! Peace (≧▽≦)v." The anime will premiere in Japan on July 9.
Niconico.com, the international English version of the popular Japanese video website listing that it will also stream the show, starting on July 9.
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