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Crunchyroll Streams Arata: The Legend TV Anime
posted on by Crystalyn Hodgkins
Series based on Yuu Watase's fantasy manga to premiere on Monday
Media distribution service Arata Kangatari) manga. The website will stream the series on Mondays starting today at 2:00 p.m. EDT for only in the United States and Canada.
Sphere is performing the opening theme song.
Watase launched the manga in publishes the manga in North America, and it describes the story:
In a mythical world where humans and gods co-exist, Arata has the unfortunate honor of being the successor to the matriarchal Hime Clan. This means he has to pretend to be a girl or face death if his true gender is discovered! On the day of his inauguration, an assassination plot forces him to flee - and he somehow winds up in modern-day Japan! Meanwhile, a boy named Arata Hinohara gets sucked into the first Arata's world and finds himself dealing with people after his life!
The show Tatsuhisa Suzuki as Akachi. The show premiered in Japan on Monday.
Update: Background information added.
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