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New Funimation Now Simulcasts Announced
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The website Funimation Now has announced it will be streaming the following series in the summer season, from July 2:
D.Gray-man Hallow (pictured right)
Danganronpa 3: The End of Kibōgamine Gakuen: Mirai Hen
Danganronpa 3: The End of Kibōgamine Gakuen: Zetsubō Hen
Endride (Continuing from Spring Season)
Hatsukoi Monster
Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE! LOVE!
Regalia: The Three Sacred Stars
The new television have 13 episodes.
Funimation describes the story:
From the studio behind D.Gray-man comes the highly anticipated continuation to the popular series. Allen Walker is an exorcist working for the Black Order whose mission is to protect mankind from the evil Millennium Earl and his deadly Akuma. Allen and his comrades must recover lost Innocence while defending against the Earl's terrifying army. But if they fail, Innocence will be lost forever.
Kaoru Wada is returning from the previous D.Gray-man anime to compose the music.
Servamp will Seven Seas Entertainment publishes in North America.
Funimation describes the story:
Mahiru Shirota dislikes difficult things, preferring to live a simple life. But after rescuing a cat he names Kuro, life takes a turn for the complex. Kuro turns out to be a “Servamp”—a servant vampire—named Sleepy Ash, and the two form a contract. Kissing his simple life goodbye, Mahiru is pulled into the world of vampires, the seven deadly Servamps, and war. Life couldn't be more complicated!
The production will reunite the main staff and studio of the Junko Yamanaka is deg the characters for animation.
Tales of Zestiria the X will Daisuki.
Funimation describes the story:
Legends speak of the Shepherd, a savior who will bring peace to the seraphim and human worlds. Sorey has spent his life studying ancient books and exploring ruins to learn more about the legendary savior. When he and his seraphim companion Mikleo encounter a mysterious girl in the ruins, the stories of the Shephard become Sorey's reality. Is he strong enough to take on the evil Lord of Calamity?
Gō Shiina are composing the music.
Danganronpa 3 -The End of Hope's Peak Academy- will have a "Future Arc" and a "Despair Arc" that will air in the same season, beginning on July 11 and July 14, respectively.
The television anime series will be the conclusion of the "Hope's Peak Academy" series' original story. The anime will premiere both its "Side: Future" and "Side: Despair" parts in July. As a result, two new Danganronpa 3 episodes will premiere every week. "Future Arc" will focus on the characters from the first game installment, while "Despair Arc" will tell the story of the characters of the Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair game. The anime will illustrate what happened to the characters before the events of the game.
For "Despair Arc," Yoshinori Terasawa is the "Otasuke Producer."
Funimation dub.
premiere on July 2 in Japan.
Akira Hiyoshimaru's original manga in North America, and it describes the series:
When fifteen-year-old Kaho Nikaidou leaves her sheltered home to start life anew in a Tokyo high school dormitory, the last thing she expects is to nearly get hit by a truck! Saved in the nick of time by a handsome stranger, Kaho falls head over heels for him and, after finally tracking him down, boldly confesses her feelings. Turns out Kaho's mystery savior, Kanade, is the son of Kaho's new landlord! The handsome object of Kaho's affection agrees to go out with her, but her newfound bliss is short-lived when it turns out that her new boyfriend...is a fifth-grader?!
Hell Girl) is deg the characters.
Handa-kun will premiere in Japan on July 7.
KanColle) is deg the characters.
The manga is a spinoff of licensed Handa-kun and is releasing it digitally and in print. The company describes the first manga volume:
Handsome teenage calligrapher Sei Handa is worshipped by all his classmates as an aloof superstar--too bad Sei's inherent negativity makes him believe that everyone actually hates him...?! A youthful comedy of misunderstanding and melancholy unfolds in the first volume of this hilarious prequel to Barakamon!
Tsukiuta. THE ANIMATION, the television premiere in Japan on July 6.
MOVIC) is credited as the original creator.
Tsukiuta has two versions — a male version and a female version. The male version centers around the Tokyo idol unit Six Gravity (composed of characters representing December to May) and the sibling rival unit Procellarum (composed of idols born in Western Japan and representing June to November).
Funimation describes the Time Travel Girl anime:
Mari Hayase is on a mission to go back in time and meet eight of the most prominent scientists and inventors in history. With the help of her two friends Waka Mizuki and Jun Mizuki she'll find herself up close and personal with famous figures like Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Edison, and so many more! What's her purpose and mission? Hopefully not getting stuck in the past!
Hakuōki) is directing the anime and supervising the series scripts.
Scared Rider Xechs, the television Red Entertainment's Scared Rider Xechs romance adventure game, will premiere in Japan on July 6.
Funimation describes the story:
The Blue World, a world symbolizing reason, is under attack by fierce creatures known as the Nightfly O'Note sent from the Red World, a world symbolizing instinct. Elected to lead the Blue World, 17-year-old researcher Akira Asagi will take charge of the combat unit “IS”. These six riders, also called the Scared Rider Xechs, will fight at the Ryuukyuu LAG to protect their world and each other.
pako, and is also credited as chief animation director.
Infinite's Regalia: The Three Sacred Stars original television premiere on July 7 in Japan.
In the show's story, 12 years ago, in the country of Rimguard, a big incident left an unsolved mystery that has begun to fade from people's memories. Time es, and sisters Yui and Rena are living peacefully in the Enastria Empire. However, one day, a large mecha attacks Enastria. This day marks the turning point when the two girls get caught in the vortex of fate.
perform the show's opening theme song "Divine Spell," and Minami will perform the ending theme song.
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