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Crunchyroll Streams 1st 2 Episodes of IDOLiSH7 Anime, Adds More Catalog Titles

anime on Thursday. The episodes are available worldwide outside of Asia.

The first two episodes will also have 17 episodes.

Crunchyroll describes the series:

A group of aspiring idols gather at Takanashi Productions and are entrusted with the company's future. The seven men who have just met represent a variety of totally different personalities. However, they each have their own charm and possess unknown potential as idols. Forming a group, they take their first step together as "IDOLiSH7." Their brilliantly shining dancing forms onstage eventually begin captivating the hearts of the people. In the glorious but sometimes harsh world of idols, they aim for the top with dreams in their hearts!

The cast for the IDOLiSH7 and Trigger idol groups are reprising their roles from the game for the anime. Aldnoah.Zero) is credited as supervisor.

Lantis. The player assumes the role of Tsumugi Takanashi, a manager for a new idol group. She must train seven male singers — each with their own individual personalities — to turn them into the No. 1 idols. The game features full voicing of the dialogue by the cast.

Crunchyroll also announced on Thursday that it has added the following catalog titles from Funimation:

• .hack//Quantum (U.S. and Canada)
• Speed Grapher (U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand)
• Tenchi Muyo! GXP (U.S., Canada, U.K., Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa)
• Gunslinger Girl: Il Teatrino (U.S., Canada, U.K., Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa)

Funimation previously released all four series on home video.