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Funimation to Stream Astra Lost in Space, BEM TV Anime This Summer
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Kanata no Astra) manga in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Ireland. Funimation plans to also stream a dub of the anime.
Kadokawa also began streaming a video on Friday that previews the show's first episode.
The anime will Amazon Prime Video streaming services in Japan. The anime will begin its broadcast with a one-hour special.
Astra Lost in Space manga in English, and it describes the story:
Itʼs the first day of Planet Camp, and Aries Spring couldnʼt be more excited! She, along with eight other strangers, leave for Planet Ma for a weeklong excursion. Soon after they arrive, however, a mysterious orb appears and transports them into the depths of space, where they find an empty floating spaceship…
Riko Azuna will perform the ending song "Glow at the Velocity of Light."
Funimation has also announced that it will stream the BEM television anime in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Ireland. That anime's streaming will start on July 7, and its dub will premiere on July 21.
The anime will air on TV Osaka starting on July 8.
The BEM anime is the latest in a franchise that began with Yōkai Ningen Bem (Humanoid Monster Bem), a classic supernatural adventure anime which aired from 1968 to 1969. In the original 26-episode anime, Bem, Bela, and Belo are ugly humanoid monsters (yōkai) who fight for justice. The monsters live among humans and protect them from evil yōkai. The three find themselves ostracized from both humans and other yōkai, but the three continue to fight in hopes of one day becoming humans themselves.
The new anime will be part of the 50th anniversary project for the franchise. JUNNA will perform the ending theme song "Iruimi." The video below previews both songs.
