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RetroCrush Adds Ninja Scroll: The Series, Saiyuki Reload, 3 More Anime
posted on by Adriana Hazra
Digital Media Rights announced on Thursday the new titles that will stream on its RetroCrush streaming service in December.
The titles include:
- Ninja Scroll: The Series - December 3
- Saiyuki Reload - December 10
- Ninja Senshi Tobikage - December 17
- Magical Emi, the Magic Star - December 22
- Magical Emi: Semishigure (Magical Star Magical Emi Semishigure) - December 22
All the titles will stream in Japanese with English subtitles. Ninja Scroll: The Series and Saiyuki Reload will also stream with an English dub. Magical Emi, the Magic Star and Magical Emi: Semishigure will be exclusive to the service.
RetroCrush is a free, ad-ed video-on-demand service available in the United States and Canada. The service has apps on iOS, Android, Amazon Fire TV, launched through the STIRR streaming service in July 2020.
Digital Media Rights stated to ANN that its goal with the streaming service is to "serve as a community built for the consumption and discussion of the Golden Age of Japanese animation, (and some not so retro), from the perspectives of pop culture, fandom, art, internet memes & more."
The service plans to include a library of content that "hasn't had proper streaming releases outside of Japan."
RetroCrush's streaming partners include Right Stuf among others.
added a RetroCrush 24-hour anime streaming channel on June 10.
added RetroCrush to its streaming service as a 24-hour channel in August, and also added anime titles to the free, ad-ed on demand (AVOD) section of its streaming service.
Source: Email correspondence