Crunchyroll Partners with Media Blasters
Online Media Distribution Giant Begins Online Streaming, Subscription and -To-Own of Anime and Live Action Titles
San Francisco, CA (August 9, 2008) —New York-based anime and live action DVD distributor, Crunchyroll, to provide streaming, subscription and -to-own of the company's most popular anime and live action titles. More information can be found at www.Crunchyroll.com <http://animenewsnetwork.filmscomplets.org> .
Fan favorite anime titles such as FLESH FOR THE BEAST (-to-own $9.95), SHADOW: DEAD RIOT (-to-own $9.95) and MACHINE GIRL (-to-own $9.95) will be available via subscription and -to-own only.
Media Blasters Executive Vice President of TV & New Media Gary Conner comments, “Working with an online distribution site like Crunchyroll helps create a new business model for online monetization. It also cuts down on production and distribution costs and allows us to lower prices which benefits our customers and fans.”
Brady McCollum, Crunchyroll Director of Business Development, states “Crunchyroll is striving to assist the growth and prosperity of the industry and we are proud to have a company like Media Blasters our family.”
Title Synopses:
FLESH FOR THE BEAST
At the turn of the century, a notorious occultist named Alfred Fischer conjures up a brothel full of ravenous demons in a bizarre ritual. Taking the form of beautiful women, the beasts demand a steady diet of fresh prey that only a human servant can provide. Almost a century after Fischer meets his mysterious end, a team of para-psychologists investigates his manor for signs of restless spirits. In no time they are besieged by sexy demons, a man with a secret past, and a horde of slaughtering zombies! -to-own: $9.95. Catalog Number: SSDVD-0516
GIRL'S HIGH
Eriko and her friends finally make it to an exclusive high school and they're ready to make the most of it! For these girls, having fun is their number one priority. Right from the start, they're causing trouble, meeting boys, forging friendships, making enemies — you know, typical teenage girl behavior. The hit series GIRL'S HIGH gives you a raw, hilarious fly-on-the-wall peek into the lives of these girls as they experience for the first time the awkwardness, embarrassment and camaraderie of high school life. -to-own: $1.99/episode. Catalog Number: AWDVD-0805
KITE LIBERATOR
In 1998's http://animenewsnetwork.filmscomplets.org/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=7867> , which is more of a spin-off than a direct sequel, ten years has now ed. A new teenage assassin is cleaning up the grimy streets of Tokyo. The police call her the Angel of Death, an unfeeling assassin who eliminates her targets with grace and precision, leaving only a flurry of feathers across the bloody crime scene as her calling card. What the public is unaware of is that this notorious hitman is actually a polite young lady named Monaka. Could the placid face of an innocent high school girl really disguise such a ruthless killer? Monaka seems to be just an average high school girl. But she has a dark and terrible secret linking her past to a murderous police detective and her future to a fatal duel with the one person she loves most in the world. -to-own: $5.95. Catalog Number: AWDVD-0806
MACHINE GIRL
Our heroine SUKEBAN BOY -to-own: $9.95. Catalog Number: TSDVD-0739
RAMEN FIGHTER MIKI
In a world where terror grips the land and innocents have no solace from violence and brutality, one girl walks the line between life and death to bring her own special brand of... Ramen! Miki Onimaru works at her parent's Ramen shop, making deliveries, waiting tables, and attracting customers with cute, girlish charm. Somehow, Miki can't complete even one of these simple tasks without the full employment of her extensive bone-crunching, skull-splitting martial arts moves and penchant for unleashing relentless destruction. Can Miki get through the day without mes and angering her Mom, who makes her look like a gentle kitten in comparison? -to-own: $1.99/episode. Catalog Number: AWDVD-0715
SHADOW: DEAD RIOT
Horror icon Jackie Chan's LEGEND OF THE DRUNKEN MASTER). Edited by Ki Hop Chan (Jackie Chan's THE MEDALLION). Special Effects by Allan Cooke (George Romero's LAND OF THE DEAD, RESIDENT EVIL 2, WRONG TURN). -to-own: $9.95. Catalog Number: SSDVD-0604
About Media Blasters
Media Blasters Inc. is a New York based corporation that translates, packages, and dubs anime <DISH Network.
About Crunchyroll
Headquartered in San Francisco, California – Crunchyroll is hailed as a leading online entertainment brand with the largest international online community and destination focused on Asian entertainment including anime, drama, music in addition to electronic entertainment and auto content. Crunchyroll's distribution channel and partnership program delivers content to over four million ionate fans worldwide. Crunchyroll is funded by the premiere group Venrock. More information can be found at its website http://www.Crunchyroll.com.
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