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Thursday 15 February 2018

Industry News: Crunchyroll x Funimation May 2018 Release Slate

Crunchyroll & Funimation's latest line-up is rather small and has no special sets but we do get another live-action film (based on a manga).


The May 2018 release slate features the following:
 - 4 Crunchyroll licensed anime titles (plus 2 continuing releases)
 - 1 Funimation licensed anime titles (which is actually 2 titles in 1 collection deal, plus 1 continuing release)
 - 1 live-action Japanese film (which is actually a 2 films in 1 collection deal)

Due to the constant confusion over what regions the shows are exactly, I've added a 'Regions (not final)' note for the select Crunchyroll titles. The others I can expect to be completely region locked otherwise.

May 8th:


Ace Attorney: Part 2 (Episodes 14-24)
Combo Pack - English & Japanese - $64.98
Regions: A|1 ~ Publisher: Crunchyroll + Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation (YTV)
Extras: Ace Attorney Outtakes: Part 02, Episode Commentary (24), Textless Opening & Closing Songs, Trailers


Parasyte Parts 1 & 2 (Live-Action)
Combo Pack - English & Japanese - $64.98
Regions: A|1 ~ Publisher: TOHO
Extras: Original Japanese Trailers, Trailers

May 15th:


ALL OUT!!: Part 2 (Episodes 14-25)
Combo Pack - English & Japanese - $64.98
Regions: A|B|1|2|4 ~ Publisher: Crunchyroll + TMS Entertainment Ltd
Extras: Textless Opening & Closing Songs, Trailers


eLDLIVE: Complete Series
Combo Pack - English & Japanese - $64.98
Regions: A|1 ~ Publisher: Crunchyroll + Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation (YTV)
Extras: Textless Opening & Closing Songs, Trailers


One Piece: Season Nine Voyage 5 (Episodes 564-574)
DVD - English & Japanese - $39.98
Region: 1 ~ Publisher: Toei Animation
Extras: To Be Announced


Tsukigakirei: Complete Series
Combo Pack - English & Japanese - $64.98
Regions (not final): A|B|1|2|4 ~ Publisher: Crunchyroll + Flying Dog
Extras: Textless Opening & Closing Songs, Trailers

May 22nd:


Tsugumomo: Complete Series
Combo Pack - English & Japanese - $64.98
Regions (not final): A|B|1|2|4 ~ Publisher: Crunchyroll + Hakuhodo DY MAP/Showgate
Extras: Textless Opening & Closing Songs, Trailers

May 29th:


Clockwork Planet: Complete Series
Combo Pack - English & Japanese - $64.98
Regions (not final): A|B|1|2|4 ~ Publisher: Crunchyroll + Kodansha
Extras: Textless Opening & Closing Songs, Trailers
UPDATE: Release pushed back to 26th June 2018


Show By Rock!!: Complete Season 2 + Shorts
Combo Pack - English & Japanese - $64.98
Regions: A|1 ~ Publisher: Shochiku
Extras: Episode Commentary (2, 6), Band Promo Videos, Promo Videos, Textless Opening & Closing Songs, Trailers

Grav's Thoughts:

An okay line-up to be honest. Nevertheless so here's a quick recap on what season they began airing:

On-Going Part Titles:
Ace Attorney (Part 2 of 2)
ALL OUT!! (Part 2 of 2)
One Piece Season 9 (Voyage 5 of 5)

Summer 2016:
Show By Rock!! Shorts (included with Show By Rock!! Season 2)

Autumn 2016:
Show By Rock!! (Season 2)

Winter 2017:
Ä“lDLIVE

Spring 2017:
Clockwork Planet
Tsugumomo
Tsukigakirei

Not much to say about this line-up to be honest, I took a break during those seasons to focus on my University work so I didn't watch much.

Out of the new additions Clockwork Planet, Tsugumomo and Tsukigakirei will probably be the titles that I am likely to acquire whenever I am bothered to do so. I am quite surprised that Show By Rock!! Season 2 and the shorts are bundled together though, I would have thought that they might split it up.

The rest of Ace Attorney, ALL OUT!! and the One Piece Fishman Island arc are concluded in this line-up. One Piece Season 10 should be covering the first batch of episodes from the Dressrosa arc next.

And then we have Parasyte Parts 1 & 2 live-action films. I actually knew about this as Funimation were listed as the distributor for the films back when they were at a festival of sorts. Rurouni Kenshin film trilogy was the very same which eventually got released, and I believe Takashi Miike's adaptation of As the Gods Will was also under Funimation's name but it has been years since this event.

That's it for the month of May. Here are the list of remaining titles (with the Crunchyroll titles not-final but have been distributed in some form):

Completely Forgotten:
Ghost in the Shell: Arise Alternative Architecture
Minami-ke Tadaima
Pretear
Psycho Pass: Extended Edition
The Tatami Galaxy

Prior to 2015:
Miss Monochrome the Animation [Dubbed]

Summer 2015:
Miss Monochrome the Animation (Season 2)
Venus Project -Climax-

Autumn 2015:
Concrete Revolutio
Komori-san Can’t Decline!
Magical Somera-chan
Miss Monochrome the Animation (Season 3)
The Testament of Sister New Devil Burst [Dubbed]

Winter 2016:
Konosuba [Not confirmed, but clearly obvious]
Ojisan and Marshmallow
Ooya-san wa Shishunki!
Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju

Spring 2016:
Big Order [Dubbed]
Concrete Revolutio: Choujin Gensou - The Last Song
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-
Shonen Ashibe: Go! Go! Goma-chan
Twin Star Exorcist

Summer 2016:
D.Gray-man HALLOW [Dubbed]
Fate/Kaleid liner Prisma Illya Drei!!
The Highschool Life of Fudanshi
Hitorinoshita – The Outcast
Hybrid×Heart Magias Academy Ataraxia [Dubbed]
Planetarian: The Reverie of a Little Planet [Dubbed]

Autumn 2016:
Bloodivores
Brave Witches [Dubbed]
Bungo Stray Dogs (Season 2) [Dubbed]
Dream Festival
Lostorage Incited WIXOSS
Magical Girl Raising Project
Miss Bernard Said
Nanbaka [Dubbed]
Poco’s Udon World

Winter 2017:
Chain Chronicle -The Light of Haecceitas- [Dubbed]
Forest Fairy Five
Fuuka [Dubbed]
Gabriel DropOut
Gintama (Season 4)
Idol Incidents
Kemono Friends
Konosuba (Season 2) [Not confirmed, but clearly obvious]
MARGINAL#4 Big Bang
Masamune-kun's Revenge [Dubbed]
Minami Kamakura High School Girls Cycling Club
Nanbaka (Season 2) [Dubbed]
Piacevole!
Saga of Tanya the Evil [Dubbed]
Schoolgirl Strikers
Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju: Descending Stories

Spring 2017:
Akashic Records of Bastard Magic Instructor [Dubbed]
Alice & Zouroku [Dubbed]
Berserk (Season 2)
Clockwork Planet [Dubbed]
Kenka Bancho Otome -Girl Beats Boys- [Dubbed]
Love Tyrant [Dubbed]
The Royal Tutor [Dubbed]
Sakura Quest [Dubbed]
The Silver Guardian [Dubbed]
Seven Mortal Sins [Dubbed]
Tsugumomo [Dubbed]
Tsukigakirei [Dubbed]
WorldEnd: What do you do at the end of the world? Are you busy? Will you save us? [Dubbed]

Summer 2017:
18if [Dubbed]
A Centaur's Life [Dubbed]
Classroom of the Elite [Dubbed]
Convenience Store Boy Friends [Dubbed]
GAMERS! [Dubbed]
Hina Logic - from Luck and Logic [Dubbed]
Knight's and Magic [Dubbed]
My First Girlfriend is a Gal [Dubbed]
NEW GAME! (Season 2) [Dubbed]
THE REFLECTION [Dubbed]
Restaurant to Another World [Dubbed]
Saiyuki Reload Blast [Dubbed]
Tsuredure Children [Dubbed]

Autumn 2017:
The Ancient Magus' Bride [Dubbed]
Animegataris [Dubbed]
Black Clover [Dubbed]
Blood Blockade Battlefront & Beyond [Dubbed]
Code:Realize: Guardian of Rebirth [Dubbed]
Dies Irae [Dubbed]
Garo -VANISHING LINE- [Dubbed]
Juni Taisen: Zodiac War [Dubbed]
King's Game the Animation [Dubbed]
Kino's Journey: The Beautiful World [Dubbed]
Konohana Kitan [Dubbed]
Love Live! Sunshine!! (Season 2) [Dubbed]
Recovery of an MMO Junkie [Dubbed]
A Sister's All You Need [Dubbed]
Urahara [Dubbed]

Winter 2018:
Basilisk: The Ouka Ninja Scrolls [Dubbed]
Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card [Dubbed]
Citrus [Dubbed]
Dagashi Kashi (Season 2) [Dubbed]
DARLING in the FRANXX [Dubbed]
Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody [Dubbed]
Hakata Tonkotsu Ramens [Dubbed]
Hakyuu Houshin Engi [Dubbed]
The Junji Ito Collection [Dubbed]
Katana Maidens ~ Toji No Miko [Dubbed]
OVERLORD II [Dubbed]
The Silver Guardian (Season 2) [Dubbed]
Teasing Master Takagi-san [Dubbed]
Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru (Season 2) [Dubbed]

Sunrise Package Deal:
Angel Links [Dubbed]
Banner of the Stars [Dubbed]
Banner of the Stars II [Dubbed]
Crest of the Stars [Dubbed]
Passage of the Stars "Birth"
Tales of the Abyss
Witch Hunter Robin [Dubbed]

Various:
Attack on Titan: Crimson Bow and Arrow
Attack on Titan: Wings of Freedom
D.Gray-man (Episodes 91-103) [Dubbed]
Eureka Seven: Hi-Evolution
Gintama (Season 3 Part 2) [Dubbed]
Monster Hunter Stories: Ride-On (Parts 3-4) [Dubbed]
My Hero Academia (Season 2 Part 2) [Dubbed]
Puzzle & Dragons X (Part 3) [Dubbed]

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