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North American anime home video releases for 1/5/21

Gary Piano - January 5, 20210

Are people really buying One Piece on DVD? Like, I understand that there are a lot of fans of that show, but there are over 900 episodes!

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Looking back at the top posts from 2020

Gary Piano - January 1, 20210

We posted a lot of great stories in 2020. Occasionally we got lucky and people actually read them.

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Jim Belushi asked Twitter for anime recommendations and it went exactly how you’d expect

Gary Piano - December 29, 20200

Belushi has yet to respond to any of these recommendations, but I imagine it's because he's too busy marathoning fansubs of Pretty Cure.

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Crunchyroll lowkey announces stream of Umamusume: Pretty Derby Season 2

Gary Piano - December 24, 20200

Deep down, we all knew that Umamusume: Pretty Derby Season 2 would be streaming on Crunchyroll, but it hadn't been made official.

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Toonami to air Attack on Titan The Final Season in 2021

Gary Piano - December 23, 20200

Attack on Titan The Final Season will be joining the Toonami lineup starting January 9, 2021, at 12:30am EST.

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EX-ARM kick slides onto Crunchyroll on January 10

Gary Piano - December 22, 20200

Last month Crunchyroll Original anime EX-ARM declared war on "SF series around the world" with a trailer that left a lot to be desired.

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Umamusume: Pretty Derby Season 2 gallops towards victory with a new trailer

Gary Piano - December 21, 20201

Move over cat girls because horse girls are back in town. Over the weekend, Cygames debuted a trailer for Uma Musume Pretty Derby Season 2 during a live-stream on YouTube.

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Funimation to acquire Crunchyroll for $1.175 billion

Luna Hollenbeck - December 10, 20200

The biggest will they/won’t they in the US anime industry may finally reach its conclusion.

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Boogiepop Phantom is now on Crunchyroll and VRV

Gary Piano - December 9, 20200

The beautifully eerie Boogiepop Phantom is now streaming on Crunchyroll and VRV. The 12-episode anime series is an original story that takes place one month after the events of Kouhei Kadono's light novel Boogiepop and Others.

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SSSS.Gridman coming to Toonami in 2021

Gary Piano - November 19, 20200

Don't worry everyone -- that's not the sound of a snake coming to eat you. It's just SSSS.Gridman slithering it way to Toonami.