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Titles Launched at the Convention Include AOIHANA and KANAMEMO with Additional Upcoming Titles Announced for Future
San Francisco, CA (July 5, 2009) ‹ Crunchyroll announces the launch of the delightfully popular anime titles of AOIHANA an KANAMEMO during their official Anime Expo® 2009 panel at the Los Angeles Convention Center. In addition, new upcoming titles were announced including YOKUWAKARU GENDAI MAHOU and CHARGER GIRL for members of the free online service. More information can be found at http://www.crunchyroll.com. Title Synopsis: YOKUWAKARU GENDAI MAHOU (Coming Soon!) The story revolves around Koyomi Morishita, a clumsy high school freshman girl who is often mistaken for a grade-schooler because of her shortness. Koyomi becomes a disciple of Misa Anehara, a 25-year-old graduate student who happens to be one of the most powerful modern-day magicians.
KANAMEMO Kana Nakamichi, a middle-school girl, had lost her parents and recently lost her remaining grandmother. Because she needs to support herself, she ends up living and working at a newspaper delivery office. Everyone else living at the office are all charming, self-assertive bishojo. The story follows Kana's daily life. http://www.crunchyroll.com/library/Kanamemo CHARGER GIRL (Coming Soon!) ³Juden² means battery charge in Japanese. Charger Girls are girls with special abilities who charge ³spirit² other people. One day a pretty girl named Plug, one of the Charger Girls, enters the ordinary life of the college student, Sento Ohmi. AOIHANA Fumi Manjoume enters Kamakura's accelerated high school - Matsuoka All-Girls High School. While waiting at the Kamakura station on the day of her entrance ceremony, she runs into an old childhood friend whom she had not seen in 10 years: Akira Okudaira. As their friendship is rekindled and they start falling back into the rhythm of friends again, it starts a delicate love story... http://www.crunchyroll.com/library/Aoihana About Crunchyroll Crunchyroll is an online video service and community that offers full-length episodes and movies of the very best in Japanese anime and Asian entertainment. Crunchyroll's content is provided by Asian media leaders including TV TOKYO, Shueisha, d-rights, Fuji Creative Corporation, Pony Canyon, Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation, Toei Animation, Gonzo, Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation America, and many others. Crunchyroll was founded in June 2006 and has offices in San Francisco and Tokyo. Crunchyroll is a pioneer and innovator in the Japanese anime industry and the only video service in the world to offer hit programs like NARUTO SHIPPUDEN, GINTAMA and many others online to its subscribers within one hour of its Japanese broadcast. Crunchyroll is a member of the Association of Japanese Animations (AJA) and the Licensing International Merchandisers Association (LIMA) and is funded by leading venture capital firm, Venrock. |