Fans of Kamisama Kiss and shoujo anime: We’ve got two big announcements to share with you today—a very special new Kamisama Kiss release you have to see to believe, and the long-awaited cast announcement!

 

First, we’ve been working hard behind the scenes on a very special release for you, and today we’re excited to finally announce Kamisama Kiss: The Goddess Edition Premium Box Set, available for pre-order now! This super-exclusive premium edition is the first of its kind of us,  and packed tons of wonderful Kamisama Kiss collectibles you won’t find anywhere else.

 

Kamisama Kiss Goddess Edition Premium Box Set includes:

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Tokyo, Japan, December 5, 2013 – Bandai Visual Co., Ltd., a leader in the development and production of Japanese animation, announced that the series Space Dandy will start airing on TV in Japan at 11:00pm on January 5^th on Tokyo MX, followed by TV Osaka, TV Aichi and BS Fuji. In the meantime, the series will start on Adult Swim’s Toonami block at 11:30pm on January 4^th with English audio in the US. The other countries and regions also plan to simulcast the series.

 

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Space Dandy is set to be Animax Asia’s latest simulcast anime title. Across Southeast Asia, Space Dandy will premiere on January 5^th at 10:00pm (SG, MY, PH, HK, TW) / 9:00pm (JKT, TH) first and exclusively on Animax, in a same-time-as-Japan broadcast. In addition, Space Dandy will debut in India on the same day as the Japan premiere at 10:00pm (IST) on Animax. The series will air with local language subtitling and an option of English dubbed audio on Animax.

 

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Animax Korea has also licensed Space Dandy for South Korea. The channel will launch a Korean-subtitled version of the series simultaneously with Japan in January on their live channel and web-based VOD platform, SPINA.

 

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Australia / New Zealand fans will be able to watch the series via Madman’s Screening Room (madman.com.au/videos) at the same time as the Japanese broadcast. The series will be streamed in Japanese with English subtitles. English dub broadcast information will be confirmed at a later date.

 

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The series has been licensed to Anime Limited for English and French-speaking countries and regions in Europe. TV and online broadcast schedules are to be managed by Wakanim, with other outlets under consideration.

 

AV Visionen had gained the license for German-speaking countries and regions, and they plan to simulcast the series with German subtitles on their own streaming platform.

See below for the Japanese and English voice cast:

<Character>	<Japanese Cast>	<English Cast>
Dandy	Junichi Suwabe	Ian Sinclair
QT	Uki Satake (9nine)	Alison Viktorin
Meow	Hiroyuki Yoshino	Joel McDonald
Dr. Gel	Unsho Ishizuka	J. Michael Tatum
Bea	Kosuke Hatakeyama	Micah Solusod
Perry	Banjo Ginga	Kent Williams
Honey	Yurin	Alexis Tipton
Scarlet	Hoko Kuwashima	Colleen Clinkenbeard
Narrator	Masaaki Yajima	R Bruce Elliott

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It’s Tuesday, and that means one thing here at FUNimation–NEW RELEASES! Today we’ve got Aquarion EVOL and One Piece, Season 5, Voyage 4.

 

First up, let’s talk about mech, baby. Get ready for a legendary climax, Aquarion EVOL is set 12,000 years after the original series.

 

synopsis:

The intergalactic hijinks continue as beings from a womanless planet target the girls of the newly coed Neo-DEAVA academy. Meanwhile, a mysterious villain’s plot slowly comes to light, Amata’s past is revealed, and Mikono finds herself in the middle of a really awkward threesome. The hormone-fueled pilots will have to survive unusual training methods and swimsuit-filled secret missions in order to grow strong enough to kick some otherworldly tail, but as the boys and girls get closer to each other, they discover that destiny might not be on their side. Victory could require the legendary mecha Aquarion’s ultimate form—even if summoning it means breaking an intimate taboo. (more…)

In partnership with ELEVEN ARTS, FUNimation will be releasing Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo starting January 10, 2014 in the United States.  The film will be also shown in participating Cineplex theaters throughout Canada on the 11th and 16th of January 2014. Theaters are still being added to the list. If you don’t see your city listed, you can also Demand It! via Eventful for the chance of the movie coming to your area.

 

For more details, please visit http://www.elevenarts.net/evangelion3.html
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EvangelionMovie

City listings after the jump.

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From the internationally-acclaimed, award-winning director of Summer Wars comes a new masterpiece about the importance of family.

 

Wolf Children hits shelves today, and we’re thrilled to be adding another Hosoda film to our catalog. We screened this film on the convention circuit this past season, and the response was overwhelming! Now, you can own this heart-warming film on BD/DVD Combo and DVD.

 

Synopsis:

Hana was a student before she was a mother. She was bright and pretty, and her future held endless possibilities. Then she met a man, who turned out to be a wolf, and together they built a family.Hana loved her mate fiercely, but fate took him from her, leaving her alone with two unusual kids she didn’t know how to raise. Frightened of being discovered, Hana and her wolf children fled to the countryside to build a new life. Raising her little wild things was an adventure. It left Hana bruised, scratched, exhausted, and joyously overwhelmed as her pups grew stronger and wandered further every day. This is a mother’s journey. Teach your children to chase their dreams – and smile through the tears as they disappear into the world in search of who they will become. Hana wasn’t always a mother, but it was always what she was meant to be.

 

It’s not too late to catch screenings of Wolf Children on the big screen! To find a screening near you, go to Tugg.com and search for Wolf Children.

 

Black Friday and Cyber Monday, the two busiest shopping days of the year, are just around the corner! We know that you’re going to want to get some extra lead time to strategize what you’re going to buy, so we’re posting info about our sales early!

 

The FUNimation Shop is taking over Black Friday! Don’t miss your chance to score great anime titles at unbelievable prices! Get to the FUNimation Shop on Friday for the package deal of Summer Wars AND Wolf Children for only $30! Need more incentive to shop? DVD and Blu-ray copies of Trigun: Badlands Rumble are 75% off, and we’re also slashing prices on movies. For one day only, you can find over 15 feature-length films marked all the way down to $6! But only if you hurry! With prices this low – supplies won’t last long.

 

Black Friday deals start Friday 11/29 @ 9am CT
Cyber Monday deals start Monday 12/2 @ 9am CT

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If you have ever been to the FUNimation booth at a convention you have probably picked up some free postcards, buttons, and other cool stuff.  Sometimes we get a little too excited and print more promo items than we end up needing. We hate to waste good swag, and know many of you would enjoy them, so we have decided to give away a free a bag of random goodies with every purchase in the FUNimation Shop. If that wasn’t enough to entice you to start shopping we also will be tossing in a free DVD or Blu-ray disc as well!

 

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Nothing brings people together like a giant robot. Welcome to the club! Robotics;Notes is the next installment of the scifi/adventure from the creators of Steins;Gate and Chaos;HEAd. Part one of this exciting series will be available on BD/DVD Combo in early 2014; but before you that, you probably want to know who’s in the cast! Just take a look below for your English cast and then your first look at the English dub trailer.

 

SYNOPSIS:
Kaito and Akiho dream of building a giant fighting robot based on a super-popular anime, but that’s going to be impossible if they don’t get more members into their school’s Robot Research Club. They’ll take anyone they can talk—or force—into joining them, including an eccentric robotics champion with a secret identity and a l33t video-game designer who’s spent one too many late nights online. Finally, their goal looks like it’s within reach.

 

But when a sentient AI program tells Kaito about mysterious documents hidden on the internet, things start to get strange for everyone. As the club members track down the secret messages, they realize that the information might be far bigger—and more dangerous—than they expected.

 

CHARACTER – Actor
AKIHO – Lindsay Seidel
KAITO – Clifford Chapin
SUBARU – Jarrod Greene
JUNNA – Monica Rial
FRAU – Leah Clark
AIRI – Apphia Yu
KIMIJIMA – Eric Vale
MISAKI – Caitlin Glass
MITCHI – Robert McCollum
MIZUKA – Lydia Mackay
NAE – Brina Palencia
USUI – Linda Leonard
DOC – R. Bruce Elliott
GENKI – Ian Sinclair
TAKAHASHI – Josh Grelle
SUMIO – David Wald
KENICHIROU – Bradley Campbell
HIROMU – Bill Jenkins
HAYAKAWA – Alexis Tipton

 

CREW
ADR Director – Joel McDonald
ADR Engineer – Peter Hawkinson

 

 

Part One of Robotics;Notes will be available on BD/DVD Combo on Feb. 18th. Click here to pre-order your copies now!

This just in! One Piece episodes 1 – 229 are now available for EVS members! Episodes 1-206 will be in their SD format since HD materials do not exist, but you can catch episodes 207-229 in HD!

Watch it everywhere you stream FUNimation.com! For a complete list of apps visit FUNimation.com/Apps.

Xbox Video is having their monthly AnimeHits sale just in time for the Xbox One launch!  Pick up your new console and one of our new series at a huge discount from 11/19/13 – 11/25/13:

 

Attack on Titan (subtitled)
Unbreakable Machine Doll (subtitled)
BlazBlue: Alter Memory (subtitled)
High School DxD Season 2 (subtitled)
Fairy Tail Part 6
Freezing: Vibration (subtitled)

 

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