It’s time for our final announcement! We’ve already announced:
PUCHIM@S 2
selector infected WIXOSS
Daimidaler
Fairy Tail
Dragonar Academy
Ping Pong
Soul Eater Not!
and Riddle Story of Devil
…in addition to the continuing episodes of One Piece this season. We’re pleased to announce that Date A Live II will be joining our spring season! We don’t have a confirmed date and time yet, but we’ll let you know as soon as we do. Check out the synopsis for season two!
synopsis:
Gear up for a thrilling second season of the smash hit anime Date a Live! This epic new chapter picks up where last season ended and introduces some titillating new developments – like a stunning set of twin Sirens! Don’t miss this chance for a second date with your favorite space babes or their adorable hijinks could wreak havoc on planet Earth! Fans are sure to flip for this irresistible offering from the studio behind Cat Planet Cuties.
While you’re waiting for new episodes, be sure to check out Date A Live season one! The BD/DVD Combo releases on June 10th. Click here to pre-order.
Previous Announcements:
Soul Eater Not! synopsis:
Get ready to meet the newest class at Death Weapon Meister Academy! Tsugumi Harudori and her outrageous friends make up the NOT class at this stylish school dedicated to training living, breathing weapons and uniting them with the Meisters who’ll wield them! Soul Eater fanatics will be psyched to meet these epic new characters – and catch up with all their favorites from the original series. Don’t miss a minute of the adventure as Tsugumi and her pals weave their own exciting tale of deadly life at DWMA!
Soul Eater Not! episode 1 is available now for subscribers. We actually reevaluated the timing for this show, and we’re pleased to announce that new episodes will be available Tuesdays at 2:40pm CT on http://funimation.com/soul-eater-not.
Riddle Story of Devil synopsis:
Tokaku Azuma is a heartless teenage assassin on a mission of death. She’s been sent to a prestigious, all-girls boarding school to compete in an assassination game against eleven other beautiful killers. Their heinous mission: send the innocent and cheerful Haru Ichinose to an early grave. But when Tokaku finds herself strangely drawn to her intended target, she must utilize her lethal skills to keep her new friend alive – and Haru must place her life in the ruthless, cold-blooded hands of the very woman sent to kill her.
The first episode of Riddle Story of Devil (aka Akuma no Riddle) is available now for subscribers. New episodes every Friday at 1:55pm CT/ 2:55 pm ET on http://funimation.com/riddle-story-of-devil
synopsis:
Despite having drastically different personalities, high school boys Peco and Smile have been friends since childhood. Now, they’re both talented members of a table tennis club—but what happens when these sports lovers have to go up against each other in tournaments? Prepare for truly epic matches in this new series from the director of The Tatami Galaxy!
The series will stream Thursdays at 11:50am beginning April 10th. For more information, please visit http://funimation.com/ping-pong-the-animation.
synopsis:
Ash Blake is nothing but a joke to his fellow students at Ansullivan Dragonar Academy. Sure, he’s got the sacred star brand that marks him as a future master of dragons, but he’s having more than a little trouble playing the part of a hero. At least until the day his dragon suddenly awakens, and his world changes forever. There’s just one slight problem: His dragon is actually a beautiful girl, and she’s determined to become the master – and make Ash the slave! Beautiful girls and high-flying action take center stage in this thrilling adventure.
First episode is available now for subscribers, and available for free streaming the following week after it goes live on the site.
New episodes every Saturday at 9:30am on http://funimation.com/dragonar-academy.
Fairy Tail
synopsis:
The most powerful wizards in the Fiore Kingdom are back in this continuation of the hit series! Join Natsu, Happy, and the rest of their teammates as they keep doing what they do best: beating up dark guilds and spreading destruction across the land. This magic-filled simulcast is the perfect place for new fans to join in on the adventure!
New episodes will be available Fridays at 9pm. You can catch up on previous season episodes on our site at http://funimation.com/fairy-tail.
Daimidaler
series synopsis:
From the crew that brought you High School DxD comes the timeless story of strange alien invaders known as the Penguin Empire, giant robots, henchmen running around in skintight animal costumes, and Earth’s only hope at survival: an easily excited teenage boy with a mysterious power fueled by oversized boobs.
First episode is now available for subscribers. Episodes will be available for free streaming a week after they first go live on our site.
Watch Daimidaler every Saturday morning at 5:30am on http://funimation.com/daimidaler!
selector infected WIXOSSFrom the director of Steins;Gate and Armitage III.
series synopsis:
In the popular game WIXOSS, there are special cards called LRIGs that few players know about—cards that possess personalities and wills of their own. Ruko is a teenage girl who just found one of these rare cards. Now, she can use her LRIG to battle in a strange, dark plane of existence. If she wins, her wishes will be granted—but what happens if she loses?
The first episode is now available for subscribers. Episodes will be available for free streaming the week after they first go live on our site.
Catch new episodes of selector infected WIXOSS every Thursday at 1:49pm on http://funimation.com/selector
PUCHIM@S 2
series synopsis:
Fans of the iDOLM@STER franchise won’t want to miss this super cute spinoff! Hyperactive hijinks are sure to follow when the idol girls of 765 Productions discover the mysterious Puchidols – chibis with adorable abilities – have invaded their office!
The first season is currently available for streaming on our site. Click here to watch that now.
Episodes 1 – 3 available now for FUNimation subscribers, and then available for free streaming the following week. These adorably short episodes will stream on our site Sunday – Thursday at 1pm going forward. You can find more information on http://funimation.com/puchims
Don’t miss a minute of the fun! Become a FUNimation.com subscriber and be among the first to watch the latest anime fresh from Japan. Click here to start your FREE trial membership.
Awesome!!!
So… now license the actual show
If something is streaming on FUNi’s site, the streaming rights been licensed. Now if you are waiting for this on DVD or BD, you will have to wait until FUNi licenses the home media right.
I meant the actual Idolm@ster show, not the puchim@s spinoff.
That’s an issue with Aniplex
I was hoping you guys were going to announce that you have picked up the new Fairy Tail and were going to finish dubbing the first run. Or that you finally picked up the second seasons of Galaxy Railways and Kingdom and were dubbing those. I hope that as the week progresses that some more announcements will be made along those lines.
I wanna see a dub of Kingdom aswell…. I didnt see the Japanese version because I dont like Japanese voices 😛 Blame dragon ball z Japanese voice actors xD. Anyways, Kingdom really looks intresting also on myanimelist it scores very high on the reviews.
Date A Live II, Soul Eater NOT and Fairy Tail seem like givens. SO just waiting for confirmation on them. Can’t wait to see what else you get.
i would be totally shocked if FUNI didn’t get soul eater not! they already announced they acquired date a live 2
It’s most likely that if the past liscenes shows get a new season or adaption that it will be liscened by funi, because if it sold great then why wouldnt they? Also, it’s most logic anyways since funi has the voice actors who played the previous roles.
Can anyone explain me why The Familiar of Zero got dropped by Funi? I’ve seen the first season in dub en the last 3 seasons in Japanese, I love the show… But it sold bad or something?
Yeah, it sold poorly from what I hear.
That was mostly due to cause of Low Sales. GENEON had Zero first and already had released it. But the time Funi re-released it it just didn’t get them then numbers they were hoping for. So they let it go to be picked up by Sentai. Who currently will be releasing it on Blu-ray now. Have to see if They get S2 and 3 and release 2-4 on dvd/bd or not.
Geneon actually never released Familiar of Zero, but it was one of the last shows that they announced. The FUNimation distribution release was the first US release of Familiar of Zero, but it used Geneon’s packaging and materials.
Oh sothe ones that don’t have the Funi logo but the geneon logo were still done y funi as well. Didn’t know that. Figured it was a last push by them.
Steins Gate movie? I wonder whats going on with that.
I’d be *VERY* surprised if Captain Earth isn’t one of the licenses announced.
I’m hoping No Game No Life, Black Bullet, Dragonar Academy, and Kanajo Flag o Oraretara are part of this. Be waiting to see what happens.
Hope to see the new Fairy Tail!
….Why do the penguins have giant dicks?
No really. WHY do the penguins have giant dicks?!?! D:<
It apparently relates to comedian in Japan who has a bit where he thrusts his arm into his stretchy pants. You’ll also see a reference to this in one of the episodes of “Is This a Zombie? of the Dead” (episode 5, I believe)
I visited the Daimidaler site earlier today. It immediately convinced me to give the show a try. You rarely see such glorious websites these days.
How about the 2011 series The Idolm@ster? It shouldn’t be too hard considering they got PUCHIM@S, an Idolm@ster spin-off.
Blame Aniplex.
Break Blade = Sentai Filmworks
Date a Live II = Funimation
Dragon Ball Kai = Funimation
Fairy Tail = Funimation
Hanamonogatari = Aniplex
Love Live II = NIS America
Soul Eater Not = Funimation
Detective Conan Movie 18 = Funimation
Hakuouki Movie 2: Shikon Soukyuu = Sentai Filmworks
Heaven’s Lost Property Movie 2 = Funimation
I have my doubts about Funimation licensing a Detective Conan movie.
When are we getting Steins;Gate The Movie?
I hope someone at FUNi is reading comments. We need it. They should draw a poll in which they ask what we want to see. Perhaps as a bonus or something. I need Mirai Nikki OVA!
I may still be back at the beginning of season 2 of Fairy Tail, having come late to the party there, but still, great news! A show that surprises me in how much I enjoy it!
Fairy Tail is the only reason I’ll subscribe lol. I still hate the whole idea of subscribing for the first week of a simucast. If CR gets it too, I’ll likely be watching it on that since it has a ps4 app and my cuz lets me use his CR account. Either way, great news!!
When is episodes past 84 being added on PSN for Fairy Tail anyways, I know up on 108 should be on it but it’s not
Ok we knew that FT was gunna be added. What else you going to add.
Fairy Tail!! Oh Yeah!
With the new Fairy Tail episodes starting on Saturday, I was hoping this would be announced today! Guess I’ll still have to watch the fan subs until that release schedule is confirmed, but still, this makes me very happy! Aye sir! ;3
I was hoping they could have finished putting the rest of the older subbed FT eps through the Grand Magic Games up as a way to celebrate/lend into the start up on Saturday.
I was too, but considering they have another 40 episodes to sub, it’s not that surprising. Still, I’m insanely glad that they’ll be able to post the new episodes on FRIDAY FREAKIN’ NIGHTS. Considering they’re being aired on Saturday mornings in Japan, that’s one awesome of a time table. Way to go, Funimation!
Dragonar Academy! YES!
Ping Pong? Really? Wow.
This was… *NOT* expected. It’s certainly welcome, though.
Yeah. Not exactly what anyone was probably expecting them announce.
Why do I get the feeling that u guys are going to add more boxes than what were seeing now?
3 Boxes left, and one is more than likely Date A Live II. So that leaves 2 left… Unless they add a couple more boxes. Should know a bit more on Tuesday as that’s when Soul Eater Not!, and Hitsugi no Chaika’s (a Kadokawa / Bones Title) 1st episodes air in Japan.
As Date A Live II is on of the last few series to premiere for the season, I expect it will be Funimation’s final announcement.
I think they will add more boxes. Date A Live II and Soul Eater Not are givens, and even though it’s already streaming on Crunchyroll, I still think they’re going to get the rights to Captain Earth as well. It might be one of the shows that streams on both sites just like AoT, Fairy Tail, or Nobunagun.
Black Bullet might be a possible license too. I’m not expecting them to get Coffin Princess, however, as that’s airing on TBS, and Crunchyroll/Sentai tend to pick those off first.
That’s not necessarily true though, given that Haganai and Haganai Next both aired on TBS (It was a Media factory title though)
Will all this be on the mobile app. Cause the streaming there is great.
should be. I seen it on the android app.
Break Blade was licensed for Crunchyroll but not in the United States, so that’s pretty much a given that Funimation will pick it up, I think
Unless they add more boxes, I’m pretty sure the last three are Break Blade, Soul Eater Not! and Date A Live II
I wonder if Break Blade TV could be licensed by anyone in the US except Sentai, since so much of its content is repurposed from the Break Blade movies they hold the license to.
Soul Eater Not! AND Akuma no Riddle? A fantastic streaming lineup so far. All it needs now is Date A Live II and it will be perfect.
Yay for Soul Eater Not. I’m still waiting for Date A Live 😛
What about Dragon Ball Kai?
Probably saving the biggest for last. Honestly, No Game, No Life seems more like a Sentai Filmworks show than anything else.
Anyways, neither of these two new announcements surprised me. Not was pretty obvious from the get-go, and Riddle Story of the Devil was expected after the first episode aired without a Crunchyroll announcement (most CR streams go to everyone BUT FUNi, Toei shows, Fairy Tail, and Attack on Titan aside).
Another Diomedea show licensed like Problem Children and it ISN’T NOUCOME?
NOUCOME ON
Expect Sentai to license it like they did with Mayou and Problem Children. Noucome was a Kadokawa anime that was simulcasted on CR but not licensed. Maybe the can pull off an english dub like they did with problem children too!
Well the last one is a given. Soul Eater not wasn’t a bi surprise either. Glade they got it. Not that enthused for Riddle Story of the Devil though. Hope we have some surprise announcements to add to this.
And the last one is, no doubt, Date A Live 2.
Not bad. I guess date a live 2 will be the last one but i might be wrong.
Am I the only one who thinks “Hero Bank” will probably be licensed by 4Kids Entertainment. I actually didn’t expect anything on this list beside the givens like “One Piece” and “Soul Eater Not!” I’m guessing the last slot will be “Date A Live II” or something new like “Atelier Escha & Logy: Alchemists of the Dusk Sky,” And how come they don’t have “Dragon ball Z Kai: Majin Buu Saga.” Did they didn’t get the rights?
Mushishi
Aniplex has Season 2 on Mushi-Shi.
Guess we won’t find out till tomorrow. But unless they have some secret announcements to add here its pretty obvious the last one is Date A Live II.
Consider me rather disappointed. Everything this season is either moe, fanservice, or Ping Pong.
And I’d really like to know who the hell at FUNimation thought it was a great idea to pass on Captain Earth in favor of giant penguin dicks instead. >:/
What about Fairy Tail and Riddle Story of Devil? They aren’t moe.
Like you, I am a little surprised to see FUNI pass up so many wonderful spring release animes in favor of Penguin Dicks.
Ya, I saw Captain Earth and the first thing I thought of was Eureka Seven – I’m surprised they didn’t get Captain Earth.
Good morning Michelle I have a couple of questions about hulu availability on Buddy Complex episode #13 its the only episode from the Winter 2014 season not up on hulu yet (it’s Thursday morning and it should have been uploaded Monday night). And if Fairy Tail Series 2 episode 176 will be simulcast on hulu along with the rest of funimation’s Spring 2014 shows beginning this weekend?
Hello thorstwin. I’ll check on episode 13 for you. As for the current season, I’m not exactly sure on timing yet. But, we’ll notify everyone on social once it’s final. 🙂
Ok, the episode should be live now.
Thank You Michelle i just checked my e-mail and saw it Buddy Complex episode 13 in my with the rest today’s anime upload’s. So again thank you for the quick resolution.
hey I just spent the last half hour combing through the Funimation General Forum looking for the anime request thread to no avail, so I’m gonna put my requests up here. 1. Arpeggio of Blue Steel, 2. Strike The Blood, 3. I Couldn’t Become A Hero, So I Reluctantly Decided To Get A Job. These where good shows that I personally think would fit in well the rest of shows you have the rights to stream and release on blu-ray/dvd
and like Ben-To you guys acquired after the series ended but hopefully it won’t take as long to acquire the streaming and home release rights. I would love to see and hear what you guy’s and ladies could do with these property’s
The request forums your looking for are in the anime section of the forums towards the Bottom. http://www.funimation.com/forum/showthread.php?102-Shows-and-Movies-You-d-Like-FUNimation-to-Pick-Up-Thread-Episode-IV-A-New-Forum
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what about soul eater its one of the ones i like the most so far and i would be so grateful if you would make the seasons keep going but i also see that you have all of the other good ones on here to but i see that soul eater is the only one that you didn’t make yet ……so can you make that happen please
agreed
you guys should make more episode of soul eater. it would be awesome if you did because there are many many fans out there like myself who enjoyed the show to the fullest extent. if you ask me, i think soul eater was one of the best shows ever aired. i a an american but i am still in love with the show. 51 episode was definitely not enough in y opinion. if you read this and your team decides to make more episodes, you should think about adding a little more romance. thx
Hell to thee yesssss, I really want to see Dragonar, Fairy tail and Soul eater not!!!!!!!!!!! Who’s with me?
I want to see
Strike The Blood, Black Bullet, and Akame ga Kill in the future by Funimation
😀