Anime Fall Season Update: Demon Slayer, Jujutsu Kaisen and More Titles Announced
Anime's Fall Season is here, and we have already seen specialist streamers Funimation and Crunchyroll announce their slate of brand new, continuing and returning shows. Their initial line-ups were only part of the story, however, as both sites have continued to announce even more titles joining their catalogues.
There are major questions to be asked about how exactly Funimation's recently finalised acquisition of Crunchyroll from WarnerMedia will impact both companies. In the short term, it appears to mean sharing of content, giving subscribers to either service added value. Funimation has announced that the recent hit series Jujutsu Kaisen (previously exclusive to Crunchyroll) has now joined their library. All 24 episodes of the first season are now available both subtitled and dubbed to users in the US, Canada, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and Latin America as well as select European territories via Funimation's Wakanim service.
It's not only Funimation subscribers who are set to benefit- this isn't a one-way deal. Crunchyroll has announced that their subscribers can now watch the record-breaking feature Demon Slayer Kimetsu No Yaiba The Movie: Mugen Train in both subtitled and dubbed editions. The film will be available with English, Spanish and Portuguese dubs in English speaking countries and Spanish and Portuguese in Latin America. It will also be available in French and Russian speaking territories and the Nordics. Simultaneously, the dubbed versions of the original series, which has been retrospectively known as Demon Slayer Kimetsu No Yaiba: Unwavering Resolve Arc will be available on Crunchyroll for the first time.
Funimation have additionally announced further titles joining their Fall line-up:
Tesla Note Two secret agents investigate Mission T, a mysterious operation somehow related to the historic inventor, Nikola Tesla. Based on a manga by Masafumi Nishida, Tadayoshi Kubo and Kōta Sannomiya, and produced by studio Gambit.
Deep Insanity: The Lost Child A new sci-fi anime from SILVER LINK, part of a multi-media project from Square Enix. The plot follows mankind fighting a mysterious virus, making it very of the moment (unfortunately).
AMAIM Warrior At The Borderline A new original mecha anime from Sunrise. The first original series from their Sunrise Beyond offshoot, it's a brand new giant robot anime from a host of seasoned Gundam franchise veterans.
PuraOre! Pride Of Orange Every sport on Earth will have an anime eventually, and now it's Ice Hockey's turn. PuraOre follows the girls' Ice hockey team from Nikko City, Tochigi Prefecture. Produced by Studio C2C.
Drowning Sorrows In Raging Fire Chinese animation ( also known as Donghua) based on a web novel series, produced by Shenying Animation and bilibili. A supernatural drama set in an organisation tasked with dealing with the paranormal.
Kaginado Slice-of-life crossover featuring chibi-versions of characters from popular anime produced by fan-favourite studio Key. Kagindo features characters from Kanon, Air, Clannad, Little Busters!, Rewrite, and more.
Irina The Vampire Cosmonaut Alternate history take on the cold-war era Space Race... with vampires. Based on a light novel series.
Muteking: The Dancing Hero This modern update of 1980's sci-fi comedy Muteking The Dashing Hero, puts a fresh spin on the series, with heroes fighting alien invaders with dancing. The new show is a historic team-up of iconic animation studios Tatsunoko Production and Tezuka Production.
