Crunchyroll Announces New Movies Coming To Streaming
Crunchyroll are known for having an unrivalled library of anime series. But the streamer also offers an impressive catalogue of movies that includes Akira, Demon Slayer Kimetsu No Yaiba: Mugen Train, Jujutsu No Kaisen 0, Sword Of The Stranger and more.
The site has announced that it's set to bring even more anime features to subscribers this April. Recent cinema releases include including That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime The Movie: Scarlet Bond, The Quintessential Quintuplets Movie, and Mobile Suit Gundam Cucuruz Doan's Island. Additionally, a few titles that have never streamed outside of Japan will also be added including To Every You I’ve Loved Before, and To Me, The One Who Loved You.
That Time I Got Reincarnated as A Slime is a brand new standalone story set after the second season of the TV series it's based on. The Quintessential Quintuplets Movie is a conclusion to the two-season romantic comedy. Mobile Suit Gundam Cucuruz Doan’s Island is an expanded edition of the 15th episode of the original 1979 Mobile Suit Gundam TV series.
To Every You I’ve Loved Before, and To Me, The One Who Loved You together tell interwoven stories that take place in parallel worlds, but each offer unique perspectives. This will be the first time that both films are available to stream outside of Japan after their original cinema releases. Crunchyroll held simultaneous premieres at Sakura Con and Anime Boston this year.
Details are below, but please note regional availability may vary and subbed and dubbed languages availability vary by title.
Available From April 21
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime The Movie: Scarlet Bond (8 bit)
A long-running conspiracy is swirling over a mysterious power wielded by the Queen in Raja, a small country west of Tempest. When a slime who evolved into a Demon Lord named Rimuru Tempest crosses paths with Hiiro, a survivor of the Ogre race, an incredible adventure packed with new characters begins. The power of bonds will be put to the test! (Official Trailer) – Directed by Yasuhito Kikuchi
To Every You I've Loved Before (Bakken Record)
While struggling to make friends after his parents’ divorce, Koyomi Takasaki meets Kazune Takigawa, but apparently, they already have. Kazune reveals that she’s from World Line 85, an alternate universe in which she and Koyomi are lovers. But in a reality where moving between dimensions is natural, could Koyomi be the one from another world? (Official Trailer) – Directed by Jun Matsumoto
To Me, The One Who Loved You (TMS Entertainment)
Koyomi Hidaka and Shiori Sato meet at his father’s research centre and begin to fall in love, but so do their parents, who eventually marry. To avoid becoming stepsiblings, they decide to run away to a parallel universe. Travelling
also their hearts. Time spent has brought them all closer, with feelings growing within the girls and Futaro. As they finish their third year of high school and their last school festival approaches, they set their sights on what’s next. Is there a future with one of them and Futaro? (Official Trailer) – Directed by Masato Jinbo
Mobile Suit Gundam Cucuruz Doan's Island (Sunrise)
After a covert mission goes wrong, Mobile Suit pilot Amuro Ray and his comrades are stranded on a remote island. The battalion was sent to a land called the Island of No Return to clear off any enemy forces, only to find a group of children and an enemy mecha attack. Now Amuro must find a way for them all to escape this mysterious land, but not before meeting a strange man—Cucuruz Doan. (Official Trailer) – Directed by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
