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Sunday, January 29, 2017

And the winner of the first Crunchyroll's Anime of the Year Awards is ...

Well, the wait is over and the winner of the 2016 crunchroll anime of the Year is ...Yuri!!! on ICE!!!

Message from the Cruchtroll team: "Yuri!!! on ICE wins Crunchyroll's 2016 Anime of The Year! Enjoy this "best of" compilation celebrating some of our favorite moments from Season 1. Congrats to MAPPA and thanks to all the fans who voted."

WATCH YURI ON ICE: http://www.crunchyroll.com/yuri-on-ice

InuYasha, The Anime

No time for fans of Inuyasha to revisit the series in prep for 'Yashahime: Princess Half Demon,' the Sequel, which came out this fall. -- In the meantime Inuyasha story begins with Higurashi Kagome being pulled down a well by a demon and finding herself in Feudal Japan, where she learns that a powerful jewel has been reborn inside her body. After the jewel shatters in an attempt to retrieve it from one of the many demons who was after its power, Kagome must join forces with the half-demon Inu Yasha (also after the jewel's power) to track down the shards of the jewel before its power falls into the wrong hands.

Muv-Luv Alternative 2

The second season of Muv-Luv Alternative. - he world has been engulfed in a desperate, three-decade-long war against the BETA—an alien species that invaded the planet in 1973. Amid this chaos, a high school student named Takeru Shirogane suddenly wakes up from a terrifying nightmare where he sees mankind in utter defeat. Soon after, he realizes that his dream was nothing more than the recollections of his life in an alternative universe. In those memories, the Alternative V project is implemented, sending hundreds of thousands of people into space as a last resort to preserve humanity, while leaving the remaining billion on Earth to suffer a cruel fate. Yearning to change this grim future, Takeru joins a military base in Yokohama, which happens to be his former high school. There, he manages to convince the base's vice-commander and leader of the Alternative IV project, Professor Yuuko Kouzuki, to prevent Alternative V from happening. To ensure the success of Alternative IV, Takeru must pilot the gigantic humanoid machines Tactical Surface Fighters (TSF) alongside his fellow cadets. However, he has only two months to complete his training and exploit his partial knowledge of the future—lest the ensuing tragedy take place. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Kyuuketsuki Sugu Shinu (The Vampire Dies in No Time)

The second season -- Vampires are known to have many weaknesses that balance out their incredible power, but the vampire lord Draluc happens to be weak to pretty much anything. The vampire hunter Ronald receives a job to infiltrate the castle of the so-called "Invincible Progenitor" and rescue a woman's son from the monster within. But upon arriving, he is dumbfounded to discover that the vampire quickly turns to ash by something as trivial as a clap of his hands! Moreover, the child he was sent to save had merely wandered in to play the vampire lord's video games while he slept! In a disastrous turn of events, Draluc's castle is destroyed, and the fragile vampire decides to move in with the hunter who has only just defeated him. Ronald, Draluc, and the vampire's pet armadillo John form quite the eccentric team as they are forced to work together while fending off Ronald's violent editor, the lesser vampires plaguing the city, and even their fellow vampire hunters.

Mob Psycho 100 III

Eighth-grader Shigeo "Mob" Kageyama has tapped into his inner wellspring of psychic prowess at a young age. But the power quickly proves to be a liability when he realizes the potential danger in his skills. Choosing to suppress his power, Mob's only present use for his ability is to impress his longtime crush, Tsubomi, who soon grows bored of the same tricks. In order to effectuate control on his skills, Mob enlists himself under the wing of Arataka Reigen, a con artist claiming to be a psychic, who exploits Mob's powers for pocket change. Now, exorcising evil spirits on command has become a part of Mob's daily, monotonous life. However, the psychic energy he exerts is barely the tip of the iceberg; if his vast potential and unrestrained emotions run berserk, a cataclysmic event that would render him completely unrecognizable will be triggered. The progression toward Mob's explosion is rising and attempting to stop it is futile. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Poputepipikku

BThe second season of Poputepipikku. - Poputepipikku is based on bkub Ookawa's 4-koma manga series of the same title. Each episode consists of a 12-minute segment repeated twice. The repeated segment contains a different voiceover by another voice actor with variations on the skits. A remixed rerun titled Pop Team Epic Repeat, which mixes up the voice actors from the original run, began airing from October 9, 2021 and is being simulcast by Crunchyroll. It also features re-recorded versions of the AC-BU segments and Japanese dubs of the Japon Mignon segments. There are also visual differences in the Repeat version.

Jujutsu Kaisen

BRAND NEW -- STREAMING NOW -- A boy fights... for "the right death." Hardship, regret, shame: the negative feelings that humans feel become Curses that lurk in our everyday lives. The Curses run rampant throughout the world, capable of leading people to terrible misfortune and even death. What's more, the Curses can only be exorcised by another Curse. -- Itadori Yuji is a boy with tremendous physical strength, though he lives a completely ordinary high school life. One day, to save a friend who has been attacked by Curses, he eats the finger of the Double-Faced Specter, taking the Curse into his own soul. From then on, he shares one body with the Double-Faced Specter. Guided by the most powerful of sorcerers, Gojou Satoru, Itadori is admitted to the Tokyo Metropolitan Technical High School of Sorcery, an organization that fights the Curses... and thus begins the heroic tale of a boy who became a Curse to exorcise a Curse, a life from which he could never turn back. -- (Source: Crunchyroll)

Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei: Raihousha-hen

The second season of The Irregular at Magic High School. -- BRAND NEW -- OCTOBER 9, 2020 -- Miyuki Shiba’s classmate Kitayama Shizuku is on her way to study abroad. For magicians, this is normally impossible, since allowing the genes of someone who can use magic outside their home country’s borders is tantamount to giving up national secrets. But it’s allowed to happen in one case—exchange programs. And that’s how Angelina Kudou Shields, known as Lina, has arrived in Japan from the USNA to study at First High. Around the time Lina arrived in Japan, magicians began getting attacked by a mysterious being who leaves his victims drained of blood. Will Tatsuya and Miyuki Shiba be able to discover the identity of the “Vampire”? -- (Source: Funimation)

The Devil Is a Part-Timer!, Vol. 21

Description -- About The Author With the Devil King Castle closed and the war between the humans on Ente Isle resolved, all that remains for Maou and his friends is to mount an assault on heaven. But before that, there’s something he needs to do-get dressed up to visit Chiho’s father and do the right thing. As the final battle fast approaches, Emi can’t help but notice that the Devil King seems to be in poor health… What hidden truths await Maou and company in heaven? Can they really take down a god? And if they do, what will become of their lives in Japan?

Peerless Saint Emperor

NEW -- In a low-level continent called The Spirit Continent (or Phantom Continent), Zheng Tian was the heir to Huyan Jueluo family, with exceptional talent, and had always been arrogant. Until one day, the Heavenly Palace Azure Dragon Sacred Beast sent out a message that there was a artifact, a magic weapon, and the nine star skill in the Spirit continent. As a result, the major powers of the world entered the Spirit continent and sent their respective young disciples to search for the treasures. As the disciples of the super sects interfered with the local powers and supported them as puppets, Zheng Tian's location, the Huyan Jueluo family, was tragically destroyed. Zheng Tian took his sister, Yue Xin, and fled all the way...

Monster Bar

A quaint little bar awaits its destined clients… Meanwhile, the strange bartender with a glass of cocktail reveals the mysteries of your life by looking into your past reincarnations — containing stories of love and hate throughout the centuries. Come and explore the brotherly bond between a dragon bartender and demon hunter. A touching story that even dazzles the heavens with its world of monsters; a world where a dragon searches for traces of his demon hunter friend from his past life, longing to meet again. But how did the talented demon hunter and mysterious dragon meet?

Ultimate Soldier

Nowadays, that Bird Star is under permanent siege. Only those who have a powerful guardian spirit, a “War Spirit”, can change their fates and stand against 10,000 people. Juvenile Rogge’s father had the strongest fighting spirit, but he betrayed the country, causing Rogge and his mother to be bullied and to lose their place. In order to clean up humiliation and change destiny of his family, the teenager broke into the world’s most fiercest and scariest villain academy and strive against opponents with powerful fighting spirits. Can Rogue get rid of the misery and boundary surrounding his life, or not?

Crown of Feathers

NEW -- EVERY WEDNESDAY == In a world ruled by fierce warrior queens, a grand empire was built upon the backs of Phoenix Riders—legendary heroes who soared through the sky on wings of fire—until a war between two sisters ripped it all apart. Sixteen years later, Veronyka is a war orphan who dreams of becoming a Phoenix Rider from the stories of old. After a shocking betrayal from her sister, Veronyka sets out alone to find the fabled Phoenix Riders—and will stop at nothing to join their ranks.

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