San Francisco, CA and Tokyo, Japan (September 28, 2009) ‹ Crunchyroll and Pony Canyon announced today the addition of NAKED WOLVES to Crunchyroll's Fall 2009 Anime Lineup. NAKED WOLVES is a series of flash animated shorts that chronicles the journey of a sumo wrestler as he searches the globe for 48 secret sumo techniques so that one day he can defeat his childhood friend and rival for the title of Yokozuna. More information can be found at http://www.crunchyroll.com/library/Naked_Wolves.

NAKED WOLVES adds depth and variety to our Fall 2009 Anime Lineup, states Vince Shortino, President of Crunchyroll's Tokyo office, not only does the program highlight both Japanese and world culture in an extremely entertaining manner, but the lively and comedic story lines will just plain crack anyone up.

In looking for the kind of global exposure that NAKED WOLVES so delightfully invites, we sought none other than the most popular anime community in the world. Š Crunchyroll,² said Hideyuki Saida, Deputy General Manager at Pony Canyon. ³We hope that with its truly global audience, the show will be a success of sumo proportions.

NAKED WOLVES will be available worldwide (outside of Japan) in standard definition free of charge to all visitors of Crunchyroll's website and across the Crunchyroll network one week after streaming on Fuji TV On Demand. Crunchyroll's Anime Members will receive early access to the program in DVD quality 480P within one hour of it becoming available on Fuji TV On Demand, starting September 28th.