CRUNCHYROLL AND YOMIURI TELECASTING CORPORATION REVEAL A SECRET

San Francisco, CA and Tokyo, Japan (October 2, 2009) -- Crunchyroll and Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation (YTV) announced today the addition of NOGIZAKA HARUKA NO HIMITSU 2 ~Purezza~ to Crunchyroll's Fall 2009 Anime Lineup. Adapted from the hit light novel series published by ASCII MEDIA WORKS Inc. by Yusaku Igarashi and animated by diomedea inc. formerly known as Studio Barcelona, NOGIZAKA HARUKA NO HIMITSU 2 ~Purezza~ features singer and actress Mamiko Noto in the titular lead role. More information can be found at http://www.crunchyroll.com/nogizaka.

"NOGIZAKA HARUKA NO HIMITSU 2 ~Purezza~ caters to the core fan," said Rob Pereyda, Crunchyroll's Vice President of Licensing. "What is interesting is that it is about a girl who is afraid of being caught as being a mega anime fan and deals with these topics as an anime itself."

NOGIZAKA HARUKA NO HIMITSU 2 ~Purezza~ will be available in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand in standard definition free of charge to all visitors of Crunchyroll's website and across the Crunchyroll network one week after airing in Japan. Crunchyroll's Anime Members will receive early access to the program in 480P within two hour after its Japanese airing, starting October 5th. In addition to the sequel, the first series will be available on Crunchyroll as well.

NOGIZAKA HARUKA NO HIMITSU 2 ~Purezza~ joins over 20 other titles to form Crunchyroll's Fall 2009 Anime Lineup. Find out what else will be simulcasting at http://www.crunchyroll.com/lineup today.

All fans can enjoy all content on the site for free, but Crunchyroll Anime Members benefits include higher quality streams of all shows (in some cases at 720p High Definition Video) with no advertisement and early access to all simulcast shows as early as one (1) hour after its Japan Broadcast. Crunchyroll Anime Membership costs as little as $5 a month and goes directly towards supporting Japan Animation companies. More information, including a two week free trial membership can be found at http://www.crunchyroll.com/freetrial.