Friday, October 2, 2009

ALL ABOARD FOR BISHONEN! CRUNCHYROLL AND ANIPLEX ANNOUNCE MIRACLE TRAIN-WELCOME TO THE OEDO LINE-

San Francisco, CA and Tokyo, Japan (October 2, 2009) — Crunchyroll and Aniplex announced today the addition of MIRACLE TRAIN-Welcome to the Oedo Line- to Crunchyroll's Fall 2009 Anime Lineup. Created by the “Miracle Train Committee” under the direction of Aniplex, MIRACLE TRAIN-Welcome to the Oedo Line- is animated by Yumeta Company, the same studio as the bishonen blockbuster LA CORDA D’ORO anime adaptation. MIRACLE TRAIN-Welcome to the Oedo Line- features voice actor superstars KENN, Tomokazu Sugita, Ryotaro Okiayu, Daisuke Ono, Yuki Kaji, and Masakazu Morita in the lead roles. More information can be found at http://www.crunchyroll.com/miracletrain.

MIRACLE TRAIN-Welcome to the Oedo Line- 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.

“MIRACLE TRAIN-Welcome to the Oedo Line- is all about the bishonen,” said Rob Pereyda, Crunchyroll's Vice President of Licensing. “The Japanese motif of the 'beautiful young man' is a powerful, growingly popular movement in anime fandom overseas, and will attract a strong audience .”

“Crunchyroll has been exciting for us,” said Hideki Goto, Executive Vice President at Aniplex. “It has been the perfect medium for us to reach fans of this kind of core genre title, and we look forward to continued success.”

MIRACLE TRAIN-Welcome to the Oedo Line- will be available in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, and the United Arab Emirates 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 one hour after its Japanese airing, starting October 4th.

MIRACLE TRAIN-Welcome to the Oedo Line- 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.

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