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Funimation to Stream Anime Samples on Joost for Free

posted on 2008-10-09 23:57 EDT by Egan Loo

Joost to incorporate its social community features with Funimation's channel

The North American anime distributor Funimation has announced that it will launch a streaming channel on the Joost online video service with a free "sampling" of its various anime titles in November. The anime selections will be added monthly from the following titles:

Basilisk
Black Blood Brothers
Blue Gender
Galaxy Railways
Kiddy Grade
MoonPhase
Mr. Stain
Mushi-Shi
Peach Girl
Rumbling Hearts
School Rumble
Slayers
Suzuka
xxxHOLiC

All the anime will be English-dubbed, although Black Blood Brothers, MoonPhase, and Rumbling Hearts will also be available in Japanese with English subtitles. Joost will also incorporate its social community features with Funimation's channel.

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