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Crunchyroll Streams More Star Studded Tai Seng Entertainment Dramas and Martial Arts Theater Collection Titles

Asian Celebrities Au Yeung Pui San, Chan Yuk Lin, Leung Ka Yan, Ng Cheuk Hai, Sammo Hung, Sit Hoi Ki, Carter Wong, Wong Yue, Yeung Yi, Appear on the Number One Online Destination for Anime and Asian Entertainment

San Francisco, CA (June 15, 2009) —Tai Seng Entertainment brings a star studded list of dramas and martial arts with more new titles streaming on the number one (1) online destination for anime and asian content … Crunchyroll! More information can be found at
http://www.Crunchyroll.com/publisher/TAI_SENG_ENTERTAINMENT.

Titles that are/will-be-shortly streaming for free on the highly popular and legal site include:

· THE ACADEMY (episodes 1-16)
· THE RETURN OF THE CONDOR HEROES (episodes 1-25)
· THE YOUNG AVENGER
· MAGNIFICENT FIST
· FILTHY GUY

These titles are available to all Crunchyroll fans and members residing in the U.S., American Samoa, U.S. Minor Outlying Islands, Puerto Rico, Guam and Virgin Islands.

Title Synopsis:

THE ACADEMY (episodes 1-16)
Chung Lap Man (Ng Cheuk Hai, Ron) applies for the job of police constable to take revenge on police training instructor Lee Man Sing (Miu Kiu Wai). Ken Lee (Chan King Fung, Sammul) joins the police force for the attractive salary. He has no idea that his instructor will be none other than his ultimate enemy SING. MAN and KEN team up to fight against their prime enemy SING.

Ho Fa (Yeung Yi, Tavia) is the temporary staff at the school kiosk. She likes MAN, yet avoids him because of her shameful family background. Meanwhile, KEN and his classmate Fiona Ma's (Sit Hoi Ki, Fiona) relationship are also obstructed by their different family class.

The trainings are tough and intensive, but at the same time have made MAN and HIU understand the true meaning of being a police officer. Their relationship with SING has improved too. Unfortunately, SING, cannot live to see them graduate…
http://www.Crunchyroll.com/library/The_Academy?src=academytai

THE RETURN OF THE CONDOR HEROES (episodes 1-25)
In the Southern Song Dynasty, there is turmoil both externally and internally in the country while infighting and killing among various sects are common in the martial art world. The family Kwok Ching (Leung Ka Yan) and Wong Yung (Au Yeung Pui San) lead a tranquil and peaceful life on Peach Blossom Island. Fate has led CHING to meet Yeung Gor (Andy Lau Tak Wah), son of his old friend Yeung Hong, when he returns to the mainland to look for Yung's father Wong Yeuk Shi. CHING sympathizes with GOR since he is an orphan, and brings him back to the Island.

GOR is not only naughty but also obstinate. He is finally sent by CHING to learn kung fu at the Chung Yeung Monastery. One day, GOR breaks into the forbidden land accidentally when he is hiding from punishment from his master. Granny Suen comes to his rescue and takes him to an old tomb. There, he meets the owner of the tomb, Dragon Girl (Chan Yuk Lin), and she teaches him the supreme Ancient Tomb kung fu and together they practice the Maiden Sutra, which enables them to read each other's mind. They fall in love, yet the teacher-and-student love is not accepted in the secular world and they are forced to separate after a series of mishap.

GOR meets Wong Yeuk Shi, the East Infidel, Au Yeung Fung, the West Venom, and Hung Chat Gung, the North Beggar, one after the other and succeeds to learn a lot of unrivalled kung fu from them. Later, he tries his best to look for Dragon Girl and to find out the cause of his father's death…
http://www.Crunchyroll.com/library/The_Return_of_the_Condor_Heroes?src=retur nofthecondortai

THE YOUNG AVENGER
Wong Yue, star of many Shaw Brothers kung fu classics, is the titled character in this electrifying film. Follow the mischievous and sometimes dangerous escapades of Fu Yua (Wong), a young funeral parlor worker who is also a martial arts wonder boy. THE YOUNG AVENGER is high-octane kung fu action from the great opening credits sequence to the awesome final fight!
http://www.Crunchyroll.com/library/Martial_Arts_Theater?src=martialartstheat ertai

MAGNIFICENT FIST
Popular kung fu leading man Carter Wong stars in this action thriller. When a group of Japanese hoodlums take over a small town in North Eastern China by force, it's up to a band of renegade martial artists to stop this gang of ruthless criminals. MAGNIFICENT FIST is magnificent fist fighting action from start to finish!
http://www.Crunchyroll.com/library/Martial_Arts_Theater?src=magnificentfistt ai

FILTHY GUY
The great Sammo Hung (CBS' hit TV series MARTIAL LAW) stars in this kung fu classic, as a poor village orphan nicknamed “Filthy Guy” working for the local landlord Chan. When Chan gets harassed by his ruthless rivals, he and his son turn to “Filthy Guy” for help and kung fu lessons. They then take on the villains together with their newly acquired martial arts skills. With Sammo at his best, FILTHY GUY is good, clean fighting all the way from start to finish!
http://www.Crunchyroll.com/library/Martial_Arts_Theater?src=filthyguy

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