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Crunchyroll to Simulcast Samurai Bride Anime

Season 2 of Hyakka Ryouran: Samurai Girls joins Crunchyroll

San Francisco, Calif. (April 4, 2013) – Crunchyroll, Inc., continues its spring simulcast announcements with the addition of SAMURAI BRIDE, which is set to broadcast every Friday starting on April 5th at 7:00 pm Pacific Time for its premium members. Free members will be able to view one (1) week after initial broadcast on Crunchyroll. More information can be found on www.crunchyroll.com/samuraibride.

Samurai Girls is based on a light novel series written by Akira Suzuki. The anime adaptation is produced by Arms and directed by KOBUN.

“The beauty of the nation of Japan tends at times to arouse the sadistic nature of evildoers. However, do not worry! Do not fear! Japan has its guardian gods, the Samurai! Hyakka Ryouran: a tale woven by beautiful samurai to tell of these noble souls!”

SAMURAI BRIDE will be available to Crunchyroll's audience in the United States and Canada.

Episodes can be accessed from Crunchyroll.com, the free iPhone and iPad application, the Android application, Windows Phone, PS3™, XBox Live®, Panasonic TVs with Viera Connect, Roku, Boxee, Google TV, Samsung TV, Vizio VIA, WD TV Live, additional set-top channels, and affiliate partners.

Crunchyroll premium members have access to the largest selection of anime and drama, same-day access for simulcast titles, no advertisements and can stream in up to 1080p quality on select titles. More information about the Crunchyroll membership plan can be found at: http://www.crunchyroll.com/freetrial/

About Crunchyroll, Inc.

Crunchyroll is a leading global destination and platform for Japanese anime and Asian content. Through applications like Crunchyroll for iPhone, iPad, Android, PlayStation®3, XBox Live®, Internet-enabled TVs, set-top boxes, affiliate websites and its own streaming website, Crunchyroll delivers over 25,000 episodes and 15,000 hours of officially-licensed content from leading Asian media producers direct to viewers translated professionally in multiple languages within minutes of TV broadcast.

Crunchyroll has offices in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Tokyo, and is a member of the Association of Japanese Animations (AJA) and Licensing International Merchandisers' Association (LIMA). Officially launched in 2009, Crunchyroll is funded by leading venture capital firm, Venrock, Japanese entertainment giant TV TOKYO, digital publishing leader Bitway and a group of angel investors representing some of the brightest and most successful entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley. More information can be found at http://www.crunchyroll.com.

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