×
  • remind me tomorrow
  • remind me next week
  • never remind me
Subscribe to the ANN Newsletter • Wake up every Sunday to a curated list of ANN's most interesting posts of the week. read more

Wakanim to Launch Anime Streaming Services in the Nordic Region July 1st 2017

Stockholm (June 12. 2017) – |MPACT. the leading provider of Asian Pop Culture Entertainment and Brand Activation Agency in Sweden, announced today their collaboration with WAKANIM, to launch Nordic Regions newest Streaming Service, WAKANIM.TV

In addition to acting as Scandinavian Representative and handling press relations the company will also manage product samplings, sponsorships and live-events.

The collaboration creates for the first time a Scandinavian fully complete anime community solution that offers activation and assimilation of the popular Japanese Animation though dedicated streaming services, cinematic experiences, real-life footprint with in-person fan interaction on festivals. The wide-ranging capability of interacting with fans of Asian Pop Culture Entertainment amassed by |MPACT combined with WAKANIM's robust streaming solution allows end users easier access to video content and experiences of top-level anime productions in a more immersive way.

The brand new Video on Demand and Broadcast platform will in addition to streaming catalog titles also simulcast anime episodes 1 hour after the Japanese TV airing to anticipating fans in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland and Iceland. WAKANIM.TV is fully integrated on PC, Android, IOS, Chromecast, Xbox One and soon on Paystation®4. Please dowload the PDF version for more details .

To stay up to date on the development of WAKANIM and |MPACT collaboration, stay tuned to the WAKANIM Twitter and Facebook pages.

“Spearheaded by the increased popularity of anime in Nordic Regions and high quality titles powered by ANIPLEX and many other productions from Japan, we are excited to enter the market and with |MPACT's cooperation we will be able to reach our core demographics and showcase WAKANIM.TV to thousands supporters of anime industry and in delivering a complete satisfaction.” said Olivier Cervantes, Founder and President of WAKANIM.

“We are thrilled to be working with WAKANIM and look forward to showcasing a demo of WAKANIM.TV STREAMING SERVICES during this year's NärCon Summer,” said Thawal Silwer, Founder and President, |MPACT. “We are all about consumer driven engagements and awareness and share with passion, the same vision of providing fans with wide-ranging solution.

We are confident our approach will satisfy Scandinavian anime fan communities every need.” WAKANIM's NEW STREAMING SERVICES and CONTENT PLATFORM will be available for demonstration alongside the WAKANIM booth #1 at NärCon Summer.

About WAKANIM

WAKANIM is a world-class innovator in video on demand services under the branch of Aniplex Inc; the leading anime production companies in Japan. The company's dedication to satisfy anime fans worldwide can be traced back to 2010 where it was one of the first companies in Europe to offer simulcast and downloadable videos without digital rights management on anime series. July 2017 marks Company´s entry in the Nordic market by launching WAKANIM.TV, the new Video on Demand and Simulcast Platform for Nordic fans dedicated to Anime. WAKANIM's VOD services are widely available in France , Belgium , Monaco , Switzerland , Algeria , Ivory Coast, Morocco , Nigeria , Senegal , Canada , Guadeloupe , Guyana , Martinique and Mayotte. And start from July 1th in Nordic Countries as well. For more information, visit our website or Facebook page.

bookmark/share with: short url

Press Release homepage / archives