News Funimation Posts Fruits Basket, Shigurui, Galaxy Express 999
posted on 2009-05-01 17:38 EDT by Egan Loo
Funimation has announced that the complete Fruits Basket anime series is now available on Microsoft's Xbox Live service for the Xbox 360 console. The complete Shigurui anime series is also now available in Apple's iTunes service. Funimation's own video service began streaming Leiji Matsumoto's Galaxy Express 999 anime series today after having already added another Matsumoto classic from Toei Animation, Captain Harlock, last week.
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