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Crunchyroll Adds 1st Kuroko's Basketball Compilation Film, Fullmetal Alchemist: Conqueror of Shamballa Film
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Crunchyroll announced on Friday that it is now streaming the first of the three Kuroko's Basketball compilation anime films, titled Kuroko's Basketball Winter Cup Highlights -Shadow and Light- (Kuroko no Basuke Winter Cup Sōshū-hen: Kage to Hikari).
The first Kuroko's Basketball compilation film is available now for premium members in North America, South America, the United Kingdom, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden, and will be available next week for free members in the same territories. While Crunchyroll didn't specifically state that it will stream the other two compilation films, the company did say, "this will mark the first movie of the highlight movies, so keep an eye out for further updates!"
The first compilation film screened in Japan from September 3-16. The second compilation film is titled Winter Cup Sōshū-hen ~Namida no Saki e~ (Winter Cup Compilation ~Beyond the Tears~), and it screened in Japan from October 8-21. The third film is titled Winter Cup Sōshū-hen ~Tobira no Mukō~ (Winter Cup Compilation ~Crossing the Door~), and it will screen in Japan from December 3-16. The films recount the Winter Cup arc from Tadatoshi Fujimaki's original manga.
Crunchyroll additionally began streaming the Fullmetal Alchemist: The Movie - Conqueror of Shamballa anime film with both dubbed and subtitled versions on Wednesday. The film is available for free and premium members in: North America, Central America, South America, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand.
The film originally premiered in 2005 as a sequel to the first Fullmetal Alchemist television anime. Funimation released the film on DVD in 2006 and again in 2009, and on Blu-ray Disc in 2009 and again in 2015. Funimation's license of the film expired in March alongside its license of the Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood television anime series. Funimation's license of the original 2003 Fullmetal Alchemist television anime series then expired on July 31.
Crunchyroll began streaming Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood in both dubbed and subtitled versions on October 3.
