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RetroCrush Adds Arcadia of My Youth, Medabots, Unico, Swan Lake, Dear Brother Anime
posted on by Alex Mateo
Digital Media Rights revealed on Thursday that it has licensed seven new anime titles for its RetroCrush streaming service. The company also announced the release dates for the anime titles that will stream on its RetroCrush streaming service in August.
The titles will launch on consecutive Fridays in August:
- The Fantastic Adventures of Unico - August 7
- Unico in the Island of Magic - August 7
- Arcadia of My Youth - August 14
- Arcadia of My Youth: Endless Orbit SSX - August 14
- Medabots Season 1 - August 21
- Swan Lake - August 21
- Dear Brother - August 28
RetroCrush is a free, ad-supported video-on-demand service available in the United States and Canada. The service has apps on iOS, Android, Amazon Fire TV, Roku, Apple TV, and smart TVs, in addition to being available on browsers. The service launched in March with 12 titles, added eight anime titles in June, and added 10 anime titles in July. A free ad-supported television (FAST) version of RetroCrush launched through the STIRR streaming service on July 23.
Digital Media Rights stated to ANN that its goal with the streaming service is to "serve as a community built for the consumption and discussion of the Golden Age of Japanese animation, (and some not so retro), from the perspectives of pop culture, fandom, art, internet memes & more."
The service plans to include a library of content that "hasn't had proper streaming releases outside of Japan."
RetroCrush's streaming partners include Discotek Media, TMS, NHK, Studio Pierrot, AMG, and Happinet, among others.
Source: Email correspondence
