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RetroCrush Adds City Hunter, Inukami!, More Creamy Mami Anime

Digital Media Rights announced on Thursday the new titles and release dates for the anime titles that will stream on its RetroCrush streaming service in January.

The titles will launch on consecutive Fridays in January:

• Inukami! - January 8
• Inukami! The Movie - January 8
• Girl's High - January 15
• Strawberry Panic! - January 15
• Mahō no Tenshi Creamy Mami: Long Good-Bye - January 22
• Mahō no Tenshi Creamy Mami: Eien no Once More - January 22
• Sorcerer Hunters - January 22
• Sorcerer Hunters OAV - January 22
• City Hunter - January 29

All the titles will be available with English subtitles, and both Sorcerer Hunters releases will also include an English dub. The Mahou no Tenshi Creamy Mami releases will stream exclusively on RetroCrush.

The company also announced that it will add the entire City Hunter franchise to its streaming service after streaming the original 51-episode television series in January. RetroCrush's full City Hunter lineup will include:

• City Hunter
• City Hunter 2
• City Hunter 3
• City Hunter '91
• City Hunter: .357 Magnum of Love
• City Hunter: Secret Service
• City Hunter: Bay City Wars
• City Hunter: Million Dollar Conspiracy
• City Hunter: Goodbye my Sweetheart
• City Hunter: Death of the Vicious Criminal Ryo Saeba
• City Hunter: Shinjuku Private Eyes

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, and has since added over 50 more titles to the service. 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