Crunchyroll to Exclusive Premiere Stream Karen Senki
San Francisco, California and Taipei, Taiwan (September 5, 2014) - Next Media Animation (NMA) and Crunchyroll Inc. is pleased to announce the exclusive online broadcast and global premiere of Ohji Hiroi and Kosuke Fujishima latest anime series Karen Senki.
Produced by Next Media Animation, Karen Senki is set to broadcast Saturday's starting September 27 at 4pm Pacific Time for premium members, with free members able to watch 1 week later. More information can be found at http://www.crunchyroll.com/karensenki
This brand new CG animated series is the brainchild of the illustrious Hiroi and Fujishima team who are responsible for the globally successful Sakura Wars. Karen Senki is the second property they have developed together and follows the war between machines and their creator. Machines are now in charge and humans exist in a life of servitude. Well, not all humans. Karen leads the human resistance group, 11. Having lost her little sister in the war against these evolving machines, Karen's strong motivation to save humanity is personal and raging for victory. Set against the neon color futuristic yet chaotic background of this post-apocalyptic world, this eclectic group of human beings find themselves fighting for their lives as they are hunted down in each episode. Is this the end of humanity? Are they fighting a losing battle?
Through Karen, we are taken on the struggle between right and wrong, between indifference and love and start asking ourselves the deepest questions about humanity. What is the difference between a thinking machine and a human being? A soul? What is a soul?
For more information about Karen Senki please visit www.karensenki.com
About Next Media Animation
Next Media Animation (NMA) is one of the largest 3D computer animation studios in Asia, with over 500 creators and artists based in Taipei, Taiwan. NMA additionally have offices in Hong Kong, Japan, and the United States. NMA is also the fastest 3D animation studio in the world. We are focused on creating, developing, and funding innovative and creative projects, including high-quality entertainment contents, across multiple media platforms and distribution channels, all in a fraction of time it takes a traditional studio to do.
Known around the world for its daily CG animated news stories with their millions of followers, NMA is one of the few fully digital content studios in Asia. The studio handles every step of the 3D animation workflow: from storyboarding, to real-time 3D production, to CG animation and post-production. Our vision is to provide world-class interactive entertainment content in the fastest time. Next Media Animation opens a new world of rich entertainment experiences to a rapidly mobile worldwide community. More information can be found at http://www.nextmediaanimation.com
About Crunchyroll, Inc.
Crunchyroll is a leading global destination and platform for Japanese anime and Asian content. Crunchyroll delivers more than 25,000 episodes and 15,000 hours of officially-licensed content from leading Asian media producers directly to viewers translated professionally in multiple languages within minutes of TV broadcast, through applications including Crunchyroll for iPhone, iPad, Android, Kindle, PlayStation®3, PlayStation®4, PlayStation®Vita, XBox Live®, AppleTV, Roku, Internet-enabled TVs, set-top boxes, affiliate websites and its own streaming website.
Crunchyroll's majority investor is The Chernin Group, LLC (TCG), a privately-held, independent media holding company founded in 2010 by Peter Chernin and based in Los Angeles, CA. TCG builds, manages, operates and invests in businesses in the media, entertainment and technology sectors around the world. Crunchyroll has offices in San Francisco, Los Angeles and Tokyo, and is a member of the Association of Japanese Animations (AJA). More information can be found at http://www.crunchyroll.com.
