The Funimation Industry Panel At New York Comic Con

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Adam Wolfe writes for Bleeding Cool from New York Comic Con,

Unless you've been living under an anime-free rock, you probably know about FunimationNow, Funimation's anime streaming service. What sets it apart from say, Netflix, is the Simuldub. Essentially, instead of waiting for the "home release" version of your favorite anime to be released, then subsequently dubbed, Funimation can now dub shows mere days after they first appear in Japan.

The Funimation Industry Panel At New York Comic Con

So, what's new coming to FunimationNow? Well, I'm glad you asked. This Saturday, October 7th, FunimationNow will be hosting a 1 ½ hour pre-fight special to get you hyped for the fight of the year, Goku vs. Jiren. Funimation is going all out, as they have brought in professional E-sports shoutcasters, and anime talent to host and weigh in on what is sure to be a crazy fight. All of this will be available on FunimationNow for free and will lead into the one-hour Dragon Ball Super special. If you don't already have it by the weekend, you can start your 14-day FunimationNow trial.

The Funimation Industry Panel At New York Comic Con

Funimation has announced its new releases to stream subbed and dubbed, some of the highlights are:

Black Clover

Dies Irae

Blood Blockade Battlefront and Beyond

Kinos Journey

A Sister is All You Need

URAHARA

Anime Gataris

Recovery of an MMO Junkie

Konohana Kitan

The Funimation Industry Panel At New York Comic Con

Funimation is also hard at work beyond the realm of anime. The live-action adaptation of Tokyo Ghoul is set to hit theaters October 16th-22nd. Now, I know what you're all thinking, "live-action adaptations of animes are more often than not complete trainwrecks." You aren't wrong, but what caught me by surprise was Lauren Moore, Funimation's Social Media Content Producer, acknowledging that you aren't wrong. Rather than giving a stiff corporate answer, she agreed with the shortcomings of most live-action adaptations, whilst still giving her seal of approval for Tokyo Ghoul as it actually sticks to the manga. I guess time will tell.

The Funimation Industry Panel At New York Comic Con

Funimation will also be releasing Shin Godzilla on Blue Ray and DVD. If you're a long time Godzilla fan like me and miss the classics, you have to pick this one up. It really captured the old energy from the classic films, without feeling dated.

The Funimation Industry Panel At New York Comic Con

Now for Funimation's Home release list:

Free: Iwatobi Swim Club Season 1

Dragon Ball Super: Golden Frieza Arc

Seven Deadly Sins

One Piece: Film Gold (think Oceans 11 but with stretchy pirates)

My Hero Academia: Season 1

Orange (Will include notes and letter written by the cast in the limited-edition release)

Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans

Future Diary (The completed series, with the OVAs)

Rosario Vampires

91 Days

New Game

Your Name. (To be released November 7th)

The Funimation Industry Panel At New York Comic Con

If you're looking for a throwback, this November Funimation will be releasing the complete Speed Racer + Mach GoGoGo collection. The set will include all of Speed Racer (English audio) the original Mach Gogogo (Japanese audio) and Mach Go Go Go: Restart (the 1997 remake). This 138-episode, 26 disc set will come to you in a giant bust of Speed's head, complete with an adjustable racing visor!

The Funimation Industry Panel At New York Comic Con

Now if you can get through all that content fast enough, here is what's coming at you for December:

My Hero Academia Season 3 (woo!)

Mob Psycho 100 Home Release: Standard and Limited Editions

And finally, the news that was released at New York Comic Con, Funimation will be providing Simuldubs of:

Garo: Vanishing Line

My Hime

My Otome

My Otome Zwei

My Otomo 0 s.ifr

That's a LOT of anime you should be watching!

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About Rich Johnston

Founder of Bleeding Cool. The longest-serving digital news reporter in the world, since 1992. Author of The Flying Friar, Holed Up, The Avengefuls, Doctor Who: Room With A Deja Vu, The Many Murders Of Miss Cranbourne, Chase Variant. Lives in South-West London, works from Blacks on Dean Street, shops at Piranha Comics. Father of two. Political cartoonist.