As part of the anime powerhouses’ unification, it was announced today that Funimation’s longrunning YouTube channel is turning into the Crunchyroll Dubs. The channel, which has drawn in 3.7 million subscribers since launching in 2006, will offer fans all the same content they crave from the outlet, and more of it.
Crunchyroll Dubs will continue providing clips, trailers and full episodes of popular English-dubbed anime titles. Plus, the rebranded channel will now release weekly dubbed Episode 1 drops every Saturday at noon PST, starting April 9 with Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-.
Synopsis: Natsuki Subaru, an ordinary high school student, is on his way home from the convenience store when he finds himself transported to another world. As he’s lost and confused in a new world where he doesn’t even know left from right, the only person to reach out to him was a beautiful girl with silver hair. Determined to repay her somehow for saving him from his own despair, Subaru agrees to help the girl find something she’s looking for..
Based on the light novel series written by Tappei Nagatsuki and illustrated by Shin’ichirō Ōtsuka, the anime series produced by studio Whitie Fox (Steins;Gate, Goblin Slayer) launched in 2016 on TV Tokyo’s TXN and Japanese anime channel AT-X. Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World is directed by Masaharu Watanabe (Granbelm, Naruto SD: Rock Lee & His Ninja Pals) and written by Masahiro Yokotani (Sgt. Frog, Free!). Season 2, after a release delay, became the most-watched anime series on Netflix Japan in 2020.
For aficionados who prefer the original Japanese dialog, English-subtitled anime content can be found at the Crunchyroll Collection, where 4 million subscribers are regularly treated to subbed clips, trailers and full episodes.
