While everyone does their best to deal with current events, streaming services everywhere have seized the opportunity to make sure that more people than ever have access to their platforms. Granted, there are those that may not have the opportunity to binge-watch 24/7, but there are enough that streaming services have to jockey in order to even get an honorable mention on someone’s watch list. HBO Max might be taking that first place spot pretty soon.
Ahead of the streaming service’s May 27th launch date, they’ve released an announcement regarding their partnership with Crunchyroll to bring anime to HBO. Not just any anime though, instead Crunchyroll will curate anime for HBO Max’s lineup, like a veritable buffet of the best anime titles both new and old for the anime fan’s refined palate. Crunchyroll has lined up 17 titles for the service’s launch, with an agreement to bring new titles to the service every quarter. The full list of launch titles is as follows:
- Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (Full Series)
- Re:ZERO -Starting Life In Another World- (Director’s Cut, Season 1)
- In/Spectre (Season 1)
- Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken (Season 1)
- Rurouni Kenshin (Full Series)
- KONOSUBA -God’s Blessing on this Wonderful World!- (Seasons 1 & 2)
- Bungo Stray Dogs (Seasons 1-3)
- Berserk (Seasons 1 & 2)
- Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress (Season 1)
- Kill la Kill (Season 1)
- Your Lie In April (Season 1)
- ERASED (Season 1)
- Kiznaiver (Season 1)
- Schwarzes Marken (Season 1)
- 91 Days (Season 1)
- The Testament of Sister New Devil (Seasons 1 & 2)
- Rokka -Braves of the Six Flowers- (Season 1)
In addition, Hunter X Hunter and Death Note will be made available for streaming sometime after the initial launch. It is not yet known if the series shown on HBO Max will be made available indefinitely, or if certain titles will be phased out as new titles come in. Given the dearth of titles available to Crunchyroll, it’ll be interesting to see what exactly they serve up to the masses.
Sources: Engadget, Warner Media
