Crunchyroll Acquires Streaming Rights for Your Name and Akira
At its recentannual fan convention Crunchyroll Expo, the titular streamer has made two big announcements for anime streaming. The anime giant has announced that it has acquired the streaming rights to two famous, albeit very different classic anime features. Coming to the platform on August 18 are Katsuhiro Otomo’s sci-fi epicAkiraand Makoto Shinkai’s coming-of-age fantasy romance,Your Name. While these films have certainly already made indelible marks on the history of anime itself, this upcoming presentation from Crunchyroll is sure to introduce a whole new pool of viewers to two of anime’s biggest event feature films....