This festive party will include live music, and a gift box for the first 100 attendees that arrive. The gift box includes a lanyard, stickers and a gift card with a free 30-day subscription to Crunchyroll Premium.
The Crunchyroll Holiday Party – Anime for the Holidays is at See-Scape at 347 Keele Street in Toronto, Ontario. Doors open at 9:30 pm EST on Friday, December 13th, 2019 and runs until 3:30 am EST on Saturday, December 14th, 2019. Admission is $10 CAD at the door.
KONOSUBA -God’s blessing on this wonderful world!- Legend of Crimson is coming to select Canadian theatres this November!
In it’s first event in Canada, Crunchyroll Movie Night is bringing the film KONOSUBA -God’s blessing on this wonderful world!- Legend of Crimson to select Cineplex locations on Monday, November 18th, 2019.
Shown in Japanese with English subtitles, Canadian fans will also be treated to an exclusive interview with Kazuma’s voice actor Jun Fukushima and Megumin’s voice actress Rie Takahashi.
Satou Kazuma loves to play video games, rarely venturing into the outside world, is hit by a truck. Reincarnated into a parallel world filled with familiar elements from MMORPG games, Kazuma teams up with water goddess Aqua, explosive wizard Megumin, and the disturbed knight Darkness to save Megumin’s home village from destruction. Together with Yunyun, Kazuma and his friends encounter their most dangerous foe yet. Kazuma, who’s lead a boring life so far, is in for the experience of a lifetime.
KONOSUBA -God’s blessing on this wonderful world!- Legend of Crimson originally screened in Japanese theatres on August 30th, 2019
Tickets are available for purchase online through Cineplex.com.
Top 20 Titles on Crunchyroll for August-September, 2019
Crunchyroll is publishing some of its viewership data from the months of August and September 2019. The anime streaming service has over 50 million registered users and 30 million followers through its social media channels.
Serving more than 200 countries, Crunchyroll shared the top streaming countries per subscriber for this time period. These include:
Uruguay
Romania
Italy
India
Colombia
Portugal
Peru
Dominican Republic
Philippines
El Salvador
Worldwide, Crunchyroll users spends roughly 85 minutes a day watching anime; below are the top 20 series, listed alphabetically.
Attack on Titan
Black Clover
Bleach
BORUTO: NARUTO NEXT GENERATIONS
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
DR. STONE
Dragon Ball Super
Fairy Tail
Fire Force
Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma
Hunter x Hunter
Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?
Isekai Cheat Magician
JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure
My Hero Academia
Naruto
Naruto Shippuden
One Piece
The Rising of the Shield Hero
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime
For Canada, the top ten titles streamed are listed alphabetically.
Black Clover
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
DR. STONE
Hunter x Hunter
Fairy Tail
Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?
JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure
My Hero Academia
Naruto Shippuden
One Piece
For the United Kingdom, the top ten titles streamed are listed alphabetically.
Attack on Titan
Black Clover
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
DR. STONE
Hunter x Hunter
Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?
JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure
My Hero Academia
Naruto
Naruto Shippuden
For Mexico, the top ten titles streamed are listed alphabetically.
Attack on Titan
Black Clover
BORUTO: NARUTO NEXT GENERATIONS
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
DR. STONE
Hunter x Hunter
JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure
My Hero Academia
Naruto Shippuden
One Piece
For Brazil, the top ten titles streamed are listed alphabetically.
Attack on Titan
Black Clover
BORUTO: NARUTO NEXT GENERATIONS
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
DR. STONE
Hunter x Hunter
JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure
My Hero Academia
Naruto Shippuden
One Piece
For Russia, the top ten titles streamed are listed alphabetically.
Back in June, Crunchyroll had partnered with Postable to allow fans of The Rising of the Shield Hero send physical post cards to their friends and family for free. Crunchyroll shared some statistics from this promotion, showing that Canadians sent the second most post cards (third if the United States is factored in).
A map of all countries that took part in the The Rising of the Shield Hero post card promotion.
Four post card designs were available: Naofumi, Raphtalia, Filo or Melty. Each card also includes a message and autograph from the English voice cast of the series, including Billy Kametz (Naofumi), Erica Mendez (Raphtalia), Brianna Knickerbocker (Filo) and Jackie Lastra (Melty).
In all, fans from over 60 countries participated, with the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Germany, Brazil and Mexico in the top six.
Top six countries in The Rising of the Shield Hero post card promotion.
The top 20 total titles on Crunchyroll for the last week of March 2019
With 45 million users, Crunchyroll streams anime to all corners of the world and plans to release statistics on a steady basis of what their fans watch and from where.
Over a one week period, from March 25th to 31st, 2019, Crunchyroll provided an alphabetical list of their 20 most watched series.
Black Clover
BORUTO: NARUTO NEXT GENERATIONS
DARLING in the FRANXX
Domestic Girlfriend
Dragon Ball Super
Fairy Tale
Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma
Hunter x Hunter
JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure
Mob Psycho 100
My Hero Academia
Naruto
Naruto Shippuden
One Piece
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-
Sword Art Online
THE PROMISED NEVERLAND
The Quintessential Quintuples
The Rising of the Shield Hero
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime
Also included were top ten lists from different countries, including Canada. Canada’s most watched series for this period were (in alphabetical order):
Black Clover
Fairy Tail
Hunter x Hunter
JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure
Mob Psycho 100
Naruto Shippuden
One Piece
Sword Art Online
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime
The Rising of the Shield Hero
As Crunchyroll serves anime fans in over 200 countries, for the week of March 25th to 31st, 2019, the top ten countries per subscriber paints an interesting picture of where the service is being enjoyed.
Promotional artwork for My Hero Academia: Two Heroes.
When FUNimation revealed that the My Hero Academia would be coming to theatres in Canada and the United States in September 2018, there wasn’t a list immediately available of participating theatres for the great white north.
That list is now available, with a number of Cineplex locations across Canada (excluding Alberta, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island) hosting multiple screenings in English, and in Japanese with English subtitles in late September.
Cineplex Cinemas Coquitlam and VIP
170 Schoolhouse Street, Coquitlam, BC
Cineplex Cinemas Langley
#20090, 91A Avenue, Langley, BC
The Park Theatre
3440 Cambie Street, Vancouver, BC
Cineplex Odeon Park & Tilford Cinemas
200-333 Brooksbank Avenue, N. Vancouver, BC
Promotional artwork for My Hero Academia: Two Heroes.
Plus Ultra! The heroes of Class 1-A are coming to the big screen this September in their first feature film. My Hero Academia: Two Heroes will screen at select theatres in Canada and the US across five days in both Japanese with English subtitles and in English.
The announcement came earlier today at San Diego Comic Con when English voice actors Justin Briner and Christopher Sabat in an interview with IGN. Briner and Sabat lend their voices in the English dub of My Hero Academia which is licensed by FUNimation.
The English dub will screen on the September 25th, 27th, and 29th; the Japanese with English subtitles on September 26th and October 2nd.
Izuku Midoriya, alias Deku, a young hero in training, receives an invite to attend a Quirk expo with his idol All Might. At the event, Deku encounters Melissa, a girl who had a similar Quirkless upbringing. The fun doesn’t last as a group of villains override the complex’s security system, putting their evil plan in action. Can the heroes help stop these villains and save the day?
With the Female Titan subdued, Eren Jaeger must keep on fighting to stop even more Titans reach Wall Rose. Humanity’s chance at survival is now more dire than ever, with new revelations on these colossal creatures coming to light. And knowing whom to trust in this battle is getting harder and harder.
This movie is a recap of Attack on Titan Season 2 which is then followed by a premiere of Season 3 episode 1, a whole two weeks before it airs in Japan on July 22nd, 2018!
Missed out on picking up an NES Classic Edition console when it almost two years ago? Well, Nintendo has heard you and on June 29th, 2018, the NES Classic Edition returns to store shelves in both Canada and the United States.
A miniature version of their original home entertainment system, the NES Classic Edition includes 30 games pre-loaded with a full-sized NES controller for the complete retro experience.
These game titles are:
Balloon Fight™
BUBBLE BOBBLE
Castlevania™
Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest™
Donkey Kong™
Donkey Kong Jr.™
DOUBLE DRAGON II: THE REVENGE
Dr. Mario™
Excitebike™
FINAL FANTASY®
Galaga™
GHOSTS’N GOBLINS®
GRADIUS™
Ice Climber™
Kid Icarus™
Kirby’s Adventure™
Mario Bros.™
MEGA MAN® 2
Metroid™
NINJA GAIDEN
PAC-MAN™
Punch-Out!!™ Featuring Mr. Dream
StarTropics™
SUPER C™
Super Mario Bros.™
Super Mario Bros.™ 2
Super Mario Bros.™ 3
TECMO BOWL
The Legend of Zelda™
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link™
The demand for this console was huge and many retailers suffered shortages as they were snapped up as quickly as they were offered for sale. According to a Tweet from Nintendo of Canada, the NES Classic Edition is expected to be on sale through the end of the year.
On Wednesday, April 25th, 2018, for one day only, select Cineplex locations across Canada will show a digital remastered re-release of the 2004 film Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie.
The burning sands of the Egyptian desert hide a frightening secret: the spirit of Anubis. Sealed away since the times of past, Anubis has reawakened following the discovery of his tomb and is ready to seek revenge. Yugi and his rival Kaiba must duel it out to save themselves, their friends and stop Anubis from achieving his evil plan.
Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie will be shown dubbed in English. In addition to the film, fans can also catch the first episode of the sixth anime series, Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS.
US fans can catch Yu-Gi-Oh! The Moviein two showings on Sunday, March 11th and Monday, March 12th, 2018.
