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Funimation Now Launches in the U.K. and Ireland
posted on by Andrew Osmond
The website Funimation Now has launched, with the U.K. site at www.funimationnow.co.uk and the Ireland site at www.funimationnow.co.ie.
The site is in a "free 30-day beta phase" where customers can watch free for a thirty-day period before payments begin. There are three subscription plans :
- Basic: Free subtitled anime (not simulcasts) with ads, standard definition.
- Sub : £3.99 a month (U.K. rates), €4.99 (Ireland rates). Subtitled anime, ad free, including simulcasts, 1080 and 720p resolution.
- All-Access : £6.99 a month (U.K rates), €7.99 (Ireland rates). Subtitled anime, ad free, including simulcasts; English-dubbed anime; broadcast dubs; 'Exclusive extras'; Option to watch three screens simultaneously; 1080 and 720p resolution.
The site notes that "Some shows will still serve ads to subscribers' and 'HD is subject to availability.'
The following Spring subtitled simulcasts have been confirmed:
My Hero Academia every Sunday at 10 p.m.
Assassination Classroom Season 2 every Thursday at 6.55 p.m.
Kuma Miko: Girl Meets Bear every Sunday at 6 p.m.
Endride every Saturday at 8 p.m.
Shōnen Maid every Saturday at 1.30 a.m.
Concrete Revolutio Season 2 every Friday at 2 p.m. (The first season will also be on Funimation Now.)
Rainbow Days every Sunday at 3.30 p.m.
Three Colors, Three Leaves every Sunday at 5 p.m.
Haifuri every Saturday at 5.30 p.m.
The following other anime titles are listed on the site:
The live-action version of Prison School is also available, as is the live-action Love: Redux and Shōnen Hollywood - Holly Stage for 49.
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