Here Are All of Crunchyroll's Announcements from Anime NYC
Over this past weekend, Anime NYC was held, and Crunchyroll made a number of announcements. First, we learned that the Anime Awards 2020 will be live-streamed on February 15, 2020. More information such as nominees will be revealed early 2020. Next, Crunchyroll-Hime, Crunchyroll’s mascot, will be making her 3D debut as she hangs out with virtual YouTuber Kizuna AI. You can check out the video below.
“Virtual YouTuber Kizuna AI daydreams about what her next video should be when Crunchyroll-Hime visits her to play charades! Watch the full video for a ton of anime easter eggs - including when Crunchyroll-Hime gets so excited to act out “Naruto,” she accidentally multiples herself and doesn’t know how to reverse it!”
Crunchyroll also revealed that they’ve teamed up with What’s Your Passion Jewelry to create a new jewelry collection based on characters from The Rising of the Shield Hero. This collection will be available early next year and feature ear cuffs, earrings, necklaces, pendants, and more. Fourth, it was announced that the anime streaming company is making a behind-the-scenes documentary about Food Wars and it will premiere in late November 2019. In addition, Crunchyroll announced some new titles that the platform will be adding dubs of. The titles include Ascendance of a Bookworm; If It’s for My Daughter, I’d Even Defeat a Demon Lord; Magical Sempai; and Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun.
Penultimately, Crunchyroll revealed some information about Crunchyroll Expo 2020. Tickets will go on sale November 26 on the official site and it will be held in San Jose from September 4-6, 2020.
The final announcement from Crunchyroll was a sneak peek at an original OAD from That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime which will premiere Winter 2020. You can check out the description and an image of that below.
“Mikami Satoru, an ordinary businessman, was stabbed on the street and died, but found himself reincarnated in a parallel world... in the body of a slime! Thus he began his new life as a slime named Rimuru, flung into a new world teeming with creatures of many different races, and made the decision to start a new country where all races could enjoy life together.
In the midst of his everyday life, Rimuru suddenly realizes that there’s nothing to do for recreation in Tempest. He suggests sumo wrestling as a way for everyone to have fun together, and his friends are immediately on board with the idea. Thus begins Tempest’s first sumo tournament, in which everyone competes enthusiastically in hopes of winning the grand prize! Passionate contests break out not only among Benimaru and the men, but also among women like Shuna and Shion, and even Rimuru ends up joining in! This is a special episode in which all the citizens of Tempest come together for some fun.”
