UK and Ireland Anime fans will have brand new way to stream Anime films as of the 25th of May, via Screen Anime brought to you by Anime Limited. Screen Anime however will be very different to both Funimation and Cruchyroll with a focus more on films rather than series. The distributor Anime Ltd refers to it as an online film festival, that will offer its members a variety of films and at least one series each and every month. There will also be watch along parties for chosen films on twitter using the hash tag #ScreenAnimeParty, the first of which will be Thursday the 28th May at 7:30pm BST.
Like many sites these days, it will be offering two levels of membership, the first is your basic once a month pass costing £3.98 per month, that will give the subscriber access to all films each and every month. There will also be an option to purchase a yearly festival pass, which will cost £39.98 and will save the customer £7.78 approx. the cost of 2 months. This festival pass will also have additional benefits such as a physical membership card, that will offer you discounts at the Anime Ltd online store, as well as future conventions and more yet to be announced.
Although the first series is yet to be announced however the first 4 films have been, they are;
Film: Promare
Certificate: 12
Studio: Trigger XFLAG
Director: Hiroyuki Imaishi
Synopsis: A terrorist group calling themselves Mad Burnish has been causing havoc all over the nation. After an encounter with Mad Burnish leader Lio Fotia, Galo sets out on his fated journey to find the truth about these mutants, ultimately leading him to question everything he previously held to be true.
Film: Penguin Highway
Certificate: 12
Studio: Colorido
Director: Hiroyasu Ishida
Synopsis: Fourth-grader, Aoyama-kun, investigates the mysterious reason behind the sudden appearance of penguin in his village, which is somehow related to a power from a young woman working at a dental clinic.
Film: Patema Inverted
Certificate: PG
Studio: Rikka
Director: Yasuhiro Yoshiura
Synopsis: Patema is a plucky young girl from an underground civilization boasting an incredible network of tunnels. Inspired by a friend that mysteriously went missing, she is often reprimanded due to her constant excursions of these tunnels due to her royal status. After she enters what is known as the "forbidden zone," she accidentally falls into a giant bottomless pit after being startled by a strange creature. Finding herself on the surface, a world literally turned upside down, she begins falling towards the sky only to be saved by Age, a discontented student of the totalitarian nation known as Aiga.
Film: Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise
Certificate: 15
Studio: Gainax
Director: Hiroyuki Yamaga
Synopsis: Surrounded by a cynical public and corrupt, manipulative State leaders, the Royal Space Force (RSF) is largely viewed as a joke as well as a waste of precious money and resources. After a chance meeting with a young, empathetic woman encourages cadet Shiro Lhadatt to become the first man in space, the RSF cadets and a team of aging scientists rush to complete their epic launch before the military uses their space program as bait to start an all-out war.
All 4 of these films will be available until 21st of June, at which point new films will be added, Screen Anime will be accessible through your web browser, there will be three day trial when you sign up. It will be available as an app for TVos, iOS, Android and Amazon in the coming months.
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