This is probably the first season where the UK & Ireland nearly got every single anime simulcast without any silly region restrictions. Granted we did lose out on two major shows but overall this was a strong season plus we are even introduced to Funimation's new UK service which is a bonus.
Here's a list of all of the titles made available for UK & Ireland legal streaming from March to June 2016.
Crunchyroll
Crunchyroll is still the main service to go if you live outside North America and they did a really good job for picking up a lot of the shows this season. Pretty much every major show that Funimation haven't licensed ended up with Crunchyroll.
The following titles available for simulcast include:
- Ace Attorney (Gyakuten Saiban: Sono "Shinjitsu", Igi Ari!)
- Anne Happy♪
- The Asterisk War: The Academy City on the Water (Gakusen Toshi Asterisk) 2nd Season
- Bakuon!!
- Big Order
- Bono Bono
- Brotherhood: Final Fantasy XV
- Bungo Stray Dogs
- Cardfight!! Vanguard G: Stride Gate-hen
- Cerberus (Seisen Cerberus: Ryuukoku no Fatalités)
- Crane Game Girls (Bishoujo Yuugi Unit Crane Game Girls)
- Flying Witch
- Future Card Buddyfight Triple D
- High School Fleet
- Hundred
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable (JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken: Diamond wa Kudakenai)
- Joker Game
- Kagewani -II- (Kagewani: Shou)
- Kiznaiver
- The Lost Village (Mayoiga)
- Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn RE:0096
- Mysterious Joker (Kaitou Joker) 3rd Season
- Pan de Peace!
- Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- (Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu)
- Rin-ne 2nd Season
- Shonen Ashibe GO! GO! Goma-chan
- Space Patrol Luluco (Uchuu Patrol Luluco)
- Super Lovers
- Tanaka-Kun is Always Listless (Tanaka-kun wa Itsumo Kedaruge)
- Terra Formars Revenge
- Tonkatsu DJ Agetarou
- Twin Star Exorcists (Sousei no Onmyouji)
- Usakame
- Ushio and Tora (Ushio to Tora) 2nd Season
- Wagamama High Spec
The following catalogue titles made available include:
- Encouragement of Climb Season 1
- GOD EATER [Episodes 10-13]
- Lupin the Third Part IV OVAs
- Miss Machiko
The following titles delisted:
- Bodacious Space Pirates (Mouretsu Pirates) | Expired June 23rd
- Dusk Maiden of Amnesia (Tasogare Otome x Amnesia) | Expired June 23rd
- Hakuoki ~ Demon of the Fleeting Blossom Season 3 (Hakuouki Reimeiroku) | Expired June 23rd
- Inu X Boku Secret Service | Expired June 23rd
- Mysterious Girlfriend X (Nazo no Kanojo X) | Expired June 23rd
- Queen's Blade Rebellion | Expired June 23rd
- Sunday Without God (Kamisama no Inai Nichiyoubi) | Expired June 23rd
- Tsuritama | Expired June 23rd
In terms of simulcasts we missed out on two shows and those two came from Crunchyroll; Haven's You Heard? I'm Sakamoto and Sailor Moon Crystal Season III. The latter was due to Toei Animation's incompetence for not supporting any other regions besides America and Australia. The former however was due to Manga Animatsu, which Jerome acquired the rights from TBS but refused the offer Crunchyroll provided to make the stream UK & Ireland accessible.
Daisuki
Daisuki slowed down a bit for this season with some continuations and an Aniplex title.
The following titles available for simulcast include:
- The Asterisk War: The Academy City on the Water (Gakusen Toshi Asterisk) 2nd Season
- Cardfight!! Vanguard G: Stride Gate-hen
- Concrete Revoluto: The Last Song (Concrete Revolutio: Choujin Gensou - The Last Song)
- High School Fleet
- Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn RE:0096
The following titles delisted:
- Gunslinger Stratos: The Animation
Funimation
And here we are, with the introduction of Funimation Now. The bad news is that the site is still in construction and as a result we get the 'Beta' version rather than the final product but it's doable for now. The good news is that the catalogue is huge, bigger than Animax and Viewster's but smaller than Crunchyroll. At least the prices are cheaper however.
The following titles available for simulcast include:
- And you thought there is never a girl online? (Netoge no Yome wa Onnanoko ja Nai to Omotta?)
- Concrete Revoluto: The Last Song (Concrete Revolutio: Choujin Gensou - The Last Song)
- Endride
- High School Fleet
- Kumamiko: Girl Meets Bear
- My Hero Academia (Boku no Hero Academia)
- Shonen Maid
- Three Leaves, Three Colors (Sansha Sanyou)
The following catalogue titles made available include:
- Absolute Duo
- Aesthetica of a Rogue Hero (Hagure Yuusha no Aesthetica)
- Ah! My Goddess: Flights of Fancy (Aa! Megami-sama!: Sorezore no Tsubasa)
- Air Gear
- Aquarion Logos
- Aria the Scarlet Ammo (Hidan no Aria)
- Aria the Scarlet Ammo Double A (Hidan no Aria AA)
- Assassination Classroom (Ansatsu Kyoushitsu) [Seasons 1 & 2]
- Attack on Titan (Shingeki no Kyojin)
- Attack on Titan: Junior High (Shingeki! Kyojin Chuugakkou)
- Baka & Test: Summon the Beasts (Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu) [Seasons 1 & 2]
- Baldr Force EXE (Baldr Force Exe Resolution)
- Bamboo Blade
- Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad
- Ben-To
- Big Windup! (Ookiku Furikabutte) [Season 1]
- Bikini Warriors
- Birdy the Mighty Decode (Tetsuwan Birdy Decode)
- Black Blood Brothers
- Blessing of the Campanella (Shukufuku no Campanella)
- Blood Blockade Battlefront (Kekkai Sensen)
- Blue Gender
- Blue Gender: The Warrior
- C³: CubexCursedxCurious
- Cat Planet Cuties (Asobi ni Iku yo!)
- Chaos Dragon (Chaos Dragon: Sekiryuu Sen'eki)
- Chobits
- Code:Breaker
- Concrete Revoluto (Concrete Revolutio: Choujin Gensou)
- Corpse Princess (Shikabane Hime)
- Coyote Ragtime Show
- Cute High Earth Defence Club Love! (Binan Koukou Chikyuu Bouei-bu Love!)
- D-Frag! (D-Fragments)
- D.Gray-man [Episodes 1-51]
- Dagashi Kashi
- Dance in the Vampire Bund
- Dance With Devils
- Danganronpa the Animation (Danganronpa: Kibou no Gakuen to Zetsubou no Koukousei The Animation)
- Death Parade
- The Devil is a Part-Timer! (Hataraku Maou-sama!)
- Devil May Cry: The Animated Series
- Dimension W
- Divine Gate
- Doamyger-D
- Dragonar Academy (Seikoku no Dragonar)
- Eden of the East (Higashi no Eden)
- Eden of the East: Air Communication (Higashi no Eden Soushuuhen: Air Communication)
- Eden of the East: The King of Eden (Higashi no Eden: The King of Eden)
- Eden of the East: Paradise Lost (Higashi no Eden: Paradise Lost)
- El Cazador de la Bruja
- Eureka Seven: Astral Ocean
- Fafner: Dead Aggressor
- Fafner: Dead Aggressor: Heaven and Earth
- Fairy Tail
- Fairy Tail [2014]
- Fairy Tail Zero
- Fairy Tail: Phoenix Priestess
- Freezing
- Freezing
- Freezing Vibration
- Fruits Basket
- The Galaxy Railways (Ginga Tetsudou Monogatari) [Season 1]
- Gangsta.
- Garo: Crimson Moon (Garo: Guren no Tsuki)
- Ghost Hunt
- Ghost in the Shell: Arise
- Ghost in the Shell: Arise Alternative Architecture
- Gonna be the Twin-Tail!! (Ore, Twintails ni Narimasu.)
- Good Luck Girl! (Binbougami ga!)
- Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash (Hai to Gensou no Grimgar)
- Guilty Crown
- Gunslinger Girl
- Gunslinger Girl: Il Teatrino
- Guyver: The Bioboosted Armor (Kyoushoku Soukou Guyver [2005])
- Haganai: I Don't Have Many Friends (Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai)
- Haganai: I Don't Have Many Friends NEXT (Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai NEXT)
- Haruchika: Haruta & Chika (Haruchika: Haruta to Chika wa Seishun Suru)
- Heaven's Lost Property: Forte (Sora no Otoshimono: Forte)
- Heavy Object
- Hellsing Ultimate [Episodes 5-10]
- Hero Tales (Jyuushin Enbu: Hero Tales)
- Heroic Age
- Hetalia Axis Powers
- Hetalia Axis Powers: Paint it, White
- Hetalia World Series
- Hetalia: The Beautiful World
- Hetalia: The World Twinkle
- High School DxD
- High School DxD BorN
- High School DxD New
- Ikki Tousen
- Ikki Tousen: Great Guardians
- Ikki Tousen: Xtreme Xecutor
- In Search Of The Lost Future (Ushinawareta Mirai wo Motomete)
- Inari Kon Kon (Inari, Konkon, Koi Iroha.)
- Initial D: 1st Stage
- Initial D: 2nd Stage
- Initial D: 3rd Stage
- Initial D: 4th Stage
- Jormungand
- Jormungand: Perfect Order
- Junjo Romantica 3
- Jyu-Oh-Sei
- Kanon [2006]
- Karneval
- Kiddy Grade
- Kurau Phantom Memory
- Laughing Under the Clouds (Donten ni Warau)
- Le Chevalier D'Eon
- The Legend of the Legendary Heroes (Densetsu no Yuusha no Densetsu)
- Level E
- Luck & Logic
- Magikano
- Master of Martial Hearts (Zettai Shougeki: Platonic Heart)
- Mikagura School Suite (Mikagura Gakuen Kumikyoku)
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans (Kidou Senshi Gundam: Tekketsu no Orphans)
- Moon Phase (Tsukuyomi: Moon Phase)
- Murder Princess
- Mushi-Shi [Season 1]
- My Bride is a Mermaid (Seto no Hanayome)
- Nabari no Ou
- Negima!
- Negima!? Magister Negi Magi
- Ninja Slayer From Animation
- No-Rin (Nourin)
- Noragami
- Noragami Aragoto
- Okami-san and Her Seven Companions (Ookami-san to Shichinin no Nakama-tachi)
- OniAi (Oniichan dakedo Ai Sae Areba Kankeinai yo ne!)
- Ouran High School Host Club (Ouran Koukou Host Club)
- Overlord
- Pandora in the Crimson Shell: Ghost Urn (Koukaku no Pandora)
- Pani Poni Dash!
- Peach Girl
- Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom
- Prince of Stride: Alternative
- Prison School
- Project Blue Earth SOS (Project BLUE Chikyuu SOS)
- Psycho Pass Extended Edition
- Psycho Pass 2
- Puchimas!: Petit iDOLM@STER [Seasons 1 & 2]
- Pumpkin Scissors
- Rage of Bahamut: Genesis (Shingeki no Bahamut: Genesis)
- Rainbow Days (Nijiiro Days)
- Rainy Cocoa (Ame-iro Cocoa) [Seasons 1 & 2]
- Rampo Kitan: Game of Laplace
- Red Garden
- RideBack
- Robotics;Notes
- Rumbling Hearts (Kimi ga Nozomu Eien)
- The Sacred Blacksmith (Seiken no Blacksmith)
- Samurai Warriors (Sengoku Musou)
- Samurai Warriors: Legend of the Sanada (Sengoku Musou SP: Sanada no Shou)
- Sands of Destruction (World Destruction: Sekai Bokumetsu no Rokunin)
- Sankarea
- Sasami Magical Girls Club (Sasami: Mahou Shoujo Club)
- Save Me! Lollipop (Mamotte! Lollipop)
- School Rumble
- School Rumble 2nd Semester (School Rumble Ni Gakki)
- Seiyu's Life! (Sore ga Seiyuu!)
- Sekirei
- Sekirei: Pure Engagement
- Selector Spread WIXOSS
- Sengoku Basara: End of Judgement (Sengoku Basara: Judge End)
- Sengoku Basara: Samurai Kings [Seasons 1 & 2]
- Sengoku Basara: The Last Party
- Senran Kagura: Ninja Flash!
- Shattered Angels (Kyoushirou to Towa no Sora)
- Shigurui: Death Frenzy
- Shiki
- SHIMONETA: A Boring World Where the Concept of Dirty Jokes Doesn't Exist (Shimoneta to Iu Gainen ga Sonzai Shinai Taikutsu na Sekai)
- Shomin Sample (Ore ga Ojousama Gakkou ni "Shomin Sample" Toshite Gets♥Sareta Ken)
- Shonen Hollywood -Holly Stage for 49- [Seasons 1 & 2]
- Show By Rock!!
- Shuffle!
- Sky Wizards Academy (Kuusen Madoushi Kouhosei no Kyoukan)
- Snow White with the Red Hair [Seasons 1 & 2]
- Starmyu
- Strike Witches [Seasons 1 & 2]
- Suzuka
- Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike
- Tenchi Muyo! GXP
- Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki
- Tenchi Muyo! War on Geminar (Isekai no Seikishi Monogatari)
- Tokyo Majin (Tokyo Majin Gakuen Kenpucho)
- Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle: Spring Thunder Chronicle
- Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle: Tokyo Revelations
- UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie (UFO Princess Valkyrie) [Seasons 3 & 4]
- Ultimate Otaku Teacher (Denpa Kyoushi)
- Unbreakable Machine Doll (Machine-Doll wa Kizutsukanai)
- Utawarerumono [Season 1]
- Valkyrie Drive: Mermaid
- Venus Project: Climax
- Venus Versus Virus
- We Without Wings - Under the Innocent Sky. (Oretachi ni Tsubasa wa Nai: Under the Innocent Sky.)
- Welcome to the NHK (NHK ni Youkoso!)
- xxxHolic [Season 1]
- Yatterman Night (Yoru no Yatterman)
- Yona of the Dawn (Akatsuki no Yona)
- Yu Yu Hakusho [Seasons 1-4]
- Yurikuma Arashi
Most of the catalogue turned up at Day 1 with a few added later on. The shows that got added later on were C3, High School DxD, No-Rin and Tenchi Muyo!'s GXP & War on Geminar. I do think more catalogue titles will be added but it just depends on whether Funimation are saving them until America gets the full list or just holding on to them for no reason.
Viewster
Once again Viewster has been rather quiet. They provided a few more catalogue titles.
The following titles available for simulcast include:
- Onigirl
The following catalogue titles made available include:
- Another
- At The Mercy of The Sky (Sora no Manimani)
- Meine Liebe
The following titles delisted:
- DD Fist of the North Star (DD Hokuto no Ken [2013]) | Expired April 8th
- Gundam Reconguista in G | Expired April 8th
- La corda d'oro ~Blue Sky~ (Kiniro no Corda: Blue♪Sky) | Expired April 8th
- Naruto Shippuden | Expired April 8th
- The World is Still Beautiful (Soredemo Sekai wa Utsukushii) | Expired April 8th
A lot of the older titles got delisted but some of these are still available in other regions.
Animax UK
LOL, that's all I gotta say.
The following titles available for simulcast include:
- High School Fleet
The following titles delisted:
- Bakuman | Expired April 23rd
- Beyond the Boundary (Kyoukai no Kanata) | Expired April 23rd
- Busou Shinki: Armored War Goddess | Expired April 23rd
- C: The Money of Soul and Possibility Control | Expired April 23rd
- Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion (Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch) | Expired April 23rd
- Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 (Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch R2) | Expired April 23rd
- Date A Live | Expired April 23rd
- Date A Live II | Expired April 23rd
- Hidamari Sketch x Honeycomb | Expired April 23rd
- The Kawai Complex Guide to Manors and Hostel Behaviour! (Bokura wa Minna Kawaisou) | Expired April 23rd
- Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions! (Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!) | Expired April 23rd
- Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions! Heart Throb (Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai! Ren) | Expired April 23rd
- Maoyu (Maoyuu Maou Yuusha) | Expired April 23rd
- Mekakucity Actors | Expired April 23rd
- My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU Too! (Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru.) | Expired April 23rd
- One Punch Man | Expired April 23rd
- Princess Jellyfish (Kuragehime) | Expired April 23rd
- Problem Children Are Coming From Another World, Aren't They? (Mondaiji-tachi ga Isekai kara Kuru Sou Desu yo?) | Expired April 23rd
- Rail Wars | Expired April 23rd
- Red Data Girl (RDG: Red Data Girl) | Expired April 23rd
- Sasami-san@Ganbarani | Expired April 23rd
- Student Council's Discretion Lv. 2 (Seitokai no Ichizon Lv. 2) | Expired April 23rd
- Tamako Market | Expired April 23rd
- Vampire Knight | Expired June 6th
The Anime Network
Sentai Filmworks managed to add a few more titles for the UK & Ireland.
The following titles available for simulcast include:
- Bakuon!!
- Onigirl
- Tanaka-Kun is Always Listless (Tanaka-kun wa Itsumo Kedaruge)
Netflix
Netflix have added some more catalogue additions plus the inclusion of another Netflix Anime Original.
The following catalogue titles made available include:
- Ajin: Demi-Human
- Cyborg 009 vs Devilman
- Durarara!! [Season 1]
- Gurren Lagann
- Kill la Kill
- Pokémon XY
- Pokémon the Movie: Hoopa and the Clash of Ages
- Yu-Gi-Oh! Bonds Beyond Time
- Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal
The following titles delisted:
- Arpeggio of Blue Steel: Ars Nova | Expired April 14th
- Death Note | Expired June 30th
- My Little Monster | Expired April 14th
- The Troubled Life of Miss Kotoura | Expired April 14th
- Vampire Knight | Expired June 30th
- Vexille | Expired April 14th
Amazon Prime
Now for the last major platform. Amazon have made an exclusive deal with NoitaminA to simulcast/stream some of their new titles up until 2017.
The following titles available for simulcast include:
- Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress (Koutetsujou no Kabaneri)
So yeah, that's a lot of titles added for the UK & Ireland in a span of a few months. Netflix have three more anime titles coming to their UK service in July (two of which are Netflix Anime Originals) while Anime Limited have confirmed their titles will be coming to Crunchyroll and Netflix in the future.
My thoughts on some of the Spring 2016 shows I saw
This season I managed to watch about 6-7 shows which is higher than the usual. Just going to give out some quick thoughts on each one.
And you thought there is never a girl online? (Netoge no Yome wa Onnanoko ja Nai to Omotta?)
This show turned out to be a lot better than I expected. Sure it's a harem-ish fanservicey show but I really enjoyed the story arcs, characters and the humour it provided. Not for everyone but it's a solid anime overall. The main female lead is also added to Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax Ignition's post content as a playable character.
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable (JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken: Diamond wa Kudakenai)
This fourth part to the JoJo franchise is awesome. Sure they changed the art style again but it works surprisingly well. Josuke & co. are very likeable characters and the musical references are now everywhere! Well if you're watching this on Crunchyroll you'll notice the translation is different due to copyright reasons but it's not a main issue. The show is still on-going (as it's 39 episodes) but what has been shown so far has been great. The opening song is catchy and cool.
Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress (Koutetsujou no Kabaneri)
While I've only seen the first eight episodes at the time of this writing, I was very surprised by how this series has turned out. The concept, and the people behind the anime are essentially the same as Attack on Titan but with a different mix to it. The first seven episodes were very good and I love the artstyle that's been used because it's gorgeous to look at. The music is the same as usual for the composer but it has some standout tracks. Now I heard Episode 8 onwards derails the show a lot so I hope it doesn't crash and burns because what I saw was worth picking up on Blu-ray if it ever happens.
The Lost Village (Mayoiga)
This caught my eye due to the weird responses people were getting after watching the first few episodes so I decided to check it out myself. The best way to describe this series is - ehh? It's not a bad thing to say but this is just.. weird and random. It's hard to explain because a lot of weird development occurs in each episode and its humour is random. The CGI is awful I'll admit that but the show overall is average at best. Not bad but not good either.
My Hero Academia (Boku no Hero Academia)
Despite being very cliche and predictable I had a lot of fun watching this series. I knew there was hype built into this series by manga fans but it paid off and I cannot wait for what Season 2 has to offer. Bones did a great job on this series and the main character is solid. All Might is awesome especially with his Engrish. Wasn't a fan of the use of flashbacks in some scenes but that's to be expected with shonen shows.
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- (Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu)
I originally intended on skipping this show because at first glance on the PV poster I figured it wouldn't be any good at all but after going through the series, this is my favourite in this season. This show does have some cliche'd tropes placed every now and then, and you can tell it's a harem of sorts, but the rest of it is great! Heck it's the story that keeps me invested in watching more and more of the series. The show is animated by White Fox and their record is mostly faithful adaptations (Akame ga Kill! was the only one that didn't turn out well due to lack of material) so I hope it stays strong to the second-cour.
Terra Formars Revenge
And now we have the weakest and most disappointing show of the season. Terra Formars Season 1 was flawed but still had a lot of fun to it thanks to the over-the-top violence and gore. This season not only changed the artstyle but also toned down everything, essentially making it a typical shonen series instead of a seinen. Now the good news is that the story is still solid, it adapts pretty well and ends on a better note than Season 1 did (which ended in the middle of an arc). The new show even added comedic moments which honestly did not work with this show and the OP/ED is very mixed bag (but I liked the second OP called 'The Planet/Hell' I think).
That's it for this season. WE HAVE BERSERK IN JULY! OH SNAP.
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