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Funimation to Stream Dimension W, Grimgar, Pandora, Divine Gate, Prince of Stride, Dagashikashi With Dub

North American distributor Funimation announced on Monday that it will stream the following anime:

• Dimension W
• Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash
• Pandora in the Crimson Shell
• Divine Gate
• Assassination Classroom Season 2
• Prince of Stride: Alternative
• Fairy Tail Zero
• DAGASHIKASHI
• Luck & Logic
• ERASED
• Haruchika – Haruta & Chika

Funimation will offer Dimension W, Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash, Pandora in the Crimson Shell, Divine Gate, Assassination Classroom Season 2, Prince of Stride: Alternative, Fairy Tail Zero, and DAGASHIKASHI with both English subtitles and an English broadcast dub. Funimation will offer Luck & Logic, ERASED, and Haruchika – Haruta & Chika with English subtitles only.

Funimation also confirmed that it will continue its streaming of Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans.

Funimation is on the production committee for the Dimension W anime series, and it describes the story:

In the year 2071, the world's energy problems seem solved by a network of cross-dimensional electric-field inductors- “coils” -that extract energy from a seemingly infinite source. That source is the W dimension, a fourth plane that exists beyond the X, Y, and Z dimensions. In this world, unofficial “illegal” coils harness powers that the police can't hope to counter. Dealing with these coils is the job of coil-hating repo man Kyoma, whose run-in with the unique coil android Mira leads the two to form a reluctant partnership.

The series will premiere on January 10. Funimation will offer the series in both Japanese audio with English subtitles, and with an English broadcast dub.

The series is based on Kuroko's Basketball) will perform the ending theme song "Contrast."

publishing the manga in North America next year.

Funimation describes the Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash anime series:

From Sword Art Online: When Haruhiro awakens, he's in the dark surrounded by people who have no memory of where they came from or how they got there. As the darkness fades, a fantastic new world called “Grimgar” appears before them and their adventure begins—but first, they'll have to choose their guild, class, and special abilities.

The series will premiere on January 10. Funimation will offer the series in both Japanese audio with English subtitles, and with an English broadcast dub.

The series is based on Aya Hida is editing.

Funimation describes Pandora in the Crimson Shell:

From Shirow Masamune, the creator of Appleseed, comes the story of two cybernetically enhanced girls fighting to save their home. A super-powered terrorist has threatened the island of Cenancle. To fight him off, Nene Nanakorobi, a cybernetic girl-next-door, will have to team up with famous inventor Delilah Uzal and her adorably grumpy cyborg assistant, Clarion.

The series will premiere on January 8. Funimation will offer the series in both Japanese audio with English subtitles, and with an English broadcast dub.

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publishing the manga in English, and it will publish the third English volume on January 12.

Funimation describes the Divine Gate anime series:

After the Divine Gate opened, our world and the worlds beyond became connected, bringing an era of chaos. To restore order, the World Council was formed and the Divine Gate fell into legend. Now, a select few have gathered to attempt to reach the Gate and remake the world. But what will they find when they open the door?

The series will premiere on January 8. Funimation will offer the series in both Japanese audio with English subtitles, and with an English broadcast dub.

The series is based on contributing the ending theme song "Contrust."

Funimation describes the second season of the Assassination Classroom anime series:

Class 3E is about to begin their second semester! And while some things have changed, the class assignment is still the same: kill their teacher before the end of the year! Easier said than done since Koro Sensei's made it clear he won't go down without a fight. Will these students be able to take down the tentacled monster that moves at Mach 20 before he can destroy the world?

The series will premiere on January 7. Funimation will offer the series in both Japanese audio with English subtitles, and with an English broadcast dub.

The series is based on School Days) is writing the scripts.

The first 22-episode season of the Assassination Classroom anime based on Yūsei Matsui's manga of the same name premiered in Japan on earlier this year on January 9. Funimation streamed the series as it aired.

Funimation describes the Prince of Stride: Alternative anime series:

From NANA and her classmate, Takeru, are desperate to resurrect their school's Stride Club, but will they be able to get the prickly Riku, who insists he hates Stride, to the team?

The series will premiere on January 5. Funimation will offer the series in both Japanese audio with English subtitles, and with an English broadcast dub.

The anime series is based on Toshiyuki Toyonaga.

Funimation describes the Fairy Tail Zero prequel anime series:

This prequel series depicts the founding of the Fairy Tail guild. Many years ago, Mavis Vermilion was a servant on Sirius Island, mistreated by a guild master and his daughter, Zera. But Mavis stayed positive, because her mother once told her that fairies never visit people who cry about their problems. When the guild came under attack, Mavis pulled Zera from the wreckage into the forest. Seven years went by, and the powerful wizards Warrod Sequen, Precht, and Yuri Dreyer arrived on the island, seeking a powerful jade gemstone. This journey would change the course of magical history.Note: You read that right, Fairy Tail is getting a Broadcast Dub! Beginning with Fairy Tail Zero this season, fans of the series will be able to enjoy English dubbed episodes just a few weeks after the simulcast airs on the FUNimation Streaming Service.

The series will premiere in January. Funimation will offer the series in both Japanese audio with English subtitles, and with an English broadcast dub.

The series is based on releasing new chapters online as they come out in Japan.

Funimation describes the DAGASHIKASHI anime series:

Kokonotsu “Coconuts” Shikada dreams of becoming a famous manga artist. The only problem—he's terrible. His real talent is selling the complex and delicious snacks in his father's “dagashi” shop. He never thought much about the family business until the trendy, eccentric Hotaru showed up. As a lover of “dagashi,” she can't let his talent go to waste and decides she won't stop 'til she's sold him on sweets.

The series will premiere on January 7. Funimation will offer the series in both Japanese audio with English subtitles, and with an English broadcast dub.

The series is based on Michi is performing the opening theme song "Checkmate!?"

Funimation describes the Luck & Logic anime series:

After losing a war in their home world Tetraheaven, the Gods appeared in the human world seeking refuge. To protect the citizens from the otherworldly beings, the government began employing Logicalists—a special police force with the power to enter trances with Goddesses. In these trance forms humans and Goddesses can combine their power and fight against those looking to disturb the peace.

The series will premiere on January 7. Funimation will offer the series in Japanese audio with English subtitles.

The series is based on Celestial Method) will compose the music.

Emi Nitta will perform the ending theme "Meiyaku no Kanata."

Funimation describes the ERASED (Boku dake ga Inai Machi) television anime series:

Satoru Fujinuma is a reclusive part-timer with no plans for the future. What sets him apart from the other slackers in his town is an involuntary time travel ability that allows him to jump back several seconds in time in order to prevent accidents and even deaths. As incidents around town begin reminding Satoru of a childhood trauma he'd sooner forget, he finally begins to question what caused his ability to surface and whether or not it's powerful enough to change the past.

The series will premiere on January 7. Funimation will offer the series in Japanese audio with English subtitles.

The anime is based on Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Sword Art Online) is composing the music.

Funimation describes the Haruchika – Haruta & Chika anime series:

Things look bleak for the school's Wind Instrument Club until childhood friends Haruta and Chika step in to save the day. When they aren't practicing to perfect their own playing, they're working hard to save the club by recruiting new . After a series of mysteries shock the school, they'll have to add junior detectives to their already impressive resumes.

The series will premiere on January 6. Funimation will offer the series in Japanese audio with English subtitles.

The series is based on Lantis.

The band ChouCho will perform the ending theme "Kūsō Traingle" (Imaginary Triangle).