Crunchyroll announced the imminent start of Ani-May 2024, with many initiatives that will be held during the month of May. Thanks to many partnerships throughout Europe the company will put on sale some exclusive merchandise linked to some of his most beloved works such as Chainsaw Man, JUJUTSU KAISEN And SPY x FAMILY.
Furthermore, some selected retailers will give their buyers the opportunity to participate in a prize competition that will be up for grabs a weekend in Paris with VIP access to the JAPAN EXPO.
Let's find out all the details together thanks to the press release released by the company.
CRUNCHYROLL'S ANI-MAY® 2024 CELEBRATION BEGINS WITH A TONS OF GOODIES FOR ANIME FANS ON RETAIL, DIGITAL, AND STREAMING
Rome. (April 29, 2024) – Crunchyroll®, the world's premier anime platform, is preparing the celebrations for the second annual Ani-May with new activities in retail, digital and streaming. This includes, among other things, new and exclusive anime merchandising products and exclusive retail activations in Europe.
“The love and anticipation for anime continues to grow, and for Ani-May we are introducing a new line of clothing, home goods and more to allow fans to live authentically in their fandom,” said Anna Songco Adamian, Vice President, Global Consumer Products, Crunchyroll. “We have lined up an incredible array of international partners who, like us, care about offering fans a variety of ways to enjoy and show their love for their favorite films, series and characters.”
Throughout the month of May, fans can expect a variety of officially licensed merchandise from some of their favorite series! For fans of the spookier side of anime, dark fantasy merchandise will be available Black Butler. Fans of modern classics will appreciate the Anime Award® winner Chainsaw Manwhich focuses on Denji, a man with the heart of a devil, and the recent hit anime Leveling only, based on the Korean manhwa of the same name. Plus, it wouldn't be a true merch drop without products from JUJUTSU KAISENwinner of “Anime of the Year” at the 2024 Crunchyroll Anime Awards, an action-packed story of a high schooler who becomes a curse to end a curse, the popular coming-of-age sports Haikyu!!, or the humorous, action-packed series SPY x FAMILY. Plus, of course, there will be the highly anticipated sci-fi monster series Kaiju No. 8 and the highly successful shonen series My Hero Academia. But that is not all! Fans can expect to find tons of merchandise from a wide variety of anime across a number of retailers (from Abysse Corp, Bandai, Bioworld, Funko…).
In Europe, select Ani-May retailers will offer anime fans the opportunity to fully experience Crunchyroll style and win a prize “that money can't buy”: an amazing weekend in Paris with VIP access to the Japan Expo. The full list of Ani-May partners for Europe includes:
- Games Academy / Funside in Italy it will activate 50 stores and its online community with other surprises available on its app.
- HMV will make 120 stores and tons of anime merchandise available to fans in the UK, Ireland and Belgium. May will also see the exclusive early release of a number of home entertainment products, including Mob Psycho Season 3 on DVD, Blu-ray and Limited Edition, KONOSUBA – An Explosion in This Wonderful World!, Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out! – Season 1 Blu-ray, Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out! – Season 2 Blu-ray and Limited Edition, as well as a wide range of catalog titles on promotion…
- Culture will communicate its anime and manga offers throughout the month with specially dedicated areas in 105 stores across France.
- The English Court will invite the Spanish nerd community to come into the store to discover a wide selection of anime products in 8 stores.
- Thalia iin Germany and Austria will focus on manga, exclusive merchandise and Home Entertainment offers for JUJUTSU KAISEN, Kaiju No.8, SPY x FAMILY, Chainsaw Man, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba And Hell's Paradise in 200 stores.
- Gamestop In 70 participating stores, Germany will offer an exclusive Iron-on to all customers who purchase more than 2 Crunchyroll items during Ani-May.
- MediaSaturn will bring German fans manga, exclusive merchandise and home entertainment for JUJUTSU KAISEN, SPY x FAMILY and Chainsaw Man in 400 points of sale.
- Mueller will offer Crunchyroll's entire manga catalog to fans in Germany and Austria for the first time, including JUJUTSU KAISEN, SPY x FAMILY, BLUE LOCK, Choujin and many others.
- Hugendubel will feature exclusive Crunchyroll merchandise in 30 stores in Germany for the titles JUJUTSU KAISEN, SPY x FAMILY And Chainsaw Man.
- XS Toys (by Anvol), in Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia it will participate in 25 selected stores. The Baltic's leading toy retailer will have a special selection of plush toys, figures and collectibles from Crunchyroll titles.
To continue the Ani-May celebrations, starting May 1st and running through the end of the month, Crunchyroll is making 20 hit series available to watch for free with ads. These series include many of Ani-May's featured titles, including Chainsaw Man, Haikyu!! And Leveling onlythe science-based adventure title Dr. STONEthe emotionally profound Frieren: Beyond Journey's Endthe romantic comedy Rent-a-Girlfriend and the Viking epic VINLAND SAGA, critically acclaimed. Regional restrictions may apply,
Of course, fans can also celebrate anime all year round with a Crunchyroll subscriptionwhich grants access to the largest streaming anime library in the world, with 46,000 episodes, 1,300 unique titles and 24,000 hours of content, available dubbed and subtitled worldwide in more than 12 languages.
Source: Crunchyroll
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