Anime Fans Visit Rome through Crunchyroll and Fuji Television
World Anime Channel Partners with Japan's Leading Commercial Broadcaster to Present RISTORANTE PARADISO
San Francisco, CA and Tokyo, Japan (April 8, 2009) —Crunchyroll and Fuji Television partner to bring the highly-anticipated shojo anime RISTORANTE PARADISO, based on acclaimed manga by Natsume Ono, to Crunchyroll. More information can be found at www.Crunchyroll.com/rispara.
RISTORANTE PARADISO, also known as Rispara, launches April 8, 2009 with a special two episode double-header event. As a special treat to fans, the first episode of the double header will be available to all visitors to Crunchyroll, while the second episode will only be available to Crunchyroll's Anime Members. To mark this launch event, special Crunchyland avatars will be available at the official RISTORANTE PARADISO group. Title will be available in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand and subtitled in English.
“We are very interested in the synergy with Crunchyroll's attentive, young female consumer,” states Fuji Television's producer of RISTORANTE PARADISO. “We are excited about how the online debut of RISTORANTE PARADISO fits with that market.”
“We are looking forward to delighting our fans with RISTORANTE PARADISO,” states Kun Gao, CEO and co-founder of Crunchyroll. “Our fans, especially our strong female base, demand only the best quality shows, and being allowed to offer a show from legendary producer Kōji Yamamoto should do well to please them.”
“It is an honor to be able to present our work to fans overseas the same day (simulcast) as Japan,” states Taito Okiura, CEO and co-founder of david production. “We believe it gives us an extra venue for exposure, profit and legitimate traffic, which potentially may become another major medium for the industry”
RISTORANTE PARADISO marks Fuji Television's first same-day release of an animation title overseas with its Japanese broadcast, continuing the three-party partnership between Fuji Television, Fuji Creative Corporation, and Crunchyroll. Each episode of RISTORANTE PARADISO will be available only to Crunchyroll's Anime Members within one hour of its Japanese broadcast, and will be available to the general public one week later.
Title Synopsis:
Italy, Rome
When she was a child, Nicoletta was taken in by her grandmother so that her mother could remarry. Now grown up, she leaves everything in the countryside behind to visit her mother and her mother's second husband, a ristorante owner. To her surprise, her stepfather did not know his wife had a daughter!
A ristorante she had previously visited, casetta dell'orso is hosted by a cast of dreamy, cool gentlemen who all happen to wear glasses. This curious restaurant's staff include cameriere (waiters) Claudio, Luciano, and Vito, GiGi the sommelier, and chefs Furio and Teo. Because women find the staff so enchanting, business is bustling and reservations are extremely hard to come by at this little Roman treasure.
Amongst all this, Nicoletta decides, on a whim, to work at the ristorante. Gradually, she begins to become interested in one of the gentlemen...
Delicious food and dreamy gentlemen await at the ristorante, casetta dell'orso. For everyone who works there, a tender connection to the hearts of each visitor is spun, and the curtain raises on a story about these first-rate Italian gentlemen in spectacles.
About Crunchyroll
Crunchyroll is an online video service and community that offers full-length episodes and movies of the very best in Japanese anime and Asian entertainment. Crunchyroll's content is provided by Asian media leaders including TV TOKYO, Shueisha, d-rights, Fuji Creative Corporation, Pony Canyon, Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation, Toei Animation, Gonzo, Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation America and many others.
Crunchyroll was founded in June 2006 and has offices in both San Francisco and Tokyo. Crunchyroll is a pioneer and innovator within the Japanese anime industry and the only video service in the world to offer hit programs like NARUTO SHIPPUDEN, GINTAMA and many others online to its subscribers within one hour of its Japanese broadcast. Crunchyroll is a member of the Association of Japanese Animations (AJA) and the Licensing International Merchandisers Association (LIMA) and is funded by leading venture capital firm, Venrock. More information can be found at its website http://www.Crunchyroll.com.
The statements made in this press release that are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements." These forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and assumptions that are subject to risks and uncertainties. The Company cautions readers of this press release that a number of important factors could cause Crunchyroll.com's actual future results to differ materially from those expressed in any such forward-looking statements. Such factors include, without limitation, product delays, industry competition, rapid changes in technology and industry standards, protection of proprietary rights, maintenance of relationships with key personnel, vendors and third-party developers, international economic and political conditions. The Company may change its intention, belief or expectation, at any time and without notice, based upon any changes in such factors, in the Company's assumptions or otherwise. The Company undertakes no obligation to release publicly any revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
San Francisco, CA and Tokyo, Japan (April 8, 2009) —Crunchyroll and Fuji Television partner to bring the highly-anticipated shojo anime RISTORANTE PARADISO, based on acclaimed manga by Natsume Ono, to Crunchyroll. More information can be found at www.Crunchyroll.com/rispara.
RISTORANTE PARADISO, also known as Rispara, launches April 8, 2009 with a special two episode double-header event. As a special treat to fans, the first episode of the double header will be available to all visitors to Crunchyroll, while the second episode will only be available to Crunchyroll's Anime Members. To mark this launch event, special Crunchyland avatars will be available at the official RISTORANTE PARADISO group. Title will be available in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand and subtitled in English.
“We are very interested in the synergy with Crunchyroll's attentive, young female consumer,” states Fuji Television's producer of RISTORANTE PARADISO. “We are excited about how the online debut of RISTORANTE PARADISO fits with that market.”
“We are looking forward to delighting our fans with RISTORANTE PARADISO,” states Kun Gao, CEO and co-founder of Crunchyroll. “Our fans, especially our strong female base, demand only the best quality shows, and being allowed to offer a show from legendary producer Kōji Yamamoto should do well to please them.”
“It is an honor to be able to present our work to fans overseas the same day (simulcast) as Japan,” states Taito Okiura, CEO and co-founder of david production. “We believe it gives us an extra venue for exposure, profit and legitimate traffic, which potentially may become another major medium for the industry”
RISTORANTE PARADISO marks Fuji Television's first same-day release of an animation title overseas with its Japanese broadcast, continuing the three-party partnership between Fuji Television, Fuji Creative Corporation, and Crunchyroll. Each episode of RISTORANTE PARADISO will be available only to Crunchyroll's Anime Members within one hour of its Japanese broadcast, and will be available to the general public one week later.
Title Synopsis:
Italy, Rome
When she was a child, Nicoletta was taken in by her grandmother so that her mother could remarry. Now grown up, she leaves everything in the countryside behind to visit her mother and her mother's second husband, a ristorante owner. To her surprise, her stepfather did not know his wife had a daughter!
A ristorante she had previously visited, casetta dell'orso is hosted by a cast of dreamy, cool gentlemen who all happen to wear glasses. This curious restaurant's staff include cameriere (waiters) Claudio, Luciano, and Vito, GiGi the sommelier, and chefs Furio and Teo. Because women find the staff so enchanting, business is bustling and reservations are extremely hard to come by at this little Roman treasure.
Amongst all this, Nicoletta decides, on a whim, to work at the ristorante. Gradually, she begins to become interested in one of the gentlemen...
Delicious food and dreamy gentlemen await at the ristorante, casetta dell'orso. For everyone who works there, a tender connection to the hearts of each visitor is spun, and the curtain raises on a story about these first-rate Italian gentlemen in spectacles.
About Crunchyroll
Crunchyroll is an online video service and community that offers full-length episodes and movies of the very best in Japanese anime and Asian entertainment. Crunchyroll's content is provided by Asian media leaders including TV TOKYO, Shueisha, d-rights, Fuji Creative Corporation, Pony Canyon, Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation, Toei Animation, Gonzo, Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation America and many others.
Crunchyroll was founded in June 2006 and has offices in both San Francisco and Tokyo. Crunchyroll is a pioneer and innovator within the Japanese anime industry and the only video service in the world to offer hit programs like NARUTO SHIPPUDEN, GINTAMA and many others online to its subscribers within one hour of its Japanese broadcast. Crunchyroll is a member of the Association of Japanese Animations (AJA) and the Licensing International Merchandisers Association (LIMA) and is funded by leading venture capital firm, Venrock. More information can be found at its website http://www.Crunchyroll.com.
The statements made in this press release that are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements." These forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and assumptions that are subject to risks and uncertainties. The Company cautions readers of this press release that a number of important factors could cause Crunchyroll.com's actual future results to differ materially from those expressed in any such forward-looking statements. Such factors include, without limitation, product delays, industry competition, rapid changes in technology and industry standards, protection of proprietary rights, maintenance of relationships with key personnel, vendors and third-party developers, international economic and political conditions. The Company may change its intention, belief or expectation, at any time and without notice, based upon any changes in such factors, in the Company's assumptions or otherwise. The Company undertakes no obligation to release publicly any revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
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