News
Crunchyroll Streams English-Subtitled Promo Videos for Chio's School Road, Holmes of Kyoto
posted on by Karen Ressler
Crunchyroll began streaming English-subtitled promotional videos on Monday for the Chio's School Road and Holmes of Kyoto television anime series. (Note: The videos are region-locked in some territories.)
Crunchyroll will stream both stream both series as they air in Japan.
Chio's School Road will premiere on Tokyo MX on July 6 at 10:00 p.m., before airing later that evening on Gifu Broadcasting, Mie TV, and Sun TV. The show will later air on KBS Kyoto and BS11. The show will stream in Japan on Docomo's d Anime Store and AbemaTV services.
Takayuki Inagaki (Rosario + Vampire, First Love Monster) is directing the anime at diomedéa and supervising the series scripts. Mayuko Matsumoto (Kan Colle, Gingitsune, Handa-kun) is designing the characters.
The original "dramatic extreme going to school comedy" manga follows the titular female high school student Chio Miyamo, and her adventures to commute to school every day. Chio runs into problems both big and small, such as construction, a biker gang, a sudden urge to use the bathroom, and more.
Holmes of Kyoto (Holmes at Kyoto Teramachi Sanjō) will premiere on TV Tokyo and TV Osaka on July 9 late at night at 2:05 a.m. (effectively July 10), before airing later that evening on TV Aichi. The show will also air on BS Japan and AT-X.
Noriyoshi Sasaki (Ojisan to Marshmallow, My Wife is the Student Council President+!, King's Game The Animation) is directing the anime at Seven. Kenichi Yamashita (Ishida and Asakura, Actually, I Am…) is in charge of the series scripts. Yōsuke Itō (King's Game The Animation) is designing the characters, and also serves as the chief animation director.
The "light, antique mystery" series based on Mai Mochizuki's novel series revolves around a "spiteful," handsome Kyoto boy and a high school girl. The story is set at an antique shop in Kyoto's Teramachi Sanjō shopping district. High school girl Aoi Mashiro unexpectedly runs into Kiyotaka Yagashira, the son of the shop's owner, and ends up working part-time at the shop. Kiyotaka is called the "Holmes at Teramachi Sanjō," and he and Aoi solve odd cases brought to them by various clients.
