For a Limited Time Starting on Black Friday: Crunchyroll Provides the Best Gift for Anime Fans this Holiday Season

New Crunchyroll Anime Members Receive $20.00 Cash Back With a Three (3) or Twelve (12) Month Membership Purchase

San Francisco, CA and Tokyo, Japan (November 24, 2009) - Get yourself the best gift that you can enjoy all year long starting on Friday, November 27, 2009 (12:01 am Pacific Time) NEW Crunchyroll Anime Members who purchase either a three (3) or twelve (12) month membership package via Paypal will receive $20.00 cash back to their accounts. More information can be found on this limited time offer at http://www.crunchyroll.com/promo.

With twenty (20) simulcast titles and hundreds of other cataloged Anime titles, Anime fans will live it up for the holidays as Crunchyroll, the number one online destination for Anime and Asian entertainment, has the most complete and up to date online simulcast slate for fans that don't want to either wait several months or miss out completely on the latest titles from Japan being licensed locally. Crunchyroll's Fall 2009 lineup includes:

11 EYES
ASURA CRYIN
BEAST PLAYER ERIN
FAIRY TAIL
GINTAMA
HANASAKERU SEISHONEN
KAASAN-MOMS LIFE
MIRACLE TRAIN
NATSU NO ARASHI!
NARUTO SHIPPUDEN
NOGIZAKA HARUKA NO HIMITSU ­ PUREZZA
­ REBORN!
SASAMEKI KOTO
SHIN KOIHIME MUSOU
SHUGO CHARA
SORA NO OTOSHIMONO
TEGAMI BACHI: LETTER BEE
THE BOOK OF BANTORRA
WHITE ALBUM
YUMEIRO PATISSIERE

All fans can enjoy all content on the site for free, but Crunchyroll Anime Member benefits include higher quality streams of all shows (in some cases at 720p High Definition Video) with no advertisement and early access to all simulcast shows as early as one (1) hour after their Japan Broadcast. The Crunchyroll Anime Membership costs as little as $5 a month and goes directly towards supporting Japan Animation companies. More information, including a two week free trial membership can be found at http://www.crunchyroll.com/freetrial.

About Crunchyroll
Crunchyroll is the largest online community and video site for the very best in Japanese Anime and Dramas from Asia. Crunchyroll's content is provided by Asian media leaders including TV TOKYO, Shueisha, d-rights, Fuji Creative Corporation (FCC), Media International Corporation (MICO), 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.

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