You didn’t just expect Funimation to announce a mobile application at Sakuracon right? The company also made three announcements in regards to the series Sankarea and Shangri-La. For both series the company has acquired the broadcast, home entertainment, mobile and streaming rights to them, however as a third bonus acquisition, the company has also acquired the rights to simulcast Sankarea which has only just begun airing in Japan. Simulcasting will begin on Niconico and Funimation.com this season.
Sankarea
Furuya’s not interested in the living, he’s got zombies on the brain! When Furuya’s cat dies, he decides he’s going to try and bring it back to life. In the process, he stumbles across a girl whose failed attempted suicide has turned her into a real zombie! What’s Furuya going to do now that the thing he loves the most is right in front of his eyes? Watch what happens in this campy romantic comedy about the undead.
Shangri-La
A young woman fights for her life in the carbon dioxide infested jungles of a neo-futuristic Tokyo. When she uncovers a government plot to suppress the less fortunate, a battle for humanity’s future begins.
