This Thursday, Crunchyroll and Funimation decided to drop a bomb on the animesphere in the form of a partnership that may change the face of anime consumption in the west for the foreseeable future. Join the hosts of the Animecast as they attempt to make sense of what we know so far!

Topics this episode: Crunchyroll and Funimation partnership, what’s the facts, what it means for other companies, and what it means for anime fans. Also, Mari Okada writes a live action Ankoku Joshi, Sound Euphonium 2 new promo, New A Silent Voice PV and cast, Crunchyroll streaming Magus’s Bride, Spice and Wolf Novel Collector’s Edition stock limits, Regalia: The Three Sacred Stars Producer comments on delay, Hayao Miyazaki speaking on making films again, and more!

Thanks to Star-K and Neko for the questions featured in this episode.

The opening song for this episode is called “Straight Bet” by Myth and Roid from the Styx Helix album for Re:Zero. The outro for this episode is from Anne Happy called “Timothy Rap” by Timothy (Chitose Morinaga).