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Ani.me Begins Streaming 'Girl's High' Anime Series Soon

The ani.me streaming service is prepping another series from Media Blasters to go live with soon with the streaming release of Girl’s High coming soon. The twelve episode series is listed on the service but the episodes aren’t loading (yet?) for viewers, which you can find here. The show was originally licensed and released by Media blasters on DVD back in 2008.

Originally released in 2006, the series was directed by Yoshitaka Fujimoto based on the series composition by Hideki Shirane from the manga by Towa Oshima. Seiji Kishimoto worked on the character designs and ARMS handled the animation.

The Japanese cast includes Hitomi Nabatame as Eriko Takahashi, Kyoko Hikami as Kyoko Himeji, Mamiko Noto as Ayano Sato, Masumi Asano as Yuma Suzuki, Satsuki Yukino as Akari Koda and Sawa Ishige as Ikue Ogawa.

Plot concept: Three girls, Eriko, Yuma, and Ayano, are excited about starting their first day of high school. They get so excited that they break the rules before even starting by touring the school before the school’s opening ceremony. They find out their original notions about the all female school may not be as true as they were thinking. However, Eriko and her friends are joined by more new friends. They all work hard to get through high school life together.

Ani.me Adds English Dubbed 'Kite' OVA Streaming

Media Blasters has added another property to the ani.me streaming service with the popular and fairly evergreen Kite OVA. The show is available in its English dubbed form on the service here.

Plot concept: She may be cute. She may be young. She may seem innocent and naive, but don’t be fooled. She’s a cold-blooded killer, and if you’re on the wrong side of the law, you may be her next target.

After being orphaned at a young age, her parents victims of a brutal double murder, Sawa was taken in by the detective assigned to her case. Not content to just watch as the imperfect justice system let more and more criminals go loose every day, he’s decided to train her to be his instrument of justice. After all, who’d suspect a pretty college student of being a deadly vigilante?

Ani.me Now Streaming 'Rio: Rainbow Gate' Anime Dub Episodes

Media Blasters has set their English language version of Rio: Rainbow Gate for streaming on a new service with it now on ani.me. The full fourteen episode run is available for viewers to check out.

Based on the pachinko games of the same name in Japan, the series was directed by Takao Kato based on scripts by Mayori Sekijima. It was animated by Xebec and originally aired in the winter 2011 season for thirteen episodes as well as having a bonus episode.

Media Blasters set Amber Lee Connors to write and direct the dub with production done by Sound Cadence Studios and Fever Dreams Sound Factory. The full cast includes Amber Lee Connors as Rio Rollins, Amanda Julina as Mint Clark, Brittany Lauda as Rina Tachibana, Natalie Hoover as Anya Hellsing, Amanda Lee as Elle Adams, Caitlynn French as Ille Adams, Natalie Van Sistine as Rosa Canyon, Todd Haberkorn as Mr. Clark, Mike Pollock as Tom Howard, Michelle Rojas as Dana, Melissa Sternenburg as Tiffany, Marissa Lenti as Cartia Goldschmidt, Sarah Anne Williams as Linda, Kira Buckland as Jack Mighty, Michele Knotz as Queen, Matt Shipman as King, Cheryl Li as Yang-Yang, Billy Bob Thompson as Bull Hard, Jason Marnocha as Olrin Dunhill, Vic Mignogna as Elvis, Meli Grant as Joker, Anthony Sardinha as Carlos, Eddy Lee as Robert, Felecia Angelle as Jane, Emily Fajardo as Irina, Howard Wang as Ray and Nick Landis as Charlie.

Plot concept: In an island casino called the Howard Resort, Rio Rollins Tachibana is a popular casino dealer with the ability to bring good luck to gamblers just by walking past them, earning her nickname “The Goddess of Victory”. Rio’s life soon changes when it is revealed that she is a “Gate Holder” a dealer who holds one of the 13 legendary cards called “Gates” Whoever collects them all will be named “Most Valuable Casino Dealer”. To collect all 13 Gates, Rio must take part in special matches with other Gate Holders; in the Gate Battles, she must gain the others’ Gates to become the most valuable casino dealer in the world.