FUNimation Entertainment Delivers Anime to iTunes

MINNEAPOLIS, February 14: Navarre Corporation’s FUNimation
Entertainment will make some of its top-rated anime series available for
immediate purchase and download on Apple’s iTunes Store starting from today.

The anime series available for download include: Desert
Punk, a stark and darkly comedic series
that employs realistic weaponry; Speed Grapher, an intense action series that uses fast-moving
plotlines and acrobatic fight choreography; and Akira Kurosawa's Samurai
7, an anime retelling of the legendary
Akira Kurosawa epic Seven Samurai that
is set in a futuristic world
terrorized by the end of a massive war. Each episode will be available for
$1.99.

"Our anime series will be the first offered on iTunes
and will expose a wider audience to the unique storytelling and graceful
animation inherent in this Japanese style of entertainment," stated Gen
Fukunaga, the president and CEO of FUNimation Entertainment. "This is a
great opportunity to offer our top-rated anime series through the world's most
popular online music, TV and movie store."