Back again, for post number two. I’m writing this just as we discovered the news that Crunchyroll are taking down a fair number of shows from their already-massive catalog. In North America, Escaflowne is aired on Funimation, and I wouldn’t be surprised to see them (along with the likes of Amazon and Netflix) to seize […]
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