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Crunchyroll Adds Kuroko’s Basketball OVAs

Written By Samantha Ferreira

Kurokos Basketball Visual 001 - 20151130Crunchyroll takes it down the paint. They shoot, they score a pair of OVAs!

Earlier today, Crunchyroll announced that two Kuroko’s Basketball OVAs to their streaming library. The company started streaming the following:

  • Episode 22.5, Tip Off
  • Episode 41.5, Mō Ikkai Yarimasen ka

Both episodes are available for users in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden.

The Kuroko’s Basketball anime series is based on Tadatoshi Fujimaki’s manga of the same name. The title, which ran from April 2012 through July 2015, was directed by Shunsuke Tada (STARMYU) at Production I.G. Noboru Takagi handled series composition on the project, while Yoko Kikuchi (Junjō Romantica, Noir) provided character designs.

Crunchyroll streams all three seasons of the Kuroko’s Basketball TV series on their digital platform. A theatrical film based on the property was green-lit for production in September.

Source: Crunchyroll

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Samantha Ferreira

Samantha Ferreira is Anime Herald’s founder and editor-in-chief. A Rhode Island native, Samantha has been an anime fan since 1992, and an active member of the anime press since 2002, when she began working as a reviewer for Anime Dream. She launched Anime Herald in 2010, and continues to oversee its operations to this day. Outside of journalism, Samantha actively studies the history of the North American anime fandom and industry, with a particular focus on the 2000s anime boom and bust. She’s a huge fan of all things Sakura Wars, and maintains series fansite Combat Revue Review when she has free time available. When not in the Anime Herald Discord, Samantha can typically be found on Bluesky.

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