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Crunchyroll Streams Gakuen Heaven Anime


Gakuen Heaven Visual 001 - 20160802Bell Liberty Academy is accepting new applicants. This time around, though, they’re sending their membership drives to Crunchyroll!

Earlier today, Crunchyroll started streaming Gakuen Heaven on their digital platform. The series is available in its entirety for members in the following regions:

  • United States
  • Canada
  • United Kingdom
  • Ireland
  • Australia
  • New Zealand

Gakuen Heaven is based on the visual novel of the same name by SPRAY. The series, which aired in the spring 2006 broadcast season, was directed by Yukina Hiiro (Chu-Bra!!) at Tokyo Kids. Yumi Nakayama (Descendants of Darkness, Karin) provided character designs for the project, while Natsuko Takahashi (Fantastic Detective LabyrinthTokyo Magnitude 8.0) took charge of series composition.

In North America, Media Blasters currently holds the rights to Gakuen Heaven. Crunchyroll describes the show as:

Ito Keita has one thing in his favor: luck! And luck has just landed him a special invitation to attend the Bell Liberty Academy for Boys, an exclusive high school only for the most privileged, the most talented, and the most beautiful. When a strange accident on move-in day attracts the attention of Niwa Tetsuya, the student body president, and Saiyonji Kaoru, the class secretary, Ito finds himself the center of attention. With the eyes of a whole school of pretty boys on him, where will Ito find the time to unravel the mystery of his invitation?

Source: Crunchyroll

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