RetroCrush Adds Hyakusho Kizoku, 500000000 Years Button Anime
The additions expand RetroCrush's catalog of classic and niche anime, bringing Hiromu Arakawa's autobiographical farming series and a surreal short-story adaptation to a wider audience.
Reporting from 1 source: Anime News Network.
RetroCrush announced the addition of the Hyakusho Kizoku anime (as Hyakusho Kizoku - The Farmer's Days) and the 500000000 Years Button anime to its streaming library, along with several other titles including Urusei Yatsura (1981), Tamala 2010, Angel Cop, Lone Wolf and Cub, and Bubblegum Crisis, rolling out through July and August.
RetroCrush has added two anime adaptations to its streaming service: the television anime of Hiromu Arakawa's autobiographical manga Hyakusho Kizoku, now listed as Hyakusho Kizoku - The Farmer's Days, and the anime adaptation of Sota Sugahara's short story 5-Oku-Nen Button, titled 500000000 Years Button. The Hyakusho Kizoku anime first aired in July 2023 with four-minute episodes and has since run three seasons, with a fourth on the way. The 500000000 Years Button anime debuted in July 2022 and has 14 episodes, with the first 12 streaming on Amazon Prime.
- Hyakusho Kizoku - The Farmer's Days: TV anime adaptation of Hiromu Arakawa's autobiographical manga
- 500000000 Years Button: Anime adaptation of Sota Sugahara's short story
- Urusei Yatsura (1981 series): Now available
- Looking for the Full Moon: Now available
- Tamala 2010: A Punk Cat in Space: Now available
- RoboGeisha: Available July 10
- Electric Dragon 80,000 V: Available July 10
- Angel Cop (Original Japanese) (HD Re-release): Available July 17
- Lone Wolf and Cub: The Movie: Available July 31
- Lone Wolf and Cub: Assassin on the Road to Hell: Available July 31
- Lone Wolf and Cub (TV Series): Available August 7
- Bubblegum Crisis (English Dubbed): Available August 14
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- Anime News Network News RetroCrush Adds Hyakushō Kizoku, 500000000 Years Button Anime