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Funimation Streams Anime, Live-Action Films With Bigscreen VR Service

Funimation announced on Tuesday that it is collaborating with virtual reality theater company Bigscreen to offer anime films and live-action films through VR theater screening events and video-on-demand. Funimation began streaming a promotional video for the announcement.

The streaming screening events will be available on a pay-per-view basis at 9:00 p.m. EST on the following dates:

• May 1: your name.
• May 8: My Hero Academia: Two Heroes
• May 15: Akira
• May 21: The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya
• May 29: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
• June 5: Sword of the Stranger
• June 12: I Am A Hero

The following movies will be available through video-on-demand:

• your name.
• Planetarian: Storyteller of the Stars
• The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya
• The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
• Steins;Gate: The Movie - Load Region of Déjà Vu
• Strike Witches
• Fairy Tail: Dragon Cry
• Fairy Tail the Movie: Phoenix Priestess
• Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie
• Akira
• Attack on Titan: Crimson Arrows
• Attack on Titan: The Wings of Freedom
• Shin Godzilla
• I Am A Hero
• Parasyte Part 1
• Parasyte Part 2
• My Hero Academia: Two Heroes
• The Boy and the Beast
• Trigun: Badlands Rumble
• Death Note Light up the NEW world
• Death Note
• Death Note: The Last Name
• Psycho-Pass
• Eden of the East: Air Communication
• Eden of the East: The King of Eden
• Eden of the East: Paradise Lost
• Assassination Classroom The Movie: 365 Days' Time
• Garo: Divine Flame
• Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic
• Sword of the Stranger
• Love Live! Sunshine!! The School Idol Movie Over the Rainbow

Bigscreen costs US$3.99 per view, and it is available with the Oculus Quest, Oculus Rift, Oculus Go, HTC Vive, Valve Index, SteamVR, and Microsoft Windows Mixed Reality headsets. In addition to the live-streaming events, the service offers 2D and 3D films on-demand with up to eight people per virtual theater room.

Sources: Press release, Funimation's YouTube channel