Your anime viewing options this weekend have just expanded x2 as the Crunchyroll Funimation partnership continues to deliver now titles to watch in the form of Cheer Boys!! and Season One of Kingdom. Read on for full details!

Cheer Boys!!

Available: Now

Regions: United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Iceland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark





Summary:





Haruki Bandou was born into a family of Judo marital artists and expected to continue the family legacy. But he’s about to trade Judo for…cheerleading?! When his childhood friend Kazuma Hashimoto invites him to join the BREAKERS, a male cheerleading club, Haru finds himself amongst a quirky group of boys. Can this squad of slightly odd and cute members make a breakthrough in college athletics?

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Kingdom (Season One)

Available: Now

Regions: United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa









Summary:



Shin and Hyou are war-orphans in the kingdom of Qin. They dream of proving themselves on the battlefield until the day Hyou is captured by a minister. The boy manages to escape and return to his village, but he is badly injured. Shin then meets a mysterious youth who bears an eerie resemblance to Hyou—a boy who will one day become emperor!





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Patrick Macias is editor in chief of Crunchyroll News & Otaku USA magazine. He is currently serializing his latest writing project, PARANOIA GIRLS, on Wattpad.