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Following A Catastrophic Disaster, Three Genetically Engineered Youths Travel To Save Those Forsaken By The Rest Of The World In A Special Simulcast Series Premiere On VIZ Anime, Hulu and Hulu Plus\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n
VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), the largest distributor and licensor of anime and manga in North America, has announced the very special online simulcast premiere of the new sci-fi anime action series \u2013 COPPELION \u2013 on VIZAnime.com<\/a>, the company\u2019s own website for free<\/span><\/i> anime, as well as on the free, ad-supported Hulu and Hulu Plus subscription service (www.hulu.com<\/a>).<\/p>\n The new program (presented in Japanese with English subtitles) launches in North America on Wednesday, October 2nd<\/sup>, the same day after its debut broadcast in Japan, with a new episode to be available to stream domestically each Wednesday.<\/p>\n COPPELION takes place in the not-so-distant future as a catastrophic event has turned the old capital of Japan\u00a0into a wasteland, forever changing the lives of its people. Decades later, three\u00a0schoolgirls set foot into the now forsaken city. They are the Coppelion, genetically\u00a0engineered humans created by the Japan Ground Self-Defense Forces to operate\u00a0under the lethal conditions of the contaminated city. Trained since birth, the girls\u00a0must use all of their skills and resources to carry out their one and only mission: to\u00a0rescue those left behind.<\/p>\n \u201cCOPPELION is one of the most anticipated anime for Fall 2013, and fans won\u2019t want to miss the opportunity to catch the thrilling debut of this lushly animated series this week,\u201d says Charlene Ingram, Senior Marketing Manger, Animation. \u201cIbara, Aoi and Taeko are a breed of genetically engineered beings known as the Coppelion who embark on often dangerous missions to restore hope and rescue people from the forsaken city. Plenty of action and unique characters are in store as the girls slowly uncover the Old Capital\u2019s dark secrets!\u201d<\/p>\n COPPELION<\/cite> is the animated adaptation of the popular manga series created by Tomonori Inoue that has been ongoing in Japan since 2008 and is currently featured in Monthly Young Magazine<\/i>. The animated series is produced by GoHands,<\/cite> who also produced the original anime series K, seen domestically on VIZ Media\u2019s VIZAnime and Neon Alley<\/a> platforms<\/cite>.<\/p>\n To view the COPPELION trailer, please visit http:\/\/www.hulu.com\/watch\/539158<\/a>.<\/p>\n For more information on COPPELION and other animated titles from VIZ Media please visit www.VIZAnime.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Following A Catastrophic Disaster, Three Genetically Engineered Youths Travel To Save Those Forsaken By The Rest Of The World In A Special Simulcast Series Premiere On VIZ Anime, Hulu and Hulu Plus\u00a0 VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), the largest distributor and licensor of anime and manga in North America, has announced the very special online … Continue reading “VIZ MEDIA DELIVERS THE NEW ANIME SERIES COPPELION TO NORTH AMERICAN AUDIENCES THE SAME DAY AFTER THE JAPANESE BROADCAST PREMIERE”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,32,8,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements","category-merchandise","category-multimedia","category-television"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16226"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16226\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}