Crunchyroll has dipped into the Funimation well of shows to add to their catalog for streaming with the addition of Haibane Renmei. The full series is now streaming on the service in its original Japanese with English subtitles while the dubbed version remains on Funimation’s service. Due to this being an older and inherited license it’s only available to viewers in the US and Canada.
The series was originally released in the US by Geneon/Pioneer and was eventually picked up again after the Universal Geneon merger by FUNimation and was released on DVD in their Anime Classics line in the fall of 2012.
Plot Concept: A dream of falling from the sky… and then birth. Rakka is born from a large cocoon into the Old Home, greeted by a group of females with small wings on their backs and shining halos above their heads. Soon Rakka’s own wings grow, a halo is placed on her head and she is told that she must work in the nearby town of Grie. She soon realizes that the town and the entire world they live in are confined behind the Wall, a tall, impenetrable wall that none except the mysterious Toga are allowed to exit.
