Crunchyroll is moving another winter 2014 anime series into the simulcast category as the company has announced the acquisition of streaming rights for Hamatora. The new series will begin streaming on Tuesday, January 7th, at 1pm ET for premium members and a week later for the free members. The show has a good bit of availability to it as their Premium members have a worldwide availability outside of Asia, UK, and Ireland. Which means that someone there has it for their service already. Free members will be able to watch in the following territories: USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, the Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden.
Plot concept: An original multi-media project with a manga and anime, the Hamatora anime revolves around a group of humans who possess a special hereditary power known as “Minimum,” and are known as “Minimum Holders.” Minimum Holders Nice and Murasaki run a detective agency called “Hamatora,” and when they are hired to investigate a certain case, they cross paths with an old acquaintance, Art, who is chasing the same case as a police officer. As they investigate deeper into each of the cases, they discover that both cases are related, and that all the victims are Minimum Holders, like themselves.
