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Crunchyroll Brings Blue Lock, Haikyu, and Overlord Movies to North America

Crunchyroll announced today that it is bringing three new movies to North America and other select territories: HAIKYU!! The Dumpster Battle and BLUE LOCK THE MOVIE -EPISODE NAGI- are starting screenings on May 4 and June 28, while OVERLORD: The Sacred Kingdom is slated to premiere sometime in the future.

HAIKYU!! The Dumpster Battle

Crunchyroll poster for HAIKYU!! The Dumpster Battle

Date: May 31, 2024
Locations:

  • May 30: Australia, New Zealand, Denmark, Italy, Switzerland (Italian-speaking), Netherlands, Argentina, Brazil, Central America (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama), Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru
  • May 31: Canada, Finland, Ireland, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States
  • June 7: Turkey
  • June 12: Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Switzerland (French-speaking)
  • June 25: Austria, Germany
  • June 27: Switzerland (German-speaking)

Synopsis:
Shoyo Hinata joins Karasuno High’s volleyball club to be like his idol, a former Karasuno player known as the “Little Giant.” But, Hinata soon finds that he must team up with his middle school nemesis, Tobio Kageyama. Their clashing styles turn into a surprising weapon, but can they beat their rival Nekoma High in the highly anticipated “Dumpster Battle,” the long awaited ultimate showdown between two opposing underdog teams?

BLUE LOCK THE MOVIE -EPISODE NAGI-

Crunchyroll poster for BLUE LOCK THE MOVIE -EPISODE NAGI-

Date: June 28, 2024
Regions: North America; select international theatrical rights in EMEA and Latin America
Synopsis:
“That’s a hassle.” That was second-year high schooler Nagi Seishiro’s favorite phrase as he lived his dull life. Until Mikage Reo, a classmate who dreamed of winning the World Cup, discovered Nagi’s hidden skill, inspiring him to play soccer and share his outstanding talent. One day, he receives an invitation to the mysterious BLUE LOCK Project. What awaits him there is an encounter with the finest strikers assembled from across the country. Nagi’s dream of becoming the best, alongside Reo, will take this prodigy to a world he’s never known.
A prodigy can only be shaped when someone discovers him….now, striker Nagi Seishiro’s incredible talent and persona will set the soccer world ablaze.

OVERLORD: The Sacred Kingdom

Crunchyroll poster for OVERLORD: The Sacred Kingdom

Regions: North America; select international theatrical rights in EMEA and Latin America
Synopsis:
After twelve years of playing his favorite MMORPG game, Momonga logs in for the last time only to find himself transported into its world playing it indefinitely. Throughout his adventures, his avatar ascends to the title of Sorcerer King Ains Ooal Gown.
Once prosperous but now on the brink of ruin, The Sacred Kingdom enjoyed years of peace after construction of an enormous wall protecting them from neighboring invasions. But, one day this comes to an end when the Demon Emperor Jaldabaoth arrives with an army of villainous demi-humans. 
Fearing invasion of their own lands, the neighboring territory of the Slane Theocracy is forced to beg their enemies at the Sorcerer Kingdom for help. Heeding the call, Momonga, now known as the Sorcerer King Ains Ooal Gown, rallies the Sorcerer Kingdom and its undead army to join the fight alongside the Sacred Kingdom and the Slane Theocracy in hopes to defeat the Demon Emperor.


Source: Press Release, Crunchyroll
©2024″ HAIKYU!!” Project H.Furudate / Shueisha
©Muneyuki Kaneshiro, Kota Sannomiya, Yusuke Nomura, KODANSHA/BLUE LOCK MOVIE Production Committee.
©Kugane Maruyama, PUBLISHED BY KADOKAWA CORPORATION/OVERLORD: The Sacred Kingdom Movie Partners

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