May the Fourth be with you!

Check out some other fun Star Wars references in our anime titles by clicking this link.

Can you name any Star Wars references from anime?

It’s that time of year again. That’s right, if you’ve been a FUNimation fan for a while, then you’re familiar with our annual San Gatsu no Madness tournament. Instead of filling out a bracket for a bunch of basketball teams that you probably don’t care about (and believe me, this year’s Big Dance is not really that amazing looking anyways) we put our anime titles in a head-to-head epic elimination match.

We’re going to be doing things a bit differently this year, and instead of filling out an entire bracket in one go, we’re going to have you vote for your favorites in each match using this nifty bracket app. This will also be done in 5 rounds. You’ll pick your winning titles for the first round and then once the round is over and the victors have been declared, you’ll vote again for the next round, and so on and so forth until the losers are eliminated and a supreme champion has been chosen. Here are the dates you need to remember:

March 19th - Round 1 starts
March 25th - Round 1 ends, Round 2 starts
March 29th - Round 2 ends, Round 3 starts
April 1st - Round 3 ends, Round 4 starts
April 5th - Round 4 ends, Final round starts
April 8th - Final round ends

After each round, we’ll be selecting one winner at random from among the entries. That winner will receive one of the five anime prize packages.

This tournament runs from now until the end of March Madness (April 8th). Even if you didn’t vote in the first round, you still have a chance to vote in subsequent rounds. Just make sure you keep checking back.

Click here to see the official rules.

Click here to see prizes!

We’re so excited about Soul Eater premiering on Toonami that we’re giving away FREE STUFF! Starting today, and for the next 3 weeks, we’ll be holding a giveaway on Twitter to give all of you the opportunity to win some cool Soul Eater merchandise. These prizes are almost as cool as Soul himself (just see above!)

Here’s what you need to do for a chance to win:

• Follow @FUNimation on Twitter (this is so we can contact you if you win)
• Tweet @FUNimation how excited you are about Soul Eater on Toonami. You will need to include#WatchSoulEater and this link: http://funi.to/11Xqc1X

Pretty simple, right? You have from now until the start of the Soul Eater episode “I Am the Star! The Big Man Is Showing Up Here?” on Toonami tomorrow night to tweet (that’s 1:00am ET/ 12:00pm CT). We will select one random winner from all eligible entries the following Monday. Click here for the official rules.

Be sure to also “Like” the official Soul Eater page on Facebook to stay up to date with all things Soul Eater.

Soul Eater premiered last week on Toonami. Did you watch it, and will you be watching tomorrow night?

If you love this show, share and spread the word!

Our friends at Geek and Sundry posted this video about what a princess ought to be. So, we’re asking our fans, which do you prefer? Disney Princesses or Anime Princesses?

Our pals at GameSamba added a bunch of new updates to Remnant Knights. Justin Rojas even swung by their office to talk about the new features in this casual free-to-play MMO. 

Do you play MMOs? If so, which ones?

We just announced at Katsucon the English cast for “LASTEXILE -FAM, THE SILVER WING-“! Check it out here:http://funi.to/LASTEXILE-FAMcast_yt_fun

And watch the new trailer!

A new episode of Hetalia just launched today! See Russia’s struggle as a youth with some of his not-so-merry friends. 

http://www.funimation.com/hetalia

The latest episode of Minami-ke launches today at 10:30am CT! Have you been keeping up with the series?

I am sooooooo excited to head to National Harbor MD this weekend for KATSU CON 19, taking place this weekend, February 15th-17th at the beautiful Gaylord National Resort! Wanna know why? Oh, just two little premieres called THE HEAVEN’S LOST PROPERTY MOVIE, THE ANGELOID OF CLOCKWORK and A CERTAIN SCIENTIFIC RAILGUN.

No big deal. Okay, I’m totally lying. I am so stoked to be bringing these rad titles to you East Coast anime fans.

You want panels? We got panels!

Friday February 15th

• FUNimation Q&A - Live 1 - 1:45 PM - 2:30 PM
• FUNi Industry Panel - Live 1 - 6:45 PM - 7:45 PM

Saturday February 16th

• Hellsing Panel w/Crispin Freeman & FUNimation - Live 2 - 4:30 PM-5:30 PM
• FUNimation Sneak Peek - Live 1 - 8:15 PM-9:15 PM

Sunday February 17th

• FUNimation Town Hall Panel - Live 1 - 9:00 AM-10:00 AM

Catch these lovely FUNimation Screenings as well:

• Mass Effect: Paragon Lost — Friday at 8:00 PM and 12 Midnight
• Panty & Stocking w/Garterbelt — Friday at 10:00 PM
• Tenchi Muyo! War on Geminar — Saturday at 11:00 AM- PREMIERE
• A Certain Scientific Railgun — Saturday at 6:00 PM, Sunday at 12:30 PM- PREMIERE
• Heaven’s Lost Property: The Angeloid of Clockwork — Saturday at 8:00 PM- PREMIERE

Meanwhile at the booth, we have all the latest and greatest in FUNimation releases with some really cool goodies for the folks that stop by.

When you pick up your copies of Heaven’s Lost Property: The Angeloid of Clockwork, Is This A Zombie?, Hellsing Ultimate 5-8, Steins;Gate 1&2, Level E, Deadman Wonderland, BLOOD-C or Soul Eater: The Complete Collection, you can get a super special, SUPER EXCLUSIVE gift. Yes, we will have copies of the new Heaven’s Lost Property Movie a full two weeks before it’s release. How stinkin’ cool is that?

So if you are at Katsucon this weekend, make sure you come say hi!