Anime Sols
was a hybrid anime streaming / crowd funding site which launched on May 13, 2013 and closed on May 1, 2015. A partnership of the Yomiuri media group and anime producers Tezuka Productions, Studio Pierrot, and Tatsunoko Production, it featured mainly classic anime series, with some newer series of old franchises mixed in. Users would view the series right on the site or pledge money towards a DVD release of a series.
Series that were available on Anime Sols were:
- 24 Hour TV Specials note
- Black Jack (the 2004 series, episodes 1-25 released on DVD)
- Blue Blink
- Creamy Mami, the Magic Angel (episodes 1-52 released on DVD)
- Ninja Senshi Tobikage
- Dear Brother (the only complete series Anime Sols released on DVD)
- Kerokko Demetan
- Tekkaman
- Time Bokan
- Yatterman (both the original 1977 series and the 2008 remake)
