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Starting today, Crunchyroll is coming in clutch with the addition of 20 heavy-hitting sports anime to its available AVOD roster – free for anyone to watch with ads without a paid membership plan.

From soccer to volleyball, climbing to water polo, and golf to boxing, Crunchyroll is in your corner with some of the most fan-favorite titles that inspire audiences to go the distance, including HAIKYU!!, BLUE LOCK, Run with the Wind, Tsurune, Kuroko’s Basketball, RE-MAIN, Ping Pong the Animation, and more.

Every title in this promotion will be available to marathon in this limited-time offer from July 16 through August 15. This includes every season of each show, excluding any movies or OVAs (original video animation), in every language available.

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• For a limited time, audiences around the world can stream these titles for free with ads on Crunchyroll without a paid membership plan. Availability may vary by region or territory.

• These 20 titles join Crunchyroll’s available AVOD catalog of more than 1,000 hours of fan-favorite series, including Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End, One Piece, The Apothecary Diaries, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, TRIGUN STAMPEDE, Chainsaw Man, Fruits Basket, SPY x FAMILY, Horimiya, VINLAND SAGA, Kaguya-sama: Love is War, and more. 

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HAIKYU!! (Production I.G) Volleyball

HAIKYU!! is a slice-of-life sports anime revolving around Shoyo Hinata’s love of volleyball. Inspired by a small-statured player known as the “Little Giant,” Hinata creates a team in his last year of middle school. His team is unfortunately matched up against “King of the Court” Tobio Kageyama’s team in their first tournament, inevitably losing. After the crushing defeat, Hinata vows to surpass Kageyama. Entering high school, he joins the volleyball team only to find that Tobio has also joined, making his once rival his new teammate.

BLUE LOCK (8bit) Soccer

Japan’s desire for World Cup glory leads the Japanese Football Association to launch a new rigorous training program to find the national team’s next striker. Three hundred high school players are pitted against each other for the position, but only one will come out on top. Who among them will be the striker to usher in a new era of Japanese soccer?

Ping Pong the Animation (Tatsunoko Production) Table Tennis

Makoto Tsukimoto (nicknamed Smile) is a quiet high-schooler who’s been friends with the loud and energetic Yukata Hoshino (nicknamed Peco) since childhood. They’re both in the local table tennis club and both have a natural talent for it, although Smile’s personality always enables him from winning against Peco. The club teacher, however, notices Smile’s talent and tries to make him gain some sportive tenacity.

BIRDIE WING -Golf Girls’ Story- (Bandai Namco Pictures) Golf

Fore! After Eve’s first meet up with Aoi on the grass left her in defeat, she’s had her eyes set on a rematch to return the favor. Both these up-and-coming golfers are highly skilled, highly unique and most of all, highly competitive. With dreams of making it pro, a rivalry is getting in full swing as they both battle it out in the biggest tournaments.

Free! – Iwatobi Swim Club (Kyoto Animation and Animation Do) Swimming

Nanase Haruka loved to be in the water – loved swimming. In elementary school, Nanase Haruka, Tachibana Makoto, Matsuoka Rin, and Hazuki Nagisa attended the same swimming class together. Time passed, and as Haruka was living an uneventful high school life, he suddenly encountered Rin again. Rin challenged Haruka to a race and showed him how much stronger he had become. Soon enough, Makoto and Nagisa also rejoined the group, and along with a new classmate, Ryugazaki Rei, they established the Iwatobi High School Swimming Club.

Hajime No Ippo: The Fighting! (Madhouse) Boxing

Ippo Makunouchi’s gentle spirit and lack of confidence make him an easy target for the bullies at his high school. Rescued from a beating by Takamura, a professional boxer, Ippo aspires to learn the art of boxing, and attempts to join the Kamogawa Boxing Club. But, to find his fighter’s spirit, Ippo must first spar with Miyata, an extraordinarily talented and skilled boxer. Can Ippo even survive the first round?!

Run with the Wind (Production I.G) Long-Distance Running

One chilly, March day, Kansei University fourth-year Kiyose Haiji (Haiji) encounters Kurahara Kakeru (Kakeru) running uncommonly fast through the streets at night and forces him into living at the Chikusei-so (AKA Aotake). Haiji has a dream and ambition. He became discouraged after suffering an injury in high school, but he wants to run again. He wants to participate in the Hakone Ekiden and show off the running ability he’s been pursuing. He has only one year left to turn that dream and ambition into reality.

SK8 the Infinity (BONES) Extreme Sports

High school students Reki and Langa are hooked on one thing—a dangerous, top secret, no-holds-barred downhill skateboarding race called “S.” When Reki takes Langa, a transfer student, to the mountain where “S” is held, Langa finds himself sucked in. These colorful skaters will take you through a thrilling story of skateboard battles and unlimited possibilities!

Kuroko’s Basketball (Production I.G) Basketball

An up-and-coming power player, Taiga Kagami, is just back from America. When he comes to Seirin High School, he meets the super-ordinary boy, Tetsuya Kuroko. Kagami is shocked to find that Kuroko isn’t good at basketball, in fact, he’s bad! And he’s so plain that he’s impossible to see. But Kuroko’s plainness lets him pass the ball around without the other team noticing him, and he’s none other than the sixth member of the Miracle Generation.

HANEBADO! (LIDENFILMS) Badminton

Despite her great potential, Ayano Hanesaki would rather avoid badminton than play it. But, when she meets Nagisa Aragaki, a third year who spends every waking moment perfecting her game, she’s inspired. Encouraged by their coach, Tachibana Kentarou, Ayano, and Nagisa will hit the court and rally against opponents and rivals with amazing skills!

Harukana Receive (C2C) Beach Volleyball

Oozora Haruka is a high school second-year who’s just moved to Okinawa. Haruka is generally cheerful and optimistic, but there’s one thing she feels insecure about: she’s taller than most other girls. Higa Kanata, her cousin of the same age who meets her at the airport, also has one hang-up: she had to quit her beloved beach volleyball in the past because she was too short. Through some twist of fate, these mismatched cousins find themselves paired up as a beach volleyball team. How will this duo play together in a sport where the presence of one’s teammate is more important than anything?!

How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift? (Doga Kobo) Weightlifting

Hibiki Sakura’s love for food is starting to affect her size, but training at her local gym is pretty intimidating! After meeting her handsome personal trainer, Machio, Hibiki bites the bullet and starts her quest for a hot bod!

Iwakakeru -Sport Climbing Girls- (Blade) Sport Climbing

Sport climbing is a sport that makes use of both the body and the brain to climb walls. Kasahara Konomi, a master at puzzles, just happens to discover her school’s climbing wall, and it looks almost like a colorful sort of puzzle in her eyes. This fateful encounter brings big changes to Konomi’s life! With her teammates in the Hanamiya Girls’ High School Climbing Club, Konomi races for the top in this passionate climbing story!

number24 (PRA) Rugby

Natsusa Yuzuki was expecting to be the ace on his college rugby team but due to unexpected circumstances, had to sit out. Six months later, he’s back. Along with his best friend Seiichiro, prodigy senior Ibuki Ueoka, and a few others – they’re going to represent the Kansai University team. He may still be figuring out life, but he’s got some new brothers to help him. Time to join the scrum!

Backflip!! (Zexcs) Gymnastics

The final summer of middle school, Shotaro Futaba discovers boys’ gymnastics and is completely enamored by it. Shotaro ends up going to Soshukan Private High School (aka Ao High) and decides to visit the boys’ gymnastics club. He’s greeted by very unique senpais and a star gymnast named Misato Ryoya. Dedicating your life to something you love during your fiery days of youth… Of course, there is frustration, and fights, but see how these boys work together as a team towards a similar goal in this drama about sports and youth.

RE-MAIN (MAPPA) Water Polo

Just after winning a national water polo title in his third year of junior high, a car accident left Minato Kiyomizu in a coma for nearly a year. Now in high school with a fresh start, he leaves the sport behind, but a promise has him returning to it.

The Prince of Tennis (Nihon Ad Systems) Tennis

The classic franchise continues! After Atobe and corps build a new tennis court for Keigo Atobe’s Hyotei Academy, Yukimura and the rest of the Rikkai team are nominated to face them for the very first time. Can they dethrone the reigning champs? Game on!

Tsurune (Kyoto Animation) Archery

When Narumiya Minato joins Prefectural Kazemai High School, he is quickly invited to join the archery club by the club’s advisor, Tommy-sensei. His childhood friends Takehaya Seiya and Yamanouchi Ryohei swiftly agree to join, but Minato is hesitant at first.

Yowamushi Pedal (TMS Entertainment) Cycling

Onoda Sakamichi is a rather timid, anime-loving first-year student at Sohoku High School. Upon entering high school, he tried to join the anime research club, but after meeting Imaizumi Shunsuke, a renowned cyclist since middle school, and Naruko Shoukichi, who swept the Kansai cycling championship, he ended up joining the competitive cycling club.

WAVE!! -Let’s go surfing!!- (Asahi Production) Surfing

We’re free when we’re riding these waves! Masaki was born and raised along the Oarai Coast in Ibaraki Prefecture, where big waves hit the coast all year round. One day, he meets the prince-like transfer student Sho and learns about the ultimate sport where you face off with the world with just a single board beneath your feet: surfing. This was the beginning of the never-ending story about boys who discovered the allure of surfing.

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https://www.blackenterprise.com/black-skydivers-challenge-stereotypes/

World Skydiving Day was celebrated on July 13, and while skydiving has traditionally been a fairly homogeneous activity, some Black skydivers are breaking barriers and fostering community and representation in the sport. A common theme among those building these communities is challenging the stereotype that skydiving is an activity predominantly for white people, thereby encouraging more Black individuals to join the sport.

In 2020, The New York Times featured a profile on Danielle Williams, a Black woman skydiver and outdoor sports enthusiast who has played a pivotal role in carving out spaces for Black women, and Black people in general, within the skydiving community. This sport has long been perceived as predominantly white. Williams shared with the outlet that whenever she went for a jump, or as she described it, visited a drop zone, people often assumed she was a beginner — an assumption she attributed to her race and gender.

Williams told The Times, “As the years went by, I realized it had nothing to do with being new — it had everything to do with my race being the salient factor that people hyperfocus on. We joke about it, but it’s very frustrating.”

Eventually, Williams created several groups intended to bring Black skydivers and hikers of color together, Team Blackstar, for skydivers, and Melanin Base Camp, an online community for Black people interested in adventure sports, like hiking and climbing.

According to NBC News, Willis Cooks, much like Williams, has established his own space for Black skydivers with his group, Fresh Heir Boogie. This initiative, similar to Williams’ efforts, started on social media and evolved into a real community. Cooks founded the group in 2020 after noticing the lack of Black skydivers at drop zones. To celebrate its fourth anniversary and World Skydiving Day, Fresh Heir Boogie held an event at Skydive Spaceland Houston.

Despite the sport’s high costs, skydivers find something invaluable thousands of feet in the air: peace.

David McCrea, a sommelier and hospitality consultant who first jumped in 2021, described the feeling he gets when skydiving to NBC News. “When you get to that door, everything in your body says, ‘Don’t do this,’” McCrea said. “Then you’re out in the sky. It is the most liberating, exhilarating thing I’ve ever felt. You reach terminal velocity and it feels like you are floating. I was immediately in love.”

In 2021, Brenton Lindsey became the first Black person to skydive over the Giza pyramids in Egypt. Like others working to increase the visibility of Black skydivers, Lindsey aims to dismantle the stigma and stereotype that skydiving is a sport only for white people. Speaking to Travel Noire in 2021, Lindsey said, “There’s this huge stigma that skydiving is a white people’s sport. From both sides, I’m frowned upon, but I take pride in that because it opens the eyes of other people of color that we can do it too. So why are we limiting ourselves? We dominate in everything else, so why not this?”

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https://www.thenerdelement.com/2024/07/11/fxs-the-bear-makes-san-diego-comic-con-debut-with-immersive-space-at-fxsdcc/

FX’S THE BEAR MAKES SAN DIEGO COMIC CON DEBUT WITH IMMERSIVE SPACE AT #FXSDCC ALONG WITH WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS AND IT’S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA 

Stop by The Bear Restaurant Pop-Up, Descend on the FX Fearless Hellevator, Pose for photos at Paddy’s Pub and the Vampire Residence from July 25-28

WHAT: FX will host a can’t-miss series of immersive experiences transporting fans into their favorite FX series with interactive experiences, exclusive merch and photo opportunities including:

• FX’s The Bear Restaurant Pop-Up: Step into the interior of The Bear restaurant, where fans will be served up a daily chef’s special featuring exclusive merch, while supplies last.

• FX Fearless Hellevator: Take a ride through twelve spine-chilling moments from the American Horror Story universe and get a glimpse into the world of Grotesquerie, the new Ryan Murphy horror series premiering this fall.

• It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia – Paddy’s Pub: Pose for photos outside The Gang’s beloved Irish bar.

• What We Do in the Shadows – Vampire Residence: Visit the vampire’s Staten Island mansion for a spooky photo op complete with props from the series.

WHERE & Activation Dates: Thursday, July 25 – Sunday, July 28
WHEN: Hours of Operation: 

• Thursday, July 25 – 11am-6pm
• Friday, July 26 – 10am-6pm
• Saturday, July 27 – 10am-6pm
• Sunday, July 28 – 11am-4pm

Location: Hilton Bayfront Lawn

Activation is open to the public. Must be 18 years of age and older to attend. Admission is free.

For information about all of FX’s experiences for Comic-Con, please follow FX’s social media accounts below: 

• Facebook: facebook.com/FX
• Twitter: twitter.com/FXNetworks
• Instagram: instagram.com/fxnetworks 
• TikTok: tiktok.com/@fxnetworks

About FX

FX, a division of Disney Entertainment, is a global multiplatform brand that develops, produces, commissions and markets original programming for Hulu and the FX and FXX linear channels in the U.S., and Disney+ in all other international territories. The FX brand mark appears above the title across its entire slate of originals. Over the past two decades, FX has been responsible for some the most-critically acclaimed and award-winning shows on television. Some of the brand’s current and legacy titles include the dramas American Horror Story, American Crime Story, The Americans, Damages, Fargo, FEUD, Justified, Nip/Tuck, The Old Man, The Patient, Pose, Rescue Me, The Shield, Shōgun, Snowfall and Sons of Anarchy; the comedies Archer, Atlanta, The Bear, Better Things, DAVE, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Reservation Dogs and What We Do in the Shadows; and a growing slate of docuseries and documentary films including The New York Times Presents, Welcome to Wrexham and Dear Mama.

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