HBO Max Partners With Crunchyroll To Offer A Ton Of Anime At Launch

HBO's new streaming service, HBO Max, is just around the corner and already boasting an impressive catalog of originals and classic streaming content, from Friends to the second season of cult-classic DC Universe original Doom Patrol. And while some content planned for launch, like the highly-anticipated Friends reunion, has been delayed thanks to the global COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, the streaming service is still finding ways to sweeten the deal for day-one subscribers.

HBO Max will be partnering with Crunchyroll to offer 17 anime titles at launch, including the entirety of Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, the recently released Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken, and the cult classic Kill la Kill. Check out a full list of every anime title HBO Max will offer on May 27th below.

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood – Full Series (64 episodes)

Disregard for alchemy’s laws ripped half of Edward Elric’s limbs from his body and left his brother Alphonse’s soul clinging to a suit of armor. To restore what was lost, the brothers seek the Philosopher’s Stone.

Re:ZERO - Starting Life in Another World- (Director’s Cut) – Season 1 (13 episodes and 1 OVA)

Natsuki Subaru, an ordinary high school student, is transported to another world where the only person to reach out to him was a beautiful girl with silver hair. Determined to repay her, Subaru agrees to help the girl find something she's looking for.

In/Spectre – Season 1 (12 episodes)

In this Crunchyroll Original, an enthralling, fantastical mystery mixes with the supernatural and romance, as a duo sets out to solve a series of dark incidents plaguing their world.

Keep Your Hands off Eizouken – Season 1 (12 episodes)

Three high school students band together to create an animation club to realize the "ultimate world" that exists in their minds.

Rurouni Kenshin – Full Series (94 episodes)

Former government assassin, Kenshin Himura works to keep the peace during the Meiji Era in Japan, a time of troubled renewal after a long and bloody civil war.

KONOSUBA - God's Blessing on this Wonderful World! – Seasons 1 and 2 (22 episodes)

Kazuma Sato is transported to a fantasy world filled with adventure after a traffic accident. Now, along with the goddess Aqua, he is on a quest to solve many of this world's problems.

Bungo Stray Dogs – Seasons 1 – 3 (37 episodes)

Kicked out of his orphanage and on the verge of starving to death, Atsushi Nakajima meets members of the "Armed Detective Agency" said to solve incidents that even the military and police won't touch.

Berserk – Seasons 1 and 2 (26 episodes)

Spurred by the flame raging in his heart, the Black Swordsman Guts continues his seemingly endless quest for revenge.

Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress – Season 1 (12 episodes)

At a time when the industrial revolution was carrying the world into the modern age, a horde of undead monsters suddenly appeared. The people of Hinomoto have built fortresses to help them survive this threat.

Kill la Kill – Season 1 (24 episodes)

Six years since their collaboration on the ground-breaking anime series, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, Hiroyuki Imaishi and Kazuki Nakashima are back to shock the world! Ryuko Matoi is a vagrant schoolgirl who enters Honnouji Academy to search for clues to the truth behind her father's death.

Your Lie in April – Season 1 (22 episodes)

Kousei Arima was a genius pianist until his mother's sudden death took away his ability to play. Then he meets a violinist named Kaori Miyazono who changes his life forever.

ERASED – Season 1 (12 episodes)

A young manga artist struggles to make a name for himself while living with a strange condition that transports him back in time before something life-threatening occurs. How can he erase the threats to stop this from happening?

Kiznaiver – Season 1 (12 episodes)

A secret high school group is formed with students from different cities who share one another's pain: a "Kiznaiver."

Schwarzes Marken – Season 1 (12 episodes)

In 1983, the East German Army 666th TSF Squadron, “Schwarzes Marken,” is a special-response force tasked with assaulting BETA forces.

91 Days – Season 1 (13 episodes)

During prohibition, the law held no power and the mafia ruled the town. This 91-day story follows men guided by revenge as they try to escape their tragic fates.

The Testament of Sister New Devil – Seasons 1 and 2 (22 episodes)

Basara Toujo is a high school student whose father has suddenly just remarried. Hijinks ensue as his father then departs overseas leaving Basara with two new beautiful step-sisters.

Rokka -Braves of the Six Flowers – Season 1 (12 episodes)

Legend says, when the evil god awakens from the deepest of darkness, the god of fate will summon six braves and grant them with the power to save the world. However, it turns out that there are seven braves who gathered at the promised land.

But that's not all. HBO Max plans on growing their anime catalogue after launch with the addition of two more series: Hunter x Hunter and Death Note, which are scheduled to hit the streaming service "after the initial launch window."

HBO Max debuts on May 27.