[UPDATE] FUNimation & Crunchyroll to Simulcast New Fairy Tail Anime

<p><strong>Update&colon;<&sol;strong> Crunchyroll has announced they will also simulcast brand new <em>Fairy Tail<&sol;em> episodes after all&comma; meaning the anime will be available through both services&period; It looks like FUNimation get the episodes first &lpar;if you&&num;8217&semi;re a subscriber&comma; you can <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;funimation&period;com&sol;shows&sol;fairy-tail&sol;videos&sol;official&sol;king-of-the-dragons&sol;anime">watch the new episode now&excl;<&sol;a>&rpar; and Crunchyroll will be behind them by just 30 minutes&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Source&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;crunchyroll&period;com&sol;forumtopic-844981&sol;new-spring-titles-kindaichi-daimidaler-fairy-tail-the-irregular-at-magic-high-school-kawaisou-love-live-school-id">Crunchyroll<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Original Post&colon;<&sol;strong> It was only a matter of time before we found out who would be streaming the <em>Fairy Tail<&sol;em> anime continuation to viewers outside of Japan&comma; and unsurprisingly it&&num;8217&semi;s FUNimation&period; Fans have been anxious to find out if the new episodes would fall into the hands of Crunchyroll&semi; who ran the simulcast of the original series&comma; or FUNimation&semi; who owns the US home distribution rights and produces the English dub&period; While it&&num;8217&semi;s possible Crunchyroll could also obtain streaming rights for series&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;s likely FUNimation is keeping <em>Fairy Tail<&sol;em> to themselves this time around&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The schedule for the simulcast has not yet been announced&period; The new series begins in Japan on April 5th&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>FUNimation also posted the preview video <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;fairy-tail-preview&sol;">released last month<&sol;a>&comma; this time with English subtitles&period; Check it out <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;Hfx5WSFIqEo">here&period;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Source&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;funimation&period;com&sol;blog&sol;2014&sol;04&sol;01&sol;funimation-spring-2014-simulcasts&sol;">FUNimation&&num;8217&semi;s blog<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;