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Muse Asia Streams Accel World Anime

Muse Asia began streaming the anime adaptation of Reki Kawahara's Accel World science-fiction light novel series on YouTube on Tuesday. The channel will stream episodes of the anime daily.

Alongside India, the anime will stream in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Nepal, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, and Pakistan.

Muse Asia describes the anime:

Set in the year 2046, Neuro-Synchronization allows humans to virtually manipulate their five senses, where people can access the internet and enter virtual worlds via Neuro-Linkers. The series follows Haruyuki "Haru" Arita, a short, fat boy who has low self-esteem due to being bullied at school which Haru vents his frustrations in virtual world games. Haruyuki soon gets the attention of Kuroyukihime, the Student Council Vice-President who invites him into the "Accelerated World" called Brain Burst, a program that allows users to make time appear to stand still in their surroundings by "accelerating" their brainwaves in the real world. But in order to gain more points to accelerate, Brain Burst users fight each other in a virtual reality massive multiplayer online (VRMMO) fighting game where losing all of your points means you can never use Brain Burst again. Grateful for helping him, Haruyuki vows to help Kuroyukihime defeat the "Six Kings of Color", the leaders of the most powerful factions in Brain Burst and obtain Level 10 to ultimately learn why the "Accelerated World" was created.

The anime premiered in April 2012.

Masakazu Obara directed the anime at Sunrise with CG work by Orange. Hiroyuki Yoshino oversaw the series scripts, and Yukiko Aikei served as character designer and animation director.

Source: Muse Asia's Facebook page