CR Acquires Kemono no Souja Erin

Crunchyroll is now streaming the first 4 episodes of Production I.G’s current fantasy drama anime series The Beast Player Erin (Kemono no Souja Erin). New weekly episodes will premiere on Crunchyroll every Sunday, 24 hours after their Japanese broadcast, beginning with this week’s episode 34. The remaining episodes will be filled in over the next several weeks.

The fantasy drama about a teen girl with an unusual empathy for wild animals is an adaptation of the novel series by Seirei no Moribito author Nahoko Uehashi. The anime adaptats the first two novels that premiered in 2006. The series’ concluding two novels were released in Japan last month.

This is a nice show, provided you can deal with the slow pace and excessive flashbacks & recycled animation.