Watch ‘Akira’, ‘Shin Godzilla’, and ‘Attack on Titan’ in a Virtual Reality Movie Theater!

Miss the feeling of sitting in a theater? Well, those with virtual reality headsets can experience the good old days, thanks to Bigscreen.

While the concept of a “virtual theater” isn’t exactly new, Funimation is teaming with Bigscreen – the leading virtual reality software platform – to program an ongoing slate of popular anime films from Akira to “Attack on Titan” and more for Bigscreen’s massive virtual reality audience.

The virtual anime movie theater launches with over 30 movies with additional new releases and popular titles added throughout the year. To kick off the launch, Funimation and Bigscreen have programmed special weekend screenings of films starting May 1 with fan favorite Your Name.

The special live film screenings that begin May 1 are a chance for viewers around the country to co-view the movie in virtual reality. Bigscreen supports infinite concurrent viewers to watch live together in groups of up to 8 people per theater room. The films are broadcast live on a pay-per-view basis at 6PM Pacific (9PM Eastern) and cost $3.99.

In Bigscreen’s virtual world, users can customize personal avatars, hang out in a virtual lobby, and voice chat with other movie fans. Movies are streamed on screens inside virtual cinemas, providing a social movie watching experience. Users can enjoy films alone or invite up to seven friends to join them in a theater.

Check out the below demo:

 

Upcoming Anime Events on Bigscreen: (Live movie events begin 6PM PST/ 9PM ET)

• May 1: Your Name

• May 8: My Hero Academia: Two Heroes

• May 15: Akira

• May 21: The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya

•  May 29: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

• June 5: Sword of the Stranger

• June 12: I Am A Hero

Anime Movies Available for VOD on Bigscreen:

• Your Name

• Planetarian: Storyteller of the Stars

• The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya Movie

• The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

• Steins Gate Movie

• Strike Witches Movie

• Fairy Tail Dragon Cry Movie

• Fairy Tail the Movie: Phoenix Priestess

• Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie

• Akira

• Attack on Titan Part 1

• Attack on Titan Part 2

• Shin Godzilla

• I Am A Hero

• Parasyte Part 1

• Parasyte Part 2

• My Hero Academia: Two Heroes

• Boy and the Beast

• Triguns Badland Rumble

• Death Note: Light Up the New World

• Death Note

• Death Note: The Last Name

• Psycho-Pass: The Movie

• Eden of the East: Air Communication

• Eden of the East: King of Eden

• Eden of the East: Paradise Lost

• Assassination Classroom The Movie: 365 Days’ Time

• Garo: Divine Flame

• Black Butler:  Book of the Atlantic

• Sword of the Stranger

• The School Idol Movie: Over the Rainbow

Bigscreen can be downloaded for free from bigscreenvr.com and runs on the Oculus Quest, Oculus Rift, Oculus Go, HTC Vive, Valve Index, all SteamVR headsets, and all Microsoft Windows Mixed Reality headsets.

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