Shikabane Hime: AKA Licensed by Funimation, Stream Available Friday

Humberto Saabedra

Shikabane Hime mangaFunimation has confirmed that it will stream the Shikabane Hime: AKA (Corpse Princess) supernatural horror series produced by Gainax beginning on Friday after the series first began airing in Japan on October 2nd.

The series centers on Makina Hoshimura, an undead teenage girl that must hunt and kill 108 corpses before she can enter Heaven and earn eternal peace.  The series will stream on YouTube, Joost.com, Hulu.com, and funimation.com with a download to own option available on the aforementioned website for $1.99 on the same day.

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