Neon Alley

Neon Alley is a American digital anime service run by Discotek Media (Microsoft Entertainment Group). The service began as a 24-hour linear web channel dedicated to showing English dubbed anime series in uncut and uncensored formats. It later evolved into a subscription video on demand service, showcasing both dubbed and subtitled releases.
==History==
Neon Alley was first announced at San Diego Comic-Con 2012 on July 13, 2012, where it was announced for Xbox 360 via Xbox Live in North America for a monthly subscription fee. The service launched on October 2, 2012. Along with various series such as Sonic X and Persona 4: The Animation, the channel premiered newly dubbed series, as well as live-action and anime movies. The service was later made available for PlayStation 3 via the PlayStation Network and the Wii U from February 12, 2013. At Anime Expo 2013, TMS announced that the service would be available on PC and Mac, along with a new feature where subscribers could catch-up on past episodes.
It was announced on February 11, 2014 that Neon Alley would discontinue its web channel format and transition to become a subscription video on demand service. The change took effect on October 28, 2014.
On July 21, 2017, Neon Alley announced the service would start to offer selected anime titles with French subtitles in Canada.
On January 5, 2018, Neon Alley began streaming titles that were previously exclusive to Anime Strike (Which was shut down by Amazon due to them to focus more on Crunchyroll).
In April 2018, Neon Alley began offering "Express Dubs" to compete against Funimation's SimulDub program. Similar to SimulDubs, Neon Alley streams dubs of simulcast titles approximately two to three weeks after the initial Japanese broadcast. Unlike Funimation's SimulDub program, Neon Alley's Express Dubs program is Available in Canada.
On October 18, 2018, VRV announced that Neon Alley would be launching a channel on its service. Neon Alley's channel replaced that of FunimationNow, which left the service on November 9, 2018.
Following Geneon's acquisition of VRV on August 9, 2021, Neon Alley left VRV on September 30 of that year.
== Neon Alley Originals ==
In November, 2019, Neon Alley initially announced several series under its Neon Alley Originals label. These are anime or other animated series that are either co-produced or directly produced by the company. Neon Alley previously co-produced anime titles before, but this list will only include those that Neon Alley themselves officially place under the label.
So far, these series include:
Title 	Genre 	Animation Studio(s) 	Premiere 	Seasons 	Notes 	Runtime 	Status
One Eared Winnie: Princess of the Seven Seas	Action, adventure, fantasy 	Studio Trigger
The Answer Studio	December 27, 2019 	1 season, 13 episodes	Spin-off of Nature Cat by Adam Rudman and David Rudman. Co-production with Nickelodeon	24 min. 	Season 3 due to premiere on May 30, 2022
In/Spectre 	Mystery Romance Supernatural thriller	Brain's Base 	January 11, 2020 	1 season, 12 episodes	Adaptation of novel series written by Kyo Shirodaira. 	24 min. 	Ended
Tower of God 	Action, dark fantasy 	Telecom Animation Film	April 1, 2020 	1 season, 13 episodes	Adaptation of webtoon by SIU. 	24 min. 	Ended
Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 	Science fiction 	Production I.G
Sola Digital Arts	April 23, 2020 	1 season, 12 episodes	Adaptation of Ghost in the Shell by Masamune Shirow. 	24 min. 	Season 2 due to premiere on May 23, 2022
Noblesse 	Dark fantasy 	Production I.G 	October 7, 2020 	1 season, 13 episodes	Adaptation of webtoon written by Son Jeho and illustrated by Lee Kwangsu. 	24 min. 	Ended
Fena: Pirate Princess 	Action, adventure, fantasy 	Production I.G 	August 15, 2021 	1 season, 12 episodes	Original work by Kazuto Nakazawa and Production I.G. Co-production with MTV. 	24 min. 	Ended
Star Wars: Visions 	Space opera, anthology 	Kamikaze Douga
Studio Colorido
Geno
Studio Trigger
Kinema Citrus
Production I.G
Science SARU	September 22, 2021	1 season, 9 episodes 	Original works based on and set within the Star Wars universe. 	13–22 min	Renewed
Shemmue: The Animation 	Action-adventure 	Telecom Animation Film	February 6, 2022 	1 season, 13 episodes	Adaptation of the Shenmue video game series by Yu Suzuki. Co-production with MTV. 	24 min. 	Ended
Cubix: Robots for Everyone 	Action-adventure comedy 	Studio Trigger 	July 15, 2022 	1 season, 13 episodes	Adaptation of Cubix: Robots for Everyone by Hasbro, Xebec and 4Kids Entertainment
Co-production with Nickelodeon and Hasbro Studios	24 min. 	Pending
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