funimation has dubbed the anime episodes in english, and has licensed them for release in the united states and canada. the series was also licensed by manga entertainment for english releases in the united kingdom, and by madman entertainment for releases in australia and new zealand. the entire english-dubbed series was streamed through hulu during october 2009 and english-subtitled episodes continue to be streamed. funimation streams english-subtitled and english-dubbed episodes through their website. the series has also aired in the philippines, hong kong and southeast asia on animax asia. on january 25, 2016, it was announced that the streaming and dvd home distribution rights for the north american distributor of the anime, funimation, would expire, which occurred on february 8, 2016.