Anime license deals for North America

[CrimsonRyu17]

But I think I am the only person here that cares about Spice and Wolf. Someone please prove me wrong.

Gladly. Baha!

I finished the anime and the ova, which is the "0" episode of season 2. Can't wait for season 2, honestly. It's the only "romance" anime that I haven't dropped. I liked all the way through. It's very well-done and interesting, keeps you watching but isn't full of mush, and I love it. I'd try picking up the light novels but unfortunately, can't read Japaneeeese, so I'm waiting for the English release of that.

Yay for Funi picking it up! Man, I want to see a VA list announcement soooon.

[MasterDias]

Anime Expo week license roundup:

ADV/Sentai Filmworks: Fist of the North Star Raoh Gaiden: Ten no Haoh
Rightstuf/Nozomi: Aria the Origination & Arietta, Antique Bakery.....and Junjou Romantica
Bandai: Eureka Seven - good night, sleep tight, young lovers
Funimation: Sands of Destruction (World Destruction: Sekai Bokumetsu no Rokunin), and Sengoku Basara


Pretty underwhelming actually.

[blkmage]

Aria and Eureka Seven make sense. I find Sengoku Basara surprising, considering the audience that did follow it when it was airing and the fact that it's based on a PS2 game that wasn't that well known.

[MasterDias]

Well, we have gotten game-based anime before that are based on somewhat obscure or unreleased outside of Japan titles. Sakura Taisen and Super Robot Wars are testaments to that. Sengoku Basara and Sands of Destruction sort of seem like the type of titles to fit in with Funimation's image anyway.

It won't surprise me if they license Valkyria Chronicles later this year.

[blkmage]

Huh, looks like Kannagi got licensed by Bandai. DVDs available only on RightStuf and Amazon, but it's also available streamed on ANN immediately. I watched it when it was airing last fall and it was pretty enjoyable. It has a Lucky Star kind of vibe while not exactly being about otaku-ism (although it contains a lot of those in-jokes) or slice of life, but that probably has to do with the fact that the director was one of Lucky Star's directors. It's produced by A-1 Studios and the leading VA is the recently popular Tomatsu Haruka.

[Cherubiel]

FLAG!, I was curious about this Anime.
The plot is just odd though.?, but might be worth watching.

[MasterDias]

Funimation licensed Casshern Sins and Eden of the East. They apparently just finished negotiations for EotE yesterday.

Also, four Detective Conan/Case Closed movies: The Last Magician of the Century, Captured in Her Eyes, Count Down to Heaven, and The Phantom of Baker Street.

[minakichan]

Higashi No Edennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

[blkmage]

Those are two excellent pickups. Surprisingly fast for Eden.

[Fish and Chips]

And right after I've watched the first episode to both of them.

My timing is fantastic.

[ilikegir33]

Eden of the East for the win!

[MasterDias]

So, Viz was saving their license announcements for Comic-Con:
Inuyasha the Final Act, Kekkaishi, and Vampire Knight.

No surprise really for Inuyasha and Vampire Knight. Kekkaishi is a solid title.

[ilikegir33]

So, Viz was saving their license announcements for Comic-Con:
Inuyasha the Final Act, Kekkaishi, and Vampire Knight.

No surprise really for Inuyasha and Vampire Knight. Kekkaishi is a solid title.

It makes sense that Viz would license Kekkaishi, because they've already licensed the manga. However, it is a bit surprising that they would license Inuyasha The Final Act since it hasn't even aired in Japan yet. But I think Viz would do what they've done with Naruto Shippuden (and what FUNimation's done with FMA: Brotherhood) and post an episode each week on their website.

[MasterDias]

ADV/Sentai Filmworks has licensed Clannad After Story, Ghost Hound, He is my Master, Popotan, and A Little Snow Fairy Sugar.

The last two are license-rescues from Geneon.
Apparently, ADVs new way of license announcements will be via tRSI solicitations.

[blkmage]

Clannad After Story

Good, everyone's Clannad experience will now be complete.
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[Roy Mustang]

Section23 Films has announced on Friday that Sentai Filmworks has licensed The Skull Man and Maria Holic.

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[Roy Mustang]

Re license title news.

Funimation has announced at the Katsucon event on Sunday that it licensed the Trigun television anime series for Blu-ray and DVD from the Japanese company Flying Dog.


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[battletech]

I just bought The Trigun remix DVDs for 50% off. I wait all this time to get Trigun then they say a new release on BD. I just cannot win.

[ST. Attidude]

Re license title news.

Funimation has announced at the Katsucon event on Sunday that it licensed the Trigun television anime series for Blu-ray


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That would be sweet to own, if I had a PS3 or Blu ray player that is...

[ilikegir33]

Media Blasters has licensed...guess what?
[spoiler]SAYONARA ZETSUBOU SENSEI. There. I'm excited.[/spoiler]

EDIT: They've also licensed Record of Lodoss War, both the TV series and the OVA, which were formerly licensed by the late Central Park Media.

[Roy Mustang]

FUNimation has confirmed the licensing of Black Butler, Spice and Wolf Season 2, former Geneon property Chobits and Eden of the East movies and confirmed the use of the original theme song for the television series.


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[airichan623]

FUNimation has confirmed the licensing of Black Butler, Spice and Wolf Season 2, former Geneon property Chobits and Eden of the East movies and confirmed the use of the original theme song for the television series.


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my friends will be excited to here about black butler

[Roy Mustang]

Bandai Entertainment has acquired the rights to the movie The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya.

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[Roy Mustang]

Aniplex to start publishing in the US with Gurren movies. Aniplex America, who we've seen working with Bandai Entertainment for a number of years, has finally decided to get into the distribution market. For their first trick, they will be releasing both of the Gurren Lagann movies this summer. The first movie, Childhood's End, will be available July 1st, while The Lights in the Skies are Stars will be ready on July 30th.

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[Roy Mustang]

Funimation has license the Shiki, Black Butler 2, Sekirei Pure Engagement, The Legend of the Legendary Heroes, and Sengoku Basara Two anime series for simulcast as they air in Japan starting this month.

Funimation also announced the 2011 licenses of Darker than Black: Season 2, Shakugan No Shana, Toaru Majutsu No Index, Toaru Kagaku No Railgun, Black Lagoon: Roberta's Blood Trail, Hellsing Ultimate: volumes 5-7, and the Trigun: Badlands Rumble film.

Funimation announced that it licensed the Geneon anime titles Texhnolyze, Ai Yori Aoshi, Armitage III, Haibane Renmei, Hellsing(TV series), Serial Experiments Lain, Tenchi In Tokyo, Tenchi Universe, the Tenchi Muyo OVAs, and the Tenchi Muyo movies.

Funimation has also stated that it plans to release Trigun: Badlands Rumble in theaters.


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[Wyntre Rose]

And Aniplex of America is licensing Durarara!! with a dub:

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-07-03/aniplex-of-america-adds-durarara-anime

[Atria35]

Did I just see an announcement of relicense for Haibane Renmei and Serial Experimnets Lain?

I did! I did! (Now get to 5 Cm Per Second!)

[blkmage]

Sentai is streaming Highschool of the Dead.

Right Stuf has So Ra No Wo To and Utena.

I'm too lazy to find and link to the ANN articles.

[Atria35]

Bandai annouced that they picked up K-On!

[mechana2015]

Did I just see an announcement of relicense for Haibane Renmei and Serial Experimnets Lain?

I did! I did! (Now get to 5 Cm Per Second!)

I was actually in the room when they did all the announcements for aniplex and Funimation, and aniplex went live with their US websites about an hour into the panel. Good night overall.

Funimation also is rereleasing Hellsing TV, Gantz, Kaleidostar, Pecemaker Kuronage, Tehxnolyze, Chrono Crusade, Armitage the 3rd, and practically every Tenchi Muyo that fell out of license.

They will also be Simulcasting Shiki and Moyashamon Live Action, starting July 8th.

Aniplex will be streaming content over youtube, starting with 22 minutes of a movie, Welcome to the Space show, and the series Miracle Train. They expect to be adding more later, includign R.O.D. TV.