News tagged as "Licenses"
Funimation Acquires Higashi no Eden Movies and Spice and Wolf II
According to AnimeNewsNetwork, Funimation announced at Anime Boston 2010 that they have acquired following new titles: Higashi no Eden Recap Movie - Air Communication Higashi no Eden - Movie I: The King of Eden Higashi no Eden - Movie II: Paradise Lost Spice and Wolf II Chobits S...
NIS America Acquires Toradora and PandoraHearts
NIS America, US branch of Japanese game publisher Nippon Ichi Software, have announced that they will enter into the US Anime DVD Industry with an initial lineup of four titles below: Toradora! Persona ~Trinity Soul~ PandoraHearts Wagaya no Oinari-sama Currently they plan to begi...
Inuyasha gets simulcasted in the U.S.
Starting from Oct. 3rd Inuyasha will get simulcasted mere hours after the episodes will be broadcasted in Japan. Viewers can stream it subbed on ShonenSunday's website and on Hulu. The simulcast will pick up on "The Final Act" but the previous 167 episodes will be available as we...
Funimation licenses Spice and Wolf
According to Animenewsnetwork.com, Funimation announced at their panel at Anime Boston on Saturday that they have obtained the rights to the first season of the Spice and Wolf series. Funimation also announced they plan to ship the series towards the end of this year or the early...
Clannad and Princess Resurrection to Be Released in Half-Season Sets
An American anime distributor, ADV Films, reported recently that it will release Clannad and Princess Resurrection in half-season sets, instead of previously planned single DVDs. The first 12 episodes (300 minutes) of Clannad will ship on March 3rd and the first 13 episodes (325...
Del Rey Acquires Hosana Tanaka's Ninja Girls Manga
LovelongSought: Del Rey recently acquired Hosana Tanaka's historical action comedy manga, Rappi Rangai. The title will be translated as Ninja Girl's for its American released. Synopsis: This story takes place during the civil war in Japan. The tale begins with a mysterious boy di...
Baccano! Licensed By Funimation
Funimation announced, in a streaming update, that it has acquired Aniplex's anime adaptation of Ryohgo Narita's light novel, Baccano!. The anime, set in early 1930s America, is collection of stories about immortal alchemists, mafia, reporters, and thieves. The first episode, subb...
Funimation Announces Romeo x Juliet, D. Gray-Man Licenses
Funimation has announced two more licenses today with the acquisition of both Romeo X Juliet, and D.Gray-Man. Romeo X Juliet was announced at its Anime Central industry panel Saturday evening. At the same time as the announcement was made the Funimation.com website was updated wi...
Claymore licensed by Funimation
ANN is reporting that Funimation has licensed the Claymore. They made the announcement at noon CST today. No word on a release schedule as of yet. The manga is being released by Viz Media and has been released up to volume 10 with volume 11 being released in March.
Samurai Champloo box set to be released Sept.3 in UK
In celebration of the box set release, there have been 4 clips (1 2 3 4) from the show published online. Visit MVM's official press release. And according to the press release, the box set even comes with a nifty exclusive limited edition Samurai Champloo bandana! EDIT: To be spe...
Dark Horse Comics aquires GANTZ
The enormously popular seinen manga series GANTZ is scheduled to be released summer 2008 by Dark Horse Comics. "Throughout the years, there has been one title that fans approach us about again and again, and that is GANTZ. Dark Horse President/Publisher/Founder Mike Richardson ha...
Vexille in Theaters in 2008
FUNimantion announced Vexille will open in theaters and DVD in August 2008. For those who crave cg futuristic robot anime then you will be looking forward to this. Vexille is from the talent behind Appleseed (2004) and The Matrix Reloaded. The story is set in 2067 and follows the...
New Cartoon Network - Toonami Jetstream Lineup
For the first aniversery for Toonami Jetstream, Cartoon Network and Viz Media are expanding the lineup. Toonami Jetstream offers full length episodes of shows shown on Toonami, including anime. Some of the animes that are hosted include Dragonball, Zoids Genesis, Bobobo-bo Bo-bob...
ADV Films displays Kanon 2006 teaser trailers
ADV Films has posted a low quality and high quality video of a teaser trailer for Kanon 2006. The videos seem to be going up/down, so have patience. No announcement has been made about ADV licensing the series yet either. Source: AnimeOnDVD.
