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Giant Licensing Roundup, Anime Expo Edition

Posted by: sidereeldom on: July 6, 2010

Sweet mercy, I go and take a break to staff AX and the anime companies unleash half of their big announcements! I’m glad I’ll actually have time during Otakon to post the news as it happens, because falling behind on AX feels like a mountain already. So, here we go with the alphabetical company-by-company roundup: [...]

FUNimation Announces Six New Licenses at Anime Central

Posted by: sidereeldom on: May 17, 2010

Well, they can’t all be hits. FUNimation’s weekend announcements at Anime Central only really generated excitement if you like boobs. If you do, hot dog - Sora no Otoshimono and both Rosario x Vampire seasons are coming your way in English next year, courtesy of FUNimation. The two fan service-crazy shows highlighted a relatively weak crop of [...]

Tatami Galaxy Starts Tomorrow

Posted by: sidereeldom on: April 21, 2010

FUNimation starts airing the second half of the noitaminA block tomorrow, and as you can see from the subtitled trailer above, Tatami Galaxy is a huge departure from your average kids’ action fantasy or cute-girl-moe anime. The visuals are freakish and fascinating, the story looks deliciously twisted, and all in all, it looks like it’ll be [...]

FUNimation to Simulcast the noitaminA Time Slot

Posted by: sidereeldom on: April 15, 2010

Yes, all of it. Today, FUNimation announced that the potential spring season savior Sarai-ya Goyou (AKA House of the Five Leaves) and lesser-known Tatami Galaxy will both be simulcast under its banner. The deal as announced covers future series that live in the noitaminA block as well, so this is a pretty big win for FUNimation. [...]

Over the weekend, FUNimation’s panels at Anime Boston and SakuraCon announced three titles to add to their ever-growing library: – Chobits, CLAMP’s tale about the complex relationship between a young man and his cutely anthropomorphic computer, has been rescued from its limbo state. It was previously licensed by the now-defunct Geneon Entertainment, and last saw [...]

Kuroshitsuji Licensed by FUNimation

Posted by: sidereeldom on: March 29, 2010

That’s right, ladies, two, two, TWO Black Butler news pieces in one day! FUNimation’s latest FUNicon just ended with a trailer for the first Kuroshitsuji, meaning that FUNimation has acquired the rights to the fangirltastic butler series, which starred Sakamoto Maaya and Ono Daisuke as a young boy and his demonic butler. More info to come [...]

Many modern anime fans started at the same place: watching dubbed Dragon Ball Z after school and on the weekends. A generation later, Nicktoons’ announcement of its upcoming anime lineup holds a bit of a surprise: Dragon Ball Z Kai will join the children’s network’s lineup this May. While I personally thought that the remake/remaster [...]

Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu Licensed and Streamed by FUNimation

Posted by: sidereeldom on: March 4, 2010

This is the best news of the year so far: Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu, which I consider the most entertaining show in recent memory, is not only licensed by FUNimation, but it’s on the fast track to release. Starting tomorrow, FUNimation is going to start streaming subtitled episodes of BakaTest, which it is calling [...]

Evangelion 1.11 Trailers Try To Sell You Eva All Over Again

Posted by: sidereeldom on: February 26, 2010

FUNimation is doing everything it can to get you excited about a release that’s not only a remake of a 15-year-old anime, but a cleaned-up release of a DVD they released just last year. If you’re still interested in Evangelion 1.11 in spite of the fact that there are only 3 minutes of truly new [...]

Trigun License Salvaged by FUNimation

Posted by: sidereeldom on: February 16, 2010

While it may be small news to some people that FUNimation picked up the license for a 12-year-old anime that has already seen at least three home video releases, there’s more here than meets the eye. I’m actually quite excited about FUNimation’s Trigun rescue announcement from this weekend’s KatsuCon. Remember, the Trigun movie is coming [...]