Posts Tagged ‘License’

Bandai has announced that it has acquired the license to the Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya feature film with a screening scheduled for May 21st at the VIZ Cinema located inside the New People center located in San Francisco which will feature English subtitles. While the DVD release timeframe has not been determined, it will be [...]

Media Blasters has confirmed that it has licensed the fan favorite Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei gag slice of life comedy with the DVD release scheduled for May. The disc will come in at an MSRP of $24.99 with six episodes (of 12 total) and is confirmed to be sub only despite preliminary reports yesterday.

Media Blasters CEO John Sirabella has confirmed that his Media Blasters licensing and distribution company has acquired the licenses to Media Factory’s Queen’s Blade anime adaptation and Ikkitousen: Great Guardians. Both series will be available next year scheduled for a siummer release and will be English dubbed, with the Queen’s Blade acquisition consisting of both [...]

Following up, ADV has added the former CPM licensed title Darkside Blues to its growing roster of CPM titles that will begin shipping next month according to a RightStuf listing. The title was a popular VHS era title adapted from a manga written by Vampire Hunter D author Hideyuki Kikuchi about a dark mystic named [...]

Following the recent release of Funimation’s Vandread Complete Collection boxset, representative Rojas has confirmed in a blog post comment that the distributor has also licensed the Vandread Turbulence (Gekitouhen) and Integral (Taidouhen) recap OVAs for each respective season. The Vandread Integral and Turbulence OVAs served as recap episodes between each season of the Gonzo produced [...]

Funimation has posted the first episode of the Shikabane Hime: Kuro second season on their video page. When the first series was first licensed last year, it was not known if the license included the second series which recently premiered in Japan. The second series continues the story of Makina Hoshimura and her quest to [...]