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Jan 21, 2016 12:23 AM
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Recently many Aniplex titles have been expiring for whatever reason (Aniplex charging too much, not allowing anyone to license/rescue titles, series didn't sell well enough to justify a renewal, etc.), so I decided to list the status of every title that is handled by Aniplex internationally, whether it be in-print, OOP, or simply never licensed. I've provided alternative English-friendly options for OOP titles in the OOP list, as well as unreleased titles and titles not released in a certain format by Aniplex USA. I've also provided the date of the final JPBD for titles AoA never released and titles that are still TBD. Lastly, each of the links for a title takes you to the ANN encyclopedia entry where you can see all the various releases for a title, like so. Feel free to point out anything missing or any errors. I will be consistently updating this list.

Notes
-(???) means I'm not sure if it was handled internationally by Aniplex. Ex: Zakuro is OOP, but Crunchyroll got streaming rights from ADK, not Aniplex, though NISA may have had to go to Aniplex or possibly both ADK and Aniplex (shared rights do sometimes happen Ex: Love Hina (Production I.G, Starchild), Last Exile: Fam, the Silver Wing (flying dog, Gonzo)) to get home video rights.
-Some English-friendly alternatives for OOP/unreleased titles require getting a region-free/different region Blu-ray or DVD player. Also, Japan shares the same Blu-ray region as North America, Region A, and JP anime BDs rarely have region-coding on them, so they should work regardless of your region. Also with DVDs in other regions, I will note if they're PAL (Meaning they'll have PAL speedup) or NTSC. Regions guide: United Kingdom=Region 2 (DVD), B (Blu-ray) | Australia=Region 4 (DVD), B (Blu-ray)
-Regarding the Monogatari Series: While these lists are in alphabetical order, I decided with the Monogatari Series to list everything below Bakemonogatari in production order.
-Madman, Siren Visual, and Hanabee=Australia. Hanabee does not ship outside Australia and New Zealand, so you'll have to find other ways to obtain their releases if you're not in Australia or New Zealand.
-Aniplex USA has stated before they have no interest in catalog titles, so any catalog titles are unlikely to be picked up by them. Aniplex USA's only license-rescues were Gurren Lagann, Read or Die, and the Rurouni Kenshin OVAs and the movie. These were done only due to recent or upcoming Blu-ray releases in Japan for titles that were previously DVD-only in Japan. The Rurouni Kenshin OVAs and the movie were imports-only and Read or Die was Blu-ray-only (the TV series DVDs have been OOP since Geneon's closure in late 2007, the DVD for the OVA from Manga going OOP around the same time).
-When an Aniplex series from another company expired, streaming only came back for titles already streaming on CR, the publisher just switching to Aniplex. The only exceptions so far have been Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood and Fullmetal Alchemist: The Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa which were streaming in FUNimation's usual places until their licenses expired, with AoA later getting streaming rights and putting them on Crunchyroll.
-Aniplex Japan now works exclusively with their US subsidiary (there's tons of evidence to suggest this), Aniplex of America. If AoA does not grab an Aniplex series, it'll remain OOP or unlicensed.

Other Lists: Aniplex Hulu Expiration Dates* (Via WTK of The Fandom Post) | Aniplex North America Streaming List | JP vs. US Release Timeframes

*Many of these are no longer on Hulu. However, the dates are still relevant as the license expiration dates matched the Hulu expirations.

Last updated: 2/28/2017 | Last changes: Noted Sekirei and Sekirei: Pure Engagement as OOP and Madman releases of Classroom Crisis and Gunslinger Stratos, two unreleased Aniplex USA titles.

Aniplex Titles Still In-Print In North America

Aniplex of America
(Italics means it was sold only as a JP import release.)
Aldnoah.Zero
Aldnoah.Zero 2
AnoHana: The Movie
Bakemonogatari
Nisemonogatari
Nekomonogatari: Black
Monogatari Series Second Season
Hanamonogatari
Tsukimonogatari
Owarimonogatari
Kizumonogatari Part 1: Tekketsu-hen
Blast of Tempest
Blue Exorcist: The Movie
Charlotte
Doukyusei Classmates
Durarara!! (Blu-ray)
Durarara!!x2 Shou
Durarara!!x2 Ten
Durarara!!x2 Ketsu
Erased
Expelled From Paradise*
Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works TV
Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works TV 2
Fate/Zero
Fate/Zero 2
God Eater**
Gurren Lagann
Gyo: Tokyo Fish Attack!
Kill la Kill (Blu-ray)
Magi: The Kingdom of Magic
Nisekoi:
Oreimo 2
Oreshura
Persona 3: The Movie 1: Spring of Birth
Persona 3: The Movie 2: Midsummer Knight’s Dream
Persona 3: The Movie 3: Falling Down
Persona 3: The Movie 4: Winter of Rebirth
Persona 4: The Golden Animation
Persona 5 the Animation: The Day Breakers
Plastic Memories
Puella Magi Madoka Magica (Blu-ray)
Puella Magi Madoka Magica: The Movie 1: Beginnings
Puella Magi Madoka Magica: The Movie 2: Eternal
Puella Magi Madoka Magica: The Movie 3: Rebellion
Saekano
Servant x Service
Silver Spoon
Silver Spoon 2
Sword Art Online
Sword Art Online II
Sword Art Online: Extra Edition
The Anthem of the Heart
The Asterisk War
The Asterisk War 2
The Garden of Sinners (Blu-ray)
The Garden of Sinners: Recalled Out Summer
The Irregular at Magic High School
Valvrave: The Liberator
Valvrave: The Liberator 2
Vividred Operation
Wagnaria!!3
World Conquest Zvezda Plot
Your lie in April

*Expelled From Paradise was licensed through Toei Animation, not Aniplex Japan. Aniplex Japan while they were involved did not have international rights.
**Aniplex USA licensed God Eater from Anime Consortium Japan (AKA Daisuki), Aniplex Japan was not involved with the show whatsoever in Japan except for being apart of ACJ who is on the production committee.

FUNimation Entertainment
Black Butler
Black Butler II + OVA
Black Butler: Book of Circus
Black Butler: Book of Murder
Darker Than Black: Gemini of the Meteor + OVA
Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos
Guilty Crown
Shiki

GKids/Cinedigm
Welcome to the Space Show

NIS America
Wagnaria!!2

RightStuf
Sound of the Sky

Sentai Filmworks
A-Channel
Angel Beats!
Guin Saga
Hell Girl: Two Mirrors
Hell Girl: Three Vessels
Inu x Boku SS
La Corda D’Oro: Primo Passo
Le Portrait de Petite Cossette
Mardock Scramble: The First Compression
Mardock Scramble: The Second Combustion
Mardock Scramble: The Third Exhaust
Night Raid 1931
No.6
Persona 4: The Animation
Rurouni Kenshin: New Kyoto Arc
Tsuritama
Xam’d: Lost Memories

Note: Sentai isn't currently streaming Guin Saga, Hell Girl S2-S3, La Corda D'Oro: Primo Passo (it's on CR, but has been prior to Sentai licensing it), Xam'd: Lost Memories, nor Le Portrait de Petite Cosette on Hulu, so there's no way to really tell when for sure their licenses will expire. Based off the Hulu expiration dates, the licenses last 6-7 years after the first release hits, so these titles will likely expire in 2016 and 2017.

Square-Enix/Sony Pictures Entertainment
Brotherhood: Final Fantasy XV
Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV

Aniplex Titles OOP in North America

ADV Films
Arc the Lad
Jing: King of Bandits
Rurouni Kenshin: Reflection (DVD) | Madman (PAL)
Rurouni Kenshin: Trust & Betrayal (DVD) | Madman (PAL)
Rurouni Kenshin: The Movie (DVD) | Madman (PAL)
Wild Arms: Twilight Venom

Aniplex of America
(Italics means it was sold only as a JP import release.)
Baccano! (Blu-ray) | Amazon Japan (English dub/sub support) | Amazon UK
Blue Exorcist | Amazon UK | Madman
Durarara!! (DVD) | Amazon UK (NTSC) | Siren Visual (PAL)
Gurren Lagann: The Movie: Childhood’s End | Amazon UK | Madman (PAL)
Gurren Lagann: The Movie: The Lights in the Sky are Stars | Amazon UK | Madman (PAL)
Kill la Kill (DVD) | Amazon UK | Part 1 (NTSC) | Part 2 (NTSC) | Part 3 (NTSC) | Madman (PAL)
Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic | Amazon UK | Part 1 | Part 2 | Madman (PAL)
Nisekoi | Amazon UK | Part 1 | Part 2 | Madman (PAL)
Oreimo* | Amazon Japan (English sub support) | Amazon UK (PAL) | Madman (PAL)
Puella Magi Madoka Magica (DVD) | Amazon UK (PAL) | Madman (PAL)
Read or Die: The TV + OVA (Blu-ray)
Rurouni Kenshin: Reflection (Blu-ray) | Amazon Japan (English dub/sub support)
Rurouni Kenshin: Trust & Betrayal (Blu-ray) | Amazon Japan (English dub/sub support)
Rurouni Kenshin: The Movie (Blu-ray)
The Garden of Sinners (DVD) | Amazon UK (NTSC)

*Oreimo Blu-ray was sold only as an import release, and is OOP. Domestic release was DVD-only.

Bandai Entertainment
Android Kikaider: The Animation (???)
Kikaider-01: The Animation (???)
FLAG
Ghost Slayers Ayashi + OVA
Kannagi: Crazy Shrine Maidens
Star Driver | Madman (PAL)
Toward the Terra

FUNimation Entertainment
009-1
Baccano! (DVD)
Birdy the Mighty: Decode + OVA
Birdy the Mighty: Decode 02
Darker Than Black
Fullmetal Alchemist | Amazon UK | Part 1 | Part 2
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood | Amazon UK | Part 1 | Part 2 | Madman
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood OVAs | Amazon UK | Madman
Fullmetal Alchemist: Premium OVA Collection
Fullmetal Alchemist: The Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa
Hell Girl
Jing: King of Bandits: Seventh Heaven
Nerima Daikon Brothers | Amazon UK (NTSC)
Sekirei
Sekirei: Pure Engagement
Spiral

Geneon Entertainment
Kamichu!
Paradise Kiss
Read or Die: The TV (DVD)
Submarine 707R

Manga Entertainment
Blood: The Last Vampire
Kaidoumaru
Read or Die OVA (DVD)

Media Blasters
I’ll/CKBC
Mirage of Blaze
Mirage of Blaze: Rebels on the River Edge
Rurouni Kenshin
Sadamitsu the Destroyer
Shinesman, Special Duty Combat Unit (???)

NIS America
AnoHana: The Flower We Saw That Day | Hanabee
Katanagatari
Occult Academy
Persona: Trinity Soul
Wagnaria!!
Zakuro (???)

RightStuf
Gravitation
Gravitation: Lyrics of Love

Sony Pictures Entertainment
Blood+
Tekkonkinkreet

Unlicensed Aniplex Titles

Not Licensed At All
Amon: Apocalypse of Devilman
Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic (May be licensed by Aniplex USA)
Cencoroll
Cencoroll 2 (Not yet aired)
Dog Days
Dog Days’
Dog Days’’
Ginban Kaleidoscope
Hotarubi no Mori e
Koyomimonogatari
Magi: Adventure of Sinbad | (Picked up by Netflix, disc rights unknown)
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha ViVid (???)
Miracle Train
Mitsudomoe
Mitsudomoe 2
Mushishi Zoku-Shou: Suzu no Shizuku
Qualidea Code
Rewrite
Rewrite 2
Star Driver: The Movie
The iDOLM@STER
The iDOLM@STER Movie: Kagayaki no Mukougawa e!
Valkyria Chronicles
Valkyria Chronicles 3: Unrecorded Chronicles
Wandering Son
Zaregoto | (May be licensed by Aniplex USA)

Unreleased by Aniplex of America
Classroom Crisis | Last JPBD: 4/27/2016 | Madman (Releasing 5/24/2017, NTSC)
Day Break Illusion | Last JPBD: 3/26/2014
Gunslinger Stratos | Last JPBD: 11/25/2015 | Madman (Releasing 5/24/2017, NTSC)
Mekakucity Actors | Last JPBD: 12/24/2014 | Madman (NTSC)
Mushishi: Next Passage | Last JPBD: 12/17/2014 | Madman (NTSC)
Mushishi: Next Passage 2 | Last JPBD: 7/22/2015 | Madman (NTSC)
Nanana’s Buried Treasure | Last JPBD: 11/26/2014 | Madman (NTSC)
Samurai Flamenco | Last JPBD: 10/22/2014 | Amazon UK | Part 1 | Part 2 | Madman | Part 1 (PAL) | Part 2 (NTSC)
Togainu no Chi: Bloody Curs* | Last JPDVD: 11/23/2011

*Togainu no Chi: Bloody Curs was stated to have been licensed by AoA here, here, as well as their site (PDF was taken down) under the press releases section.

TBD
Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga | Last JPBD: 8/9/2017
Fate/Grand Order (Not yet aired) | Last JPBD: TBD
Fate/stay night: Heaven’s Feel (Not yet aired, not formally announced) | Last JPBD: TBD
Granblue Fantasy: The Animation (Note yet aired) | Last JPBD: TBD
High School Fleet | Last JPBD: 11/23/2016
I've Always Liked You | JPBD: 10/26/2016
Kiznaiver* | Last JPBD: 11/2/2016
Kizumonogatari Part 2: Nekketsu-hen | Last JPBD: 12/21/2016
Kizumonogatari Part 3: Reiketsu-hen (Not yet aired) | Last JPBD: TBD
March Comes in like a Lion | Last JPBD: 8/23/2017
Occultic;Nine | Last JP: 5/3/2017
Sword Art Online: The Movie: Ordinal Scale (Not yet aired) | Last JPBD: TBD
www[dot]wagnaria!! | Last JPBD: 5/24/2017

*Disc rights unknown. Also, Crunchyroll is on the production committee and the publisher is ABC Asahi.

No Blu-ray
Blast of Tempest
Gyo: Tokyo Fish Attack!
Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic | Amazon UK | Part 1 | Part 2
Magi: The Kingdom of Magic | Amazon UK | Part 1 | Part 2
Oreimo 2
Oreshura
Servant x Service
Silver Spoon | Amazon UK (TBD)
Silver Spoon 2 | Amazon UK (TBD)
Vividred Operation
World Conquest Zvezda Plot | Amazon UK

No DVD
(Italics means it was sold only as a JP import release.)
Bakemonogatari
Nisemonogatari
Nekomonogatari: Black
Monogatari Series Second Season
Hanamonogatari
Tsukimonogatari
Owarimonogatari
Kizumonogatari Part 1: Tekketsu-hen
Charlotte
Doukyusei Classmates
Erased
Expelled From Paradise
God Eater
Nisekoi
Nisekoi:
Persona 3: The Movie 1: Spring of Birth
Persona 3: The Movie 2: Midsummer Knight’s Dream
Persona 3: The Movie 3: Falling Down
Persona 3: The Movie 4: Winter of Rebirth
Persona 4: The Golden Animation
Persona 5 the Animation: The Day Breakers
Plastic Memories
Saekano
The Anthem of the Heart
The Asterisk War
The Asterisk War 2
The Garden of Sinners: Recalled Out Summer
The Irregular at Magic High School
Valvrave: The Liberator
Valvrave: The Liberator 2
Wagnaria!!3
Your lie in April
Posted by BigOnAnime | Jan 21, 2016 12:23 AM | Add a comment
bci110 | Jan 29, 2016 4:28 AM
Excellent job on this list, BOA. I know it took a lot of time for you to construct it but it's well organized and very helpful. Thanks!
 
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