Q3 2014 Anime Licenses [Update 9/28]

Right Stuf Inc./Nozomi Entertainment/Lucky Penny Entertainment:

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Sentai Filmworks (North America):

Hitsugi no Chaika (Chaika the Coffin Princess)
Shirogane no Ishi: Argevollen (Argevollen)
Ao Haru Ride (Blue Spring Ride)
Akame ga Kill!
Rokujouma no Shinryakusha!? (Invaders of the Rokujyouma?!)
Rail Wars!
Sabagebu! (Sabagebu! -Survival Game Club!-)
Glasslip
Ore no Nounai Sentakushi ga, Gakuen Love Comedy wo Zenryoku de Jama Shiteiru (My Mental Choices Are Completely Interfering With My School Romantic Comedy)
Yuusha ni Narenakatta Ore wa Shibushibu Shuushoku wo Ketsui Shimashita. (I Couldn't Become a Hero, So I Reluctantly Decided to Get a Job.)
Seirei Tsukai no Blade Dance (Blade Dance of the Elementalers)
Bakumatsu Rock (Samurai Jam - Bakumatsu Rock)
Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun (Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun)
Momo Kyun Sword
Queen's Blade: Utsukushiki Toushitachi (Queen's Blade: Beautiful Warriors)
Reideen
Oda Nobuna no Yabou (The Ambition of Oda Nobuna)
Love Stage!!
Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya 2wei!
Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse - To be released in January 2015

Funimation (North America):

Barakamon
Sengoku Basara: Judge End
Kuroshitsuji: Book of Circus (Black Butler: Book of Circus)
Psycho-Pass 2
Psycho-Pass Movie
Tokyo ESP
Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu (The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya)
Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu (2009) (The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (2009))
Suzumiya Haruhi-chan no Yuuutsu (The Melancholy of Haruhi-chan Suzumiya)
Nyoro-n Churuya-san
Lucky☆Star
Lucky☆Star: Original na Visual to Animation
Strike Witches Movie
Steins;Gate: Fuka Ryouiki no Déjà vu

NIS America (North America):

Haiyore! Nyaruko-san W (Nyaruko: Crawling with Love! Second Season)

Suteki Tantei Labyrinth (Fantastic Detective Labyrinth) - Lucky Penny Entertainment (To be released in Fall 2014)
Uchuu Kaizoku Mito no Daibouken (Space Pirate Mito) - Lucky Penny Entertainment (To be released together with Uchuu Kaizoku Mito no Daibouken: Futari no Joou-sama (Space Pirate Mito 2) as a part of a single series)/Season 1 will be released in Fall 2014
Uchuu Kaizoku Mito no Daibouken: Futari no Joou-sama (Space Pirate Mito 2) - Lucky Penny Entertainment (To be released together with Uchuu Kaizoku Mito no Daibouken (Space Pirate Mito) as a part of a single series)
Yakitate!! Japan - Nozomi Entertainment (To be released in 2015)
Yondemasu yo, Azazel-san. (TV) - To be released together with Yondemasu yo, Azazel-san. Z in 2015
Yondemasu yo, Azazel-san. Z - To be released together with Yondemasu yo, Azazel-san. in 2015

Hanabee Entertainment (Australia):

Kakumeiki Valvrave (Valvrave the Liberator) - To be October 01 2014
Watashi ga Motenai no wa Dou Kangaetemo Omaera ga Warui! (Watamote) - To be released October 01 2014
Monogatari Series: Second Season - To be released October 01 2014 (5 episodes)
Rail Wars! - Starting July 21 2014
Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya 2wei! (Fate Kaleid Season 2)
Aldnoah.Zero
Suisei no Gargantia = To be released on November 5 on DVD and Blu-ray
Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya (Fate Kaleid Season 1) - To be released on December 3 on DVD and Blu-ray

Manga Entertainment (UK):

Dragon Ball Z Movie 14: Kami to Kami (Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods)
Binbougami ga! (Good Luck Girl!) - Blu-ray release only
Ben-To - Blu-ray release only

Madman Entertainment (Australia):

Hellsing Ultimate (Hellsing Ultimate Volumes IX & X) - To be released November 2014
Senran Kagura (Senran Kagura Ninja Flash) - To be released in November 2014
One Piece Film Z - To be released in November 2014 on DVD and Blu-ray
Giovanni no Shima (Giovanni's Island)

Siren Visual (Australia):

Nagi no Asukara (Nagi no Asukara: A Lull in the Sea)
Chihayafuru 2
Fushigi no Umi no Nadia (Nadia: Secret of Blue Water) - To be released in January 2015
RahXephon - To be released in January 2015

Section23 Films (North America): *Website is currently down*

Jewel BEM Hunter Lime - To be released November 2014; Anime was formerly licensed by Media Blasters (2001) and Sentai Filmworks (2008)

Discotek Media (North America):

Comic Party - To be released in Jaunary 2015
Lupin III: Napoleon no Jisho wo Ubae (Lupin III: Napoleon's Dictionary) - To be released in January 2015
Yoroiden Samurai Troopers - To be released in February 2015
Yoroiden Samurai Troopers Gaiden - Part of the Samurai Troopers OVA - To be released in February 2015
Yoroiden Samurai Troopers Kikoutei Densetsu - Part of the Samurai Troopers OVA - To be released in February 2015
Yoroiden Samurai Troopers Message - Part of the Samurai Troopers OVA - To be released in February 2015
Bokurano - To be released in 2015

Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Australia):

Toaru Kagaku no Railgun S (A Certain Scientific Railgun S)

This post will be continuously updated as more licenses are announced.

Sources:

Sentai Filmworks: Hitsugi no Chaika (Chaika the Coffin Princess), Shirogane no Ishi: Argevollen (Argevollen), Ao Haru Ride (Blue Spring Ride), Akame ga Kill!, Rokujouma no Shinryakusha!? (Invaders of the Rokujyouma?!), Rail Wars!, Sabagebu! (Sabagebu! -Survival Game Club!-), Glasslip, Ore no Nounai Sentakushi ga, Gakuen Love Comedy wo Zenryoku de Jama Shiteiru (My Mental Choices Are Completely Interfering With My School Romantic Comedy), Yuusha ni Narenakatta Ore wa Shibushibu Shuushoku wo Ketsui Shimashita. (I Couldn't Become a Hero, So I Reluctantly Decided to Get a Job.), Seirei Tsukai no Blade Dance (Blade Dance of the Elementalers), Bakumatsu Rock (Samurai Jam - Bakumatsu Rock), Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun (Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun), Momo Kyun Sword, Queen's Blade: Utsukushiki Toushitachi (Queen's Blade: Beautiful Warriors), Reideen, Oda Nobuna no Yabou (The Ambition of Oda Nobuna), Love Stage!!, Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya 2wei!, Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse

Funimation: Barakamon, Sengoku Basara: Judge End, Kuroshitsuji: Book of Circus (Black Butler: Book of Circus), Psycho-Pass 2, Psycho-Pass Movie, Tokyo ESP, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (2009), The Melancholy of Haruhi-chan Suzumiya, Nyoro-n Churuya-san, Lucky☆Star, Lucky☆Star: Original na Visual to Animation, Strike Witches Movie, Steins;Gate: Fuka Ryouiki no Déjà vu

NIS America: Haiyore! Nyaruko-san W (Nyaruko: Crawling with Love! Second Season)

Right Stuf Inc/Nozomi Entertainment/Lucky Penny Entertainment: Suteki Tantei Labyrinth (Fantastic Detective Labyrinth), Uchuu Kaizoku Mito no Daibouken (Space Pirate Mito), Uchuu Kaizoku Mito no Daibouken: Futari no Joou-sama (Space Pirate Mito 2), Yakitate!! Japan, Yondemasu yo, Azazel-san., Yondemasu yo, Azazel-san. Z

Manga Entertainment: Dragon Ball Z Movie 14: Kami to Kami (Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods), Binbougami ga! (Good Luck Girl!), Ben-To

Hanabee Entertainment: Kakumeiki Valvrave (Valvrave the Liberator), Watashi ga Motenai no wa Dou Kangaetemo Omaera ga Warui! (Watamote), Monogatari Series: Second Season, Rail Wars!, Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya 2wei! (Fate Kaleid Season 2), Aldnoah.Zero, Suisei no Gargantia, Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya

Madman Entertainment: Hellsing Ultimate (Hellsing Ultimate Volumes IX & X), Senran Kagura (Senran Kagura Ninja Flash), One Piece Film Z, Giovanni no Shima (Giovanni's Island)

Siren Visual: Nagi no Asukara (Nagi no Asukara: A Lull in the Sea), Chihayafuru 2, Fushigi no Umi no Nadia (Nadia: Secret of Blue Water), RahXephon

Section23 Films: Jewel BEM Hunter Lime

Discotek Media: Comic Party, Lupin III: Napoleon no Jisho wo Ubae (Lupin III: Napoleon's Dictionary), Yoroiden Samurai Troopers, Yoroiden Samurai Troopers Gaiden, Yoroiden Samurai Troopers Kikoutei Densetsu, Yoroiden Samurai Troopers Message, Bokurano

Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Australia): Toaru Kagaku no Railgun S (A Certain Scientific Railgun S) - Listing for Part 1, Toaru Kagaku no Railgun S (A Certain Scientific Railgun S) - Listing for Part 1

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Jul 4, 2014 2:02 PM

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Interesting,but i don't care... bye

Jul 4, 2014 2:04 PM

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Welp, I have low expectations for Akame's dub now.

Jul 4, 2014 2:11 PM

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Montinihabato13 said:
Interesting,but i don't care... bye

Ah, but the NSA does. ;)

Jul 4, 2014 2:19 PM

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For some reason, I thought Funimation would get Rail Wars!

Jul 4, 2014 2:27 PM

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Dunois said:

Montinihabato13 said:
Interesting,but i don't care... bye

Ah, but the NSA does. ;)

rekt

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Montinihabato13 said:
Interesting,but i don't care... bye

Well, I do and so do a lot of other anime fans.
So, yeah, goodbye.

Jul 4, 2014 3:15 PM

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Thanks for the info!

Well, looking at that list from Sentai, it's safe to say that all of them will likely come to CR including Akame ga Kill!

Jul 4, 2014 3:26 PM

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Sentai Filmworks subs or dubs?

Jul 4, 2014 5:40 PM

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If they're going to release the titles all on one BD like they've started doing then I don't care.
Also would help if they'd change their freaken subtitle typesetting.

Jul 4, 2014 6:13 PM

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MUSHISHI WHEN

Jul 4, 2014 7:17 PM

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Montinihabato13 said:
Interesting,but i don't care... bye

A lot of people including meself, m8. K, bye.

Ao haru ride, hnnn. I'm interested in Mushishi as well^

Jul 4, 2014 8:43 PM

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The peoples don't suport or accept the true and honesty... i don't need to lie,so when i say "i don't care",it's mean "i don't care",because it's a my personal opinion,not of yours... "Braces yourselfs! The rage of the hurt peoples coming!" :v Sad,very sad... :p

Obs: To be clear,i don't have Sentai Filmworks in my country,so... whatever.. :v

Jul 4, 2014 10:55 PM

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I hope they will release Chaika as double region blu-ray (A and B) since I live in europe.

Jul 5, 2014 1:10 AM

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Montinihabato13 said:
The peoples don't suport or accept the true and honesty... i don't need to lie,so when i say "i don't care",it's mean "i don't care",because it's a my personal opinion,not of yours... "Braces yourselfs! The rage of the hurt peoples coming!" :v Sad,very sad... :p

Obs: To be clear,i don't have Sentai Filmworks in my country,so... whatever.. :v

If you don't care and it's entirely irrelevant to you, why bother posting? Just to slight others whose opinions don't coincide with your own?

Vengeance of everyone's grudge.

"I didn't add it to my list so I forgot I was watching that." - lpf

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Hitsugi no Chaika - Great 1st season 8/10

Shirogane no Ishi: Argevollen - Nice 1st epd

Ao Haru Ride (Blue Spring Ride) - gotta check it out

Akame ga Kill! - Will be watching

Rokujouma no Shinryakusha!? (Invaders of the Rokujyouma?!) - dunno

Rail Wars! - Great 1st epd

Sabagebu! (Sabagebu! -Survival Game Club!-) - Great 1st epd

Glasslip - will watch later

Glorious Titties Nuff Said!

Make America Great Again!

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Montinihabato13 said:
Interesting,but i don't care... bye

i second this

I signed my screen and now its all smeary "When you meet your God tell him to leave me alone."

check out my bloghttp://corpse69.wordpress.com/

fix MAL already

Jul 5, 2014 4:07 AM

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LittleStar said:
Sentai Filmworks subs or dubs?

They do dubs and subs.

Really, really awful dubs at that.

Jul 5, 2014 10:25 AM

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SeibaaHomu said:

LittleStar said:
Sentai Filmworks subs or dubs?

They do dubs and subs.

Really, really awful dubs at that.

Oh... thanks for answer :)

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won't be watching anything dubb so ...

Jul 10, 2014 9:16 AM

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Sentai Filmworks licenses
Bakumatsu Rock

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-07-10/sentai-filmworks-adds-samurai-jam-bakumatsu-rock-anime/.76302

Jul 16, 2014 9:44 AM

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I knew sentai would get those series

Jul 19, 2014 7:02 AM

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Manga UK has licensed Dragonball Z: Battle of the Gods.

source in a bit.

edit: putting this in as the source: http://www.uk-anime.net/newsitem/Manchester_MCM_Comic_Con_2014_news_round-up.html
Manga UK themselves may not confirm it online for several days, based on past record.

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There is no such thing as shit taste. Only idiots who think everyone should have the same taste as they do.

Jul 25, 2014 7:54 PM

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http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2014/07/25-1/sentai-filmworks-licenses-monthly-girls-nozaki-kun-anime

Sentai Filmworks licenses Nozaki-kun.

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Hanabee have licensed Suisei no Gargantia. They have also confirmed their acquisition of Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya season 1.
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com.au/news/2014-08-09/hanabee-announcements-and-updates-from-smash-2014/.77453

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Sorry but can someone explain to me how licensing works. Is it mainly to gain the rights to distribute anime to other demographics by means of the Internet (Crunchyroll and Funimation) and by DVD and BR?

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Aug 9, 2014 9:49 PM

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Madman have licensed Giovanni no Shima and One Piece Film Z.
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com.au/news/2014-08-10/madman-announcements-from-smash-2014/.77480

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Windburns said:
Sorry but can someone explain to me how licensing works. Is it mainly to gain the rights to distribute anime to other demographics by means of the Internet (Crunchyroll and Funimation) and by DVD and BR?

With licensing, what they mean here is rights for home video distribution and the like. Companies can also get streaming rights, of course, but streaming-only rights are reserved for the simlulcast thread similar to this one. (CrunchyRoll is always streaming-only. More often than not, FUNi starts off with just streaming rights and decides later whether to obtain home video rights, though that isn't always the case.)

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People, do you think we should add Crunchyroll's acquisition of Cardaptor Sakura to this list?

Source: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/convention/2014/otakon/crunchyroll/.77464

Though I guess I really shouldn't add it to the thread since it's streaming rights-only by the looks of it. NIS has the home video license.

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People, do you think we should add Crunchyroll's acquisition of Cardaptor Sakura to this list?

Source: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/convention/2014/otakon/crunchyroll/.77464

Though I guess I really shouldn't add it to the thread since it's streaming rights-only by the looks of it. NIS has the home video license.

It is streaming rights only, presumably sublicensed from NIS. So no.

There is no such thing as shit taste. Only idiots who think everyone should have the same taste as they do.

Aug 14, 2014 2:53 PM

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Sentai Filmworks licenses Queen's Blade: Beautiful Warriors.

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-08-14/sentai-filmworks-licenses-queen-blade-beautiful-warriors/.77635

Update of today:

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-08-15/sentai-filmworks-licenses-mecha-action-anime-reideen/.77668
Sentai Filmworks licenses Raideen.

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Sentai filmworks has licensed REIDEEN

http://www.sentaifilmworks.com/news/sentai-filmworks-licenses-reideen

Aug 17, 2014 5:31 PM

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Im looking forward too some of these, of course I will have to play the waiting game for them to be dubbed. ahhhhhh

Aug 18, 2014 12:17 PM

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Sentai Filmworks adds The Ambition of Oda Nobuna

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-08-18/sentai-filmworks-adds-the-ambition-of-oda-nobuna/.77736

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Thank you Sentai for licensing Oda Nobuna no Yabou !!!!! Waited for this for a long time.

Hope Sentai licenses anime on my wish list : 0

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Funimation is getting Haruhi? O_o Okay, then.

Anyway, can't wait to see Serei in dub(hopefully). xD

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Yakitate!! Japan is finally coming stateside?
I guess I should start saving now.

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Discotek Adds Samurai Troopers, Bokurano, Comic Party, 3rd Lupin III TV Special

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-09-05/discotek-adds-samurai-troopers-bokurano-comic-party-3rd-lupin-iii-tv-special/.78423

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^ Bokurano, awesome!

Rather late, but a company called Mandala Films released Holy Knight in Australia last month. From some Googling, it looks like it was licensed in May.

Hanabee has a movie announcement to make soon.
Edit: It's Short Peace.
http://youtu.be/LCRTXflC6i0?t=16m14s

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I see Lucky Star on FUNimation's list... is it finally getting a re-release??

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Manga UK has licensed Good Luck Girl! and Ben-To for release on Blu-Ray ONLY.

http://www.uk-anime.net/newsitem/Manga_Entertainment_license_Good_Luck_Girl_and_Ben-To.html

There is no such thing as shit taste. Only idiots who think everyone should have the same taste as they do.

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Sentai Filmworks adds Fate Kaleid S2

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-09-10/sentai-filmworks-adds-fate-kaleid-liner-prisma-illya-2wei/.78632

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Sentai Filmworks has licensed Love Stage!!.
http://www.sentaifilmworks.com/news/sentai-filmworks-licenses-love-stage

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^ Yay for Love Stage <333333

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Interesting how they gonna translate Barakamon, since it has a lot of japanese only stuff.

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Siren Visual has licensed Chihayafuru 2.
https://www.facebook.com/sirenvisual/posts/776666529063858

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Siren Visual has licensed Nadia: Secret of Blue Water.
https://www.facebook.com/sirenvisual/posts/779129135484264

"This will be a complete series release (sans movie, sorry) over 8 DVD's. Blu-ray is still a possibility, but we won't know for sure until
next year. In stores January 2015!"

They also acquired RahXephon.
https://www.facebook.com/sirenvisual/posts/779145795482598

"We'll be releasing the complete series comprising of 7 DVD's. In stores January 2015."

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Sentai Filmworks licenses Muv Luv Total Eclipse

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-09-23/sentai-filmworks-adds-muv-luv-alternative-total-eclipse-anime/.79122

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http://www.crunchyroll.co.uk/anime-news/2014/09/25-1/pony-canyon-launches-north-american-anime-distributor-ponycan

New distributor for you American folks, and 2 titles coming: Denki-Gai no Honya-san and Yuki Yuna wa Yusha de Aru

There is no such thing as shit taste. Only idiots who think everyone should have the same taste as they do.

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