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In this thread, you'll find a comprehensive list of anime and manga licensed in the fourth quarter (October-December) of 2018. Fall 2018 anime which were licensed before the quarter began will also be carried over for convenience. Please note that the anime licenses are for home video release; simulcast acquisitions for Fall 2018 can be found here. Digital releases are noted with an asterisk (*).

This post will be continuously updated as more licenses are announced. If you have a license that we are missing, please feel free to post it in this thread.

Anime Licenses

Anime Limited (United Kingdom)


Aniplex USA (United States)


Discotek Media (North America)


GKIDS (North America)


Manga UK (United Kingdom)


MVM Entertainment (United Kingdom)


Sentai Filmworks (North America)


Manga Licenses

Denpa Books (North America)


J-Novel Club


Kodansha Comics (North America)


Seven Seas (North America)


Sol Press (North America)


Vertical Comics (North America)
    [10/5] Hoshi no Koe (Voices of a Distant Star) [Novel]
    [10/5] Ijiranaide, Nagatoro-san (Don't Mess with Me, Nagatoro)
    [10/5] Kin no Hitsuji (The Golden Sheep)
    [11/17] Sherlock Holmes tai Itou Hirobumi


Viz Media (North America)


Yen Press (North America)


Sources:

← Q3 2018
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hirunaka no ryuusei (daytime shooting star) has been licensed by viz media!

https://officialshojobeat.tumblr.com/post/178732545409/new-series-announcement-daytime-shooting

anyone can post new licenses here right? i was just too excited upon hearing this one, they're finally licensing one of my top favs.!
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Thanks @lorraxne, added it!

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Vertical and Kodansha Licenses

Kodansha

Toshokan no Daimajutsushi (Magus of the Library)
Araburu Kisetsu no Otome-domo yo. (O Maidens in Your Savage Season)

Vertical

Kin no Hitsuji (The Golden Sheep)
Ijiranaide, Nagatoro-san (Don’t Mess with Me, Nagatoro)

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Updated the post, thanks @Ren-chan.

Looks like Kodansha Comics is also releasing print versions of 100-man no Inochi no Ue ni Ore wa Tatteiru and Edens Zero, which are currently available digitally by the same publisher.

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GKIDS licensed Chiisana Eiyuu: Kani to Tamago to Toumei Ningen

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-10-10/gkids-licenses-studio-ponoc-modest-heroes-anime-anthology-film/.137965
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Sam from J-Novel Club announced that they will release If It's for My Daughter, I'd Even Defeat a Demon Lord and The Magic in This Other World Is Too Far Behind novels in print.

@1:41:32

Volumes 1,2 from both series will be released on April 2, 2019.

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Anime Limited have licensed:
Sword Art Online Alicization
Calamity of a Zombie Girl

They will also be releasing the following series which were previously scheduled to be released by Funimation but never actually were:
Chaos Dragon
Dagashi Kashi
Divine Gate
Haruchika
Shomin Sample (blu-ray only)

They have also license rescued:
Cyber City Oedo 808 (previously released by Manga Entertainment)
Jin-roh (previously released by Studio Canal)
and will be giving blu-ray releases to both for the first time for the UK market

Sources:
I was at the panel
https://animeuknews.net/2018/10/anime-limited-to-release-funimation-anime/
https://animeuknews.net/2018/10/calamity-of-a-zombie-girl-to-be-unleashed-by-anime-limited/
https://animeuknews.net/2018/10/anime-limited-to-release-sword-art-online-alicization/
https://twitter.com/AnimeBlurayUK/status/1055821078243753984
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Oct 28, 2018 5:55 AM
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Sol Press has licensed VRMMO Gakuen de Tanoshii Makaizou no Susume: Saijaku Job de Saikyou Damage Dashitemita
(Redefining the Meta at VRMMO Academy) and Why Shouldn't a Detestable Demon Lord Fall in Love?! by Nuko Nekomata and Teffish (There is no page on MAL)

Source from their Twitter
VRMMO Academy
Demon Lord
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Anime Limited have licensed:
Magic Knight Rayearth (both first and second seasons)
Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online
Persona 5 the Daybreakers (the source below says the main TV series as well but this was already announced previously)
Bartender
Welcome to the Ballroom
Megalo Box

Source:
https://animeuknews.net/2018/10/anime-limited-sword-art-online-alternative/
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Given these don't seem to have been posted yet,

MVM have licensed:
Cells at Work
Record of Grancrest Wars
Scum's Wish
Katsugeki Touken Ranbu
Fate/Stay Night: Heaven's Feel (all three movies)

The other series listed in the below sources are in previous threads

Source:
https://twitter.com/MVM_UK/status/1056172392727363585
https://twitter.com/MVM_UK/status/1056172910082248711
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Manga UK have licensed:
Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress
Cardcaptor: Clear Card
The Ancient Magus' Bride
Mob Psycho 100 (license rescue)
Assassination Classroom the Movie: 365 Days' Time
MFKZ

source:
https://animeuknews.net/2018/11/manga-uk-to-release-the-ancient-magus-bride-mob-psycho-100-more/
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WE FINALLY GETTING MP100!

Though the release date between volume 1 and volume 2 is ridiculous.
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Sentai Filmworks licensed Kaze ga Tsuyoku Fuiteiru (Run with the Wind).

Source: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-10-30/sentai-filmworks-licenses-run-with-the-wind-anime/.138828
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Oh how I wonder if their dub will sound as awkward as the one they did for Haikyuu.
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Some licenses from Sol Press

Rougo ni Sonaete Isekai de 8-manmai no Kinka wo Tamemasu (Saving 80,000 Gold in Another World for my Retirement) (light novel)
Rougo ni Sonaete Isekai de 8-manmai no Kinka wo Tamemasu (Saving 80,000 Gold in Another World for my Retirement) (manga)
Renai Harem Game Shuuryou no Oshirase ga Kuru Koro ni (Harem Royale ~When the Game Ends~)

Source: here
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Seven Seas:

Isekai Shokudou (Restaurant to Another World) (light novel)

Source: here

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11/17

Kodansha:

Meiken Keru-chan by Moha Arimura (Good Dog, Cerberus!) (manga not in database)
Tenju no Kuni (Blissful Land)
Akazukin no Ookami Deshi (Red Riding Hood’s Wolf Apprentice)
Wani Danshaku (Crocodile Baron)
Cardcaptor Sakura (Kodansha is going to release it in a collector's edition)
Tales of Berseria
Fate/Grand Order: Mortalis:Stella

Also, Princess Jellyfish is getting a box set.

Vertical:

Sherlock Holmes tai Itou Hirobumi (Novel not in database) (Sherlock Holmes: A Scandal in Japan)

Source: here

Yen Press:

Kono Yuusha ga Ore Tueee Kuse ni Shinchou sugiru (The Hero Is Overpowered But Overly Cautious)
Shinsou Mahou Shoujo Howling Moon (God Shining Moonlight Howling Moon)
Jaku-Chara Tomozaki-kun (Bottom-tier Character Tomozaki) (light novel)
Otome Kaijuu Caraméliser (Kaiju Girl Caramelizer)
Yurigurashi (Yuri Life) (manga not in db)
Bakemono to Kedamono (Monster & The Beast) (manga not in db)
Megami no Yuusha wo Taosu Gesu na Houhou (The Dirty Way to Destroy the Goddess’s Hero)
Isekai Goumon-hime (Torture Princess) (light novel)
Isekai Goumon-hime (Torture Princess) (manga)
Last Round Arthurs: Kuzu Arthur to Gedō Merlin (Last Round Arthurs: Scum Arthur and Heretic Merlin) by Tarou Hitsuji (light novel not in database)
Little Miss P by Ken Koyama (manga not in db)
Killing Me
Ano Musume to Me ga Au Tabi Watashi wa Shakaijin Yuri Anthology (Whenever Our Eyes Meet: A Women's Love Anthology) (manga)
Ookami Kodomo no Ame to Yuki (Wolf Children: Ame & Yuki) (light novel)

Source: here

Btw, some of those that were not in the DB are web manga, but they were published in a print book by Kadokawa, such as this Yurigurashi one, so does that make them eligible for inclusion in the db?

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@Ren-chan - They should be, but I don't moderate the database so it's best to ask a Manga DB mod. We usually have a lot of titles in the queue waiting to be approved, so their respective entries could just be pending approval.

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Finally some great literature, :D
I'm glad that somebody finally licensed Torture Princess: Fremd Torturchen, since I've been eagerly waiting for somebody to license it for a really long time now, the light novel especially, however its nice to see that we got the manga too.
I'm really looking forward to getting them, both the LN and manga.

Also it seems like the first volume of the Light novel will be releasing on the 21st of May in 2019,(source:http://www.b2c.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/none/torture-princess-fremd-torturchen-vol-1-light-novel/9781975304690/?yen)
while I don't see on their site info about the manga it seems like Yen Press said that the manga will be a 3-in-1 omnibus(source: Yen Press panel livestream).


I also made a discord server for those interested in this series:
https://discord.gg/DceXNG


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Some licenses from J-Novel Club (all manga)

Uchi no Apaato no Yōsei-san (A Very Fairy Apartment) (not in db)
Seirei Gensouki (Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles)
Infinite Dendrogram
Genjitsu Shugi Yuusha no Oukoku Saikenki (How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom)
Honzuki no Gekokujou: Shisho ni Naru Tame ni wa Shudan wo Erandeiraremasen Dai 1-bu - Hon ga Nai nara Tsukureba Ii! (Ascendance of a Bookworm)

Source: here
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One from Yen Press:

Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! Spin-off: Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Bakuen wo! (Konosuba: An Explosion on This Wonderful World!)

Source: here
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GKIDS licensed Waka Okami wa Shōgakusei! movie

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-12-10/gkids-licenses-okko-inn-anime-film/.140619
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so everything that is striked through isn’t licensed ?
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aybekay said:
so everything that is striked through isn’t licensed ?


those are what I did with my posts in particular, to show that they had been added to the list at the top

I'll undo it so people dont get confused
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Ren-chan said:
aybekay said:
so everything that is striked through isn’t licensed ?


those are what I did with my posts in particular, to show that they had been added to the list at the top

I'll undo it so people dont get confused


oh i see. that makes sense
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Sentai Filmworks licensed the upcoming anime Colorful Pastrale ~from Bermuda △~

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-12-18/sentai-filmworks-licenses-bermuda-triangle-~colorful-pastrale~-anime/.140986
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Discotek licensed 3 anime :
Inukami!
Bakuten Shoot Beyblade 2002
Gokiburi-tachi no Tasogare

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-12-20/discotek-media-licences-inukami-twilight-of-the-cockroaches-beyblade-v-force-anime/.141118
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12/23/2018

3 licenses from J-Novel Club, 2 light novels and 1 manga

Potion-danomi de Ikinobimasu! (I Shall Survive Using Potions!) (light novel)
Isekai Ryouridou (Cooking with Wild Game) (light novel)
Maou no Ore ga Dorei Elf wo Yome ni Shitanda ga, Dou Medereba Ii? (An Archdemon's Dilemma: How To Love Your Elf Bride) (manga)

Source:
here

12/31/2018

3 more manga licenses from J-Novel Club

Animeta!
Potion-danomi de Ikinobimasu! (I Shall Survive Using Potions!)
Isekai Mahou wa Okureteru! (The Magic in this Other World is Too Far Behind!)

Source: ANN
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