| In this thread, you'll find a comprehensive list of anime and manga licensed in the third quarter (July-Sep) of 2016. Winter 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 Summer 2016 can be found here. 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 Crunchyroll
[7/1] Free! (Free! - Iwatobi Swim Club) [7/1] Berserk (2016) [7/1] Sousei no Onmyouji (Twin Star Exorcists) [7/1] Gintama [7/1] Big Order (TV) [7/1] Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo (TV) (Yamada-kun and the 7 Witches) [7/1] Musaigen no Phantom World (Myriad Colors Phantom World) Aniplex USA (North America)
[7/1] Owarimonogatari [7/1] God Eater [7/1] Kiznaiver Discotek (North America)
[7/18] Koi Koi 7 (Koi Koi Seven) [8/13] Chargeman Ken! [8/13] Lupin III: Otakara Henkyaku Daisakusen!! (Lupin III: Operation Return the Treasure) [8/13] Lupin III: Walther P-38 (Lupin III: Island of Assassins) [8/13] Urusei Yatsura Movie 2: Beautiful Dreamer [8/13] Waga Seishun no Arcadia (Arcadia of My Youth) [9/21] Cosmo Warrior Zero [9/21] Eat-Man [9/21] Eat-Man '98 [9/21] Ginga Tetsudou Monogatari: Wasurerareta Toki no Wakusei (The Galaxy Railways: A Letter from the Abandoned Planet) [9/21] Gun Frontier FUNimation (North America)
[7/3] Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch R2 (Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2) [7/3] Escaflowne: A Girl in Gaea (Escaflowne) [7/3] Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence [7/3] Kimi no Na wa. (Your Name.) [7/3] Sarusuberi: Miss Hokusai [7/3] Tenkuu no Escaflowne (The Vision of Escaflowne) [8/12] Goshuushou-sama Ninomiya-kun (Good Luck! Ninomiya-kun) [8/12] Nerawareta Gakuen (Psychic School Wars) [8/12] Omamori Himari [8/12] Stranger: Mukou Hadan (Sword of the Stranger) Nozomi Entertainment (North America)
[7/1] Kidou Senkan Nadesico (Martian Successor Nadesico) [7/1] Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket [7/1] Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory [7/1] Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: The Fading Light of Zeon [7/1] Mobile Suit Gundam F91 [7/1] Gundam: G no Reconguista (Gundam Reconguista in G) [7/13] Mobile Suit Victory Gundam Sentai Filmworks (North America)
[6/30] Momokuri [8/3] Little Busters!: EX [9/14] Chihayafuru [9/27] Girls und Panzer der Film Animatsu (United Kingdom)
[7/22] Subete ga F ni Naru: The Perfect Insider (The Perfect Insider) Anime Limited (United Kingdom)
[6/30] Akatsuki no Yona (Yona of the Dawn) [6/30] Ame-iro Cocoa (Rainy Cocoa) [6/30] Ame-iro Cocoa: Rainy Color e Youkoso (Rainy Cocoa, Welcome to Rainy Color) [6/30] Barakamon [6/30] BlazBlue: Alter Memory [6/30] Brothers Conflict [6/30] Fairy Tail [6/30] High School DxD BorN [6/30] Kenzen Robo Daimidaler (Damidaler vs. The Penguin Empire) [6/30] Mikagura Gakuen Kumikyoku (Mikagura High School Suite) [6/30] Ninja Slayer From Animation [6/30] Nourin (No-Rin) [6/30] Ore Twintail ni Narimasu (Gonna be the Twin-tail) [6/30] Show By Rock!! [6/30] Yuri Kuma Arashi [7/1] Love Live! Sunshine!! [8/17] Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin [9/2] Kimi no Na wa. (Your Name.) Manga Entertainment (United Kingdom)
[7/22] Inou-Battle wa Nichijou-kei no Naka de (When Supernatural Battles Became Commonplace) [7/27] Pokemon: Kesshoutou no Teiou Entei (Pokemon 3: The Movie) [7/27] Pokemon: Maboroshi no Pokemon Lugia Bakutan (Pokemon: The Movie 2000) [7/27] Pokemon: Mewtwo no Gyakushuu (Pokemon: The First Movie) [7/27] Pokemon the Movie XY: Ring no Choumajin Hoopa (Pokemon the Movie: Hoopa and the Clash of Ages) Manga Licenses Crunchyroll
[7/1] Shinigami to Gin no Kishi (Grim Reaper and an Argent Cavalier) Dark Horse Comics (North America)
[7/1] Shinseiki Evangelion: Pikopiko Chuugakusei Densetsu (Neon Genesis Evangelion: Legend of the Piko-Piko Middle School Students) [7/1] Maken (The Hound and Other Stories) Kodansha Comics (North America)
[7/2] Clockwork Planet [7/2] Enen no Shouboutai Seven Seas (North America)
[7/1] Species Domain [7/1] Yumemiru Taiyou (Dreamin' Sun) [7/1] Kijitora Neko no Koume-san (Plum Crazy! Tales of a Tiger-Striped Cat) [7/1] Hatsune Miku no Shoushitsu (Disappearance of Hatsune Miku) [8/7] Fudanshi Koukou Seikatsu (The High School Life of a Fudanshi) Titan Comics (North America)
Vertical Comics (North America)
Viz Media (North America)
[7/1] Kidou Senshi Gundam Thunderbolt (Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt) [7/1] Dragon Ball Super [8/12] Aoi Hana (Sweet Blue Flowers) [8/12] Queen's Quality [8/12] Zelda no Densetsu: Twilight Princess (The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess) Yen Press (North America)
[7/1] Zettai naru Isolator (The Isolator) [7/1] Murciélago [7/1] Smokin' Parade [7/1] Rokka no Yuusha (Rokka: Braves of the Six Flowers) [7/1] Rokka no Yuusha (Rokka: Braves of the Six Flowers) [7/4] Boku dake ga Inai Machi (Erased) [7/4] Bungou Stray Dogs [7/28] Ano Ko ni Kiss to Shirayuri wo (A Kiss and White Lily for Her) [7/28] Kudamimi no Neko (Spirits & Cat Ears) [9/25] Shoujo Shuumatsu Ryokou (The End Girl Trip) Sources:
← Q2 2016 |
SnowSep 27, 2016 10:42 AM
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| >Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood for Aniplex. Didn't FUNimation already have the rights for this show? Looks like it expired. Wonder if they can make their subs any better with their released, but probably will be x3 the cost. Gintama for DVD/BD Released? Sign me the fuck up. |
TyrelJul 1, 2016 7:06 PM
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| CRUNCHYROLL IS ENTERING IN THE RING AND THEY GONNA HAVE GINTAMA WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH RIP IN PIECE WALLET |
DatRandomDudeJul 1, 2016 7:09 PM
STOP SLEEPING ON ODD TAXI |
| The most surprising part is about CR on the list there. Very interesting. |
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| Crunchyroll is gonna kill Funimation at this rate, funi better start fixing their problems for their own sake. |
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| Yen Press got Rokka no Yuusha, about time honestly. Someone grab Grimgal now. :c Did Vertical ever announce the results of their 2017 license survey? CR doing physical releases now too, nice. Wonder if they'll start doing manga as well. |
Paulo27Jul 1, 2016 7:10 PM
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Paulo27 said: You mean Grimgar, right? Unless I'm missing a joke here :[...Yen Press got Rokka no Yuusha, about time honestly. Someone grab Grimgal now. :c Did Vertical ever announce the results of their 2017 license survey? CR doing physical releases now too, nice. Wonder if they'll start doing manga as well. |
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Tyrel said: The joke is that you're a filthy secondary. :| (That's what the novel translators called it.)Paulo27 said: You mean Grimgar, right? Unless I'm missing a joke here :[...Yen Press got Rokka no Yuusha, about time honestly. Someone grab Grimgal now. :c Did Vertical ever announce the results of their 2017 license survey? CR doing physical releases now too, nice. Wonder if they'll start doing manga as well. Cool, looking forward to that. Thanks. |
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| Wahoo. Dark Horse picks up more stuff... to not work on the multiple unfinished series they already have... |
| @snow - you missed some posts from yesterday in the old thread. |
| There is no such thing as shit taste. Only idiots who think everyone should have the same taste as they do. |
| A dub of Gintama can only crash and burn horribly, just look at how the English translation of the manga went, way too many obscure cultural references and Japanese language wordplay to ever work in a dubbed format without butchering the source material. Even in subbed format on Crunchyroll the episodes are flooded with translator's notes, so I can't imagine being able to do that with dubbing. Should've definitely just continued what Sentai was doing and skip dubbing it at all, saves way more money and effort. |
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ichii_1 said: Crunchyroll is gonna kill Funimation at this rate, funi better start fixing their problems for their own sake. I really fucking hope they kill FUNi, they already seem to be kicking them out of the simulcasting business... I think they've only licensed 3 shows this season and two of them are shorts. I could be wrong, though, but that's what I remember seeing. (Fuck FUNimation tbfh.) |
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| I guess this explains why Funimation has not been having so many good titles in there line up and pretty much getting the boonies anime...Crunchyroll has practically taken over them. Well actually Funi has not really been getting all that much good titles anymore for the last couple of years. Crunchy has already pretty much established itslef as the tope tier streaming site in the western market and with it releasing its own dvds/nlu rays they have chance to become a big player in the market. i wonder how sentai will be effected by this too. |
| I thought RnY may be a proper chocie for Yen press, but since they didn't pick it last year at the same time as Overlord, I thought they would ignore that possibility. That's cool to see they picked it up. |
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| OH MY GOD I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR ROKKA NO YUUSHA Just 2 weeks ago I tweeted Yen Press asking for RnY to be licensed ;u; The anime left off with a real cliffhanger, and I wanted to read the story more than anything, but not by reading it online. I wanted to support the author, so I kept praying that Yen Press would take it up. Ah man I'm legit close to crying. BEST.WEEKEND.EVER. ヾ(´▽｀;)ゝ |
| And so Yen Press pick up yet another series that I just have to read. I love it guys, I really do (especially with how good Rokka was and how little we got in the anime), but can you please slow down a little? My wallet's going to die if this keeps up. |
| I like Vertical's consistency with Monogatari. Hopefully they'll maintain this pace throughout the series, and possibly get to other NisiOisiN titles as well. |
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| Happy to see that Rokka no Yuusha was licensed! I really want to own that series! :D |
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| Funimation add Ghost In The Shell 2: Innocence and your name. http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-07-03/funimation-licenses-ghost-in-the-shell-2-innocence-film/.103930 http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-07-03/funimation-licenses-makoto-shinkai-your-name-film-for-theaters-home-video/.103928 |
| Yen Press add ERASED and Bungo Stray Dogs http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-07-04/yen-press-licenses-erased-bungo-stray-dogs-manga/.103964 |
| Discotek add Gokudo and Koi Koi Seven http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-07-18/discotek-licenses-gokudo-koi-koi-seven-anime/.104446 |
| Licenses for Animatsu/Manga UK: Animatsu: Wish Upon The Pleiades Perfect Insider Manga: When Supernatural Battles Become Common Place Digimon Adventure Tri Movie 1 http://www.mangauk.com/post.php?p=q4-announcements |
| There is no such thing as shit taste. Only idiots who think everyone should have the same taste as they do. |
| Crap, Aniplex got their hands on Brotherhood!!! |
| Yen Press add Spirits & Cat Ears and A Kiss & White Lily For Her http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-07-28/yen-press-licenses-spirits-and-cat-ears-a-kiss-and-white-lily-for-her-manga/.104772 |
| Sentai Filmworks add Little Busters EX http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/08/03/sentai-filmworks-licenses-little-busters-ex EDIT: Seven Seas add The High School Life Of A Fudanshi http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-08-05/exclusive-seven-seas-licenses-the-high-school-life-of-a-fudanshi-manga/.105022 |
AtavisticAug 5, 2016 10:00 AM
| A few days old (I was away) Manga UK has licensed: Pokemon movies 1, 2 and 3, and Pokemon the Movie: Hoopa and the Clash of Ages http://uk-anime.net/newsitem/Manga_Entertainment_to_release_Pokemon_movies_and_more_in_Q4_2016.html |
| There is no such thing as shit taste. Only idiots who think everyone should have the same taste as they do. |
AtavisticAug 14, 2016 1:39 AM
| Anime Limited add Gundam: The Origin Part 4 http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-08-17/anime-limited-to-distribute-gundam-the-origin-part-4/.105471 |
| Anime Limited add Overlord http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-08-21/anime-limited-updates/.105618 |
| Anime Limited are apparently reevaluating whether it's worth it to release Ameiro Cocoa (apparently the total number of orders on amazon so far has been 2). Not confirmed to not be getting a release, but it may not be coming. source: latest podcast (http://blog.alltheanime.com/podcast17/) |
| There is no such thing as shit taste. Only idiots who think everyone should have the same taste as they do. |
| Sentai Filmworks add Chihayafuru http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-09-14/sentai-filmworks-licenses-chihayafuru-anime/.106469 |
| Discotek add Eat-Man, Cosmic Warrior Zero, Gun Frontier and Galaxy Railways OVA http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-09-21/discotek-licenses-eat-man-cosmo-warrior-zero-gun-frontier-anime-galaxy-railways-ova/.106733 |
| Yen Press have licensed Shojo Shumatsu Ryoko https://twitter.com/yenpress/status/779914634811801600 |
| There is no such thing as shit taste. Only idiots who think everyone should have the same taste as they do. |
| Sentai Filmworks add Uta No Prince-sama Legend Star http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-09-26/sentai-filmworks-adds-uta-no-prince-sama-legend-star-anime/.106921 |
| @Snow - I noticed you have Manga Entertainment listed under the manga section. Manga Entertainment do not license manga and never have. The titles in question are anime and thus belong in the anime section. |
| There is no such thing as shit taste. Only idiots who think everyone should have the same taste as they do. |
| Senta Filmworks add the Girls Und Panzer film http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-09-27/sentai-filmworks-licenses-girls-and-panzer-film-with-theatrical-release-plans/.106953 |
| A couple for Q4 here: Sentai Filmworks add Flip Flappers and Girlish Number http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-09-28/sentai-filmworks-licenses-flip-flappers-anime/.107012 http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-09-28/sentai-filmworks-licenses-girlish-number-anime/.107008 |
| Thanks everyone for contributing to the Q3 license thread! New licenses will be added to the Q4 license thread. |
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