Q1 2017 Anime & Manga Licenses [Update 3/9]
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
Discotek (North America)
- [1/13] Babel Nisei (1992) (Babel II)
[1/17] Midnight Eye: Gokuu (Goku: Midnight Eye)
FUNimation (North America)
- [12/8] Shingeki no Kyojin Season 2 (Attack on Titan Season 2)
Sentai Filmworks (North America)
- [12/12] Urara Meirocho
[12/13] BanG Dream!
[1/17] Ajin (Ajin: Demi-Human)
[1/17] Ajin 2nd Season (Ajin: Demi-Human 2nd Season)
Anime Limited (United Kingdom)
- [2/1] Kidou Senkan Nadesico (Martian Successor Nadesico)
[2/1] Kidou Senkan Nadesico: The Prince of Darkness (Martian Successor Nadesico: The Prince of Darkness)
[2/1] Gekiganger 3: The Movie
[2/17] Stranger: Mukou Hadan (Sword of the Stranger)
[2/17] Tokyo Ghoul: "Jack"
[2/17] Tokyo Ghoul: "Pinto"
[2/20] Charlotte
MVM Entertainment (United Kingdom)
- [3/3] Amagami SS
Manga and Novel Licenses
Shogakukan Asia
- [2/17] BanG Dream!
J-Novel Club (North America)
- [2/15] Isekai wa Smartphone to Tomo ni. (In a Different World with a Smartphone.)
[2/18] Arifureta Shokugyou de Sekai Saikyou
One Peace Books (North America)
- [3/9] Mikagura Gakuen Kumikyoku (Mikagura School Suite)
[3/9] Mikagura Gakuen Kumikyoku (Mikagura School Suite)
Seven Seas (North America)
- [1/9] Absolute Duo
[1/9] Oounabara to Wadanohara (Wadanohara and the Great Blue Sea)
[1/9] Hachune Miku no Nichijou Roipara! (Hatsune Miku Presents: Hachune Miku's Everday Vocaloid Paradise)
[1/10] [Hihou] Mahou Shoujo no Sono Ato no Ninjou (Unmagical Girl)
[1/10] Mahou Shoujo Tokushusen Asuka (Magical Girl Special Ops Asuka)
[1/10] Alice to Zouroku (Alice & Zouroku)
[1/11] Devilman G
[1/11] Monte Cristo Hakushaku (The Count of Monte Cristo)
[1/11] Captain Harlock: Jigen Koukai (Captain Harlock: Dimensional Voyage)
[1/12] Bad∞End∞Night: Insane Party (Hatsune Miku: Bad∞End∞Night)
[1/12] Shinmai Maou no Testament: Arashi (The Testament of Sister New Devil Storm!)
[1/13] Cutie Honey a Go Go!
[1/13] Dragon Half
[1/13] Lodoss-tou Senki (Record of Lodoss War)
[1/13] Nemurimehime (Sleeping Beauty)
[1/13] Spirit Circle
Vertical Comics (North America)
- [1/28] Kanojo to Kanojo no Neko (She and Her Cat)
[2/21] Arakawa Under the Bridge
[2/21] Hoshi no Koe (The Voices of a Distant Star -Hoshi no Koe-)
[2/21] Imperfect Shoujo
Yen Press (North America)
- [2/27] Hirune Hime (Napping Princess)
Sources:
- Discotek
- FUNimation
- Sentai Filmworks
- Anime Limited
- MVM Entertainment: 3/3
- Shogakukan Asia
- J-Novel Club: 2/15, 2/18
- One Peace Books: 3/9
- Seven Seas
- Vertical Comics
- Yen Press
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Source: http://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/reki-kawahara/sword-art-online-alternative-gun-gale-online-vol-1-manga/9780316442435/
Mar 26, 2017 3:41 PM by Maxunwell
- Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-, Chapter 3: Truth of Zero (manga)
- Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Sword Oratoria (manga)
- Masou Gakuen HxH
- Gabriel Dropout
Source: http://yenpress.com/
Mar 24, 2017 9:35 PM by removed-user
Fukumenkei Noise got licensed by Sentai Filmworks
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-03-15/sentai-filmworks-licenses-anonymous-noise-anime/.113473
Mar 15, 2017 1:29 PM by DatRandomDude
Kodansha USA licensed and will release digitally (for now) Hoozuki No Reitetsu, Museum, Shoukoku no Altair and Blame! Academy and So On
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-03-14/kodansha-usa-to-release-hozuki-coolheadedness-altair-museum-blame-academy-manga-digitally/.113381
Mar 15, 2017 5:37 AM by DatRandomDude
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-03-09/one-peace-books-to-publish-mikagura-school-suite-light-novels-manga-in-english/.113230
Mar 10, 2017 11:26 PM by removed-user
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-03-03/mvm-acquires-amagami-ss-delays-little-busters/.112948
Mar 3, 2017 7:56 AM by Atavistic
This is the manga adaptation of https://myanimelist.net/anime/33204/Hirune_Hime__Shiranai_Watashi_no_Monogatari
The manga in question does not appear to be in the database yet.
Source: http://yenpress.com/2017/02/napping-princess-chapter-1-of-a-brand-new-simulpub/
Feb 28, 2017 12:24 AM by kuuderes_shadow
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-02-21/vertical-licenses-arakawa-under-the-bridge-imperfect-shojo-voices-of-a-distant-star-manga/.112522
Feb 21, 2017 11:23 AM by DatRandomDude
http://blog.alltheanime.com/anime-limited-to-release-charlotte-on-blu-ray-and-dvd/
Feb 20, 2017 9:51 AM by Atavistic
https://j-novel.club/s/arifureta-from-commonplace-to-world-s-strongest
Feb 18, 2017 1:09 AM by kuuderes_shadow
http://blog.alltheanime.com/anime-limited-to-release-tokyo-ghoul-jack-pinto-ovas/
Feb 17, 2017 7:19 AM by Atavistic
https://j-novel.club/s/in-another-world-with-my-smartphone
Feb 15, 2017 9:49 AM by kuuderes_shadow
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-02-09/sentai-filmworks-licenses-time-jam-valerian-and-laureline-french-japanese-anime/.112045
Feb 9, 2017 1:01 PM by Atavistic
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-02-01/anime-limited-acquires-martian-successor-nadesico-on-blu-ray/.111733
Feb 1, 2017 10:16 PM by Atavistic
Jan 28, 2017 5:53 AM by removed-user
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-01-17/discotek-media-licenses-midnight-eye-goku-ova/.111170
Sentai Filmworks add both seasons of the Ajin: Demi-Human anime
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-01-17/sentai-filmworks-licenses-ajin-demi-human-anime-for-home-video/.111160
Jan 17, 2017 2:18 PM by Atavistic
Jan 13, 2017 11:04 PM by removed-user
Jan 13, 2017 9:24 PM by removed-user
Cutie Honey a Go Go! | Source
Dragon Half | Source
Lodoss-tou Senki (Record of Lodoss War) | Source
Nemurimehime (Sleeping Beauty) | Source
Jan 13, 2017 2:40 PM by RedPark
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