Q3 2018 Anime & Manga Licenses [Update 9/22]
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
Aniplex USA (United States)
- [6/20] Hataraku Saibou (TV) (Cells at Work!)
[6/20] Yuragi-sou no Yuuna-san (Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs)
Discotek Media (North America)
- [5/30] Wild 7 Another Bouryaku Unga
[7/18] Katekyo Hitman Reborn! (Reborn!)
[7/18] Monkey Magic
[7/18] Tetsujin 28-gou (2004)
[7/18] Uchuu no Stellvia (Stellvia of the Universe)
[8/12] Area 88
[8/12] Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo
[8/12] Chou Denji Machine Voltes V
[8/12] Giant Robo the Animation: Chikyuu ga Seishi Suru Hi (Giant Robo the Animation: The Day the Earth Stood Still)
[8/12] Ginga Tetsudou 999 (Movie) (Galaxy Express 999)
[8/12] Kimagure Orange☆Road
[8/12] Kimagure Orange☆Road OVA
[8/12] Kimagure Orange☆Road: Ano Hi ni Kaeritai
[8/12] Lupin III: Chi no Kokuin - Eien no Mermaid
[8/12] Psychoarmor Govarian
[8/12] Rokushin Gattai GodMars (God Mars)
[8/12] Rokushin Gattai GodMars (1982) (Six God Combination GodMars: The Movie)
[8/12] Rokushin Gattai GodMars: Juunana-sai no Densetsu (God Mars: The Legend of 17 Years)
[8/12] Sayonara Ginga Tetsudou 999: Andromeda Shuuchakueki (Adieu Galaxy Express 999)
[8/12] Uchuu Senshi Baldios (Uchuu Senshi Baldios)
FUNimation (North America)
- [4/3] Overlord III
[7/6] Akai Koudan Zillion
Kuma Holdings (North America)
- [7/19] Kono Danshi, Mahou ga Oshigoto Desu. (This Boy is a Professional Wizard)
[7/19] Kono Danshi, Sekika ni Nayandemasu. (This Boy Suffers From Crystallization)
Maiden Japan (North America)
- [6/21] Monochrome Factor
Nozomi Entertainment (North America)
- [7/7] Galaxy Angel 3 (Galaxy Angel AA)
[7/7] Galaxy Angel S
Sentai Filmworks (North America)
- [6/27] Senjuushi (The Thousand Musketeers)
[6/28] Yume Oukoku to Nemureru 100 Nin no Ouji-sama (100 Sleeping Princes and the Kingdom of Dreams)
[7/5] 3D Kanojo: Real Girl Season 2
[7/5] Chuukan Kanriroku Tonegawa (Mr. Tonegawa Middle Management Blues)
[7/5] Shoujo☆Kageki Revue Starlight
VIZ Media (North America)
- [7/5] Megalo Box
[7/6] JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken Part 5: Ougon no Kaze (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 5: Golden Wind)
[7/19] Castlevania
[7/19] Pokémon Sun & Moon (Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon)
[7/19] Pokémon Advanced Generation (Pocket Monsters: Battle Frontier)
Manga Licenses
Cross Infinite World
- [5/23] Dawn of the Mapmaker*
[6/27] Hinekure Shishou to Itsuwari no Koibito (The Eccentric Master and the Fake Lover)*
Crunchyroll
- [7/5] Fumikiri Jikan (Crossing Time)*
[7/5] Kyoto Teramachi Sanjou no Holmes (Holmes at Kyoto Teramachi Sanjo)
[7/5] Planet With*
Dark Horse Comics (North America)
- [8/10] Omoide Emanon (Memories of Emanon)
Denpa Books (North America)
- [8/12] Boku wa Mari no Naka (Inside Mari)
[8/12] Futurelog
[8/12] Kani ni Sasowarete (An Invitation by a Crab)*
[8/12] Robot
[8/12] Tetsudou Shoujo Manga*
[8/12] Tobaku Mokushiroku Kaiji (Gambling Apocalypse Kaiji)
[8/12] Urotsukidouji
[8/12] Koi no Choujikuuhou (Super Dimensional Love Gun)
[9/3] Emiya-san Chi no Kyou no Gohan (Today's Menu For Emiya Family)
J-Novel Club
- [6/19] Zettai ni Hatarakitakunai Dungeon Master ga Damin wo Musaboru made (Dungeon master wants to sleep now and forever...)*
[6/26] Maou no Ore ga Dorei Elf wo Yome ni Shitanda ga, Dou Medereba Ii? (An Archdemon's Dilemma - How to Love Your Slave Elf Bride)*
[7/5] Amagi Brilliant Park*
[7/5] Gear Drive*
[7/5] Jinrou e no Tensei, Maou no Fukukan (Märchen der Werwolf: The Annals of Veight)*
[7/5] JK Haru is a Sex Worker in Another World*
[7/5] Kokoro Connect*
[7/5] Last and First Idol*
[7/5] Majutsushi Orphen Hagure Tabi (Sorcerous Stabber Orphen)*
[7/5] Seirei Gensouki (Spirit Chronicles)*
[8/16] Echo*
[8/16] Otome Game no Hametsu Flag shika Nai Akuyaku Reijou ni Tensei shiteshimatta... (I Reincarnated Into an Otome Game as a Villainess With Only Destruction Flags...)*
[8/16] Danna-sama no Atama ga Kemono nano wa Doumo Watashi no Seirashii (Apparently It's My Fault That My Husband's Head Turned Into That of a Beast)*
Kodansha Comics
- [5/30] 5-toubun no Hanayome (The Quintessential Quintuplets)*
[5/30] Ano Natsu. (That Summer Days)*
[5/30] Kamikamikaeshi*
[5/30] Tenohira no Netsu wo (Karate Heart)*
[6/29] 100-man no Inochi no Ue ni Ore wa Tatteiru (I'm Standing on a Million Lives)*
[6/29] Kakafukaka*
[6/29] Kichijouji dake ga Sumitai Machi desu ka? (Is Kichijouji the Only Place Where You Want to Live?)*
[6/29] Ouji ga Watashi wo Akiramenai! (The Prince's Romance Gambit)*
[6/29] Tokyo Alice*
[7/7] 5-toubun no Hanayome (The Quintessential Quintuplets)
[7/7] 10 Dance
[7/7] Edens Zero
[7/7] Fairy Tail Gaiden (Fairy Tail: Lightning Gods)
[7/7] Gleipnir
[7/7] Hitorijime My Hero (My Very Own Hero)
[7/7] Kishuku Gakkou no Juliet (Boarding School Juliet)
[7/7] Mashima-en (Hiro Mashima's Playground)
[7/7] Nanatsu no Taizai: Seven Days (The Seven Deadly Sins: Seven Days)
[7/7] Renzu-sou no Sankaku (Love in Focus)
[7/7] Tongari Boushi no Atelier (Atelier of Witch Hat)
[7/7] Watashi no Yuri wa Oshigoto Desu! (Yuri Is My Job!)
[7/23] Back Street Girls*
[7/23] Key Ring Lock*
[7/23] Kimamana Aitsu o Kainarase (Keeping His Whims in Check)*
[7/23] Intertwining Lives*
[7/23] P to JK (My Boy in Blue)*
[7/23] Peach Girl*
[7/23] Stray Bullet Baby*
[7/23] Trap to Skirt (Trap in a Skirt)*
Maiden Japan (North America)
- [7/5] Densetsu Kyojin Ideon (Space Runaway Ideon)
[7/5] Basquash!
[7/5] Hataraki Man
[7/5] Human Crossing
[7/5] Maria-sama ga Miteru (Maria Watches Over Us)
[7/5] Maria-sama ga Miteru: Haru (Maria Watches Over Us: Printemps)
[7/5] Maria-sama ga Miteru 3rd (Maria Watches Over Us 3rd)
[7/5] Sentou Mecha Xabungle (Blue Gale Xabungle)
[7/5] Soukou Kihei Votoms (Armored Trooper Votoms)
[7/5] Yume-iro Pâtissière
Media Do International
- [7/20] Baki: New Grappler Baki*
Seven Seas (North America)
- [6/29] Shimanami Tasogare
[7/8] Division Maneuver
[7/8] Doukyuusei (Classmates)
[7/8] Dragon Quest Monsters+
[7/8] Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon: Elma OL Nikki (Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid: Elma's Office Lady Diary)
[7/8] Majutsushi Orphen Hagure Tabi: Wa ga Yobigoe ni Kotae yo, Kemono (Sorcerous Stabber Orphen Heed My Call, Beast!)
[7/8] Mushoku Tensei: Isekai Ittara Honki Dasu
[7/8] Sotsugyousei (Graduate)
[7/8] Toaru Kagaku no Railgun Gaiden: Astral Buddy (A Certain Scientific Railgun: Astral Buddy)
[7/8] Toumei na Usui Mizuiro ni (Transparent Light Blue)
[7/8] Youkoso Jitsuryoku Shijou Shugi no Kyoushitsu e (Classroom of the Elite)
[9/19] Genjuu Chousain (Mythical Beast Investigator)
[9/19] Mushoku Tensei - Roxy datte Honki desu (Tensei ~Roxy is Serious~)
[9/19] Oya ga Urusai node Kouhai to Gisou Kekkon shitemita. (I Decided to Fake a Marriage With My Junior to Shut My Parents Up.)
[9/20] Eve x Eve
[9/20] Gaikotsu Kishi-sama, Tadaima Isekai e Odekakechuu (Skeleton Knight going out to the parallel universe) (Manga)
[9/20] Gaikotsu Kishi-sama, Tadaima Isekai e Odekakechuu (Skeleton Knight going out to the parallel universe) (Light Novel)
[9/21] Kagakuteki ni Sonzai shiuru Creature Musume no Kansatsu Nisshi (The observation diary of scientifically-existing creature girls.)
[9/21] Kakukaku Shikajika
[9/21] Otome Game no Hametsu Flag shika Nai Akuyaku Reijou ni Tensei shiteshimatta... (I Reincarnated into an Otome Game as a Villainess With Only Destruction Flags...)
SuBLime
- [8/1] Ameiro Paradox
[8/1] Hengoku no Calendula (Love in Limbo)
Tokyopop (North America)
- [6/27] Yuri Kuma Arashi (Yuri Bear Storm)
VIZ Media (North America)
- [7/5] Shin Yami no Koe - Kaidan (Smashed: Junji Ito Story Collection)
[7/6] JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken Part 4: Diamond wa Kudakenai (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 4: Diamond Is Unbreakable)
[7/19] Urusei Yatsura (Those Obnoxious Aliens)
[7/19] Zutto Dokushin de Iru Tsumori? (Will I Stay Single Forever?)*
[7/21] Boku no Hero Academia: Yuuei Hakusho (My Hero Academia: School Briefs)
[8/16] Fullmetal Alchemist 4-koma
[22/9] Akagami no Shirayuki-hime (Snow White with the Red Hair)
Yen Press
- [7/8] 86
[7/8] Bungou Stray Dogs
[7/8] Dive!!
[7/8] Happy Sugar Life
[7/8] Kakegurui Twin (Compulsive Gambler Twin)
[7/8] Mirai no Mirai (Mirai of the Future)
[7/8] Monster Wrestling
[7/8] Nyankees
[7/8] Penguin Highway
[7/8] Plunderer
[7/8] Wanwan Monogatari: Kanemochi no Inu ni Shite to wa Itta ga, Fenrir ni Shiro to wa Itte Nee!
[7/8] Yoru wa Mijikashi Arukeyo Otome (The Night Is Short, Walk on Girl)
[7/8] Yume de Mita Ano Ko no Tame ni
Sources:
- Aniplex USA: 1, 2
- Cross Infinite World
- Crunchyroll: 1
- Dark Horse Comics: 1
- Denpa Books
- Discotek Media: 1
- Kodansha Comics: 1, 2, 3, 4
- J-Novel Club
- Kuma Holdings
- Maiden Japan: 1
- Nozomi Entertainment
- Sentai Filmworks
- Seven Seas: 1
- SuBLime
- Tokyopop: 1
- VIZ Media
- Yen Press
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13 Comments Recent Comments
@DatRandomDude - Those will go in to the Fall 2018 Simulcast / Q4 Licenses which should be up tomorrow.
Sep 27, 2018 11:02 PM by Snow
Yagate kimi ni Naru
Akanesasu Shoujo
Rocket Girls
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-09-27/sentai-filmworks-licenses-the-girl-in-twilight-anime/.137396
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-09-27/sentai-filmworks-licenses-rocket-girls-anime/.137394
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-09-25/sentai-filmworks-licenses-bloom-into-you-anime/.137283
and i guess Funimation also licensed some since they announced some simuldub ?
Zombieland Saga, RErideD, Ace Attorney 2, Radiant, Ulysses, Goblin Slayer, Senran Kagura season 2, Double Decker, Uchuu Senkan Tirmisu II and Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-09-25/funimation-adds-ulysses-goblin-slayer-senran-kagura-radiant-anime-to-fall-season-dub-lineup/.137295
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-09-26/crunchyroll-funimation-add-zombieland-saga-anime-for-fall-season/.136299
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-09-07/funimation-adds-that-time-i-got-reincarnated-as-a-slime-double-decker-space-battleship-tiramisu-zwei-anime-to-fall-simuldub-lineup/.136513
@tsubasalover is there someone who could update the thread and make a new one for Q4 ? (tagging you since it looks like you're the most active of the news team)
Sep 27, 2018 7:20 PM by DatRandomDude
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-09-22/viz-media-licences-snow-white-with-the-red-hair-manga/.137147
Dakaretai Otoko 1-i ni Odosarete Imasu. and Seishun Buta Yarō wa Bunny Girl-senpai no Yume wo Minai has been licensed by Aniplex USA
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-09-22/aniplex-of-america-announces-dakaichi-rascal-does-not-dream-of-bunny-girl-senpai-anime-for-fall-season/.137180
Sep 22, 2018 11:59 AM by DatRandomDude
Sep 20, 2018 7:11 PM by DatRandomDude
9/19
Oya ga Urusai node Kouhai to Gisou Kekkon shitemita. (I Married My Best Friend to Shut My Parents Up)
Genjuu Chousain (Mythical Beast Investigator)
Mushoku Tensei - Roxy datte Honki desu (Mushoku Tensei: Roxy Gets Serious)
9/20
Gaikotsu Kishi-sama, Tadaima Isekai e Odekakechuu (Skeleton Knight in Another World) (manga)
Gaikotsu Kishi-sama, Tadaima Isekai e Odekakechuu (Skeleton Knight in Another World) (light novel)
Eve x Eve by Nagashiro Rouge (not on MAL)
9/21
Kagakuteki ni Sonzai shiuru Creature Musume no Kansatsu Nisshi (Creature Girls: A Field Journal in Another World)
Otome Game no Hametsu Flag shika Nai Akuyaku Reijou ni Tensei shiteshimatta... (My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!) (manga)
Kakukaku Shikajika (Blank Canvas: My So-Called Artist’s Journey)
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Sources:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Sep 20, 2018 1:46 PM by -renn-
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-09-03/denpa-licenses-today-menu-for-emiya-family-manga/.136303
also, again, that would be great if a mod would finally update the thread.
Sep 3, 2018 2:26 PM by DatRandomDude
Echo (not on MAL)
All Routes Lead to Doom! My Next Life as a Villainess
Apparently it's My Fault that my Husband's Head Turned into that of a Beast (Danna-sama no Atama ga Kemono nano wa Doumo Watashi no Seirashii) (not on MAL)
Plus they will be giving a physical release to How NOT to Summon a Demon Lord
Source: https://old.reddit.com/r/LightNovels/comments/94n32r/news_jnovel_club_otakuthon_announcements/ (and in the linked livestream)
Aug 16, 2018 12:21 PM by kuuderes_shadow
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-08-16/viz-media-licenses-fullmetal-alchemist-the-complete-four-panel-comics/.135557
Would be great if someone could update the thread too.
Aug 16, 2018 11:46 AM by DatRandomDude
Here's their first licenses :
Tobaku Mokushiroku Kaiji
Boku wa Mari no Naka
PEZ
Kani ni Sasowarete
Tetsudou Shoujo
Futurelog (Renge Murata artbook)
Also 2 manga from FAKKU will be transfered to this one:
Choujin Densetsu Urotsukidouji
Koi no Choujikuuhou
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-08-13/new-manga-publishing-company-denpa-launches-licenses-kaiji-inside-mari-more/.135389
Aug 13, 2018 1:13 PM by DatRandomDude
Giant Robo The Animation: Chikyū ga Seishisuru Hi
Bobobo-bo Bobo-bo
Kimagure Orange Road
Galaxy Express 999
Lupin III: Chi no Kokuin Eien no Mermaid
Area 88 OVAs
Uchuu Senshi Baldios
Psychoarmor Govarian
Voltes V
Rokushi Gattai GodMars
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-08-12/discotek-licenses-giant-robo-kimagure-orange-road-galaxy-express-999-more/.135382
Aug 12, 2018 6:21 PM by DatRandomDude
https://twitter.com/VamptVo/status/1028422341829775360
PEZ (Robot), seems to be re-licensed (?)
Aug 11, 2018 5:41 PM by Mkim
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-08-10/dark-horse-licenses-shinji-kajio-kenji-tsuruta-emanon-manga/.135309
Aug 10, 2018 10:53 AM by DatRandomDude
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