The English dub cast for Sentai Filmwork’s localization of Gintama: The Movie which is set to be released on the 29th of May, 2012 has been leaked online by fans who got screener copies of the title. The film is a summation of the Benizakura story arc from the anime series upon which the film is...

The Kids on the Slope anime series began roughly a month ago with it’s official soundtrack getting a release last week. After it’s release it made major waves in the Japanese Music Charts. The opening theme song ‘Sakamichi no Melody’ by YUKI has made it’s way to number 1 on the...

In the latest issue of Bessatsu Shonen Magazine the Mardock Scramble manga came to it’s final conclusion after 3 years of serialization in the magazine. The manga ran or six volumes in length, with the fifth volume scheduled for release in June and the sixth volume releasing in December. The manga...

Sentai Filmworks had plenty to reveal this weekend at Anime Central, though only one of these reveals was something anime fans may have been expecting. Today Sentai Filmworks announced that they have acquired the Upotte!!, Cluster Edge and Hakuōki animes for release in North America. For those who don’t...

The Kids on the Slope anime series has only just begun airing in Japan, but the manga in which the anime series adapts has reached it’s conclusion with it’s ninth and final volume now on sale in Japan. The manga was serialized in Monthly Flowers Magazine and is published by Shogakukan under the...

Sentai Filmworks have announced that they have licensed Spring 2012 anime season series Tsuritama and Dusk Maiden of Amnesia. Both series began two weeks ago, so Sentai were certainly very quick to pick up these two titles hot from Japan. Both series are set to be released digitally and physically. No dates...

Today Sentai Filmworks announced that they have acquired the license to release the Medaka Box anime series both on home video and stream it through “select digital outlets soon.” At the moment they did not go into detail as to whether or not the anime will be given an English dub nor if it will...

Sentai Filmworks may have jumped the gun when they made an announcement at Sakura-Con regarding the Persona 4: The Animation dub earlier this week. Sentai announced that the original cast from the video-game Persona 4 (which the anime is adapted from) will reprise their roles in Sentai’s dub of the...

Sentai Filmworks have announced that they have licensed Spring 2012 anime series Kids on the Slope and Mysterious Girlfriend X for distribution both digitally and physically. Both series were also recently announced to be streaming through Crunchyroll, Sentai have confirmed that they will also be streaming...

Ecchi fans, hold onto your pants as this news might just blow them off. Popular ecchi harem manga, To Love-Ru Darkness has been confirmed to be finally getting an anime adaptation. That’s right To Love-Ru fans, you will finally be able to see all your favourite harem girls in all their jiggly...

Sentai Filmworks has announced by press release that they have bought the license for the second season of Phi Brain: Kami no Puzzle.  Phi Brain will be finishing its first season this weekend, with the second due to start the weekend afterwards.  The second season will be 25 episodes, just as the first...

The first season finale of Phi Brain: Puzzle of God was scheduled to air on the 26th of March. It has now been delayed a week for reasons that are unknown. The season finale will instead air a week later on the 2nd of April. Coincidentally the second season of Phi Brain: Puzzle of God is scheduled to...

If it was bad enough that Bleach and Beelzebub are also ending this week, TV Tokyo have dropped yet another bombshell – Gintama is also ending. In what can only be called a shocking turn of events, in the latest edition of Weekly Shonen Jump it has been confirmed that Gintama will end this coming week...

During their recent Kawaii Kon panel, Sentai Filmworks revealed that they have intentions of releasing and dubbing more of the Gintama anime series, pertaining that the soon to be released dub version of Gintama: The Movie sells well in the U.S. Sentai confirmed that if the film does well financially, that...

When Bandai Entertainment fell by the wayside and announced that they would stop releasing new titles and would no longer be licensing any new shows it hit one series’ fans extremely hard. Those fans were fans of the K-ON!! series. Bandai Entertainment had licensed and released the first season of...

In a shocking and puzzling twist, Sentai Filmworks has confirmed an English dub for Gintama: The Movie. This announcement has left many fans puzzled but also delighted at the idea of hearing their favourite Gintama characters speaking English. The reason for confusion of the series fans is the fact that...

Sentai Filmworks have confirmed that they have acquired the license to the cinematic debut of the Gintama anime series (which Sentai also hold the rights to). The film itself is titled rather simply, Gintama: The Movie. The film itself is a retelling of the Benizakura story arc from the anime series,...

Arc System Works has today been confirmed to be developing the previously announced Phi Brain: Puzzle of God Playstation Portable game. Arc System Works are known for their two biggest franchises: BlazBlue and Guilty Gear. The game itself is an adaptation of the popular puzzle battle anime series Phi Brain:...

While Sentai Filmworks may be busy picking up nearly every anime that has been airing this Winter 2012 anime season, it seems they still have some licensing money to pick up a few older titles. Or in this case, a computer animated movie called Planzet. Sentai Filmworks revealed today that they will be...

Today in Sentai Filmworks title acquistion; The Book of Bantorra. Following a long list of recent license acquisitions from Sentai Filmworks comes yet another announcement of The Book of Bantorra being picked up for digital and bilingual DVD release later this year. Sentai have made a name for themselves...

Because the Playstation Portable is still going strong in Japan, the recent anime series Phi Brain: Puzzle of God will be getting a video game adaptation for the handheld console. Phi Brain is an anime about a group of genius teens who solve puzzles and battle against ‘givers’ of the POG...

Sentai Filmworks have today confirmed that they have acquired the license for Getbackers, the 49 episode action anime series focusing on professional ‘get backers’ who recover stolen possessions. The series was previously handled by the now defunct ADV Films who had released the series on DVD in...

In a rather surprise acquisition, Sentai Filmworks has announced today that they have picked up the license for Zettai Karen Children, an anime which aired back in 2009. They plan on releasing the original 51 episodes as well as the OVA on DVD with subtitles only later this year. While some may be...

It’s Puzzle Time… Again! It has officially been confirmed that Puzzle Battle series Phi Brain will be getting a second season come April 2012. This news may come as no surprise to fans of the series, but it is incredibly popular in Japan. So it is only expected that a second season was a...

If you thought that perhaps FUNimation may be picking up a few titles this season then they will be having some very slim pickings as Sentai Filmworks has picked up multiple anime over this Winter 2012 season and today they announced that they have acquired yet another anime. The anime in question is the...

It certainly seems like Section 23 has been very busy over the past week, even more so today. For those who don’t know, Section 23 is the parent company of Sentai Filmworks, which has been picking up multiple licenses over the past week, and also for Maiden Japan which has just announced that they...