Original Sailor Moon licensed by Viz Media; to be released uncut
Longtime anime fans will be overjoyed to hear that a beloved series from many years ago has just been picked up for re-release in North America. At Anime Central Viz Media has announced that they have acquired the rights to the original Sailor Moon anime in all forms. This means that they have all two hundred episodes of the series, all the movies, and the various tie-in specials that were created...
Blood Lad’s English voice cast announced by Viz Media
Today at Anime Central Viz Media announced the English dub cast for Blood Lad. While the company has yet to announce a release date for the series on home video, they are planning on showing the dubbed version of the show through Neon Alley. The English dub will be directed by Kirk Thornton while Chris Cason handled the English script. As for the English voice actors the full list can be found bel...
FUNimation reveals Panty & Stocking English voice cast and preview trailer
FUNimation had more to reveal today than just their recent license acquisitions, they also revealed the English dub cast for their upcoming anime release Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt. The anime itself will be released on July 10th on DVD only at the moment. The English voice cast can be seen below: Panty – Jamie Marchi Stocking – Monica Rial Garterbelt – Christopher R. Sabat Chuck – Ian Si...
Sentai Filmworks acquires Upotte!!, Cluster Edge and Hakuōki licenses
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 know, Upotte!! Just recently begun airing in Japan and follows the story of female students who...
FUNimation licenses Eureka Seven AO and King of Thorn movie
This weekend was Anime Central in North America and FUNimation was there with a couple of anime licensing announcements. During their panel at the show today, FUNimation revealed that they have acquired the rights to release Eureka Seven AO sometime in the future in North America and will begin streaming the show on their website next Thursday. To go along with this announcement they also revealed...
NIS America to bring Bunny Drop anime to North America in August
Today at Anime Central NIS America revealed that they have acquired the license to release Usagi Drop in North America. The title of the show will be changed to its English counterpart, Bunny Drop, when it is released on both Blu-ray and DVD on August 7th. As one may expect NIS America is going to be giving Bunny Drop their usual premium edition treatment which means the title will come with a col...