Q2 2016 Anime & Manga Licenses [Update 6/15]
In this thread, you'll find a comprehensive list of anime and manga licensed in the second quarter (Apr-Jun) 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 Spring 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
Aniplex USA (North America)
Discotek (North America)
FUNimation (North America)
Media Blasters (North America)
Pony Canyon USA (North America)
Sentai Filmworks (North America)
Animatsu (United Kingdom)
Anime Limited (United Kingdom)
Manga Entertainment (United Kingdom)
MVM Entertainment (United Kingdom)
Universal Pictures (United Kingdom)
Manga Licenses
Crunchyroll
Digital Manga
Kodansha Comics (North America)
Sekai Project (North America)
Seven Seas (North America)
Udon Entertainment (North America)
Vertical Comics (North America)
Viz Media (North America)
Yen Press (North America)
Dark Horse Comics (United Kingdom)
Sources:
← Q1 2016
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 (North America)
- [3/25] Nisekoi:
[3/25] Working!! (Wagnaria!!3)
[3/25] Plastic Memories
Discotek (North America)
- [6/12] Maou Dante (Demon Lord Dante)
[6/12] Jungle Taitei Movie (Jungle Emperor Leo)
[6/12] Black Jack the Movie
[6/12] True Tears
FUNimation (North America)
- [3/8] Boku no Hero Academia (My Hero Academia)
[5/31] Momotarou: Umi no Shinpei (Momotaro, Sacred Sailors)
[6/15] Nagato Yuki-chan no Shoushitsu: Owarenai Natsuyasumi
Media Blasters (North America)
- [3/25] Okusama ga Seitokaichou! (My Wife is the Student Council President)
Pony Canyon USA (North America)
- [3/26] Kuromukuro
[3/26] Mayoiga
Sentai Filmworks (North America)
- [3/14] Kyoukai no Rinne (TV) 2nd Season (Rin-ne)
[3/24] Sakamoto desu ga? (Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto)
[3/25] Cobra The Animation
[3/25] Ushio to Tora (TV) 2nd Season
[3/29] Tanaka-kun wa Itsumo Kedaruge (Tanaka-kun is Always Listless)
[3/31] Bakuon!!
[3/31] Bakuon!!
[4/5] Onigiri
[4/7] Cobra The Animation: Time Drive
[4/13] Flying Witch
[4/14] Hakuouki Movie 2: Shikon Soukyuu (Hakuoki ~ Demon of the Fleeting Blossom: Warrior Spirit of the Blue Sky)
[4/18] Trinity Seven
[4/20] Inou-Battle wa Nichijou-kei no Naka de
[5/4] Hitsugi no Chaika: Avenging Battle
[5/12] Hanaukyou Maid-tai: La Verite
Animatsu (United Kingdom)
- [5/28] Trinity Seven
[5/28] Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai! Ren (Love, Chunibyou & Other Delusions: Heart Throb!)
[5/28] Hanayamata
[5/28] Punch Line
[5/28] Sakamoto desu ga? (Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto)
[6/14] Kono Sekai no Katasumi ni (In This Corner of the World)
Anime Limited (United Kingdom)
- [4/1] Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso (Your Lie in April)
[4/27] Shisha no Teikoku (The Empire of Corpses)
[4/27] Harmony
[4/27] Lucky☆Star
[5/27] Persona 3 the Movie 1: Spring of Birth
[5/27] Persona 3 the Movie 2: Midsummer Knight's Dream
[5/27] Persona 3 the Movie 3: Falling Down
[5/27] Persona 3 the Movie 4: Winter of Rebirth
[5/27] High School Fleet
[5/27] Kuroshitsuji: Book of Circus
[5/27] Dimension W
[5/28] Kiznaiver
[5/28] Hibike! Euphonium (Sound! Euphonium)
[5/28] Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu
[5/28] Sousei no Onmyouji (Twin Star Exorcists)
[5/28] Bungou Stray Dogs
[5/29] Death Parade
[5/29] Death Billiards
[5/29] Momotarou: Umi no Shinpei (Momotaro's Divine Sea Warriors)
[5/29] Lupin III (2015)
[5/29] Kanashimi no Belladonna (Belladonna of Sadness)
[5/29] Yojouhan Shinwa Taikei (The Tatami Galaxy)
Manga Entertainment (United Kingdom)
- [5/28] Soul Eater NOT!
[5/28] Naruto SD: Rock Lee no Seishun Full-Power Ninden (Rock Lee and His Ninja Pals)
[5/28] Digimon Adventure
[5/28] Digimon Adventure 02
[6/15] Yu☆Gi☆Oh! 5D's
MVM Entertainment (United Kingdom)
- [3/30] Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun (Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun)
[5/19] Hakkenden: Touhou Hakken Ibun (Hakkenden: Eight Dogs of the East)
[5/27] Log Horizon 2nd Season
[5/28] 11eyes
[5/28] Shoujo-tachi wa Kouya wo Mezasu (Girls Beyond Youth)
[5/28] Norn9: Norn+Nonet
[5/28] Nurse Witch Komugi-chan R
[5/28] Saijaku Muhai no Bahamut (Undefeated Bahamut Chronicle)
[5/28] Skip Beat!
Universal Pictures (United Kingdom)
- [5/27] Berserk (2016)
[5/27] Drifters
Manga Licenses
Crunchyroll
- [4/8] Piace: Watashi no Italian (Piacevole)
[4/25] Shounen Ashibe: Go! Go! Goma-chan
[5/18] Uchuu Patrol Luluco
[6/10] Miira no Kaikata (How to keep a mummy)
Digital Manga
- [5/26] Akuma to Ore: Tokumori (Me and the Impish Devil: Volume 0)
[5/26] Himitsu no Akuma-chan (The Secret Devil-chan)
[5/26] Kaminomi (Me and the Impish Devil)
Kodansha Comics (North America)
- [3/22] Ballroom e Youkoso (Welcome to the Ballroom)
[3/22] Hataraku Saibou (Cells at Work!)
[3/22] Kyokou Suiri (In/Spectre)
[3/22] Ouji-sama to Haiiro no Hibi (The Prince in His Dark Days)
[3/22] Shingeki no Kyojin: Lost Girls
[3/22] Watashi no Ookami-kun (That Wolf-Boy Is Mine!)
[3/24] Demi-chan wa Kataritai (Interviews with Monster Girls)
[3/24] Fairy Tail Gaiden
[3/24] Kuro Hakubutsukan: Ghost and Lady (Black Museum: The Ghost and the Lady)
[3/24] Nekogahara (Nekogahara: Stray Cat Samurai)
[3/24] Neo Kiseijuu f (Neo Parasyte f)
[5/5] Sayonara Watashi no Cramer (Farewell, My Dear Cramer)
[5/21] Happiness
[5/24] Toppu GP
Sekai Project (North America)
- [3/25] Sakura Spirit: The Manga
Seven Seas (North America)
- [5/31] Asagao to Kase-san.
[5/31] Obentou to Kase-san.
[5/31] Ohimesama no Himitsu (Secret of the Princess)
[5/31] Shortcake to Kase-san.
[6/1] Kaidan Nikki (Ghost Diary)
[6/1] Okujou no Yurirei-san Side A: Mou Hitotsu no Yuritopia
[6/1] Okujou no Yurirei-san Side B: Nakayoshi Quiz
[6/2] Tokyo Undead
[6/2] Hana to Hina wa Houkago (Hana and Hina After School)
[6/2] Floor ni Maou ga Imasu (There’s A Demon Lord on the Floor)
[6/3] Totsukuni no Shoujo (The Girl From the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún)
Udon Entertainment (North America)
- [5/11] Persona 3
Vertical Comics (North America)
- [5/22] Flying Witch
Viz Media (North America)
- [3/26] Tomie
[4/14] Gangsta:Cursed.: EP_Marco Adriano (Gangsta.: Cursed)
[4/14] Naruto Shinden Series
[4/14] Tokyo Ghoul
[5/26] Takuan to Batsu no Nichijou Enmachou (Takuan and Batsu's Daily Demon Diary)
Yen Press (North America)
- [3/25] [Shinyaku] Mahou Shoujo Oriko★Magica: Sadness Prayer (Puella Magi Oriko Magica Sadness Prayer)
[3/25] Aoharu x Kikanjuu (Aoharu x Machine Gun)
[3/25] Kiniro Mosaic
[3/25] Kuzu no Honkai (Scum's Wish)
[3/25] Kyou no Cerberus (Today's Kerberos)
[3/25] Chiisana Majo no Kubiwa (Little Witch's Necklace)
[3/25] Rose Guns Days: Season 2
[3/25] Shinigami-sama to 4-nin no Kanojo (Grim Reaper and Four Girlfriends)
[3/25] Touhyou Game: Anata ni Kuroki Ippyou wo
[5/14] Goblin Slayer!
[5/14] Goblin Slayer!
[5/20] Death March kara Hajimaru Isekai Kyousoukyoku (Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody)
[5/20] Death March kara Hajimaru Isekai Kyousoukyoku (Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody)
[5/20] Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! (Konosuba)
[5/20] Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! (Konosuba)
Dark Horse Comics (United Kingdom)
- [4/7] Mikubon (Hatsune Miku: Mikubon)
Sources:
- Aniplex USA 3/25, 3/25, 3/25
- Discotek 6/12, 6/12, 6/12
- FUNimation 3/8, 5/31
- Media Blasters 3/25
- Pony Canyon USA 3/26
- Sentai Filmworks 3/24, 3/29, 3/31, 4/5, 4/7, 4/13, 4/14, 4/18, 4/20, 5/4, 5/12
- Animatsu 5/28, 5/28, 5/28, 5/28, 5/28, 6/14
- Anime Limited 4/1, 4/27, 4/27, 5/27, 5/27, 5/27, 5/27, 5/28, 5/28, 5/29, 5/29, 5/29, 5/29, 5/29
- Manga Entertainment 5/28, 5/28, 5/28, 6/15
- MVM Entertainment 3/30, 5/19, 5/27, 5/28, 5/28, 5/28
- Universal Pictures 5/27
- Crunchyroll (Manga) 4/8, 4/25, 5/18, 6/10
- Digital Manga 5/26
- Kodansha Comics 3/22, 3/24, 5/5, 5/21
- Sekai Project 3/25
- Seven Seas 5/31, 5/31, 6/1, 6/1, 6/2, 6/2, 6/2, 6/3
- Udon Entertainment 5/11
- Vertical Comics 5/22
- Viz Media 3/26, 4/14, 5/26
- Yen Press 3/25, 5/14, 5/20, 5/20
- Dark Horse Comics 4/7
← Q1 2016
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Crunchyroll licenses Sukedachi 09 & The Grim Reaper and an Argent Cavalier manga
Also:
Kabaneri, Free, Berserk, Sousei no Onmyouji, Gintama, Big Order, Yamada and 7 Witches, Phantom World anime for home video release
Also:
Kabaneri, Free, Berserk, Sousei no Onmyouji, Gintama, Big Order, Yamada and 7 Witches, Phantom World anime for home video release
Jul 1, 2016 6:31 PM by removed-user
Dark Horse has licensed Hatsune Miku: Rin-Chan Now!, Neon Genesis Evangelion: Legend of the Piko-Piko Middle School Students, and H.P. Lovecraft's The Hound and Other Stories
Jul 1, 2016 6:04 PM by removed-user
Seven Seas has licensed Magical Girl Site, Species Domain, Dreamin' Sun, Plum Crazy! Tales of a Tiger-Striped Cat, The Disappearance of Hatsune Miku LN
Jul 1, 2016 5:22 PM by removed-user
Aniplex licenses FMA Brotherhood, Kiznaiver, Owarimonogatari, ERASED, God Eater
Jul 1, 2016 4:50 PM by removed-user
Nozomi Ent. licenses Galaxy Angel (2017), Kidou Senkan Nadesico
Rightstuf: Gundam 0080 War in Pocket, 0083 Stardust Memory, F91, Char's Counterattack, Afterglow of Zeon
Rightstuf: Gundam 0080 War in Pocket, 0083 Stardust Memory, F91, Char's Counterattack, Afterglow of Zeon
Jul 1, 2016 3:49 PM by removed-user
VIZ Media has licensed:
Manga - The Water Dragon’s Bride, Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt, Dragon Ball Super
Manga - The Water Dragon’s Bride, Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt, Dragon Ball Super
Jul 1, 2016 2:11 PM by removed-user
Yen Press has licensed Big Order, The Isolator manga, Murcielago, Smokin' Parade, Rokka no Yuusha LN and manga.
Jul 1, 2016 1:33 PM by removed-user
Anime Limited add Love Live Sunshine
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-07-01/anime-limited-acquires-love-live-sunshine/.103843
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-07-01/anime-limited-acquires-love-live-sunshine/.103843
Jul 1, 2016 8:12 AM by Atavistic
New thread isn't up yet so posting here.
This had been speculated about before (as people found order links on amazon) but it's now confirmed that Funimation will be releasing the following in the UK (distributed by Anime Limited):
- Yona of the Dawn
- Gonna be the Twin-tail
- Fairy Tail (starting from part 10 - previous parts were released by Manga UK)
- Nourin
- Show by Rock
- Yurikuma Arashi
- Mikagura High School Suite
- Absolute Duo
- Barakamon
- Ninja Slayer
- Brothers Conflict
- Rainy Cocoa (both seasons)
- Damidaler vs. the penguin empire
- Blazblue: Alter Memory
- High School DxD season 3 (previous seasons were released by Manga UK)
http://blog.alltheanime.com/newswire77_78/
All to be DVD/Blu-ray combopacks except Fairy Tail which is DVD only
This had been speculated about before (as people found order links on amazon) but it's now confirmed that Funimation will be releasing the following in the UK (distributed by Anime Limited):
- Yona of the Dawn
- Gonna be the Twin-tail
- Fairy Tail (starting from part 10 - previous parts were released by Manga UK)
- Nourin
- Show by Rock
- Yurikuma Arashi
- Mikagura High School Suite
- Absolute Duo
- Barakamon
- Ninja Slayer
- Brothers Conflict
- Rainy Cocoa (both seasons)
- Damidaler vs. the penguin empire
- Blazblue: Alter Memory
- High School DxD season 3 (previous seasons were released by Manga UK)
http://blog.alltheanime.com/newswire77_78/
All to be DVD/Blu-ray combopacks except Fairy Tail which is DVD only
Jul 1, 2016 4:31 AM by kuuderes_shadow
Sentai Filmworks add Momokuri
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-06-30/sentai-filmworks-licenses-momokuri-anime/.103814
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-06-30/sentai-filmworks-licenses-momokuri-anime/.103814
Jun 30, 2016 10:26 AM by Atavistic
Nagato Yuki-chan no Shoushitsu: Owarenai Natsuyasumi has been licensed by Funimation Ent. to be bundled with the main series' BD/DVDs.
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2016-06-15/funimation-the-disappearance-of-nagato-yuki-chan-release-to-include-ova-episode/.103258
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2016-06-15/funimation-the-disappearance-of-nagato-yuki-chan-release-to-include-ova-episode/.103258
Jun 15, 2016 7:29 PM by removed-user
Manga Entertainment add Yu-Gi-Oh 5D's
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-06-15/manga-entertainment-to-release-yu-gi-oh-5ds/.103248
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-06-15/manga-entertainment-to-release-yu-gi-oh-5ds/.103248
Jun 15, 2016 12:25 PM by Atavistic
Animatsu add In This Corner Of The World (AKA To All The Corners Of The World)
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-06-14/animatsu-acquires-in-this-corner-of-the-world/.103199
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-06-14/animatsu-acquires-in-this-corner-of-the-world/.103199
Jun 14, 2016 1:06 AM by Atavistic
Discotek has licensed Demon Lord Dante, Jungle Emperor Leo, Black Jack The Movie, and the True Tears
Jun 12, 2016 7:40 PM by removed-user
Crunchyroll licensed Miira no Kaikata.
Jun 10, 2016 11:49 PM by RedPark
Crunchyroll licensed Piace: Watashi no Italian. Was actually announced on April 1 I can't read dates April 8, but wasn't on MAL till now.
Jun 7, 2016 7:59 AM by RedPark
Ballroom e Youkoso?
Yes, YEES!
Yes, YEES!
Jun 5, 2016 1:46 PM by Ale1212
Seven Seas have licensed THE GIRL FROM THE OTHER SIDE: SIÚIL, A RÚN
https://twitter.com/gomanga/status/738812848965586944
https://twitter.com/gomanga/status/738812848965586944
Jun 3, 2016 1:11 PM by kuuderes_shadow
Seven Seas has licensed Floor ni Maou ga Imasu
http://www.gomanga.com/articles/extraextra/seven-seas-adds-a-new-item-to-the-menu-with-theres-a-demon-lord-on-the-floor-manga-license/884
http://www.gomanga.com/articles/extraextra/seven-seas-adds-a-new-item-to-the-menu-with-theres-a-demon-lord-on-the-floor-manga-license/884
Jun 2, 2016 6:15 PM by removed-user
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