Q2 2017 Anime & Manga Licenses [Update 6/24]
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 Media (North America)
- [5/6] Kurumiwari Ningyou (Nutcracker Fantasy)
[5/6] Marmalade Boy
[5/6] Night Walker: Mayonaka no Tantei (Nightwalker: The Midnight Detective)
[5/6] Oz no Mahoutsukai (1986) (The Wizard of Oz)
[5/6] Yousei Florence (Fairy Florence)
[6/11] Ginga Tetsudou 999 (Movie) (Galaxy Express 999)
[6/11] Hells
[6/11] Kaiba
[6/11] Sayonara Ginga Tetsudou 999: Andromeda Shuuchakueki (Adieu Galaxy Express 999)
Maiden Japan (North America)
- [6/15] Issho ni Sleeping: Sleeping with Hinako
[6/15] Issho ni Training: Training with Hinako
[6/15] Issho ni Training Ofuro: Bathtime with Hinako & Hiyoko
Sentai Filmworks (North America)
- [3/15] Fukumenkei Noise (Anonymous Noise)
[3/16] Kyoukai no Rinne (TV) 3rd Season (RIN-NE)
[3/16] Taifuu no Noruda (Typhoon Noruda)
[3/29] Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka Gaiden: Sword Oratoria (Sword Oratoria: Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? On the Side)
[3/30] Atom: The Beginning
[3/30] Frame Arms Girl
[3/31] Busou Shoujo Machiavellianism (Armed Girl's Machiavellism)
[3/31] Kyoukai no Kanata Movie: I'll Be Here - Kako-hen
[3/31] Kyoukai no Kanata Movie: I'll Be Here - Mirai-hen
[3/31] Sakurada Reset (Sagrada Reset)
[3/31] Takanashi Rikka Kai: Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai! Movie (Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions! Rikka Version)
[3/31] Tamako Love Story
[4/4] Kabukibu!
[4/4] Zero kara Hajimeru Mahou no Sho (Grimoire of Zero)
FUNimation (North America)
- [4/14] Hyouka
Viz Media (North America)
Anime Limited (United Kingdom)
- [4/10] Fukumenkei Noise (Anonymous Noise)
[5/28] Hyouka
[5/28] Wolf's Rain
MVM Entertainment (United Kingdom)
- [5/27] Busou Shoujo Machiavellianism (Armed Girl's Machiavellism)
[5/27] Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka Gaiden: Sword Oratoria (Sword Oratoria: Is it Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? On the Side)
[5/27] Fate/Grand Order: First Order
[5/27] Flip Flappers
[5/27] Gi(a)rlish Number (Girlish Number)
[5/27] Granblue Fantasy The Animation
[5/27] New Initial D Movie: Legend 1 - Kakusei
[5/27] New Initial D Movie: Legend 2 - Tousou
[5/27] New Initial D Movie: Legend 3 - Mugen
[5/27] Sakurada Reset (Sagrada Reset)
[5/27] Soushin Shoujo Matoi (Matoi the Sacred Slayer)
[5/27] Zero kara Hajimeru Mahou no Sho
Universal Pictures (United Kingdom)
- [5/26] Arslan Senki (TV): Fuujin Ranbu (The Heroic Legend of Arslan: Dust Storm Dance)
[5/26] Bakuon!!
[5/26] Netoge no Yome wa Onnanoko ja Nai to Omotta? (And you thought there is never a girl online?)
[5/26] Sin: Nanatsu no Taizai (Seven Mortal Sins)
Manga Licenses
Bookwalker Global
- [4/21] Tatakau Panya to Automaton Waitress (The Combat Baker and His Automaton Waitress)
J-Novel Club
- [5/1] Uchi no Musume no Tame naraba, Ore wa Moshikashitara Maou mo Taoseru kamo Shirenai. (If It's For My Daughter, I'd Even Defeat a Demon Lord)
[5/3] Rokujouma no Shinryakusha!? (Invaders of the Rokujouma!?)
[5/10] Ichiban Ushiro no Daimaou
[5/10] Infinite Dendrogram
[6/1] Clockwork Planet
Seven Seas (North America)
- [4/5] Taimadou Gakuen 35 Shiken Shoutai (AntiMagic Academy "The 35th Test Platoon")
[4/7] Youkai Nii-san (Yokai Rental Shop)
[4/8] Kono Sekai no Katasumi ni (In This Corner of the World)
[4/10] Perfect Blue: Awaken from a Dream
[4/10] Perfect Blue: Complete Metamorphosis
[4/10] Nirvana
[4/19] Monster Girl (Yokai Girls)
[4/20] Monster Musume no Oishasan
[4/21] To LOVE-Ru
[4/21] To LOVE-Ru Darkness
[4/26] Shisen no Shoukanshi (Deadline Summoner)
[5/12] Crisis Girls
[5/12] DNA wa Oshietekurenai (DNA doesn't tell us.)
[5/12] Mamama: Mahou Iinchou Mako-chan Mahou Shidou
[5/12] Mononoke◇Sharing
[5/12] Tenkuu Shinpan (High-rise Invasion)
[5/12] Uchi no Tsukaima ga Sumimasen
[5/19] Devilman (Devilman: The Classic Collection)
[5/19] Devilman Tai Yami no Teiou (Devilman VS. Hades)
[5/22] Owari Nochi, Asanagi-kurashi. (Giant Spider & Me)
[5/23] Ryuu no Nanakuni to Minashigo no Fuana (Fauna and the Dragonewt's Seven Kingdoms)
[5/25] Saint Seiya: Saintia Shou
[5/26] Uchuu Kaizoku Captain Harlock (Captain Harlock: The Classic Collection)
Vertical Comics (North America)
Viz Media (North America)
- [3/31] Juuni Taisen: Zodiac Warriors
[3/31] Kujira no Kora wa Sajou ni Utau
[3/31] SP x Baby
[4/21] Splatoon
Yen Press (North America)
- [3/24] Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka Gaiden: Sword Oratoria (Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Sword Oratoria)
[3/24] Gabriel DropOut
[3/24] Masou Gakuen HxH (Hybrid x Heart Magias Academy Ataraxia)
[3/24] Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu: Dai-3 Shou - Truth of Zero (Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-, Chapter 3: Truth of Zero)
[4/15] ACCA: 13-ku Kansatsu-ka (Acca 13)
[4/15] Beelzebub-jou no Okinimesu mama. (As Miss Beelzebub Likes)
[4/15] Graineliers
[4/15] Isshuukan Friends. (One Week Friends)
[4/15] Kaijuu no Shiiku Iin (The Monster Tamer Girls)
[4/15] Koisuru Shirokuma (A Polar Bear in Love)
[4/15] Kumo desu ga, Nani ka? (So I'm a Spider, So What?)
[4/15] Satsuriku no Tenshi (Angel Slaughter)
[4/15] Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online
[4/15] Sword Art Online: Calibur
[4/15] Tatoe Hai ni Nattemo (Though You May Burn to Ash)
[4/15] Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken (Regarding Reincarnation as Slime)
[4/15] Val x Love
[4/15] Youjo Senki (The Saga of Tanya the Evil)
[4/15] Youjo Senki (The Saga of Tanya the Evil)
[4/15] Youkai Gakkou no Sensei Hajimemashita! (Terrified Teacher at Ghoul School)
[4/15] Yuru Camp△ (Laid-Back Camp Δ)
[5/16] Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu Ex (Re:Zero Ex)
[6/15] Yakushoku Distopiary (Gesellschaft Blume)
[6/15] IM (IM: The Great Priest Imhotep)
[6/24] Hinowa ga Crush!
Sources:
- Anime Limited: 1
- Bookwalker Global: 1
- Discotek Media
- FUNimation
- J-Novel Club: 1, 2, 3
- MVM Entertainment
- Sentai Filmworks
- Seven Seas
- Universal Pictures: 1
- Vertical Comics
- Viz Media
- Yen Press
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- Battle Girl High School: Battle Girl Project
- Made in Abyss
- Vatican Kiseki Chousakan
http://www.sentaifilmworks.com/news/sentai-filmworks-licenses-battle-girl-high-school
http://www.sentaifilmworks.com/news/sentai-filmworks-takes-the-plunge-with-made-in-abyss
http://www.sentaifilmworks.com/news/sentai-filmworks-licenses-vatican-miracle-examiner
Jun 26, 2017 8:22 PM by removed-user
Jun 24, 2017 1:56 AM by removed-user
https://twitter.com/yenpress/status/875384151637192706
Jun 16, 2017 2:36 AM by removed-user
Maiden Japan just licensed the Hinako OVA series ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
(Sleeping with Hinako, Training with Hinako and Bathtime with Hinako & Hiyoko)
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-06-15/maiden-japan-licenses-hinako-ova-series/.117535
Jun 15, 2017 1:09 PM by DatRandomDude
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-06-11/discotek-to-release-kaiba-tv-anime-galaxy-express-999-adieu-galaxy-express-999-hells-anime-films-on-blu-ray/.117309
Jun 11, 2017 1:08 PM by Atavistic
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-06-01/j-novel-club-licenses-clockwork-planet-novel-series/.116886
Jun 1, 2017 10:34 AM by DatRandomDude
They didn't say something official though.
May 28, 2017 1:04 PM by Xesucrist0
Hyouka
Wolf's Rain (license rescue)
source: http://uk-anime.net/newsitem/Anime_Limited_MCM_London_Comic_Con_May_2017_license_round-up_-_Day_3.html
May 28, 2017 4:54 AM by kuuderes_shadow
Armed Girls
Flip Flappers
Girlish Number
Grimoire of Zero
Initial D Movies 1, 2 and 3
Matoi the Sacred Slayer
Granblue Fantasy
Fate: Grand Order: First Order
Is It Wrong To Pick Up Girls In A Dungeon?: Sword Oratoria
Sagrada Reset
Source tweets:
https://twitter.com/MVM_UK/status/868426269578407937
https://twitter.com/MVM_UK/status/868453590603583488
https://twitter.com/MVM_UK/status/868465440514867201
https://twitter.com/MVM_UK/status/868466531260403713
https://twitter.com/MVM_UK/status/868467123621953537
May 27, 2017 8:07 AM by kuuderes_shadow
May 26, 2017 11:25 PM by kuuderes_shadow
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-05-26/seven-seas-licenses-leiji-matsumoto-captain-harlock-manga/.116658
May 26, 2017 10:51 PM by Atavistic
Bakuon!!
And You Thought There Is Never a Girl Online?
The Heroic Legend of Arslan: Dust Storm Dance
Seven Mortal Sins
as well as confirming dates for several previously announced titles.
http://uk-anime.net/newsitem/Universal_Pictures_confirm_2017_UK_home_video_anime_release_line-up.html
May 26, 2017 10:09 AM by kuuderes_shadow
May 25, 2017 5:25 PM by AshLucas
Vertical licensed https://myanimelist.net/manga/83145/Shigatsu_wa_Kimi_no_Uso__6-nin_no_Études, which they seem to have titled "Your Lie in April", so as to confuse people.
http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2017/05/22/vertical-announces-plans-for-nekomonogatari-and-more
Yen Press licensed Re:Zero Ex
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-05-16/yen-press-licenses-re-zero-ex-spinoff-novels/.116190
May 25, 2017 10:58 AM by kuuderes_shadow
May 24, 2017 5:49 PM by AshLucas
May 23, 2017 12:18 PM by AshLucas
May 22, 2017 5:46 PM by AshLucas
May 19, 2017 12:44 PM by AshLucas
May 12, 2017 4:30 PM by AshLucas
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