Q4 2018 Anime & Manga Licenses [Update 12/31]
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
Anime Limited (United Kingdom)
- [10/26] Aru Zombie Shoujo no Sainan (Calamity of the Zombie Girl)
[10/26] Chaos Dragon: Sekiryuu Seneki
[10/26] Cyber City Oedo 808 (Cyber City)
[10/26] Dagashi Kashi
[10/26] Divine Gate
[10/26] HaruChika: Haruta to Chika wa Seishun suru (Haruchika: Haruta & Chika)
[10/26] Jin-Rou (Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade)
[10/26] Ore ga Ojousama Gakkou ni "Shomin Sample" Toshite Gets♥Sareta Ken (Shomin Sample)
[10/26] Sword Art Online: Alicization
[10/28] Ballroom e Youkoso (Welcome to the Ballroom)
[10/28] Bartender
[10/28] Magic Knight Rayearth
[10/28] Magic Knight Rayearth II
[10/28] Megalo Box
[10/28] Persona 5 the Animation: The Day Breakers
[10/28] Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online
Aniplex USA (United States)
- [9/22] Dakaretai Otoko 1-i ni Odosarete Imasu.
[9/22] Seishun Buta Yarou wa Bunny Girl Senpai no Yume wo Minai
Discotek Media (North America)
- [9/24] Kodai Ouja Kyouryuu King (Dinosaur King)
[9/24] Kodai Ouja Kyouryuu King: Yokuryuu Densetsu (Dinosaur King D-Kids Adventure: Pterosaur Legend)
[12/20] Bakuten Shoot Beyblade 2002 (Beyblade V-Force)
[12/20] Gokiburi-tachi no Tasogare (Twilight of the Cockroaches)
[12/20] Inukami!
GKIDS (North America)
- [10/10] Chiisana Eiyuu: Kani to Tamago to Toumei Ningen (Modest Heroes) [Movie 1]
[12/10] Wakaokami wa Shougakusei! Movie (Okko's Inn)
Manga UK (United Kingdom)
- [11/5] Ansatsu Kyoushitsu: 365-nichi no Jikan (Assassination Classroom The Movie: 365 Days)
[11/5] Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card-hen
[11/5] Koutetsujou no Kabaneri (Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress)
[11/5] Mahoutsukai no Yome (The Ancient Magus' Bride)
[11/5] Mob Psycho 100
[11/5] Mutafukaz (MFKZ)
MVM Entertainment (United Kingdom)
- [10/27] Fate/stay night Movie: Heaven's Feel - I. Presage Flower
[10/27] Fate/stay night Movie: Heaven's Feel - II. Lost Butterfly
[10/27] Fate/stay night Movie: Heaven's Feel 3
[10/27] Grancrest Senki (Record of Grancrest War)
[10/27] Hataraku Saibou (Cells at Work!)
[10/27] Katsugeki/Touken Ranbu
[10/27] Kuzu no Honkai (Scum's Wish)
Sentai Filmworks (North America)
- [9/25] Yagate Kimi ni Naru (Bloom Into You)
[9/27] Akanesasu Shoujo (The Girl in Twilight)
[9/27] Rocket Girls
[9/28] Release the Spyce
[11/16] Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka Movie: Orion no Ya (Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?: Arrow of the Orion)
[11/16] Made in Abyss Movie 1: Tabidachi no Yoake (Made in Abyss Movie 1: Journey's Dawn)
[11/16] Made in Abyss Movie 2: Hourou suru Tasogare (Made in Abyss Movie 2: Wandering Twilight)
Manga Licenses
Denpa Books (North America)
- [11/17] Tengoku Daimakyou (Heavenly Delusion)
[11/17] Tsumi to Kai (Corrupt Pleasure)
J-Novel Club
- [11/20] Genjitsu Shugi Yuusha no Oukoku Saikenki (How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom)*
[11/20] Honzuki no Gekokujou: Shisho ni Naru Tame ni wa Shudan wo Erandeiraremasen Dai 1-bu - Hon ga Nai nara Tsukureba Ii! (Ascendance of a Bookworm: Stop at Nothing to be a Librarian)*
[11/20] Infinite Dendrogram*
[11/20] Seirei Gensouki (Mythical Spirit Chronicle)*
[11/20] Uchi no Apaato no Yousei-san (A Very Fairy Apartment)*
[12/23] Isekai Ryouridou (Cooking with Wild Game.)
[12/23] Maou no Ore ga Dorei Elf wo Yome ni Shitanda ga, Dou Medereba Ii?
[12/23] Potion-danomi de Ikinobimasu!
[12/31] Animeta
[12/31] Isekai Mahou wa Okureteru! (The Different World Magic is too Behind!)
[12/31] Potion-danomi de Ikinobimasu! [Manga]
Kodansha Comics (North America)
- [9/28] Kaibutsu Oujo Nightmare*
[9/28] Kyou no Kira-kun (Today's Kira-kun)*
[9/28] Mikami-sensei no Aishikata*
[9/28] Piano no Mori (Forest of the Piano)*
[9/28] Sounan desu ka?*
[9/28] Tokyo卍Revengers*
[10/5] Araburu Kisetsu no Otome-domo yo. (O Maidens in Your Savage Season)
[10/5] Toshokan no Daimajutsushi (Magus of the Library)
[11/17] Akazukin no Ookami Deshi (Red Riding Hood’s Wolf Apprentice)
[11/17] Cardcaptor Sakura Collector's Edition
[11/17] Fate/Grand Order: Mortalis:Stella
[11/17] Meiken Keru-chan (Good Dog, Cerberus!)
[11/17] Tales of Berseria
[11/17] Tenju no Kuni (Blissful Land)
[11/17] Wani Danshaku (Crocodile Baron)
Seven Seas (North America)
- [11/16] Isekai Shokudou (Restaurant to Another World)
Sol Press (North America)
- [10/28] VRMMO Gakuen de Tanoshii Makaizou no Susume: Saijaku Job de Saikyou Damage Dashitemita (Redefining the Meta at VRMMO Academy)
[10/28] Why Shouldn't a Detestable Demon Lord Fall in Love?!
[11/10] Rougo ni Sonaete Isekai de 8-manmai no Kinka wo Tamemasu (Saving 80,000 Gold Coins in the Different World for My Old Age) [Light Novel]
[11/10] Rougo ni Sonaete Isekai de 8-manmai no Kinka wo Tamemasu (Saving 80,000 Gold Coins in the Different World for My Old Age)
[11/10] Renai Harem Game Shuuryou no Oshirase ga Kuru Koro ni (The Love Harem Game's End When the Notice Comes)
Vertical Comics (North America)
- [10/5] Hoshi no Koe (Voices of a Distant Star) [Novel]
[10/5] Ijiranaide, Nagatoro-san (Don't Mess with Me, Nagatoro)
[10/5] Kin no Hitsuji (The Golden Sheep)
[11/17] Sherlock Holmes tai Itou Hirobumi
Viz Media (North America)
- [10/4] Hirunaka no Ryuusei (The Daytime Shooting Star)
[11/17] Beastars
[11/17] Boku no Hero Academia Smash! (My Hero Academia Smash!)
[11/17] Komi-san wa, Comyushou desu. (Komi Can't Communicate)
[11/17] Kikou no Eve (Automatic Eve) [Novel]
Yen Press (North America)
- [11/17] Ano Musume to Me ga Au Tabi Watashi wa Shakaijin Yuri Anthology (Whenever Our Eyes Meet: A Women's Love Anthology)
[11/17] Bakemono to Kedamono (Monster & The Beast)
[11/17] Isekai Goumon-hime (Torture Princess) [Light Novel]
[11/17] Isekai Goumon-hime (Torture Princess)
[11/17] Jaku-Chara Tomozaki-kun (Bottom-tier Character Tomozaki)
[11/17] Killing Me
[11/17] Kono Yuusha ga Ore Tueee Kuse ni Shinchou sugiru (The Hero Is Overpowered But Overly Cautious)
[11/17] Last Round Arthurs: Kuzu Arthur to Gedou Merlin (Last Round Arthurs: Scum Arthur and Heretic Merlin)
[11/17] Little Miss P
[11/17] Megami no Yuusha wo Taosu Gesu na Houhou (The Dirty Way to Destroy the Goddess’s Hero)
[11/17] Ookami Kodomo no Ame to Yuki (Wolf Children: Ame & Yuki) [Light Novel]
[11/17] Otome Kaijuu Caraméliser (Kaiju Girl Caramelizer)
[11/17] Shinsou Mahou Shoujo Howling Moon (God Shining Moonlight Howling Moon)
[11/17] Yurigurashi (Yuri Life)
[12/7] Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! Spin-off: Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Bakuen wo! (Konosuba: An Explosion on This Wonderful World!)
Sources:
- Anime Limited: 1, 2
- Aniplex USA: 1
- Denpa Books: 1
- Discotek Media
- GKIDS: 1, 2
- J-Novel Club
- Kodansha Comics: 1
- Manga UK: 1
- MVM Entertainment
- Seven Seas
- Sentai Filmworks
- Sol Press
- Vertical Comics
- Viz Media
- Yen Press: 1
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Inukami!
Bakuten Shoot Beyblade 2002
Gokiburi-tachi no Tasogare
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-12-20/discotek-media-licences-inukami-twilight-of-the-cockroaches-beyblade-v-force-anime/.141118
Dec 20, 2018 2:39 PM by DatRandomDude
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-12-18/sentai-filmworks-licenses-bermuda-triangle-~colorful-pastrale~-anime/.140986
Dec 18, 2018 1:33 PM by DatRandomDude
so everything that is striked through isn’t licensed ?
those are what I did with my posts in particular, to show that they had been added to the list at the top
I'll undo it so people dont get confused
oh i see. that makes sense
Dec 13, 2018 1:50 AM by arrowsofjudgment
so everything that is striked through isn’t licensed ?
those are what I did with my posts in particular, to show that they had been added to the list at the top
I'll undo it so people dont get confused
Dec 12, 2018 3:06 PM by -renn-
Dec 11, 2018 7:06 AM by arrowsofjudgment
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-12-10/gkids-licenses-okko-inn-anime-film/.140619
Dec 10, 2018 1:55 PM by DatRandomDude
Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! Spin-off: Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Bakuen wo! (Konosuba: An Explosion on This Wonderful World!)
Source: here
Dec 7, 2018 11:58 AM by -renn-
Uchi no Apaato no Yōsei-san (A Very Fairy Apartment) (not in db)
Seirei Gensouki (Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles)
Infinite Dendrogram
Genjitsu Shugi Yuusha no Oukoku Saikenki (How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom)
Honzuki no Gekokujou: Shisho ni Naru Tame ni wa Shudan wo Erandeiraremasen Dai 1-bu - Hon ga Nai nara Tsukureba Ii! (Ascendance of a Bookworm)
Source: here
Nov 21, 2018 10:57 PM by -renn-
I'm glad that somebody finally licensed Torture Princess: Fremd Torturchen, since I've been eagerly waiting for somebody to license it for a really long time now, the light novel especially, however its nice to see that we got the manga too.
I'm really looking forward to getting them, both the LN and manga.
Also it seems like the first volume of the Light novel will be releasing on the 21st of May in 2019,(source:http://www.b2c.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/none/torture-princess-fremd-torturchen-vol-1-light-novel/9781975304690/?yen)
while I don't see on their site info about the manga it seems like Yen Press said that the manga will be a 3-in-1 omnibus(source: Yen Press panel livestream).
I also made a discord server for those interested in this series:
https://discord.gg/DceXNG
Nov 19, 2018 5:59 PM by -0-William-0-
Nov 18, 2018 2:22 PM by Snow
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-11-17/denpa-licenses-masakazu-ishiguro-heavenly-delusion-you-someya-pleasure-and-corruption/.139645
Viz Media licensed Beastars, Komi-san wa Comyushō desu. and My Hero Academia: Smash!!
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-11-17/viz-media-licenses-my-hero-academia-smash-komi-cant-communicate-beastars-manga/.139608
Nov 17, 2018 12:39 PM by DatRandomDude
Seven Seas:
Isekai Shokudou (Restaurant to Another World) (light novel)
Source: here
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11/17
Kodansha:
Meiken Keru-chan by Moha Arimura (Good Dog, Cerberus!) (manga not in database)
Tenju no Kuni (Blissful Land)
Akazukin no Ookami Deshi (Red Riding Hood’s Wolf Apprentice)
Wani Danshaku (Crocodile Baron)
Cardcaptor Sakura (Kodansha is going to release it in a collector's edition)
Tales of Berseria
Fate/Grand Order: Mortalis:Stella
Also, Princess Jellyfish is getting a box set.
Vertical:
Sherlock Holmes tai Itou Hirobumi (Novel not in database) (Sherlock Holmes: A Scandal in Japan)
Source: here
Yen Press:
Kono Yuusha ga Ore Tueee Kuse ni Shinchou sugiru (The Hero Is Overpowered But Overly Cautious)
Shinsou Mahou Shoujo Howling Moon (God Shining Moonlight Howling Moon)
Jaku-Chara Tomozaki-kun (Bottom-tier Character Tomozaki) (light novel)
Otome Kaijuu Caraméliser (Kaiju Girl Caramelizer)
Yurigurashi (Yuri Life) (manga not in db)
Bakemono to Kedamono (Monster & The Beast) (manga not in db)
Megami no Yuusha wo Taosu Gesu na Houhou (The Dirty Way to Destroy the Goddess’s Hero)
Isekai Goumon-hime (Torture Princess) (light novel)
Isekai Goumon-hime (Torture Princess) (manga)
Last Round Arthurs: Kuzu Arthur to Gedō Merlin (Last Round Arthurs: Scum Arthur and Heretic Merlin) by Tarou Hitsuji (light novel not in database)
Little Miss P by Ken Koyama (manga not in db)
Killing Me
Ano Musume to Me ga Au Tabi Watashi wa Shakaijin Yuri Anthology (Whenever Our Eyes Meet: A Women's Love Anthology) (manga)
Ookami Kodomo no Ame to Yuki (Wolf Children: Ame & Yuki) (light novel)
Source: here
Btw, some of those that were not in the DB are web manga, but they were published in a print book by Kadokawa, such as this Yurigurashi one, so does that make them eligible for inclusion in the db?
Nov 16, 2018 2:21 PM by -renn-
Rougo ni Sonaete Isekai de 8-manmai no Kinka wo Tamemasu (Saving 80,000 Gold in Another World for my Retirement) (light novel)
Rougo ni Sonaete Isekai de 8-manmai no Kinka wo Tamemasu (Saving 80,000 Gold in Another World for my Retirement) (manga)
Renai Harem Game Shuuryou no Oshirase ga Kuru Koro ni (Harem Royale ~When the Game Ends~)
Source: here
Nov 9, 2018 4:20 PM by -renn-
Sentai Filmworks licensed Kaze ga Tsuyoku Fuiteiru (Run with the Wind).
Source: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-10-30/sentai-filmworks-licenses-run-with-the-wind-anime/.138828
Oh how I wonder if their dub will sound as awkward as the one they did for Haikyuu.
Nov 9, 2018 8:54 AM by Stripes
Source: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-10-30/sentai-filmworks-licenses-run-with-the-wind-anime/.138828
Nov 8, 2018 8:22 PM by removed-user
Though the release date between volume 1 and volume 2 is ridiculous.
Nov 6, 2018 6:36 PM by Stripes
Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress
Cardcaptor: Clear Card
The Ancient Magus' Bride
Mob Psycho 100 (license rescue)
Assassination Classroom the Movie: 365 Days' Time
MFKZ
source:
https://animeuknews.net/2018/11/manga-uk-to-release-the-ancient-magus-bride-mob-psycho-100-more/
Nov 5, 2018 11:13 PM by kuuderes_shadow
MVM have licensed:
Cells at Work
Record of Grancrest Wars
Scum's Wish
Katsugeki Touken Ranbu
Fate/Stay Night: Heaven's Feel (all three movies)
The other series listed in the below sources are in previous threads
Source:
https://twitter.com/MVM_UK/status/1056172392727363585
https://twitter.com/MVM_UK/status/1056172910082248711
Nov 3, 2018 2:41 AM by kuuderes_shadow
Magic Knight Rayearth (both first and second seasons)
Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online
Persona 5 the Daybreakers (the source below says the main TV series as well but this was already announced previously)
Bartender
Welcome to the Ballroom
Megalo Box
Source:
https://animeuknews.net/2018/10/anime-limited-sword-art-online-alternative/
Oct 28, 2018 12:36 PM by kuuderes_shadow
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3 licenses from J-Novel Club, 2 light novels and 1 manga
Potion-danomi de Ikinobimasu! (I Shall Survive Using Potions!) (light novel)
Isekai Ryouridou (Cooking with Wild Game) (light novel)
Maou no Ore ga Dorei Elf wo Yome ni Shitanda ga, Dou Medereba Ii? (An Archdemon's Dilemma: How To Love Your Elf Bride) (manga)
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12/31/2018
3 more manga licenses from J-Novel Club
Animeta!
Potion-danomi de Ikinobimasu! (I Shall Survive Using Potions!)
Isekai Mahou wa Okureteru! (The Magic in this Other World is Too Far Behind!)
Source: ANN
Dec 23, 2018 4:15 PM by -renn-