Q2 2022 Anime & Manga Licenses [Update 6/14]
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)
- [5/28] Aho Girl
[5/28] Lupin III: Dead or Alive
[5/28] Planet With
[5/28] Senki Zesshou Symphogear AXZ (Symphogear AXZ)
[5/28] Soratobu Yuureisen (Flying Phantom Ship)
[5/28] Virtua Fighter
Eleven Arts (North America)
- [6/4] Misaki no Mayoiga (The House of the Lost on the Cape)
[6/4] Deemo Movie: Sakura no Oto - Anata no Kanadeta Oto ga, Ima mo Hibiku (Deemo: Memorial Keys)
GKIDS (North America)
- [3/23] Panda Kopanda (Panda! Go Panda!)
[4/7] Summer Ghost
[4/20] Fushigi no Umi no Nadia (Nadia: Secret of Blue Water)
[4/28] Deji Meets Girl
[5/19] Goodbye, DonGlees!
Sentai Filmworks (North America)
- [3/8] Yuusha, Yamemasu (I'm Quitting Heroing)
[3/10] Shokei Shoujo no Virgin Road (The Executioner and Her Way of Life)
[3/15] Machikado Mazoku: 2-choume (The Demon Girl Next Door 2)
[3/17] Onipan!
Manga Licenses
Azuki
- [5/28] Hikaru in the Light!*
Comikey
- [5/16] Fenrir*
[5/16] Isekai Teni shita node Cheat wo Ikashite Mahou Kenshi Yaru Koto ni Suru (I Think I'll Cheat to Become a Spellsword in Another World)*
[5/16] Isekai Kenja no Tensei Musou: Game no Chishiki de Isekai Saikyou (The Unrivaled Reincarnated Sage of Another World)*
[5/16] Rakudai Kenja no Gakuin Musou: Nidome no Tensei, S-Rank Cheat Majutsushi Boukenroku (From Overshadowed to Overpowered: Second Reincarnation of a Talentless Sage)*
[5/16] Sayonara Eden (Goodbye, Eden)*
[5/16] Shokei sareta Kenja wa Lich ni Tensei shite Shinryaku Sensou wo Hajimeru (The Executed Sage Who Was Reincarnated as a Lich Started an All-Out War)*
Cross Infinite World
- [6/11] Iki Okure Seijo no Shiawase: Konyaku Hakisareta to Omottara Mazoku no Ouji-sama ni Dekiaisaretemasu! (The Saint's Belated Happiness: Newly Single, Now Living with the Demon Prince) [Light Novel]*
[6/13] Scenario Nante Iranai! Rival Chara no Kitsunekko (Surviving in Another World as a Villainess Fox Girl!) [Light Novel]*
[6/14] Higetsu no Kishi wa Dansou Reijou: Naze ka Dekiai Sarete Imasu (The Strongest Knight is Actually a Cross-Dressing Noblewoman?!) [Light Novel]*
Drawn & Quarterly (North America)
- [5/21] Nejishiki
futekiya
- [4/20] Aseta Tsuki to Amai Kiba*
[4/20] Boss to Yasu*
[4/20] Gnossiennes: Seinen Tachi wa Yuukaku de Koi wo Siru*
[4/20] Koi ni Kizuita Sono Hi kara*
[4/20] Koi wo Shiru niha Mada Aoi*
[4/20] Kouda-san! Uchi Kimashou!: Nigerare Otoko to Batsuichi Otoko*
[4/20] Ore Tachi no Hanashi wo Shiyou*
[4/20] Suki ni Natta Hito ga Barineko de Shita*
[4/20] Yuusha-sama no Are ga Cheat kyuu Sugite Komattemasu*
Irodori Sakura
- [5/12] Loving Living VR: A Jobless G.I.R.L.'s [Guy IRL]
J-Novel Club
- [5/28] Hone Dragon no Mana Musume (Skull Dragon's Precious Daughter)*
[5/28] Isekai Tensei no Boukensha (Isekai Tensei: Recruited to Another World) [Light Novel]*
[5/28] Maou ni Natta node, Dungeon Tsukutte Jingai Musume to Honobono suru (Now I'm a Demon Lord! Happily Ever After with Monster Girls in My Dungeon) [Light Novel]*
[5/28] Meccha Shoukan sareta Ken (Oversummoned, Overpowered, and Over It!) [Light Novel]*
[5/28] Meccha Shoukan sareta Ken the Comic (Oversummoned, Overpowered, and Over It!)*
[5/28] Neta Character Tensei toka Anmari da! (Did I Seriously Just Get Reincarnated as My Gag Character?!) [Light Novel]*
[5/28] Neta Character Tensei toka Anmari da! The Comic (Did I Seriously Just Get Reincarnated as My Gag Character?!)*
[5/28] Rebuild World [Light Novel]*
[5/28] Sekai no Hate nimo Kaze wa Fuku (The Wind That Reaches the Ends of the World)*
[5/28] Tearmoon Teikoku Monogatari: Dantoudai kara Hajimaru, Hime no Tensei Gyakuten Story @comic (Tearmoon Empire)*
Kodansha USA (North America)
- [3/24] Ano Yoru kara Kimi ni Koishiteta (Irresistible Mistakes)
[3/24] Getenrou (Skygrazer)
[3/24] Jitsu wa Ore, Saikyou deshita? (Am I Actually the Strongest?) [Light Novel]
[3/24] Last Gender: Nanimono demo Nai Watashitachi (Last Gender)
[3/24] Level 1 dakedo Unique Skill de Saikyou desu (My Unique Skill Makes Me OP even at Level 1) [Light Novel]
[3/24] Mahoutsukai Reimeiki (The Dawn of the Witch) [Light Novel]
[3/24] Otonari wa Tenshi to Akuma (The Angel, The Devil, and Me)
[3/24] River's Edge
[3/24] Sweet Poolside
[3/24] Suterareta Tensei Kenja: Mamono no Mori de Saikyou no Daima Teikoku wo Tsukuriageru (The Abandoned Reincarnation Sage)
[3/24] The Fable
[3/24] Wind Breaker
[3/24] Yoru no Shita de Machiawase (Nighttime for Just Us Two)*
[4/27] Hanazono-san Chi no Futago-chan (Oh, Those Hanazono Twins)*
[4/27] Honnou Switch (Changes of Heart)*
[4/27] Koigakubo-kun ni wa Hajimete wo Ubawaremashita (Koigakubo-kun Stole My First Time)*
[4/27] Neko ga Nishi Mukya (When a Cat Faces West)*
[4/27] Midori-kun ni wa Sawarenai (The Untouchable Midori-kun)*
[4/27] Rokudou Tousouki (The Rokudo Rounds)*
[4/27] Usokon: Rose (Our Fake Marriage: Rosé)*
[4/27] Vampire-sama ga Akiramenai! (This Vampire Won't Give Up!)*
Manga Hot
- [3/23] City Hunter*
One Peace Books (North America)
- [3/23] Chiyu Mahou no Machigatta Tsukaikata: Senjou wo Kakeru Kaifuku Youin (The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic) [Light Novel]
[3/23] Kouchuugun Shikan, Boukensha ni Naru (Captain Corinth: The Galactic Navy Officer Becomes An Adventurer)
[3/23] Marie no Kanaderu Ongaku (The Music of Marie)
[3/23] Usotoki Rhetoric
[3/23] Yondome wa Iya na Shizokusei Majutsushi (The Death Mage)
Seven Seas Entertainment (North America)
- [3/25] Ayakashi Triangle
[3/25] Futsutsuka na Akujo de wa Gozaimasu ga: Suuguu Chou So Torikae Den (Though I Am an Inept Villainess: Tale of the Butterfly-Rat Body Swap in the Maiden Court)
[3/25] Futari Escape
[3/25] Kyuutei Mahoushi Kubi ni Nattande, Inaka ni Kaette Mahouka no Sensei ni Narimasu (I Got Fired as a Court Wizard so Now I'm Moving to the Country to Become a Magic Teacher)
[3/25] Ore wa Seikan Kokka no Akutoku Ryoushu! (I'm the Evil Lord of an Intergalactic Empire!)
[3/25] Ramen Okami to Kare Tora (Ramen Wolf and Curry Tiger)
[4/27] Anti Romance
[4/27] Isekai de Tochi wo Katte Noujou wo Tsukurou (Let's Buy the Land and Cultivate It in a Different World)
[4/27] Mononogatari (Malevolent Spirits: Mononogatari)
[4/27] Nyaight of the Living Cat (Night of the Living Cat)
[5/4] Imouto wa Neko (My Sister, The Cat)
[5/4] Isekai Shikkaku (No Longer Human...In Another World)
[5/4] Kishitan wa Jouheki no Naka ni Hana Hiraku (The Knight Blooms Behind Castle Walls)
[5/4] Sekai Saisoku no Level Up (World's Fastest Level Up!) [Light Novel]
[5/4] Shokuba to Jitaku de Gap no Aru Papa (Gap Papa: Daddy at Work and at Home)
[5/11] Hiroware Koneko to Moto Yakuza (Ex-Yakuza and Stray Kitten)
[5/11] Kimi no Koto ga Suki de Ienai (My Secret Affection)
[5/11] Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon: Okomorigurashi no Fafnir (Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid: Fafnir the Recluse)
[5/11] Shinjiteita Nakama-tachi ni Dungeon Okuchi de Korosarekaketa ga Gift "Mugen Gacha" de Level 9999 no Nakama-tachi wo Te ni Irete Moto Party Member to Sekai ni Fukushuu & "Zamaa!" Shimasu! (Backstabbed in a Backwater Dungeon: My Party Tried to Kill Me, But Thanks to an Infinite Gacha I Got LVL 9999 Friends and Am Out For Revenge)
[5/11] Shirokuma Café (Polar Bear Café)
[5/18] Hyakusou no Uraniwa (Entangled with You: The Garden of 100 Grasses)
[5/18] Asumi-chan wa Lesbian Fuuzoku ni Kyoumi ga Arimasu! (Asumi-chan is Interested in Lesbian Brothel!)
[5/18] Kyojinzoku no Hanayome (The Titan's Bride)
[5/18] Saenai Boku wa Kimi no Hero (I'm Kinda Chubby and I'm Your Hero)
[5/18] Watashi ga Koibito ni Nareru Wakenaijan, Muri Muri! (*Muri Janakatta!?) (There's No Freaking Way I'll be Your Lover! Unless...) [Light Novel]
[5/18] Watashi ga Koibito ni Nareru Wakenaijan, Muri Muri! (*Muri Janakatta!?) (There's No Freaking Way I'll be Your Lover! Unless...)
[5/25] Mo Dao Zu Shi (Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi)
Titan Manga
- [4/5] Atom: The Beginning
[4/5] Kamen Rider Kuuga
VAST Manga
- [5/19] Paranoia Cage
[5/19] Tokyo Iriboshi Kanrikyoku (Tokyo Interstellar Immigration)
Yen Press (North America)
- [3/25] Coffee Moon
[3/25] Jibun Size de Ikou: Watashi nari no Body Positive (Embrace Your Size)
[3/25] Ichioku-nen Button wo Renda shita Ore wa, Kizuitara Saikyou ni Natteita: Rakudai Kenshi no Gakuin Musou (I Kept Pressing the 100-Million-Year Button and Came Out on Top)
[3/25] Ryuu to Sobakasu no Hime (Belle) [Light Novel]
[3/25] Sasaki to Pii-chan: Isekai de Slow Life wo Tanoshimou to Shitara, Gendai de Inou Battle ni Makikomareta Ken - Mahou Shoujo ga Up wo Hajimeta you desu (Sasaki & Peeps)
[3/25] Shokei Shoujo no Virgin Road (The Executioner and Her Way of Life)
[3/25] Sugar Apple Fairy Tale [Light Novel]
[3/25] Tensei Goblin dakedo Shitsumon Aru? (So What's Wrong with Getting Reborn as a Goblin?)
[3/25] Tsukuritai Onna to Tabetai Onna (She Loves to Cook, and She Loves to Eat)
[4/15] Kaijuu ni Natta Gay (The Gay Who Turned Kaiju)
[4/15] Kami wa Game ni Ueteiru. (Gods' Games We Play) [Light Novel]
[4/15] Ningen Fushin no Boukensha-tachi ga Sekai wo Sukuu you desu (Apparently, Disillusioned Adventurers Will Save the World) [Light Novel]
[4/15] Ousama no Propose (King's Proposal) [Light Novel]
[4/15] Seiken Gakuin no Makentsukai (Demon's Sword Master of Excalibur School)
[4/15] Shuumatsu Touring (Touring After the Apocalypse)
[4/15] Tokidoki Bosotto Russia-go de Dereru Tonari no Aalya-san (Arya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian) [Light Novel]
[5/6] Hirano to Kagiura (Hirano and Kagiura)
[6/3] Kitsune no Hanashi (Fox Tales)
Sources:
- Azuki: 1
- Cross Infinite World: 1, 2, 3
- Discotek Media
- Drawn & Quarterly: 1
- Eleven Arts
- futekiya: 1
- GKIDS
- Irodori Sakura
- J-Novel Club
- Kodansha USA
- Manga Hot: 1
- One Peace Books: 1
- Sentai Filmworks
- Seven Seas Entertainment: 1
- Titan Manga: 1
- VAST Visual: 1
- Yen Press
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14 Comments Recent Comments
https://twitter.com/ELEVEN_ARTS/status/1533180940628942849
https://twitter.com/ELEVEN_ARTS/status/1533182101981478912
Yen Press licenses Tomihiko Morimi's novel series Kitsune no Hanashi for their Yen On imprint.
https://twitter.com/yenpress/status/1532775380347674627
Jun 4, 2022 8:16 PM by Snow
Discotek Media acquires Aho Girl, Lupin III: Dead or Alive, Planet With, Senki Zesshou Symphogear AXZ, Soratobu Yuureisen, and Virtua Fighter.
https://twitter.com/discotekmedia/status/1530534926461722625
J-Novel Club licenses a couple of manga and light novels:
Hone Dragon no Mana Musume
Isekai Tensei no Boukensha (light novel)
Maou ni Natta node, Dungeon Tsukutte Jingai Musume to Honobono suru (light novel)
Meccha Shoukan sareta Ken (light novel)
Meccha Shoukan sareta Ken the Comic
Neta Character Tensei toka Anmari da! (light novel)
Neta Character Tensei toka Anmari da! The Comic
Rebuild World (light novel)
Sekai no Hate nimo Kaze wa Fuku
Tearmoon Teikoku Monogatari: Dantoudai kara Hajimaru, Hime no Tensei Gyakuten Story @comic
Seven Seas licenses Mo Dao Zu Shi.
https://twitter.com/gomanga/status/1529558327600062467
May 28, 2022 8:21 AM by Snow
https://comikey.com/news/2022/05/now-available-i-think-ill-cheat-to-become-a-spells/
May 24, 2022 8:11 AM by alpha_shadow
https://twitter.com/GKIDSfilms/status/1527296140017692673
Seven Seas announces titles for their new Seven Seas BL and Seven Seas GL imprints:
Hyakusou no Uraniwa
Asumi-chan wa Lesbian Fuuzoku ni Kyoumi ga Arimasu!
Kyojinzoku no Hanayome
Saenai Boku wa Kimi no Hero
Watashi ga Koibito ni Nareru Wakenaijan, Muri Muri! (*Muri Janakatta!?) (light novel)
Watashi ga Koibito ni Nareru Wakenaijan, Muri Muri! (*Muri Janakatta!?)
https://twitter.com/gomanga/status/1527024396216451075
May 21, 2022 4:58 PM by Snow
Tokyo Iriboshi Kanrikyoku (Tokyo Interstellar Immigration) and Paranoia Cage were picked up by VAST Visual (seems to be both print and digital)
Source:
https://twitter.com/TheOASG/status/1527047194385203202
May 19, 2022 2:05 PM by alpha_shadow
https://twitter.com/gomanga/status/1524465265337065474
Irodori Sakura acquires Loving Living VR: A Jobless G.I.R.L.'s [Guy IRL].
https://twitter.com/Irodori_Sakura/status/1524112679681548291
May 13, 2022 4:00 AM by Snow
https://twitter.com/gomanga/status/1521928730746273792
Yen Press licenses Hirano to Kagiura.
https://twitter.com/yenpress/status/1522607328276660224
May 6, 2022 8:05 PM by Snow
Digital licenses by Kodansha USA:
Hanazono-san Chi no Futago-chan
Honnou Switch
Koigakubo-kun ni wa Hajimete wo Ubawaremashita
Neko ga Nishi Mukya
Midori-kun ni wa Sawarenai
Rokudou Tousouki
Usokon: Rose
Vampire-sama ga Akiramenai!
Seven Seas acquires Anti Romance, Isekai de Tochi wo Katte Noujou wo Tsukurou, Mononogatari, and Nyaight of the Living Cat.
Apr 30, 2022 9:10 PM by Snow
New digital licenses from futekiya:
Aseta Tsuki to Amai Kiba
Boss to Yasu
Gnossiennes: Seinen Tachi wa Yuukaku de Koi wo Siru
Koi ni Kizuita Sono Hi kara
Koi wo Shiru niha Mada Aoi
Kouda-san! Uchi Kimashou!: Nigerare Otoko to Batsuichi Otoko
Ore Tachi no Hanashi wo Shiyou
Suki ni Natta Hito ga Barineko de Shita
Yuusha-sama no Are ga Cheat kyuu Sugite Komattemasu
Apr 24, 2022 5:58 AM by Snow
Apr 17, 2022 12:38 AM by Snow
Apr 10, 2022 1:27 PM by Snow
Here's what they licensed:
https://twitter.com/TheOASG/status/1508922437618044932
https://twitter.com/TheOASG/status/1508925139639021568
Apr 4, 2022 6:43 PM by alpha_shadow
Mar 29, 2022 11:03 PM by Fario-P
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