You know what? It's nice to be able to look to the future and to feel excited about anime titles that are coming. I think it's been a year since I felt that way.

January is going to be a good month. The second Nanoha series is scheduled for January 13 and the second Aria series is scheduled for the 27th. Nanoha A's is coming from Funimation so I expect it early. Aria the Natural is from Nozomi, so it's anyone's guess, but it'll probably be on time.

Nozomi is also going to give us Gakuen Alice some time next spring, which I think has the chance of being quite decent. And Media Blasters' latest dumb fanservice show, Amaenaideyo!!, is also due at the end of January and will probably be on time. (I'll be buying it, even though I know it's silly.)

Funimation, Nozomi, and Media Blasters are the release houses I currently trust the most, so it's rather nice that all this stuff is coming from them.

And that's not all. Funimation is going to be announcing a bunch of new licenses next Monday. Or old licenses, at least some of them; looks like they're going to be picking up some titles that used to belong to Geneon. One title that people are speculating about is Vandread, and I'll applaud loudly and be first in line to buy it if they go back to Gonzo and get a new master, so that they can release the series anamorphic instead of letterboxed. (EVERY time I watched the series, I cursed at the letterboxing.)

Another title they're speculating about is Ikkitousen. I wonder if it's actually Ikkitousen: Dragon Destiny. Sure would be nice if that was the case, wouldn't it? I can't really see any reason why Funimation would want to license the first Ikkitousen series.

Posted by: Steven Den Beste in General Anime at 09:31 PM | Comments (4) | Add Comment
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