Spring 2015 Master Licensing List

Other Anime
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Reserved (Some are Already known so posting Early)

Sentai Filmworks
Continuing from Last quarter
● Tribe Cool Crew

New Titles
● The Labyrinth of Grisaia & The Eden of Grisaia
● Re-Kan!
● Wish Upon the Pleiades
● My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU 2
● Hello!! kin-iro mosaic
● Uta no Prince Sama 3
● Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?
● Food Wars
● RIN-NE
● Punch Line
● Triage X
● MY love STORY!!

Funimation

Continuing from last Quarter
● Assassination Classroom
● One Piece
● Fairy Tail

New Titles
● Show By Rock!!
● The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan
● Ninja Slayer from Animation
● Seraph of the End
● High School DxD BorN
● Mikagura School Suite
● The Heroic Legend of Arslan
● Blood Blockade Battlefront
● Ultimate Otaku Teacher
● Ghost in the Shell Arise: Alternative Architecture
● Ameiro Cocoa

Aniplex of America
● Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works
● Gunslinger Stratos
● NISEKOI
● Plastic Memories

Crunchyroll

Continuing From Last Quarter
● Naruto Shippuden: Season 17
● One Piece
● Fairy Tail Series 2
● Sailor Moon Crystal
● Tribe Cool Crew
● World Trigger
● Case Closed
● Cardfight!! Vanguard G
● JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders - Battle in Egypt
● Kuroko’s Basketball 3
● Folktales from Japan
● Durarara!! X2 (Dub)
● Comical Psychosomatic Medicine

New Titles
● Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works
● Gunslinger Stratos
● NISEKOI
● Plastic Memories
● Baby Steps S2
● I Can’t Understand What My Husband is Saying S2
● Labyrinth of Grisaia & Eden of Grisaia
● Ace of the Diamond S2
● JOKER season 2
● Re-Kan!
● PUNCH LINE
● ETOTAMA
● Is it Wrong to Try and Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?
● Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma
● My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU 2
● Uta no Prince Sama 3
● Sound! Euphonium
● Hello!! KINMOZA!
● Tesagure! 3
● Teekyu 4
● Takamiya Nasuno Desu!
● Gintama
● Triage X
● RIN-NE
● MY love STORY!!
● Wish Upon the Pleiades
● Urawa no Usagi-chan
● Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches
● Saint Seiya: Soul of Gold
● Future Card Buddyfight Hundred
● Robot Girls Z+

Netflix

-Knights of Sidonia S2

Daisuki

● Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works
● Gunslinger Stratos
● NISEKOI
● Plastic Memories
● Saint Seiya: Soul of Gold

NIS America

Viz

Continuing from Last Quarter
-Sailor Moon Crystal

PonyCan USA

● Sound! Euphonium
● ETOTAMA (It’s a Pony Canyon Title, but not licensed for NA distribution as of yet)

Viewster

● Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works
● Gunslinger Stratos
● NISEKOI
● Plastic Memories
● Vampire Holmes
● Sushi and Beyond

Nico Nico (Japan)
-Ninja Slayer from Animation

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http://anichart.net/spring

Neregate Spring 2015 direct Link

http://static.neregate.com/2015/01/neregate.com-Spring-2015-Anime-Chart-v1.jpg

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The biggest fights will be over:

Kyoukai no Rinne (being a Rumiko Takahashi manga adaptation, I’d be surprised if Viz doesn’t get it.)
I don’t expect Funimation to grab this one due to the fact that it’s a 2-cour

Triage X I’d be really happy if Sentai gets this one, but Funimation played hard ball last quarter, and I’m expecting it to continue.

Will TBS still have only one title this quarter? (looks like they might have 2 Snafu 2nd Season and Re-Kan)

I expect Funimation to grab High School DxD Born (for obvious reasons), and Nogato Yuki-Chan, since they grabbed the Haruhi Suzumiya license a short while ago, and the Ghost in the Shell Arise TV Series.

The other Aniplex titles should be Gunslinger Stratos and Arslan (since they are both by A-1 Pictures)
*Well I was right on one of these

With Discotek’s and CR’s new relationship, I expect CR to get the new Lupin III series

If Sentai has a new season clause in the old contracts for Uta no Prince-sama, then they should get the new season.

Houkago no Pleiades, being a Gainax title, I bet will end up with Funimation

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Hey, as long as Sentai grabs BBB and Triage X, then it’s cool. They then can port the HSotD English cast over to TX and make it the unofficial/spiritual/yadda yadda season 2.
Then they can continue with all the sequels…

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That doesn’t matter much, they’re an animation studio, nothing more.
Remember, From the New World was also by A-1.

What actually matters, is whether AoJ holds the international rights for it, and in the case of Arslan, it looks like Aniplex doesn’t have any involvement in it at all.
Considering the PVs are being streamed by NBCUniversal, there’s a good chance it’s an NBCUniversal title.
My second guess would either be Kodansha or Showgate.

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All right. We’ll see how it all plays out

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And since we’re on the subject, it should also be noted that Arslan isn’t animated by A-1 in the first place.
It’s animated by LIDEN FILMS x SANZIGEN Animation Studio.

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Neregate has it listed wrong then…

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Another thing to keep an eye on (though I wouldn’t add it to the list just yet).
Ponycan USA is premiering the first 2 episodes of ETOTAMA at Sakura-Con on 4/3.

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http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-03-04/ninja-slayer-anime-to-stream-in-japan-u.s-over-20-other-countries/.85607

Just a note that the Overseas streaming sites haven’t been announced

Nico Nico (Japan)

Ninja Slayer From Animation

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Looks like Triage X is going to be a Kadokawa Title:

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Fate/stay night [Unlimited Blade Works] [2nd season]

http://www.fate-sn.com/onair/

Crunchyroll, Hulu, Aniplex Channel

Starts April 4th. Every Saturday 10:30 PDT.

http://bit.ly/1994Xjj

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Updated

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I generally don’t post poll results, however since this is an ANN poll, I figured I’d post it.

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2015-03-12/ann-readers-gintama-also-leads-in-most-anticipated-spring-2015-anime-poll/.85908

ANN Readers: Gintama Also Leads in Most Anticipated Spring 2015 Anime Poll

posted on 2015-03-12 17:00 EDT by Lynzee Lamb

It looks like readers at Anime News Network are mirroring their Japanese counterparts this season for the #1 most anticipated show. Over 2,000 voters weighed in on what anime they’re most looking forward to this spring. Like Japan, the answer was the fourth season of Gintama! However, that’s where the similarities stop with Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works, Digimon Adventure tri., The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan, and Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Come wa Machigatteiru. Zoku rounding out the top five. Here’s the top 20:

ANN Readers’ 20 Most Anticipated Spring 2015 Anime Series

  1. Gintama
  2. Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works
  3. Digimon Adventure tri.
  4. The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan
  5. Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Come wa Machigatteiru. Zoku
  6. High School DxD BorN
  7. Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma
  8. The Heroic Legend of Arslan
  9. Nisekoi:
  10. Knights of Sidonia: Battle for Planet Nine
  11. Seraph of the End
  12. Ghost in the Shell Arise: Alternative Architecture
  13. Uta no Prince-sama - Maji Love Revolutions
  14. My Love Story!!
  15. Blood Blockade Battlefront
  16. Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha ViVid
  17. Ninja Slayer From Animation
  18. Sound! Euphonium
  19. Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?
  20. Kyōkai no Rinne

For a refresher, here are the results from Charapedia:

Charapedia Readers’ 20 Most Anticipated Spring 2015 Anime Series

  1. Gintama
  2. Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Come wa Machigatteiru. Zoku
  3. Nisekoi:
  4. Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works
  5. Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma
  6. Uta no Prince-sama - Maji Love Revolutions
  7. Labyrinth of Grisaia/Eden of Grisaia
  8. The Heroic Legend of Arslan
  9. The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan
  10. Seraph of the End
  11. Sound! Euphonium
  12. Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha ViVid
  13. Digimon Adventure tri.
  14. Hello! Kin-iro Mosaic
  15. High School DxD BorN
  16. My Love Story!!
  17. Knights of Sidonia: Battle for Planet Nine
  18. Ghost in the Shell Arise: Alternative Architecture
  19. Mikagura Gakuen Kumikyoku
  20. Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?
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Interesting.
I just noticed a pattern that I never noticed before.

So, for those that watch PVs of upcoming series, the WB Anime YT channel is streaming the PVs for 3 of the Spring series.

Here’s where it gets interesting.
Of the videos they have on their channel that are actual PVs/CMs of series (not MVs or DVD/BD CMs), all but one (RWBY) have either been Warner Japan series or Showgate series.

So I would hazard a guess that these 3 are either Warner Japan or Showgate series:

Hōkago no Pleiades
Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?
Shokugeki no Sōma

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http://blog.alltheanime.com/seraph-of-the-end-coming-to-the-uk/

Looks like FUNi might have Seraph of the End going by the available territory list on Anime Limited.
I guess there’s a chance Sentai is working with them on it, but I’d lean more towards FUNi than Sentai in this case.

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Considering who the studio is (Wit), I’d be surprised if Funimation doesn’t have it.

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http://www.aniplexusa.com/pdf/Aniplex_of_America_Acquires_Gunslinger_Stratos_NISEKOI_2_Plastic_Memories_final.pdf

Aniplex of America

● Gunslinger Stratos
● Plastic Memories
● Nisekoi : (Nisekoi Second Season)

Streaming

Aniplex Channel (AniplexChannel.com), Crunchyroll (Crunchyroll.com), Hulu (Hulu.com) and DAISUKI (www.Daisuki.net).

-edit-
Since the CR forum post was put up, I’ll just add it here.

http://www.crunchyroll.com/forumtopic-893419/new-spring-titles-fatestay-night-unlimited-blade-works-gunslinger-stratos-nisekoi-and-plastic-memories

CrunchyRoll

● Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works
● Gunslinger Stratos
● NISEKOI:
● Plastic Memories

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Might as well add the foreign streams list of thus far unlicensed series.

UK/France/Europe

  • The Heroic Legend Of Arslân (Wakanim partnering with @ Anime - France / Anime Limited - UK)
  • Seraph of the End - UK, Republic of Ireland, Isle of Man, France, Benelux, Monaco, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Poland, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland and Norway. (Anime Limited)
  • The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan (Kaze - Germany)
  • Triage X (Kaze - Germany)
  • Blood Blockade Battlefront - Kekkai Sensen (ADN - France)
  • Food Wars (ADN - France)
  • Baby Steps season 2 (ADN - France)

Taiwan

  • Uta no☆Prince-sama♪ Maji Love Revolutions (e-muse)

Australia

  • Triage X (AnimeLab)