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FUNIMATION (10 TV, 0 OVA, 0 Movie) (1st: 10, LR: 0) - hr: 5, dig.: 5

TV (10) (1st: 10, LR: 0) - hr: 5, dig.: 5
D-Fragments - digital - (Jan. 03/14 - Jan. 06/14 = 2d) - Brains Base - 1st release
Buddy Complex - digital - (Jan. 06/14 - Dec. 29/13 = 7d) - Sunrise - 1st release
No-Rin - digital - (Jan. 06/14 - Jan. 10/14 = 3d) - SILVER LINK - 1st release
Nobunagun - digital - (Jan. 06/14 - Jan. 05/14 = 0d) - Bridge - 1st release - streaming on Crunchyroll
One Piece Season 6 - home - eps 337–384 - (Jan. 17/14 - Jan. 06/08 = 2202d [6y 10d)] - Toei Animation - 1st release
Ben-To - digital - (Feb. 06/14 - Oct. 08/11 = 851d [2y 120d]) - David Production - 1st release
Code:Breaker - BD/DVD combo - hybrid - (Feb. 21/14 - Oct. 06/12 = 502d [1y 137 d]) - Kinema Citrus - 1st release - June 2014 - previously licensed for streaming
Date A Live - home - hybrid - (Feb. 21/14 - Mar. 30/13 = 328d) - AIC PLUS+ - 1st release - June 2014 - previously licensed for streaming
Karneval - home - hybrid - (Feb. 21/14 - Apr. 03/13 = 325d0 - Manglobe - 1st release - June 2014 - previously licensed for streaming
Red Data Girl - DVD - hybrid - (Feb. 21/14 - Mar. 16/13 = 341d) - P.A. Works - 1st release - June 2014 - previously licensed for streaming



SENTAI FILMWORKS (14 TV, 0 OVA, 1 Movie) (1st: 15, LR: 0) - hr: 15, dig.: 13

TV (14) (1st: 14, LR: 0) - hr: 14 dig.:12
Hōzuki no Reitetsu - digital/home - (Jan. 02/14 - Jan. 09/14 = 6d) - Wit Studio - 1st release - streaming on Crunchyroll
Engaged to the Unidentified - digital/home - (Jan. 03/14 - Jan. 08/14 = 4d) - Dogakobo - 1st release - ?/14 - streaming on Crunchyroll
Happiness! (Maiden Japan) - DVD - sub - home - (Jan. 06/14 - Oct. 05/06 = 2639d [7y 84d]) - Artland - 1st release - Apr. 01/14
Magical Warfare - digital/home - (Jan. 20/14 - Jan. 9/14 = 10d) - Madhouse Studios - 1st release - streaming on Crunchyroll
SoniAni -Super Sonico the Animation- - digital/home - (Jan. 21/14 - Jan. 06/14 = 14d) - WHITE FOX - 1st release - streaming on Crunchyroll
Wizard Barristers: Benmashi Cecil - digital/home - (Jan. 22/14 - Jan. 12/14 = 9d) - ARMS - 1st release - streaming on Crunchyroll
Sakura Trick - digital/home - (Jan. 23/14 - Jan. 09/14 = 13d) - Studio DEEN - 1st release - streaming on Crunchyroll
Nobunaga The Fool - digital/home - (Jan. 24/14 - Jan. 05/14 = 18d) - Satelight - 1st release - streaming on Crunchyroll
Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions! -Heart Throb- - digital/home - (Feb. 04/14 - Jan. 08/14 = 26d) - Kyoto Animation - 1st release - streaming on Crunchyroll
MAOYU - Archenemy & Hero - digital/home - (Feb. 25/14 - Apr. 04/13 = 326d) - ARMS - 1st release - streamed on Crunchyroll
Problem children are coming from another world, aren't they? - home - (Mar. 19/14 - Jan. 11/13 = 431d [1y 66d]) - Diomedea - 1st release - streamed on Crunchyroll
Haikyu!! - home/digital - (Mar. 25/14 - Apr. 06/14 = 11d) - Production I.G - 1st release
The Kawai Complex Guide to Manors and Hostel Behavior - home/digital - (Mar. 26/14 - Apr. 03/14 = 7) - Brains Base - 1st release
One Week Friends - home/digital - (Mar. 27/14 - Apr. 06/14 = 9d) - Brains Base - 1st release

Movie/Special (1) (1st: 1, LR: 0) - hr: 1 dig.: 1
Short Peace - BD & DVD/digital - hybrid - (Feb. 28/14 - July 20/13 = 223d) - Bandai Visual/Sunrise et al - 1st release - a collection of 4 short films, getting a theatrical release in select North American cities


ANIPLEX OF AMERICA (4 TV, 0 OVA, 0 Movie) (1st: 4, LR: 0) - hr: 0, dig.: 4

TV (4) (1st: 4, LR: 0) - hr: 0, dig.: 4
The irregular at magic high school - digital - (Mar. 22/14 - Apr. 05/14 = 13d) - Madhouse Studios - 1st release
Mekaku City Actors - digital - (Mar. 22/14 - Apr. 12/14 = 20d) - SHAFT - 1st release
Mushishi: The Next Chapter - digital - (Mar. 22/14 - Apr. 04/14 = 12d) - Artland - 1st release
Nanana's Buried Treasure - digital - (Mar. 22/14 - Apr. 10/14 = 18d) - A-1 Pictures - 1st release



CINEDIGM (NEW VIDEO GROUP) (1 TV, 0 OVA, 0 Movie) (1st: 0, LR: 0, 1st/LR: 1) - hr:1, dig.: 0

TV (1) (1st: 0, LR: 0. 1st/LR: 1) - hr:1, dig.: 0
Deltora Quest - DVD - (Jan. 15/14 - Jan. 06/07 = 2565d [7y 20d]) - Oriental Light and Magic - $79.95 - 1st release - technically, this is a license rescue since Geneon Entertainment held the rights back when it was being broadcast in NA on The Cartoon Network, but since there was no previous home release, I'm calling it a 1st release.


DISCOTEK (2 TV, 1 OVA, 2 Movie) (1st: 3, LR: 2) - hr: 5, dig.: 0

TV (2) (1st: 1, LR: 1) - hr: 2, dig.: 0
DearS - DVD - hybrid - (Jan. 30/14 - July 10/04 = 3490d [9y 203d]) - Daume - license rescue - May 27/14 - originally released by Geneon in 4 volumes (2005-06) and later as a Box Set (2007)
School Days - DVD - sub - (Feb. 26/14 - July 03/07 = 2409d [6y 237d]) - TNK - first release - June 24/14 - home release includes Magical Heart Kokoro-chan OVA. Title originally streamed on Crunchyroll


OVA (1) (1st: 0, LR: 0) - hr: 1, dig.: 0
Amazing Nuts! - DVD - sub - (Jan. 14/14 - Dec. 20/06 = 2216d [6y 24d]) - Studio 4°C - 1st release

Movie/Special (2) (1st: 1, LR: 1) - hr:2, dig.: 0
Lupin III: Hemingway Papers - DVD - sub - (Jan. 30/14 - July 20/90 = 8594d [23y 193d]) - Tokyo Movie Shinsha - 1st release - May 27/14
Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro - BD & DVD - hybrid - (Mar. 26/14 - Dec. 15/79 = 12519d [34y 100d]) - Studio Telecom/Tokyo Movie Shinsha - license rescue - DVD: Aug/14? BD: late '14 or early '15 - originally released by Manga Entertainment in 2000 and a special edition in 2006


NISA (3 TV, 0 OVA, 1 Movie) (1st: 4, LR: 0) - hr: 4, dig.: 0

TV (3) (1st: 3, LR: 0) - hr: 3, dig.: 0
Chronicles of the Going Home Club - digital/home - (Jan. 07/14 - July 04/13 = 186d) - Nomad - 1st release - streaming on Crunchyroll and Hulu
Nyaruko: Crawling With Love! - BD - sub - (Jan. 15/14 - Apr. 9/12 = 647d [1y, 282d]) - Xebec - 1st release
The Pilot's Love Song - digital/home - (Feb. 06/14 - Jan. 06/14 = 30d) - TMS Entertainment - 1st release

Movie (1) (1st: 1, LR: 0) - hr: 1, dig.: 0
Fusé: Memoirs of a Huntress - BD - sub - (Feb. 05/14 - Oct. 20/12 = 472d [1y 107d]) - TMS Entertainment - 1st release - May 06/14


NOZOMI/LUCKY PENNY (1 TV 0 OVA 0 Movie) (1st: 0, LR: 1) - hr: 1, dig.: 0

TV (1) (1st: 0, LR:1) - hr: 0, dig.: 1
Ah My Bhudda - DVD - (Feb. 12/14 - July 01/05 = 3147d [8y 225d]) - Studio DEEN - license rescue - set will include season 1 & 2 (26 eps.); originally licensed by Media Blasters and released in six single volumes (2009), a single "Nirvana Collection" (2010) and a re-released "Nirvana Collection" under the "Animeworks Classics" label (2012)


VIZ (1 TV, 0 OVA, 0 Movie) (1st: 0, LR: 1) - hr: 1, dig.: 0

TV (1) (1st: 0, LR: 1) - hr: 1, dig.: 0
Moribito - Guardian of the Spirit - digital/home - BD & DVD - (Jan. 08/14 - Apr. 07/07 = 2102d [5y 275d]) - Production I.G - license rescue - streaming on Neon Alley; license originally held by MB
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DIGITAL-ONLY DISTRIBUTORS
(Note: titles in red indicate they are being streamed on more than one service. Most digital license are 1st releases, but in those cases where a title has been previously released in NA, they will be identified as catalog.)

(Note: bolded titles = licensed by another distrib, red titles = streaming on another platform)

CRUNCHYROLL

Winter (18 TV, 2 OVA, 1 movie)
Engaged to the Unidentified, Hōzuki no Reitetsu, Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions! (catalog), Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions! - Heart Throb -, Magical Warfare, Nisekoi, Nobunagun, Oneechan ga Kita (3 min), Pupa (5 min), Robot Girls Z (10 min), Sakura Trick, Silver Spoon 2, Strange+ (5 min), Wake Up, Girls!, Witch Craft Works, Wizard Barristers: Benmashi Cecil, World Conquest Zvezda Plot, Z/X Ignition

Squid Girl (OVA), Wonder Momo (7 min) (ONA)

Wake Up, Girls! - Seven Idols (movie)

Spring (1 TV, 0 OVA, 0 movie)
Champion Joe 2 (catalog),


DAISUKI

Winter (3 TV)
Buddy Complex, Niskoi, World Conquest Zvezda Plot


NEON ALLEY (VIZ)

Winter (2 TV)
Kids on the Slope (catalog), Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit (catalog)


The January Report
The February Report


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This OP will eventually list all NA anime licenses announced in 2014. As is the case with the Release thread, this thread is NOT intended to replace WTK's solicitations threads. It is designed to let people see in a single post what North American distribs have licensed. I will list Funimation and Sentai licenses first because historically they have licensed the most titles. Distribs will be listed in alphabetical order after that.

Here's a sample entry:

FUNIMATION (tally of TV, OVA, Movie titles) (tally of 1st releases, license rescues) - no. of home releases (hr), no. of digital only (dig.)

TV (no. of titles) (tally of 1st releases, license rescues)
Title - format - language - (date announced - original broadcast date = full days between the two; if license was announced in advance of broadcast, number of days will be in red) - animation producer - type (1st release/re-release/license rescue) - street date - notes

OVA (no. of titles) (tally of 1st releases, license rescues)

Movie/Special(no. of titles) (tally of 1st releases, license rescues)

As you can see, I will be categorizing the releases between TV, OVAs and Movies/Specials (I will rely on the ANN Encyclopedia to identify those distinctions).

Obviously, I will be only able to list whatever information is made available at the time of the original announcement so things like format, language, extras and release date may not be available. I will keep running totals of the number of titles announced by company.

Let me know if there is any other data you'd like tracked with respect to license announcements.


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Blood-
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 12:17 pm Reply with quote
The January Report

Funi: 5 TV (4 digital, 1 home) all 1st releases.
Sentai: 8 TV (7 digital/home, 1 home only) all 1st releases.
Cinedigm: 1 TV (home) both a 1st release AND a license rescue.
Discotek: 1 TV, 1 OVA, 1 Movie (all home) TV was license rescue, others are 1st releases.
NISA: 2 TV (home) both 1st releases.
VIZ: 1 TV (home/digital) license rescue.

Digital-only Distribs

Crunchyroll: 17 TV, 1 movie - all 1st release
Daisuki: 3 TV - all 1st release (and all running on other digital platforms)
Neon Alley: 2 TV - both catalog titles

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For myself, I hope that Funi's digital licenses for D-Fragments and Nobunagun eventually become home releases. As for the rest, only Sentai's Wizard Barristers is really tugging at my attention. I have publicly vowed to buy a copy of all NISA's PE releases, so I have to get Chronicles of the Going Home Club and Nyaruka but I'm not burning for them.
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Animegomaniac



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PostPosted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 5:26 pm Reply with quote
I thought Aniplex of America were the ones behind the Aniplex in America streams. Such as, and I may as well quote:

Quote:
SANTA MONICA, CA (December 19, 2013) – Starting 2014 with brand new titles, Aniplex of America Inc. has announced today that they will be simulcasting two highly-anticipated shows for this winter anime season: Nisekoi and World Conquest Zvezda Plot. Both titles are set to start streaming in January just hours after its original broadcast in Japan. Both titles will be produced by animation studios that have produced multiple hit anime series including popular Aniplex of America titles. In addition to their streaming plans, Aniplex of America is also planning on a home video release of these titles. Details about the physical releases will be announced at a later date.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 5:55 pm Reply with quote
Yes, as noted in the OP, both Nisekoi and World Conquest Zvezda Plot are streaming on Crunchyroll and Daisuki. Aniplex is a partner in the Daisuki site (along with four other studios) so its streaming shows tend to show up there. Fortunately, these also appear on Crunchyroll which is my preferred platform.
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Rukiia



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PostPosted: Wed Feb 05, 2014 11:19 pm Reply with quote
Not sure if this is the appropriate thread, but it appears that Funimation might have picked up Ben-To. Source here.
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potatochobit



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 3:16 am Reply with quote
wow
I've been waiting for quite a long time
but that is ok
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 5:53 am Reply with quote
Rukiia wrote:
Not sure if this is the appropriate thread, but it appears that Funimation might have picked up Ben-To. Source here.


Ooooooo, yeah! I'm going to wait for an official announcement but I think that is definitely a good sign. Awesome! At the absolute bare minimum it means that Funi must have the streaming rights and it seems unlikely they would just get streaming rights for a show that is a couple of years old.
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yuna49



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 8:42 am Reply with quote
Why isn't Kill la Kill included in the Winter 2014 Crunchyroll list?
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 9:30 am Reply with quote
Blood- wrote:
Yes, as noted in the OP, both Nisekoi and World Conquest Zvezda Plot are streaming on Crunchyroll and Daisuki. Aniplex is a partner in the Daisuki site (along with four other studios) so its streaming shows tend to show up there. Fortunately, these also appear on Crunchyroll which is my preferred platform.


And I'm sticking with my own which is neither {watching first run anime on a non anime site? Impossible!. But yet... Why? I've had enough run ins with real non-licensed anime. I still get too much to watch but the odds of getting a home release are much better} But that's not my point; I'll try to explain it with a visual aid:

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ANIPLEX OF AMERICA (0 TV, 0 OVA, 0 Movie) (1st: 0, LR: 0)


Ok, AoA has licensed those two shows with streaming and physical release rights then

TV (0) (1st: 0, LR: 0)

should be

TV (2) (1st: 2, LR: 0)

It's no different from Funimation streams {which I watch now} or Sentai streams {which I have to wait four weeks thanks to Crunchyroll}, AoA is streaming them now and regardless of which site they use or own, they have the NA licenses for those two titles.
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 10:32 am Reply with quote
Ah, I understand you now. The reason those two titles don't show up in the AoA section is that both of those licenses were announced in December of 2013 and the OP only lists titles that were/will be announced in 2014.

That's the same reason why there are some Winter '14 titles in Crunchyroll's line-up that don't appear above: because they were announced in December.
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 12:45 pm Reply with quote
It's your list, but shouldn't the defining characteristic for a "2014 Anime License" be that the show is licensed and available in 2014 no matter when the license was announced? That's what the title of this thread implied to me.
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 1:31 pm Reply with quote
@ yuna49: I have altered the title of this thread to Announcements from List. Hopefully, that should prevent any confusion of the sort you had.

I deliberately wanted this thread to include only licensing announcements made from Jan. 01, 2014 to Dec. 31, 2014.

I wish I had started doing this years ago, but this is actually the first year I'm getting off my ass to do it.
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 04, 2014 4:49 pm Reply with quote
The February Report

Funi: 5 TV (1 digital, 4 home) all 1st releases.
Sentai: 2 TV, 1 movie (3 digital/home) all 1st releases.
Discotek: 1 TV (home) 1st release
NISA: 1 TV, 1 movie (1 home/digital, 1 home only) both 1st releases.
NOZOMI: 1 TV (home/digital) re-release

Digital-only Distribs

Crunchyroll: 2 TV, 1 OVA - 2 first release, 1 re-release

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On a personal note, I was absolutely delighted to see Discotek pick up School Days. I never thought this title would get a N.A. release. Woo-hoo!
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