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There's a good chance Right Stuf might bring Nanoha back.
They signed a distribution deal with Eleven Arts. They'll probably at least bring the theatrical features onto home video.

As far as the TV shows, who knows? Geneon only distributed two of those TV series in the US before they shut down operations.
There are three DIRECT Nanoha TV series. There was a prototype show but it technically wasn't Nanoha from what I understand.

I did see the movie Reflection when they screened it in the US and I was impressed. Very high quality production. I'm not sure I understood EVERYTHING but there were a bunch of magical girls with different abilities and lots of explosions, too!

And it really didn't look like Sailor Moon, either. Whatever money they spent LOOKS like it ended up on the screen!
SM always kind of looked cheap...

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There's a good chance Right Stuf might bring Nanoha back. They signed a distribution deal with Eleven Arts. They'll probably at least bring the theatrical features onto home video. As far as the TV shows, who knows? Geneon only distributed two of those TV series in the US before they shut down operations. There are three DIRECT Nanoha TV series. There was a prototype show but it technically wasn't Nanoha from what I understand. I did see the movie Reflection when they screened it in the US and I was impressed. Very high quality production. I'm not sure I understood EVERYTHING but there were a bunch of magical girls with different abilities and lots of explosions, too! And it really didn't look like Sailor Moon, either. Whatever money they spent LOOKS like it ended up on the screen! SM always kind of looked cheap...

It's really all over the place when it comes to the shows you get like 2 seasons worth of Fate and Nanoha when they are kids then a new season comes out as them been adults and teaching at a military school then you get another season where Vivio is the main MC as Nanoha and fates adopted daughter then you get another season which is kinda like a spin of but kinda followers the vivio story the main MC of this one is fuka reventon. I been reading the manga as well but there are so many spin offs which stops the main story from continuing.

And it really didn't look like Sailor Moon, either. Whatever money they spent LOOKS like it ended up on the screen!
SM always kind of looked cheap...

I know that the first two Nanoha movies basically retell the original TV series with much higher-quality animation. Someone who was a HUGE fan that I met at the local Reflection screening said that he felt the TV series had dated animation which to me sounds like they were cheap productions like Sailor Moon is.

Whether the TV shows will ever be relicensed for the US is another story. I do have the two series that Geneon licensed... I had heard the last one wasn't worth getting and that the "prototype" show really wasn't Nanoha.