Monster licensed....

[J_C_X]

http://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp ... icle=39579

Press release from Viz Media.

 

[CitizenGeek]

Awesome news! I can only hope some company in the UK decides to pick this up!

 

[Ice Climber]

Didn't Anime Central say they wanted to put this subbed on TV?

 

[Martin]

If the sources speak the truth, this could be some of the best new release news all year (not to mention a break from the ADV uncertainty). Monster and Honey & Clover on DVD? Seriously?! I'll be very, very, pleasantly surprised if this is the case.

 

[Gawyn]

Also mentioned are a couple of shoujo favourites in the form of Honey and Clover and Nana.

 

[J_C_X]

I highly doubt C21media would post this news without any real substance.

C21media are a media news outlet and are highly respected within the industry.

 

[Espy]

Told you so!

 

[Hybridchild]

Viz have been pushing this at NATPE,events for awhile it was reported on AoDVD last year, but sadly that doesn't mean it's licensed, they've been doing the same with Honey And Clover and HunterXHunter for a couple of years and in the past have done it with and couple of other shows they never licensed .

Basically what they do is promote some properties at trade shows and the like in the hope of finding partners for merchandising, broadcast etc. so that it becomes viable to license the properties.

So this is old news and doesnt mean its licensed it just means they would like to license it but at this time its not necessary viable, however when they do things like this it does increase the chance of a show getting released but it's still notthing concrete

 

[Sy]

Great news. Shame it's Viz though.

 

[shira]

Am I confusing this with Monster Rancher?? :lol:

 

[melonpan]

Viz have been marketing this at NAPTE last year as far as I'm aware, so this is nothing new.

Great news. Shame it's Viz though.

Monster should be released properly; the manga was released totally unedited and on the Viz Signature imprint. I'm sure Honey & Clover/Nana would be too because of the audience they're aimed at.
Though, they have been stupid enough to muck up many Shounen Jump titles, so it could well be the same for the two Shoujo Beat titles.

 

[MaxonTreik]

Finally, something worthwhile gets licensed by them.

 

[melonpan]

By the way, this isn't actually confirmation that it's licensed, but it's as far as you can get to being licensed.

 

[Will-O'-The-Wisp]

Am I confusing this with Monster Rancher?? :lol:

Lol... I'm guessing you are.

 

[sniper_samurai]

It could just be licenced by Viz. According to their profile on the NATPE website they have the dvd rights for both Monster and HunterXHunter.

http://www.natpe.org/conference/exhibit ... K$$7YmVw**

 

[melonpan]

That still doesn't mean it's confirmed.

It's confirmed when they give a press releases/we see solicitations/they list it on their site/retailer sites, etc.

I would like more information on exactly what NAPTE is though.

 

[Wildcard]

There's no excuse anymore, Monster NEEDS a western release. Still, I'm not exactly holding my breath on it getting one.

 

[shira]

Seeing this much about it makes me wanna see it now lol

 

[Xelis]

About #*@%ing time! I haven't been keeping up with anime recently but Ive been wanting a Monster release since I watched the second episode.

 

[Sy]

If they do release it I hope it's going to be released in sets and not awful 4 - 5 episode single disk releases.