[Overseas] Anime News & Announcements

[NormanicGrav]

Funimation US August 2021 line-up.

There are no limited editions or steelbooks scheduled for this batch.

New releases:

Anime	Content	Format	Date	Price	Audio	Notes
DECA-DENCE	TV: 1-12	Blu-ray	17th​	$64.98​	English Japanese​
Fire Force Season 2 Part 1	TV: 1-12	Blu-ray & DVD	3rd​	$64.98​	English Japanese​
Kakushigoto	TV: 1-12	Blu-ray	31st​	$64.98​	English Japanese​
Lapis Re:LiGHTs	TV: 1-12	Blu-ray	10th​	$64.98​	Japanese​	No Slipcase
Show By Rock!! Mashumairesh!!	TV: 1-12	Blu-ray & DVD	24th​	$64.98​	English Japanese​

Re-releases:

Anime	Content	Format	Date	Price	Audio	Notes
A Certain Magical Index II​	TV: 1-24	Blu-ray	17th​	$34.98​	English Japanese​	Essentials
One Piece Collection 27​	TV: 642-667	Blu-ray & DVD	10th​	$39.98​	English Japanese​	DVD-sized
The Tatami Galaxy	TV: 1-11	Blu-ray	10th​	$49.98​	Japanese​	Classics
Ultimate Otaku Teacher	TV: 1-24	Blu-ray	10th​	$34.98​	English Japanese​	Essentials

 

[Demelza]

Kinda sad Deca-dence didn't have a CE of some kind. It was one of my favourite series last year and has the potential to have had some tat for its release.

 

[Dragon Slayer]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1394695152095043584

 

[Azar]

Hoping Anime Limited license Eizouken to go along with their other Yuasa releases.

 

[Yami]

Hoping Anime Limited license Eizouken to go along with their other Yuasa releases.

That's the dream

(And Kemonozume while they're at it, the unloved child)

 

[Jon O Fun]

So has the Funimation x Crunchyroll deal been canned?

 

[thedoctor2016]

So has the Funimation x Crunchyroll deal been canned?

No the department of justice is still investigating if it breaches monopoly rules

 

[Oldmario]

the first wave of the battle of hoping Iruma getting a blu-ray release is over i guess

now the second wave begins in hoping AL or MVM get it over here

Spoiler

now we just need to wait for Gabbu and Jashin to get blu-ray releases

 

[ActionFaust]

So has the Funimation x Crunchyroll deal been canned?

It's probably the case that these releases were agreed before the Funimation buyout. As it's still under investigation I expect we'll see some more releases under the partnership.

 

[Takei Daloui]

No the department of justice is still investigating if it breaches monopoly rules

It'll be curious to see what their decision is. At the very least I know when I think of the major anime streaming services, the big players I think of are Crunchyroll and Funimation. So when put together, what other major competition do they even have?

 

[Demelza]

It'll be curious to see what their decision is. At the very least I know when I think of the major anime streaming services, the big players I think of are Crunchyroll and Funimation. So when put together, what other major competition do they even have?

The problem is if they're just looking at it broadly then you have the likes of Netflix, Amazon, Hulu etc who all have anime. And just big platforms like those having some anime might be enough to prove there is competition (no matter how unrealistic that is to those of us who understand how these things work)

 

[Takei Daloui]

The problem is if they're just looking at it broadly then you have the likes of Netflix, Amazon, Hulu etc who all have anime. And just big platforms like those having some anime might be enough to prove there is competition (no matter how unrealistic that is to those of us who understand how these things work)

That's what I'm worried about. There's a clear difference between a streaming service that has an anime section and a dedicated anime streaming service that already tend to have a lot of the big names of each anime season on their platform.

 

[Dragon Slayer]

Sentai FILMWORKS has licenced Wit Studio's Vinland Saga.

Sentai Unveils Vinland Saga Home Video Plans

Sentai is preparing collector and standard edition home video releases for the Vinland Saga anime.

www.sentaifilmworks.com

 

[fathomlessblue]

Waiting on the UK announcement. Whenever you're ready, MVM

https://twitter.com/x/status/1395440581304721410

 

[NormanicGrav]

Sentai FILMWORKS has licenced Wit Studio's Vinland Saga.

Sentai Unveils Vinland Saga Home Video Plans

Sentai is preparing collector and standard edition home video releases for the Vinland Saga anime.

www.sentaifilmworks.com

Not a surprise considering they managed to license all of the Twin Engine titles that were streaming on Amazon Prime, so that's now all of them sorted.

However, what's interesting is that unlike the other titles, this one doesn't specify any territories. So it wouldn't surprise me if AL has acquired it.

 

[D1tchd1gger]

Sentai FILMWORKS has licenced Wit Studio's Vinland Saga.

Sentai Unveils Vinland Saga Home Video Plans

Sentai is preparing collector and standard edition home video releases for the Vinland Saga anime.

www.sentaifilmworks.com

I really do hope they get some European sounding VAs for the dub. I don't know what would be weirder the Japanese dub (it was weird enough watching the simulcast, especially the scene where an English lady was trying to speak to Thorfinn who only spoke Norse, but both were speaking in Japanese!) or American sounding Vikings!

 

[Girls with Guns]

Sentai is going to release a Premium Edition for Vineland Saga? Yes!! I definitely will be blind-buying the PE, for sure! I haven't seen a single episode of the series because Amazon Prime, but I can easily tell it will be my kind of anime.

 

[Stiivun]

Well there’s no mecha in it at least, but then also no GwG‘s

 

[NormanicGrav]

Sentai US August 2021 line-up.

There are no limited editions or steelbooks scheduled for this batch. Also included is Gakko***SCHOOL-LIVE! Another Story live-action OVA series.

New releases:

Anime	Content	Format	Date	Price	Audio	Notes
The Magnificent KOTOBUKI the Movie	Film	Blu-ray	10th​	$29.98​	Japanese​
My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU Climax	TV: 1-12	Blu-ray	24th​	$69.98​	English Japanese​
VINLAND SAGA	TV: 1-24	Blu-ray	31st​	$89.98​	English Japanese​	LE Coming Soon

Re-releases:

Anime	Content	Format	Date	Price	Audio	Notes
Maoyu ~ Archenemy & Hero​	TV: 1-12	Blu-ray	3rd​	$49.98​	Japanese​	2 discs now.
Maria Holic Seasons 1 & 2​	TV: 1-24	Blu-ray	17th​	$89.98​	English Japanese​

 

[Gemsy-chan]

Looking at the info for Sentai’s release of World Trigger...if you want to watch the whole thing dubbed then you are out of luck.

Luckily I watch my anime subtitled.