Licensing news finally slowed down this month. But I don’t expect that to last since we are going into the summer convention season. However, there was plenty of interesting streaming/broadcasting news with the return of Toonami and new title surprises for Shonen Jump Alpha. So all in all still a month of happy news.

This is certainly the calm before the storm. I expect that this will seem like a blessing when the con season rolls in and there are nothing but announcements after announcements. I hope that the next few months bring us news of Mawaru Penguindrum or I am going to be very disappointed.

The Line-Up is a monthly rundown of newly licensed in the U.S., newly streaming in the U.S., and newly announced anime and manga projects.

Newly Licensed in the U.S.

• Hetalia Axis Powers (manga) – Right Stuf
  I don’t care about Hetalia but I’m very curious about this new partnership of Right Stuf and TokyoPop. This could save a bunch of titles that were unfinished but I won’t get my hopes up too high.
  I know you just hoping that the Right Stuf will save Steel Angel Kurumi. We all have that same hope.
• Mr. Mini Mart – Digital Manga Publishing
• Ninth Life Love – Digital Manga Publishing
• Priceless Honey – Digital Manga Publishing
• Ray’s Days – Digital Manga Publishing

Newly Streaming/Broadcasting in the U.S.

• Kadokawa Niconico Ace added Strike Witches: The Witches of Andorra
• JManga added Taverna Dark Cooking Club of St. George’s Girls’ School, Mo’Some Sting, Gee the Wiz-Cat, Doukyusei, Digital Nostalgia Original Illustration Works, Nagomi Club, Records of the Three Kingdoms, Miku-4, Kimi no Tamenara Shineru, Moehime, But I’m a Maid!
  
• Viki added Koutetsu Sangokushi, Don Dracula, The Three-eyed One, Marvelous Melmo
• Shonen Jump Alpha added Rurouni Kenshin: Restoration, Barrage
  I am very curious to see how this Kenshin revival turns out.
  
• Toonami added Deadman Wonderland, Casshern Sins
• Digital Manga Guild added Itadaki! Panther, Obakeyashiki e Irrashai, Panic! Jin Jin, Shinku Chitai, Vampire ni Goyojin, Erementar Gerade: Flag of Blue

New Anime/Manga Projects in Japan

• +Tic Elder Sister Gag Series Getting More Anime
• Butt-Biting Insect Kids’ Song Gets 5 20-minute Anime Episodes
  Alrightythen! Every once and a while you really do see that “wacky Japan!”
• Highschool Water Polo Comedy Manga Mizutama Rindo Starts
  Someone obviously heard that no one had made a water polo manga yet and had to get to work on this. Next month except to see a Tchoukball and Sepak Bola Api manga.
• New Thriller Series Rain Code from Read or Die Manga-ka Begins
• 3D Evangelion Short Being Included with Smartphone
• New Weekly Shorts Series from Studio MADHOUSE
• Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai Disc to Include Unaired Episode
• Project 13 a Collection of Animated Music Videos Announced
• Manga Editor Series Mangirl! Getting Anime
• And Yet the Town Moves Manga-ka Working on Adaption Comic Hoshi Shinichi – Neratta Kinko
  This story is about “a thief and a mysterious safe,” needless to say I’m interested! Sadly, it is a only a one-shot.
• Narihirabashi Denki Shoten is A New Series From Saturn Apartments Manga-ka
  I hope this appears on the Sig IKKI site!
• Young Adult Sci-fi Novel Nerawareta Gakuen Getting Anime Film
• Driland Game Has Manga and Anime Adaptions on the Way
• Zetsuen no Tempest: The Civilization Blaster Anime Green-lit
• A 7th Volume of Gundam Unicorn Has Been Announced
  Yet another announcement to upset Gundam fans.
• 009 Re:Cyborg Getting a Manga Adaption
• Tokusatsu TV Show Ryujin Mabuyer Being Manga into Manga
• Animeka A Series of Anime Robot Shorts Being Made
• Studio Ghibli Co-Producing The Red Turtle with French and Dutch Animators
• Robin and His 100 Friends Getting a Second Season
• Basalisk Manga-ka Working on Cutey Honey Remake
• Girls & Tanks Anime Announced
• 4th Iteration of the Otokogi Manga Launching
• Pro Wrestling One-shot from Riki-Oh Manga-ka
• Animated Film Windwalkers: Chronicles of the 34th Horde Will Be a French/Japanese Co-Production
• P.A. Works Series Tari Tari Getting Manga Adaption
• New Zettai Karen Children Project On the Way
  I reluctantly admit I am curious to see what it is.
  
• Detective Opera Milky Holmes Getting Summer Special
• Kanaei Hazuki’s Manga Sukitte Ii Na Yo Getting Anime
  This is by far my happiest announcement for the month! I just talked about this series in my shojo most wanted list.
• The Monster Seated Next to You Anime Green-lit
• Light Novel Series Onii-chan Dakedo Ai Sae Areba Kankei Nai yo ne— Being Made Into Anime
• New Digimon Game Digimon World Re:Digitize Getting Short Manga
• 1001 Manga Coming from D.N.Angel Manga-ka
• Figure Line Busou Shinki Getting New Anime Adaption
• Novel Fuse Gansaku: Satomi Hakkenden Getting Manga Version
• Fantasy Series from BL Manga-ka Tooko Miyagi Starting in Asuka Magazine
• Akazukin Cha Cha N Getting Ongoing Monthly Manga
• New Fantasy Shojo Series Idea no Hana Beginning
• New Manga Uso Toki Rhetoric Launching in Hana to Yume
• New Manga Girl Love Variation Debuts Online
• Persona Manga Adaption Devil Survivor Out this Month
• Girls’ Generation Idol Group Getting Manga in Online Magazine Club Sunday
• Bodacious Space Pirates Becoming Manga
• ‘K’: Memory of Red Manga Based on ‘K’ Started
• Mushi Productions Working on Biographical Anime Film
• New Anime from Strike Witches Director Vivid Red Operation Announced
• New Hometown Manga Collection Features Works from Monkey Punch, Leiji Matsumoto, Hirumo Arakawa
• Josei Manga Clover Getting Sequel
• New Manga From Ping Pong Club Creator Started
• 4-koma Detective Manga Neko Tantei Announced
  Well, I do always want more detective series, but I’m not sure this is what I had in mind!