This year we started a new monthly column, The Line-Up, where we listed all the new (and rescued) U.S. licenses, newly streaming titles for the U.S., and new anime and manga news from Japan. One of the fruits of this is having a clear, albeit incredibly long, snapshot of all the series picked up in 2012 for U.S. distribution.

Looking at this, it is hard to feel like the stateside industry is struggling. But then again, it would be interesting to see a list like this for some of those prime time years in the mid-2000s, maybe it would be double this!

Some industrious fellow could also probably break this down into genres to see what is in and out of favor.

Let us know in the comments if we missed any so we can add them.

Manga

• 07-Ghost – VIZ
• Absolute Monarch Syndrome – DMP
• Alice in the Country of Clover: Ace of Hearts – Seven Seas
• Alice in the Country of Hearts: The Clockmaker’s Story – Seven Seas
• Alice in the Country of Hearts: My Fanatic Rabbit – Yen Press
• Alice in the Country of Joker: Circus and Liar’s Game – Seven Seas
• And Her in a Uniform – DMP
• Another (manga) – Yen Press
• Anything and Something – Yen Press
• Are You Alice? – Yen Press
• As Many as There are Stars – Digital Manga Inc.
• ATOMCAT – DMP
• Awkward Silence – SuBLime
• Battle Angel Alita: Last Order – Kodansha Comics
• Blood-C – Dark Horse
• Blood Lad – Yen Press
• Blue Morning – SuBLime
• Boing Boing – DMP
• Brave 10 – Digital Manga Inc.
• Breasts of Temptation – DMP
• BTOOOM! – Yen Press
• Bust to Bust – DMP
• Captain Commando – Udon Entertainment
• Caramel – DMP
• A Century of Temptation – DMP
• Colorful Dreams – DMP
• Colorful Harvest – DMP
• Cosplay Girlfriend – DMP
• Crayon Shin-chan – One Peace Books
• Crimson Empire: Circumstances to Serve a Noble – Seven Seas
• Danza – Kodansha Comics
• Deflowering the Boss – DMP
• Demon Love Spell – VIZ
• Dinner at the Shimoedas – DMP
• Disgaea 3: School of Devils – Udon Entertainment
• Does the Flower Bloom? – Digital Manga Inc.
• Doubt – Yen Press
• Elemental Gelade – DMP
• Embracing Love – SuBLime
• Emerald and Other Stories – Dark Horse
• Evangelion Comic Tribute – Dark Horse
• Evangelion: Shinji Ikari Detective Diary – Dark Horse
• Extra Juicy – DMP
• False Memories – SuBLime
• Fetish Grab Bag – DMP
• Fetishisms: Gone Wild – DMP
• Fetishisms: Gone Wilder – DMP
• Fetishisms: Immoral – DMP
• Fetishisms: Sexy Wives – DMP
• Fetishisms: Virgins – DMP
• Flutter – DMP
• Gegege no Kitaro – Drawn & Quarterly
• Genshiken: Second Season – Kodansha Comics
• Goddess of the Glass – DMP
• Guardians of Luna – Seven Seas
• Gundam the Origin – Vertical Inc.
• Haganai – Seven Seas
• Happy Girls – DMP
• Hello Work – DMP
• Helter Skelter – Vertical Inc.
• The Hentai Prince and the Stony Cat – DMP
• Heroman – Vertical Inc.
• Hetalia Axis Powers – Right Stuf
• Hide and Seek – SuBLime
• Honey*Smile – DMP
• Hot & Steamy – DMP
• How to Dump Your Girlfriend with Style – DMP
• How Good Was I? – DMP
• How to Make Him My Master – DMP
• I’ve Seen It All – DMP
• Idolhouse – DMP
• The Incredible Kintaro – DMP
• An Innocent Relationship – DMP
• An Ideal Day to Fall in Love – DMP
• Judge – Yen Press
• Juicy Cider – DMP
• K-ON! highschool – YEN Press
• K-ON! college – YEN Press
• Kanjou Spectrum – Animate USA
• Kanokon – Seven Seas
• Kinoko Inu – Digital Manga Inc.
• Kiss Ariki – SuBLime
• Kisses, Sighs, and Cherry Blossom Pink – Seven Seas
• Knights of Sidonia – Vertical Inc.
• Knock Me Up – DMP
• Ladies Full of Love – DMP
• Late Bloomers – DMP
• Lies Are a Gentleman’s Manners – DMP
• Limit – Vertical Inc.
• Love Hair – DMP
• Love Infusion – DMP
• Love Makes Everything Right – DMP
• Love On the Job – DMP
• Makunouchi Deluxe – DMP
• The Man I Picked Up – DMP
• Mayo Chiki! – Seven Seas
• The Misfortune of Kyon and Koizumi – Yen Press
• Missons of Love – Kodansha Comics
• Moe-Maniax – DMP
• The Moon & the Sun – DMP
• Mr. Mini Mart – DMP
• My Good Boy – DMP
• Naughty Boobs – DMP
• A New Season of Young Leaves – Digital Manga Inc.
• NightS – Animate USA
• Ninth Life Love – DMP
• No. 6 – Kodansha Comics
• Nurse’s Paradise – DMP
• Nurse’s Secrets – DMP
• Nyotai-ka! – Digital Manga Inc.
• Oreimo – Dark Horse
• Otter #11 – VIZ
• Paradise Kiss – Vertical Inc.
• The Parasite Doctor Suzune – DMP
• Pepita: Takehiko Inoue Meets Antonio Gaudi – VIZ
• Pink Bunny Play Time – DMP
• Poor Poor Lips – ALC Publishing
• Power Play! – DMP
• President Momoi Kun – DMP
• Priceless Honey – DMP
• Puella Magi Kazumi Magica ~The innocent malice~ – Yen Press
• Puella Magi Oriko Magica – Yen Press
• Puppy Lust – DMP
• Puru Puru Hearts – DMP
• Range of Love – DMP
• Ray’s Days – DMP
• Ring x Mama – DMP
• Sacred Blacksmith – Seven Seas
• Sakuran – Vertical Inc.
• Sankarea – Kodansha Comics
• Secret Thorns – DMP
• See Me After Class – DMP
• A Sensual Ladies Man – DMP
• Sex Toys – DMP
• Sexless Friend – Digital Manga Inc.
• Sleeping Moon – SuBLime
• Sleepless Nights – DMP
• Spiritual Police – SuBLime
• Splash to Love – DMP
• Stardust Traffic – DMP
• Starts with a Happy Ending – DMP
• Strobe Edge – VIZ
• Sunny – VIZ
• Takasugi-san’s Obento – DMP
• Teach Me a Lesson – DMP
• Thermae Romae – Yen Press
• Tiger & Bunny – VIZ
• Tiger & Bunny 4-Panel Comic Anthology – VIZ
• Tokyo Mew Mew ala Mode – Kodansha Comics
• Triage X – Yen Press
• Trigun: Multiple Bullets – Dark Horse
• Triton of the Sea – DMP
• Twin Knight – Vertical Inc.
• Umineko: When They Cry – Yen Press
• Unico – DMP
• Uniformed Love – DMP
• Utsubora – A Story of a Novelist – Vertical Inc.
• Velvet Kiss – DMP
• Viewfinder: Hard-Working Cameraman Akihito Takaba’s Romantic Life as an Indentured Servant – Animate USA
• Virgin Games – DMP
• Vinland Saga – Kodansha Comics
• Welcome to the Erotic Bookstore – Yen Press
• Wife in Short Shorts – DMP
• Wild Honey – DMP
• With Love, From Mochizuki – DMP
• Wolfsmund – Vertical Inc.
• Work for Pleasure – DMP
• Yawaraka Onnanoko – DMP
• Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal – VIZ
• ZE – Digital Manga Inc.
• Zero’s Familiar – Seven Seas

Artbooks

• Evangelion Chronicle: Illustrations – Udon
• Evangelion Chronicle: Side A – Udon
• Evangelion Chronicle: Side B – Udon
• Growlanser: Art Works – Udon
• Haruhi Suzumiya Illustrations: Spring & Summer – Udon
• Haruhi Suzumiya Illustrations: Autumn & Winter – Udon
• The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (artbook) – Udon Entertainment
• Queen’s Blade Complete Visual Collection – Vertical Inc.
• Read or Die: R.O.D. Official Archive – Udon Entertainment
• Sailor Moon (artbook) – Kodansha Comics
• Soul Eater (artbook) – Yen Press
• Vocaloid Hatsune Miku Character Graphics Collection: CV01 Edition – Udon
• Vocaloid Kagamine Len & Rin Character Graphics Collection: CV02 Edition – Udon
• Vocaloid Megurine Luka Character Graphics Collection: CV03  – Udon

Anime

• Aki Sora: Yume no Naka – Media Blasters
• Akira – Funimation
• Amagami SS+ – Sentai Filmworks
• Ano Natsu de Matteru (Waiting in the Summer) – Sentai Filmworks
• AnoHana – NISA
  
• Another – Sentai Filmworks
• Aoi Hana – Right Stuf
• Appleseed XIII – Funimation
• Aquarion EVOL – Funimation
• Aria the Scarlett Ammo – Funimation
• Baccano! (Blu-Ray) – Aniplex USA
• Bakemonogatari – Aniplex USA
• Battle Girls – Time Paradox – Sentai Filmworks
• Berserk (movies) – VIZ
• Blast of Tempest – Aniplex USA
• Blood-C – Funimation
• Blood-C: The Last Dark  – Funimation
• Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo – S’more Entertainment
• Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai – Funimation
• The Book of Bantorra – Sentai Filmworks
• Brave 10 – NISA
• BTOOOM! – Sentai Filmworks
• Bunny Drop – NISA
• Busou Shinki – Sentai Filmworks
• Campione! – Sentai Filmworks
• Captain Harlock (TV) – Discotek
• Casshan: Robot Hunter (OVA) – Discotek
• Children Who Chase Lost Voices From Deep Below – Sentai Filmworks
• Chuunibyo Demo Koi ga Shitai! – Sentai Filmworks
• Cluster Edge – Sentai Filmworks
• Cutey Honey (1973) – Discotek
• Daily Lives of High School Boys – NISA
  
• Detroit Metal City – Sentai Filmworks
• Digimon S1 – New Video Group
• Digimon S2 – New Video Group
• Dusk Maiden of Amnesia – Sentai Filmworks
• Ebiten – Sentai Filmworks
• Eureka Seven AO – Funimation
• Fairy Tail: Hoo no Miko – Funimation
• Familiar of Zero F – Sentai Filmworks
• Fate/Stay Night – Sentai Filmworks
• Fractale – Funimation
• From the New World – Sentai Filmworks
• From Up on Poppy Hill – GKids
• Future Diary – Funimation
• Gaiking – Shout! Factory
• Galaxy Express 999 (TV) – S’more Entertainment
• Galaxy Express 999 (movie 3) – Discotek
• Get Backers – Sentai Filmworks
• Gintama: The Movie – Sentai Filmworks
• Girls und Panzer  – Sentai Filmworks
• Golden Boy – Discotek
• Ground Control to Psychoelectric Girl – NISA
• Growing Up with Hello Kitty – AnimEigo
• GTO – Discotek
• Hakuoki Reimeiroku – Sentai Filmworks
• Hakuoki Shinsengumi Kitan – Sentai Filmworks
• Hatsukoi Limited – Sentai Filmworks
• Hidamari Sketch x Honeycomb – Sentai Filmworks
• Hidamari Sketch x SP – Sentai Filmworks
• Highschool DxD – Funimation
• Highschool of the Dead – Drifters of the Dead – Sentai Filmworks
• Hiiro no Kakera – Sentai Filmworks
• Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere S2 – Sentai Filmworks
• Hurricane Polymer (OVA) – Discotek
• Hyaako – Right Stuf
• Idolm@ster Xenoglossia – Sentai Filmworks
• Ikki Tosen: Great Guardians – Funimation
• Ikki Tosen: Xtreme Xecutor – Funimation
• Intrigue in the Bakumatsu ~ Irohanihoheto – Sentai Filmworks
• Inu x Boku SS – Sentai Filmworks
• Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita – Sentai Filmworks
• Jormungand – Funimation
• Jubei-chan – Media Blasters
• K-ON!! – Sentai Filmworks
• Kamisama Dolls – Sentai Filmworks
• Kids on the Slope – Sentai Filmworks
• King of Thorn – Funimation
• Kokoro Connect – Sentai Filmworks
• Kurenai – Sentai Filmworks
• Kurozuka – Sony
• La Storia della Arcana Famiglia – Sentai Filmworks
• The Legend of Heroes: Trails in The Sky – Sentai Filmworks
• Letter Bee – Sentai Filmworks
• A Letter to Momo – GKids
• Level-E – Funimation
• Listen to Me Girls, I’m Your Father – Sentai Filmworks
• Locke the Superman – Discotek
• Love, Elections, and Chocolate – Sentai Filmworks
• Love Live! – NISA
• Lovely Complex – Discotek
• Lupin III: Red VS. Green – Discotek
• Lupin III: The Secret of Mamo – Discotek
• Lupin III: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine – Funimation
• Mad Bull 34 – Discotek
• Magi – The Labyrinth of Magic – Aniplex USA
• Mahoromatic: I’m Home – Sentai Filmworks
• Maken-Ki! Battling Venus – Funimation
• Mawaru Penguindrum – Sentai Filmworks
• Mayo Chiki! – Sentai Filmworks
• Mazinger Z – Discotek
• Medaka Box – Sentai Filmworks
• Medaka Box Abnormal – Sentai Filmworks
• Michiko and Hatchin – Funimation
• Mikunopolis – Aniplex USA
• Motto To Love-Ru -Trouble-  – Sentai Filmworks
• Mysterious Girlfriend X – Sentai Filmworks
• NAKAIMO: My Little Sister Is Among Them! – Sentai Filmworks
• Natsuyuki Rendezvous – Sentai Filmworks
• Ninja Scroll (movie) – Sentai Filmworks
• Occult Academy – NISA
• One Piece: Strong World – Funimation
• Otome Yokai Zakuro – NISA
• The Passion Of Gengoroh Tagame: Bara Master – PictureBox
• The Pet Girl of Sakurasou – Sentai Filmworks
• Phi Brain Puzzle of God S2 – Sentai Filmworks
• Planzet – Sentai Filmworks
• Polyphonica Crimson S – Sentai Filmworks
• Pretear – Funimation
• Princess Knight (TV – N. American edit) – Right Stuf
• Queen’s Blade: Rebellion – Sentai Filmworks
• Qwaser of Stigmata – Sentai Filmworks
• Ristorante Paradiso – Right Stuf
• The Rose of Versailles – Right Stuf
• Rurouni Kenshin: New Kyoto Arc – Sentai Filmworks
• Saint Seiya (movies) – Discotek
• Samurai Pizza Cats – Discotek
• Sankarea – Funimation
• Say “I Love You” – Sentai Filmworks
• Sengoku Basara: The Last Party– Funimation
• Shangri-La – Funimation
• Shin Getter Robo VS. Neo Getter Robo – Discotek
• So I Can’t Play H! – Sentai Filmworks
• Somedays Dreamers – Sentai Filmworks
• Space Adventure Cobra (movie) – Discotek
• Space Battleship Yamato Resurrection – Funimation
• Space Brothers – Sentai Filmworks
• Squid Girl S2 – Media Blasters
  
• Sword Art Online – Aniplex USA
• Tari Tari – Sentai Filmworks
• Tekkaman Blade II (OVA) – Discotek
• Tenchi Muyo! War on Geminar – Funimation
• Thermae Romae – Discotek
• This Boy Can Fight Aliens – Sentai Filmworks
• To Love-Ru Darkness – Sentai Filmworks
• Toriko – Funimation
• Tsuritama – Sentai Filmworks
• Ultraviolet – Sony
• Umineko: When They Cry – NISA
• Unlimited Bladeworks – Sentai Filmworks
• Upotte!! – Sentai Filmworks
• Vampire Princess Miyu – Sentai Filmworks
• Venus Wars – Discotek
• Viper’s Creed – Sony
• Wolf Children – Funimation
• Zettai Karen Children (Psychic Squad) – Sentai Filmworks