Well, Crunchyroll Manga and Kodansha are certainly ramping up in the new year.
Kate added a new section this month with live action adaptions of anime and manga from Japan every month. It happens enough that we thought it was worth adding to the mix.
The Line-Up is a monthly rundown of new anime, manga, light novel, and artbook licenses, streaming and broadcasting announcements, crowdfunding projects, anime and manga projects, and live-action anime and manga adaptions.
Newly Licensed in the U.S.
- Amazing Nuts! – Discotek
- Chronicles of the Going Home Club – NISA
- Citrus – Seven Seas
- Dance in the Vampire Bund: Forgotten Tales – Seven Seas
- Dance in the Vampire Bund: Secret Chronicles – Seven Seas
- DearS – Discotek
- Deltora Quest – Cinedigm
- Engaged to the Unidentified – Sentai Filmworks
- Happiness! – Sentai Filmworks
- Hozuki no Reitetsu – Sentai Filmworks
- Kokoro Connect – Seven Seas
- Lupin III: Hemingway Papers Special – Discotek
- Magical Girl Apocalypse – Seven Seas
- Magical Warfare – Sentai Filmworks
- Massive: Gay Erotic Manga and the Men Who Make It – Fantagraphics
- Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit – VIZ
- Nobunaga the Fool – Sentai Filmworks
- Nyaruko: Crawling With Love! S1 – NISA
- Sakura Trick – Sentai Filmworks
- Short Peace – Namco Bandai Games
- Super Sonico – Sentai Filmworks
- Tonari no Seki-kun – Vertical, Inc.
- Witch Craft Works – Vertical, Inc.
I can’t say I expected either of those as Vertical licenses. But Ed Chavez constantly mentions they are more than just the classic manga guys. - Wizard Barristers – Sentai Filmworks
New Crowdfunding Projects
- Creamy Mami (Part 4) DVD Set by AnimeSols
New Streaming or Broadcasting Announcements in the U.S.
- Crunchyroll Anime adding Mikakunin de Shinkokei, Strange+, Witch Craft Works, Oneechan ga Kita, Magical Warfare, Silver Spoon S2, ZX Ignition, Wake Up! Girls, Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions REN, Sakura Trick, World Conquest Zvezda Plot, Nisekoi, Wizard Barristers, Robot Girls Z
- Crunchyroll Manga adding Inside Mari, Silver Nina, Love Theory, Okitenemuru, Star Light Woman, Is This Girl for Real?!, Action Mask, King’s Game: Origin, Orange, Re Collection, Arpeggio of Blue Steel, And Yet the Town Moves, Spirit Circle
- Funimation adding D-Frag!, Nobunagun, Buddy Complex, No-Rin
- Daisuke adding World Conquest Zvezda Plot, Niseikoi, Buddy Complex
- CW adding Digimon Fusion
- Cartoon Network adding Black Lagoon
New Anime and Manga Projects in Japan
- Kenichi the Mightiest Disciple Gets 6th OVA
- New Battle Angel Alita Manga Announced
- Satoru Hiura Returns to Draw Hotaru no Hikari SP
- Mushishi Getting New TV Anime Series
- Another Manga 1-shot Announced for Rose of Versailles
I wonder who this short will focus on. - Shojo Series Ao Haru Ride Anime Green-lit
Shojo anime is on a roll lately! - 3rd Episode Revealed for Queen’s Blade: Vanquished Queens
- Mascot Funasshi Getting Manga Series
- Vocaloid One-shot Coming from Kochikame Creator
- Dance in the Vampire Bund Creator Starts New Work
- SEGA RPG Hero Bank Has Anime in the Works
- OVA Bundled with Next Manga Volume of The Town Where You Live
- Miss Monochrome Manga Starting
How often does Miss Monochrome sing the 16th track from the Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex O.S.T.? - Manga Recently, My Sister is Unusual to Bundled OVA
- Inari, Konkon, Koi Iroha OVA Bundled with Manga
The show is peaceful enough that a manga OVA will probably be fun. - OVA Bundled with Magi: Sinbad no Boken Manga
- Fantasy Shojo Series Soredemo Sekai wa Utsukushii Getting TV Anime
Again! Shojo anime comin’ outta my ears here! - X Maiden Web Anime Planned
- Witchcraft Works Manga Bundling OVA
- New Kuroko’s Basketball OVA Coming on BD/DVD of S2
These tend to be fun but super cheaply animated. - Engaged to the Unidentified Anime Short Included on BD/DVD
- Creator of Prince of Tennis Starting New Weekly Shonen Jump Title
- Amagi Brilliant Park Light Novel Series Anime Green-lit
- Wandering Son Manga-ka Starting Sequel to Musume no Iede
- New Manga Adaption Announced of 70’s Tokusatsu Show Robot Detective
I wonder how “Reverse Thieves” that show will be. - Horror Manga Tokyo Ghoul Getting Anime
- More Black Butler Anime Green-lit
Black Butler seems to be a series that always has a devoted fan base. - Ping Pong Announced as Next Noitamina Show
- DVD/DB of Danganronpa the Animation Getting Extended Ending
- Anime Revealed for Fantasy Light Novels Momo Kyun Sword
- Inugami-san to Nekoyama-san Yuri Manga Getting Anime
- PreCure Franchise Creating Shorts to Celebrate 10th Anniversary
All the Precure! - Caterpillar Series Will Continue with New Manga-ka
- School of Idols 4-koma Manga Futsu no Joshikosei ga Locodol Yattemita Getting Anime
- One Piece‘s Chopper Gets Stop-motion Short
Adorbs! - More TV Anime Coming for Sengoku Basara
- Hiro Mashima Starting New Ongoing Series While Continuing Fairy Tail
- Fantasy Action Series Akame ga KILL! Anime Revealed
- Dusk Maiden of Amnesia Creator Working on New Series
- New Marvel Anime Avengers Confidential: Black Widow and Punisher Announced
It would be really nice if this was very good. - New Season of Pretty Rhythm Franchise Starting in Spring
- Maid Sama! Manga-ka Starting New Series Yuki wa Jigoku ni Ochiru no Ka?
- The Pilot’s Love Song Getting Manga Adaption
- Idolm@ster Releasing 0 Volume Manga at Film
- 2nd Season Officially Announced for Free!
I so thought this was already officially, but I’m still glad to hear the news again. - Koi Shite! Runa Kiss Manga Launching
- Bonus Chapter Coming for Heaven’s Lost Property Manga
- Original Anime selector infected WIXOSS Revealed
- Kindaichi Case Files Getting Parody Flash Anime
- New Warring States Manga Kogarashi ga Fuku Starting
- Keisuke Itagaki’s Baki Getting New Manga
- New Anime Adaption of Fate/Stay Night Announced
I might maybe possible be interested in this. Especially if the rumors are true about this being an anime original story. - Web Anime Revealed for Wonder Momo Game
- Crime Action Manga-ka Illegal Rare from Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan Manga-ka Beginning
- Shonen Romance Comedy iShojo Launching
- Fantasy Series Stealth Symphony by Ryohgo Narita and Yoichi Amano Starting
- New Soccer Manga Tokyo Wonder Boys Revealed in Weekly Shonen Jump
- Anime Project Yuri Kuma Arashi Getting Manga
- Goro Miyazaki Directing CG TV Anime of Ronia the Robber’s Daughter
I’m both interested and terrified. - Yasuhiro Imagawa Working on Anime Shorts of Wasimo
- A Town Where You Live Manga-ka Starting New Series
- Creator of Hidamari Sketch Launching New Manga
New Live Action Adaptions of Anime and Manga
- Detective Manga Reverse Edge: Okawabata Tanteisha TV Series Staring Jo Odagiri Announced
- Happy Negative Marriage Manga Getting Direct-to-DVD Film
- TV Series Revealed for Forensic Manga Smoking Gun – Minkan Kasoken Chosa’in Nagareda Midori
- Film Announced for Slice-of-life Manga Little Forest
- BL Series No Touching at All Getting Film
- GTO Being Made into New Taiwanese Mini-series
People love that Onizuka. - Classical Music Manga Maestro Film to Star Tori Matsuzaka
- Nobunaga no Chef Manga Gets Sequel TV Series
