Whoawhoa! It is definitely con season looking at the licensing list! But I’m particularly excited about a Magic Kaito TV anime series!

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The Line-Up is a monthly rundown of new anime, manga, light novel, artbook licenses, streaming/broadcasting announcements, crowdfunding projects, anime/manga projects, and live-action anime/manga adaptions.

New Licenses in the U.S.

• 12 Beasts – Seven Seas
• Akame ga KILL! – Sentai Filmworks
• Argevollen – Sentai Filmworks
• The Art of Satoshi Kon (artbook) – Dark Horse
  It is interesting to see all these Satoshi Kon titles getting licensed recently.
• Barakamon – Funimation
• Black Butler: Book of Circus – Funimation
• Blue Spring Ride – Sentai Filmworks
• Chaika the Coffin Princess – Sentai Filmworks
• Comic Penguin (magazine) – DMP
• Controlling Flame -Rurouni Kenshin: Hidden Chapter- – VIZ
• The Demon Prince of Momichi House – VIZ
• The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (manga) – VIZ
• Glasslip – Sentai Filmworks
• Hitler – Drawn & Quarterly
• Invaders of the Rokujyoma!? – Sentai Filmworks
• Jewel BEM Hunter Lime – Sentai Filmworks
• JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Battle Tendency (Part 2) – VIZ
   The part that matters.
• Kill la Kill (manga) – UDON
• Let’s Dance a Waltz – Kodansha USA
   I’m really looking forward to this, I hope it will be on CR Manga.
• Little Battlers eXperience – VIZ
• Magic Boy – Warner Bros.
• Maria the Virgin Witch – Kodansha USA
• Meteor Prince – VIZ
• Momokyun Sword – Sentai Filmworks
• Monthly Girls’ Nozaki-kun – Sentai Filmworks
• NouCome – Sentai Filmworks
• Nyaruko: Crawling With Love! S2 – NISA
• Osamu Tezuka Anime Character Sketchbook (artbook) – UDON
• Osamu Tezuka Character Illustrations (artbook) – UDON
• Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt – Dark Horse
• PSYCHO-PASS S2 -Funimation
• PSYCHO-PASS movie – Funimation
• Rail Wars! – Sentai Filmworks
• Requiem of the Rose King – VIZ
• Sabagebu! -Survival Game Club!– – Sentai Filmworks
• Samurai Jam -Bakumatsu Rock- – Sentai Filmworks
  Bakumatsu era Macross 7.
• Sengoku Basara: Judge End – Funimation
• Servamp – Seven Seas
• Shikigami Twilight Days – VIZ
• Shonen Hollywood -Holly Stage for 49- – Funimation
• A Silent Voice – Kodansha USA
  This is a title that could easily getting some major amount of critical praise now that it is being released physically.
• Space Pirate Mito – Right Stuf
• Super Dimension Fortress Macross (re-release) – Harmony Gold
  That is crazy. I doubt we are getting any other parts of Macross through them but who knows.
• Suteki Tantei Labyrinth – Right Stuf
• Tokyo ESP – Funimation
• WHITE GIRL!
• Tony Takezaki’s Neon Genesis Evangelion – Dark Horse
• Trash Market – Drawn & Quarterly
• Vampire Knight: Life – VIZ
• Yakitate! Japan – Right Stuf
  Right Stuf is very good at picking titles that make sense but are not at all expected.
• Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches – Kodansha USA
  The BEST news all month.
• Yondemasu yo, Azazel-san – Right Stuf
• Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Art (artbook) – UDON
• Yu-sibu – Sentai Filmworks

New Crowdfunding Projects

• Dororo Streaming on Anime Sols
• Gordion the Warrior Streaming on Anime Sols

New Streaming or Broadcasting Announcements in the U.S.

• Crunchyroll Anime adding Locodol, Rail Wars!, Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories S2, Akame ga KILL!, DRAMAtical Murder, Sabagebu!-Survival Game Club!, Monthly Girls’ Nozaki-kun, Blue Spring Ride, Great Teacher Onizuka, ToraDora!, HaNaYaMaTa, Momo Kyun Sword, Love Stage!!, FATE/KALEID LINER PRISMA ILLYA 2wei!, Encouragement of Climb S2, Ai Mai Mi S2, Strange+ S2, Bladedance of Elementalers, Invaders of the Rokujyoma!?, Nobunaga Concerto, Magimoji Rurumo, Himegoto 
• Hulu adding Tokyo Ghoul, Tokyo ESP
• Daisuki adding Black Butler: Book of Circus, Sword Art Online II, Sushi Ninja
• Funimation adding Tokyo Ghoul, Tokyo ESP
• Crunchyroll Manga adding GTO: Paradise Lost, Japan Sinks
• MangaBox adding Fatal Frame: Shadow Priestess
• Weekly Shonen Jump USA adding Controlling Flame -Rurouni Kenshin: Hidden Chapter-, Shikigami Twilight Days
• Anime Sols adding Dororo, Gordion the Warrior
• Cartoon Network is adding Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
• Nicktoons adding Little Battlers eXperience

New Anime and Manga Projects in Japan

• Anime Green-lit for Fantasy Manga Akatsuki no Yona
• Tokyo ESP Manga Crossing Over with Ga-rei
• Movie Announced for Beyond the Boundary
  So is it Beyond Beyond the Boundary or is it Back Within the Boundary?
• Ore ga Ojo-Sama Gakko ni ‘Shomin Sample’ Toshite Usarareta Ken Light Novels Getting Anime
• Mighty No. 9 Anime in the Works
• New TV Special Announced for One Piece
• Action Manga Gangsta Anime Green-lit
• Tomoko Yamashita Publishing New One-shot
• Maki Enjoji Starting New Series SP X Baby
• Yowamushi Pedal Spin-off Manga Launching
• Creator of Law of Ueki Starting New Manga Psyche Mata Shite mo
• Godzilla Gets Special Manga Tribute
• Adachi Drawing New One-shot Baseball Manga
• Samurai Jam -Bakamatsu Rock- Game to Bundle Anime
• Anime Green-lit for Light Novels Kusen Madoshi Kohosei no Kyokan
• Bladedance of Elementalers BD/DVD Includes OVAs
• Machiisha Jumbo!! Creator Drawing One-shot
• New Dragon Ball Z Movie Announced
• Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya Drei!! Manga Bundling Anime
  I hope it is filled with Bazett.
• Anime Special for Gintama Revealed
• Jump Festa to Have New Assassination Classroom Anime Special
• Haikyu!! Gets Anime Special at Jump Festa
   I’m glad to hear that the series is popular despite the fact that I’ll probably never to get to this special.
• Another OVA Green-lit for Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches
• Big Hero 6 Getting Manga Adaptation
• Movie Revealed for Yowamushi Pedal
  Yowamushi Pedal really seems to be taking off.
• OVA Coming for Ace of Diamond
• High School DxD Light Novel Bundles Anime
• Leiji Matsumoto Launching New Captain Harlock Ongoing Manga and One-shot
• Ace of Diamond Manga to Bundle Anime
• Light Novel Absolutely Duo Anime Green-lit
• Spin-off Manga Announced for Mitsudomoe
• Evangelion Manga Volume Adds Bonus Story
• Manga Adaptation Coming for Lupin III VS. Detective Conan Movie
• Creator of Wandering Son Starting New Manga Series
   Wonderful news!
• Brothers Conflict OVAs Announced
• DVD/BD of Strange+ S2 Included Unaired Episode
• 2nd Season Green-lit of Master of Torque
• Chain Chronicle Smartphone RPG Getting Anime
• Another OVA Announced for Hori-san & Miyamura-kun Manga
• Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth Game Getting Manga Adaptation
• More Magic Kaito Anime Green-lit
   Maybe my favorite anime news of the month!
• 3rd OVA Coming for Magi: Adventures of Sinbad
• New Yowamushi Pedal Spin-off One-shot Revealed
• Kaseifu ga Ita Anime Bundled with Ciao Magazine
• No. 6 Manga-ka Starting New Series
   I’m definitely interested in this series which centers on fireworks makers.
• Anime Green-lit for Gag Manga Miritari!
• New Fate/Stay Night Movie Announced
  Fate fans have really wanted any adaptation of Heave’s Feel for awhile now. Hopefully this will be a series of movies.
• Fate/Stay Night Unlimited Bladeworks Getting TV Anime
  Please be the Unlimited Blade Works Good End!
• Shojo Manga Series Himitsu no Oji-sama -Zettai Idol Project!- Starting
• Another Code Geass Spin-off Manga Launching
• The World God Only Knows Creator Draws New One-shot
• Pupa Manga-ka Beginning New Series
• Manga Adaptation Announced for Sora no Method
• Junjo Romantica Getting 3rd TV Anime Series
• New 0 Manga of Space Brothers Being Distributed at Movie
• Sabagebu! OVA Being Bundled with DVD/BD
• NisiOisin Working on New One-shot
  I am sure Kate is on pins a needles waiting for this.
• New Futari H OVA Revealed
• Naruto Getting New Spin-off Manga
• Original Anime Yuki Yuna wa Yusha de Aru Announced

New Live Action Adaptions of Anime and Manga

• Shojo Manga Strobe’s Edge Getting Movie
• TV Series Announced for Kyo wa Kaisha Yasumimasu
• Itazura na Kiss Has Sequel in the Works
• 2 Films Announced for Attack on Titan