The licenses have really been piling up this year!

 I still wonder if anyone will get Hayate the Combat Butler! Heaven Is a Place on Earth. Maybe I’m the only person who actually likes that movie.

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.

• Aldnoah.Zero Season One – Yen Press
• Amagi Brilliant Park – Sentai Filmworks
• Cat Diary: Yon & Mu – Kodansha USA
• Devil Survivor – Kodansha USA
• Dororo – Discotek
• Dragon’s Rioting – Yen Press
• Food Wars – Sentai Filmworks
• Franken Fran – Seven Seas
• Garakowa – Pony Canyon
• Ghost in the Shell Arise: Alternative Architecture – Funimation
• Giant Gorg – Discotek
   Are they going to license Heavy Metal L-Gaim and Blue Comet SPT Layzner next?
• Grenadier – VIZ
• Handa-Kun – Yen Press
• Hayate the Combat Butler – Sentai Filmworks
   Hooray! The best Hayate is back on DVD!
• Hello! Kin-iro Mosaic – Sentai Filmworks
• Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? – Sentai Filmworks
• Lance N’ Masques – Pony Canyon
• Library Wars – Discotek
• Lupin III VS. Detective Conan (special and movie) – Discotek
   Remember. They are picking this up more for the Lupin as opposed to the Detective Conan.
   I will buy them, even though they aren’t that great.
• Monthly Girls’ Nozaki-kun – Yen Press
• My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU TOO! – Sentai Filmworks
• Ninja Slayer Kills – Kodansha USA
• Not Lives – Seven Seas
• Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth Side P3 – Kodansha USA
• Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth Side P4 – Kodansha USA
• Re-Kan! – Sentai Filmworks
• Red Hot Chili Samurai – VIZ
• RIN-NE – Sentai Filmworks
   RIN-NE and Re-Kan! not only sound similar but they are both about ghosts.
• Rokka: Braves of the Six Flowers – Pony Canyon
• The Royal Tutor – Yen Press
• Sakura no Himegoto – Yen Press
• Scarlet Empire – Yen Press
• Servant X Service – Yen Press
• Shut-In Shoutarou Kominami Takes on the World – Yen Press
• Sonic X – Discotek
• Sound! Euphonium – Pony Canyon
• Today’s Kerberos – Yen Press
   Sadly not a Cardcaptor Sakura spin-off manga.
• Unknown – Yen Press
• Uta no Prince-sama – Maji Love Revolutions – Sentai Filmworks
• Vampire Hunter D (movie) – Sentai Filmworks
• When a Magician’s Pupil Smiles – Yen Press
• Wish Upon the Pleiades – Sentai Filmworks
• Yo-kai Watch (manga) – VIZ
• Yowamushi Pedal – Yen Press
   I am curious to see how well this series does for them.

New Crowdfunding Projects

• Clockwork Apple and Brave Dan Manga English Release – DMP
• Coluboccoro Anime – Kenji Studio
• Dragon Emperor Live Action Adaptation – Takeshi Ichihara
• The Records of Genshu Manga Conclusion and Translation – Shuzo Noguchi and Awesome Japan

New Streaming or Broadcasting Announcements in the U.S.

• Crunchyroll Anime adding Joker S2, Nisekoi S2, Re-Kan!, Uta no Prince-sama Revolutions, My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU TOO!, Food Wars, Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?, Etotama, Punch Line, Hello!! Kinmoza, Tesagure! 3, Urawa no Usagi-Chan, Wish Upon the Pleiades, My Love Story!!, RIN-NE, Triage X, Gintama (2015), Teekyu S4, Takamiya Nasuno Desu!, Saint Seiya – Soul of Gold, Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches
• Funimation adding The Heroic Legend of Arslan, Mikagura School Suite, Blood Blockade Battlefront, Ultimate Otaku Teacher, Ghost in the Shell Arise: Alternative Architecture, Rainy Cocoa
• Hulu adding The Heroic Legend of Arslan, Mikagura School Suite, Blood Blockade Battlefront, Ultimate Otaku Teacher, Ghost in the Shell Arise: Alternative Architecture, Rainy Cocoa, Lupin the Third: Jigen’s Gravestone
• Hanabee adding Plastic Memories, Re-Kan!, Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works
• Viewster adding Fate/stay night: UBW, Gunslinger Stratos, Plastic Memories

New Anime and Manga Projects in Japan

• OVA Revealed for Game Gakuen Handsome
• Magical Somera-chan Anime Green-lit
• 2 OVAs Announced for Gundam Build Fighters Series
  Will we see Domon Kasshu in action in these OVAs?
• Hero Company OVA Revealed
• Dragon Ball Arcade Game Getting Manga Adaptation
• Light Novels The Asterisk War: The Academy City of the Water Anime Revealed
• ReLIFE Anime Announced
• New Manga Coming for Fate/Stay Night Game Path
   People can remember to hate Sakura again!
• Tiger & Bunny Short Coming for Concerts
• Silver Spoon Manga Starting Up Again
• Unaired Sound! Euphonium Short Added to BD/DVD
• March Comes In Like a Lion Spin-off Manga Announced
  They missed an opportunity to name the prequel “February Comes like a Bunny.”
• 2nd Season of Yo-Kai Watch Green-lit
• New Gurren Lagann manga Starting
• 5th Season of Teekyu Announced
• Samurai Girls OVA Bundled with Artbook
• Another OVA Coming for Kamisama Kiss
   I still haven’t even watched the second season.
• Anime TV Series, Movie, and Manga Announced for New Game Franchise Snack World
   Not enough actual snacks.
• Original Anime Film Taifu no Naruda Revealed
• Shojo Manga Announced Based on Ju-on Horror Films
• Another Yowamushi Pedal Spin-off Story Manga Coming
   Can Kate just will manga into existence?
• Pre-max One-shot Getting Manga Series
• Tail of the Moon Manga-ka Starting New Series
• Anime Shorts Announced for Film Gokudo Daisenso
• Film Coming for WIXOSS Franchise
• The Heroic Legend of Arslan BD/DVD Bundling 4-koma Manga and Anime
   Will it have enough Daryun for Kate?
• K: Dog & Cat Manga Launching
• OVA to be Bundled with Seven Deadly Sins Manga
• More OVAs Revealed for Noragami
• Creator Jun Yuzuki Starting New Manga Series
• Weekly Shonen Jump Launching 3 New Series: Sesuiji wo Pin! to ~Shikako Kyogi Dance-bu e Yokoso~, Lady Justice, Debiri-man
   Will any of these stick?
  
• New Devilman Anime Announced
• Another Magi OVA in the Words
• Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches BD/DVD to Bundled Yankee-kun to Megane-chan Crossover Anime and Manga
   I look forward to watching that. The manga cross over was silly but cute. If nothing else it is nice to see the Yankee-kun crew animated for a bit.
• TV Anime Green-lit for Itoshi no Muco
• Ice Blade Manga-ka Starting New Series
• Creator of One Week Friends Launching New Manga
• New ATASHIn’CHI Anime Announced
• Peach-Pit Drawing Parasyte One-shot
   Next up: Tetsuo Hara does a Princess Jellyfish One-shot.
• Wake Up Girls! Manga Starting
• Music Manga Series Gakudan! Launching
• Cycling Manga Long Rider! Getting TV Anime
• 2nd Season Announced for Assassination Classroom
• Akira Toriyama and Masakazu Katsura Collaborating on New Manga
• TV Anime Announced for Okusama ga Seito Kaichou!
• Yuki Kura Releasing One-shot Manga Ao Sora Sketch
• Dragonball Getting New TV Anime
   :O
  
• Anime Green-lit for BL Manga Super Lovers
• Food Wars! DVD/BD to Include Anime Shorts
• Baiyaku Kakebacho Kazuryu Getting Manga Remake
• Manga Adaptation of Game Chaos;Child Revealed
• Hi Score Girl Manga-ba Beginning New Series
• Sequel Manga Launched for Girls und Panzer
• More Cross Ange Anime Coming
• Comedy Manga Kotoura-san Getting Spin-off Manga

New Live Action Adaptions of Anime and Manga

• Live Action Series Announced for Attack on Titan
• Movie Green-lit for Shojo Manga Senpai to Kanojo
• Setoutsumi Manga Getting Film
• TV Series Announced for Cooking Manga Gin no Spoon
• Chihayafuru Movie Announced
• Two Movies Green-lit for Seven Days BL Manga
• Death Note Getting TV Drama
   OK, what is up with the Death Note revival?
  
• BL Series Udagawa-cho de Mattete yo Getting Film
• Orange Manga Film Green-lit
• Sequel Movie Announced for Assassination Classroom