The Line-Up is a monthly rundown of new anime, manga, novel, and artbook licenses for the U.S. It also lists new streaming/broadcasting announcements and posted crowdfunding projects available to U.S. residents. And finally, it includes anime/manga projects and live-action anime/manga adaptation announcements from Japan.

New Licenses in the U.S.

• 8 Man After – Discotek
• Bakemonogatari (light novels) – Vertical Inc.
• Blade of Demon Destruction (ch. 1-3) – VIZ
• Blame! – Vertical Inc.
• Bloom Into You – Seven Seas
• Bodacious Space Pirates: Abyss of Hyperspace – Sentai Filmworks
• Den-noh Coil – Sentai Filmworks
   This was a mainstay of Secret Santa for many years. I hope a legitimate release will get this the fandom it deserves.
• Dissolving Classroom – Vertical Inc.
• The Girl Who Leapt Through Time – Funimation
• Hakuoki: Wild Dance of Kyoto – Sentai Filmworks
• Immortal Hounds – Vertical Inc.
• Judas – VIZ
• Juden Chan – Media Blasters
• Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir – Shout! Factory
• Re:Monster – Seven Seas
   For a second I thought this was the Another Monster novel by Naoki Urasawa.
• Sherlock: A Study in Pink – Titan Comics
  I’m going to enjoy this.
• Softenni! – Sentai Filmworks

New Crowdfunding Projects

• Chika Chika Idol CG Anime
• Kaze no Yo ni Anime Film
• Mayoiga TV Anime
  I don’t understand what this money is for.
• Skip Beat! Anime English Release
• The Vision of Escaflowne TV New English Dub

New Streaming or Broadcasting Announcements in the U.S.

• Cartoon Network adding Dimension W
• Crunchyroll Anime adding This Boy is a Professional Wizard, Saint Seiya – Hades, Noblesse, Flame of Recca, Juden Chan, Fushigi Yugi
  
• Netflix adding Perfect Bones
• Weekly Shonen Jump USA adding Blade of Demon Destruction

New Anime and Manga Projects in Japan

• The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess Manga Starting
• Two New Series Yuragi-so no Yuna-san and Kimetsu no Yaiba Starting in Weekly Shonen Jump
• Anime Green-lit for Barakamon Prequel Manga
  This should be fun. Hopefully we can watch this one together when it comes out.
• Iga no Kabamaru Sequel Manga Revealed
• Manga Adaptations Starting for Concrete Revolutio, Odin’s Sphere, and Chaos;Child
• Novel Undead Girl Madafarce Getting Manga
• New Manga Gata Girl Announced
• Ryukishi07 Launching New Manga with Artist Yukari Higa
• New Anime Short Revealed for Tama and Friends
• Berserk Getting New TV Series
  This is not a drill.
• Production I.G Makes Nolesse Anime Short Based on Korean Comic
• New Dragon Ball Z Manga Based on 3DS Game Coming
• Four Manga Series Based on Macross Delta Launching
   That is a remarkable number of spin-off manga.
• Arina Tanemura Beginning New Manga
• 2nd Season of Kagewani Horror Anime Green-lit
• Joshiraku Creators Starting New Manga
• Creator of Wandering Son Drawing Short Manga Based on Music Single
• Original Short Anime Maho Ossan Shjo Eibsu★chan Released
• The Morose Mononokean Getting Anime
  YIPPIE! This is one of my favorite manga up on Crunchyroll at the moment.
• TV Anime Green-lit for Otome Game Ozmafia!!
• Anime Announced for Keijo!!!!!!!! Gambling Water Sport Manga
• Udon no Kuni no Kiniro Kemari TV Anime Revealed
• Game Puzzle & Dragons X Getting Anime
   I am now trying to picture what the free to read manga model would be.
• New Monster Musume OVA Bundled with Manga
• Marginal#4 Otome Franchise Anime Announced
• 8th Jewelpet Anime Green-lit
• Time Travel Romance Manga Orange Getting Anime
  Here comes more great shojo anime!
• Black Butler Film Revealed
• Two More Ace of the Diamond OVAs Bundled with Manga
  But I haven’t gotten to see the other OVAs yet. Come on, help us out CR.
• Horror Manga Bye Bye Jinrui Launching
• New Manga Tetsuwan Adam Starting
• Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Getting New OVA
• Anime Inspired by Yotsuba&!‘s Danbo Cat-version Character Announced
  That is not thew first thing I would sin off into its own anime but to each their own I suppose.
• New Girls & Panzer OVA Bundled with Movie
• Ichigo Takano Draws Orange One-shot and Announces Spin-off
• TV Anime Green-lit for 4-panel Manga Nobunaga no Shinobi
• Sweetness and Lightning Getting Anime Adaptation
• Are You Alice? Creators Start New Manga Hitokiri Share House
• Seasons 4 and 5 of Symphogear Revealed
  I am always surprised that Symphogear has as big a fandom as it does.

New Live-Action Adaptations of Anime and Manga in Japan

• TV Show Announced for Comedy Manga Tensai Bakabon
• Extortion Manga Shimauma Getting Movie
• Manga About Manga Publishing Juhan Shuttai! Getting TV Series
• Terraformars Gets Prequel Special
• Horror Series Shojo Tsubaki Getting Movie
• Film and TV Series Revealed for Gritty Diaspolice Manga
• Mars TV Series Getting Finale Film
• TV Series Announced for ‘Okodawari,’ Ore ni mo Kure yo!
• 2nd Season of Bar Lemon Heart Green-lit
• Poe no Ichizoku Series Based on Hagio Moto Manga Announced