As the year winds down, there isn’t a ton of things to report for the U.S. this month. In November, we saw a dip in U.S. license announcements, but there was still plenty of news coming out of Japan. The same holds for December, too. But if January 2012 was any indication, we should see Stateside news pick-up after the first of the year.

This also marks the first year we have been running The Line-Up. Hopefully this column will help anyone doing any year in review posts as well as just reflect on the year with anime and manga in general.

The Line-Up is a monthly rundown of newly licensed in the U.S., newly streaming in the U.S., and newly announced anime and manga projects.

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While there isn’t too much going on in the U.S. license side, there is more than enough Japanese announcements to make up for it.

This month also brought the announcement of new site Anime Sols debuting in spring of 2013 and the opening of YouTube channel Anime Bancho.

Thankfully this month was far more sedate than the madness of last month. But November quickly reminds us that there is not much more year. So I am curious how much of a spike we will see in traffic to these posts. We are hoping people use them to do their end of the year posts but we shall see how true that is in December.

The Line-Up is a monthly rundown of newly licensed in the U.S., newly streaming in the U.S., and newly announced anime and manga projects.

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My goodness this month is a vertible feast! The streaming list is most impressive what with the new season, but really there are few shows left that aren’t being simulcast.

Holy Moly. You would think it was summertime with an announcement schedule like that. But the new anime season teamed up with the NYCC to make this list huge. As always some really offbeat Discotek releases. They are the prime example of “expect the unexpected.” If nothing else this probably means I won’t have to bust my bum as much as there will probably bit a bit of a lull next month.

The Line-Up is a monthly rundown of newly licensed in the U.S., newly streaming in the U.S., and newly announced anime and manga projects.

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