In a rare turn, Anime Expo is straddling the line between June and July so most of the announcements have ended up here! But I’m sure San Diego Comic-Con and Otakon will bring plenty of news for July as well. Still the licensing and streaming announcements this month are staggering. I’m really looking forward to another anime season where almost everything is being simulcast!

Cry “Havoc!” and let slip the dogs of war. So begins the turbulent time that we know as Convention Season. Right out of the gate Anime Expo lays down some righteous licensing smackdowns as well as the now normal deluge of streaming announcements that come with a new anime season. But if this seems hectic it is still only the beginning. Next month will not have as many streaming shows but the title pick ups should be just as impressive. Lets hope that the rumor that Penguindrum is licensed is not just people trying to get our hopes up!

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Licensing news finally slowed down this month. But I don’t expect that to last since we are going into the summer convention season. However, there was plenty of interesting streaming/broadcasting news with the return of Toonami and new title surprises for Shonen Jump Alpha. So all in all still a month of happy news.

This is certainly the calm before the storm. I expect that this will seem like a blessing when the con season rolls in and there are nothing but announcements after announcements. I hope that the next few months bring us news of Mawaru Penguindrum or I am going to be very disappointed.

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Thanks to Anime Boston and Sakura Con there was a deluge of license announcements this past month! And on top of that the new season of anime so you can imagine there was a lot of news for April.

Oh my Good Golly Miss Molly this is a lot of news this month. Have Anime Boston and Sakura Con always been big licensing cons like this or have I just not been paying attention?

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