Saturday April 7, 2012 at 03:30 pm by Rojas
Flower Mound, TX – April 7, 2012 - FUNimation Entertainment announced today at Anime Boston it has acquired the rights to 3 series : Jormungand, Lupin III~Mine Fujiko to Iu Onna~ and Is this A Zombie? of the Dead. FUNimation Entertainment has also acquired additional home video rights to The Future Diary.
A brief synopsis for each series is listed below:
Jormungand - A ruthless arms dealer on a quixotic quest for world peace. A child soldier born into chaotic conflict. Their lives will intertwine as they journey together through the seedy underbelly of the world's arms market. An intense action-packed series that's sure to keep you on the edge of your seat! FUNimation has acquired both parts of the series. The first part will air April 2012, and the second part will air October 2012.
Lupin III ~Mine Fujiko to Iu Onna~- What happened when Lupin III met Fujiko Mine for the first time? Find out in the first new chapter of the Lupin III franchise in 25 years!
Is This A Zombie? of The Dead – Aikawa Ayumu was revived as a zombie by the cute necromancer Eucliwood Hellscythe. After the zany, madcap adventures in the first season of Is This a Zombie? ended, Ayumu thought his life might finally get back to normal, or as normal as it can be for a zombie. However, destiny has other plans for him. Some guys just can't catch a break. Watch the second season of this hilarious comedy where anything goes!
The Future Diary - This psychological thriller, based on the manga written and illustrated by Esuno Sakae, is about Yuki, a loner who's not very good with people. He prefers to write a diary on his cell phone and talk to his imaginary friend, Deus Ex Machina – The God of Time and Space. However, Yuki soon learns that Deus is more than a figment of his imagination when he makes Yuki participate in a battle royale with eleven others. The contestants are given special diaries that can predict the future, each diary possessing unique features that give it both advantages and disadvantages. Within the next 90 days, the contestants must try to survive until there is only one left standing. The winner will become the new God of Time and Space.
Full episodes will begin on www.niconico.com/anime & www.funimation.com during spring 2012.
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Yay! Is This a Zombie: Of The Dead!!! I love the first season and have been eagerly awaiting this one.
And nice! Glad I'll be getting to see the new Lupin. Can't believe it's the fourth one. It'd be nice to see series 1 and 3 stateside though. But I suppose we do get the best with red-coat Lupin.
Happy to see more Lupin coming. Now to wait to buy it.
Far as the rest I'll be checking them, never hurt to watch something new.
I was really REALLY hoping we would get a outright license for the new Lupin as I don't know if it's a show today's fans will appreciate. I want to see it released with a English dub and Blu-ray and I just don't know if that will happen. I'm hoping I'm wrong and that the streams will get tons of views but the pessimist in me feels otherwise. Here's hoping I'm wrong.
As for the others I have no interest in Future Diary so that's good for the fans of that show that it will be getting a physical release and Is this a Zombie of the dead is something I may like but not until it gets a physical release. As for Jormungand it sounds interesting but it's kinda hard to want to watch it when you know it's gonna stop right and the middle and you will have to wait months on end just to see what happens next.
The only one I care about is Lupin III. I am a huge fan and i'm glad funimation simulcasting it. Fujiko is such great character in anime previously that should make interesting show.
yeah, yeah, yeah these are all cool but where is Fairy Tail season 2?
holy s**t! Jormungand! Can't wait to see it. Thank you funi, thank you niconico! Also am dying to get my hands on Future Diary. Two awesome series, what an announcement!
Good stuff all around, looking forward to some new Lupin the III and for checking out Jormungand
So you acquired the new season of Is This a Zombie but I'm still waiting on the first one to release D: I want to preorder it and Amazon isn't letting me :[
Dear God....Lupin the III-2....This will be AMAZING!!!
YES you got Kore wa zombie Desu ka? OF THE DEAD!. Can't wait.
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