Just announced at the FUNimation Industry Panel at Otakon, see below for a list of the latest home video acquisitions.
FUNimation has acquired the home video distribution rights for D-Frag!
synopsis:
Based on the manga released by Seven Seas.
Kenji likes to think that he and his gang of friends are the bad boys of their school. That is, until he meets the four insane girls of a game making club whose personalities are all super weird (and a little on the violent side). When Kenji’s forced to join their little group, his life quickly takes a turn for the outrageous.
Click here to watch episodes of the series available for streaming on funimation.com/d-frag.
Based on the hit fighting game series, FUNimation has picked up home video distribution rights for BlazBlue: Alter Memory!
synopsis:
Long ago, the world was saved from a monstrous creature known as the Black Beast by a group of heroes wielding a powerful combination of magic and science. Now, a rebel named Ragna the Bloodedge–who happens to be the most wanted man on the planet–finds himself in the middle of a mysterious plot that’s somehow connected to the Black Beast’s resurrection and the possible end of the world.
Episodes of BlazBlue: Alter Memory are available streaming on funimation.com/blazblue. Click here to watch now.
Fresh off its simulcast run, FUNimation has acquired the home video distribution rights for Riddle Story of Devil.
synopsis:
From the creator of Loveless.
Tokaku Azuma is a heartless teenage assassin on a mission of death. She’s been sent to a prestigious boarding school to compete in an assassination game against eleven other beautiful killers. Their heinous mission: send the innocent and cheerful Haru Ichinose to an early grave. But when Tokaku finds herself strangely drawn to her intended target, she must utilize her lethal skills to keep her new friend alive–and Haru must place her life in the ruthless, cold-blooded hands of the very woman sent to kill her.
Watch episodes of the series streaming on funimation.com/riddle-story-of-devil.
Fans of action-packed fan service will be pleased to know that FUNimation has secured the home video distribution rights for Freezing Vibration!
synopsis:
The sci-fi adventure continues as Satellizer, her battle partner Kazuya, and the rest of the West Genetics High team continue training to fight invading aliens known as Nova.
The series is set to release later in 2015.
Season 1 of Freezing is now available in the Anime Classics line. Click here to order now. Watch episodes of Freezing Vibration on funimation.com/freezing.
FUNimation has also acquired the digital, home video, and broadcast rights for the series Unbreakable Machine Doll.
synopsis:
In the mechanized city of Liverpool, a Japanese student and his beautiful female companion enter the most prestigious magic academy in the world–the place all puppeteers dream of going. There, students use automatons and living dolls to fight against each other in the quest to become the world’s best puppeteer.From the director of Queen’s Blade: the Exiled Virgin, and Queen’s Blade 2: The Evil Eye.
The series is set to release later in 2015.
Click here to watch episodes of Unbreakable Machine Doll, available for streaming on funimation.com/unbreakable-machine-doll.
Finally, FUNimation has acquired the rights to the following titles:
– Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya 1
– Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya 2
– Haruhi Chan and Churuya San
– Lucky Star series + OVA
– Strike Witches movie
– Steins;Gate movie
Strike Witches Season 1 & 2, and the Steins;Gate series are currently available for sale from FUNimation. Click here to visit our Shop!
Hyped for Haruhi!!! BD please!
I have to second this. All I need is the bluray
Haruhi and Stein’s Gate movie are all you needed to say.
Omg Haruhi. Yes.
I’m sure plenty are sighing “Finally!” at the Steins; Gate movie, and I’m equally relieved that Haruhi Suzumiya is still getting well-deserved love. It probably won’t work out this way, but I would love it if you could release all the episodes of both seasons together in chronological order, that would really get me to double-dip. I really hope it doesn’t leave out the beautiful ‘Disappearance’ movie, or hopefully you’ll acquire it later.
Yeah, hopefully they’ll get the rights to release the BD set where the episodes were arranged chronologically. That would be a dream come true. 🙂
Surprised Disappearance wasn’t grabbed as well, but maybe they are waiting to see how the Haruhi set sells.
I just have a hard time believing Funimation licensed Haruhi Suzumiya, and Luckystar. I own them already, and unless they get released on Blu-ray I won’t buy again.
OOOOOOOOOOOHHHHH MY GOD
The fated day has come. I love you Funi. In a very serious and romantic way <3. Thank you for fulfilling my hopes and dreams.
Great, so the highlight of FUNimation’s panel for Otakon is once again Bandai’s sloppy seconds.
There was so much low hanging fruit this year, and I’m disappointed none of it was touched upon.
The fact that there’s still love for “sloppy seconds” and “low-hanging fruit” shouldn’t be news. It’s merely another sign that anime in the US is alive and well; despite Japan’s calls to control is worldly spread.
IMMHO, I’m annoyed with the lot of badly-plotted animu with horrible characters; their Godly animation is the only redeeming factor. I’m also saddened that people can’t put Haruhi Suzumiya to rest; she’s a horrible person.
Then maybe you should not come in with sky-high expectations about announcements. You will only set yourself up with your own disappointment.
Haruhi and Lucky Star,Awesome! Can’t wait for the Blu-ray Release.Wonder if the Cast will be the same or will it be a New Cast?
If Haruhi gets BD treatment I’ll think about double dipping. I’ll be getting the Steins;Gate movie at some point as well.
FUNi: “We Got Freezing II and Strike Witches Movie!”
Best News Ever!
While I’m sure you have your reasons & excuses for why extra anime content hasn’t been dubbed in the past year and a half, can you at least be consistent and please dub the mini-OVAs for Freezing Vibration since the OVAs for season 1 were dubbed?
– Thanks in advance
Also interesting to see FUNi venturing into moe. I thought Lucky Star sold poorly? Or maybe recent stats say otherwise. Then again getting Free! showed that FUNi is aware of other fanbases $. Can’t rely on shonen & ecchi forever…
Cool, maybe the price on that Part 6 of the Bandai Lucky Star DVDs will finally drop from its obscene price point so I can get that wrapped up.
It’ll also be nice to get Haruhi as well.
Some great news all around there. Already have Haruhi, But failed to get LS, so I’ll be getting that. And so many new shows to put on the buy list.
I’m happy and all and I’m going to give you guys hundreds more of my hard earned dollars for all of these beautiful things but can we also get Code Geass pls pls pls pls
And the cast of Haruhi won’t change,Sweet!
Than you so much for Steins;Gate. Greatly appreciated!
Question for FUNimation: Are you guys planning to finish some of the older series by dubbing the OVAs connected with them? For example Future Diary has an OVA that wraps things up. Also, Fairy Tail has like six OVAs. Just of the top of my head. I’m sure there’s more.
Will be getting the Strike Witches movie and Freezing Vibration for sure!
Holy… Haruhi AND SG Movie… I’m Speechless.
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P.S. i like Lucky Star too
Finally! The Steins;Gate movie! and Haruhi too!!! Plenty of other great releases announced as well! Couldn’t be happier.
Yessss!! Steins Gate and strike Witches Movie! Can u get the Future Diary OVA too? It really finishes the series! I’m so happy right now
The only thing I can hope for now is that they pick up Hyouka, and my life would be… Maybe not complete but substantially better.
Yes! Haruhi and Lucky Star! I was wondering how long Bandai could sit on those in particular.
I hope Haruhi is released in the 2009 broadcast order, without season distinction. As long as you have both seasons, it works great in chronological order (even better if you have the movie).
I also hope you market Lucky Star properly. I’ve seen even hardcore fans try to pretend it only has extremely niche, otaku appeal. Yes, it has plenty of otaku shout outs, but that is by no means the only source of its humor. I was convinced to watch it with Seinfeld comparisons, and I feel they were apt. Lucky Star has a very broad appeal hidden behind a specific art style; don’t let the art style fool you or your marketing.
Now I hope you can get Nichijou! ;P
I’m excited that you guys got the home video rights to Blazblue Alter Memory and when it gets dubbed It’s on my list of animes to get because I love Blazblue.
All the things I wished for were announced by Funimation so im very happy! And i meant litterly all of this announcements above I wished for xD. Though I hoped on some more information regarding Makin-ki TWO dub, My-hime & my-otome DVD or blu-ray release. And some more rescues from Geneon or Bandai wouldve been nice. I only started watching anime 1 year ago so ive alot to catch up.
Wasn’t it Kadokawa Pictures USA that had the license for Lucky Star, and The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya and Bandai was just the Distributor?
True but Kadokawa Pictures USA also stopped with licensing anime.
Praise the gods i will be able to watch Freezing vibration and Unbreakable Machine doll in english dub now!!!!!!
You hid the best announcements at the bottom =O
OMFG this is like the best news everrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!! 😀 😀 😀
Please please PLEASE Haruhi blu ray!!! PLEASE!!!!!! So happy hearing about this!
Still waiting for the release date of the Steins; Gate movie….waiting….
Over a year and still no steins gate movie… at this rate they’ll be releasing steins gate zero before the movie
So what happened to these?