Merry Christmas!
What a great thing to wake up to in the morning: a new North American anime localizer! Gamers-- especially those who dig titles like Phantom Brave, Disgaea, and others --are probably already familiar with
Nippon Ichi Software America, the North American branch of the popular game producer and developer, is now in the anime business!
Not only that, but they've licensed some killer titles, starting with shounen tsundere rom-com
Toradora!, Persona anime
Persona -trinity soul-, supernatural action mystery
Pandora Hearts, and
Wagaya no Oinarisama (to be called Our Home's Fox Deity).
NIS America to Release Anime Titles in North America
Santa Ana, CA (Feb 11, 2010) – NIS America is excited to announce today its plans to release Japanese anime titles to North America beginning mid 2010. As an entertainment publisher NIS America has focused on releasing video games; however, with the growing demand for Japanese pop culture, NIS America will provide quality anime contents along side with video games. Initially a selected number of titles will be released on a scheduled basis and will expand its offerings over time. Like its video game offerings, anime titles will be available with collector's items.
The first 4 anime titles that are planned for releases are “Toradora!”, “Persona -trinity soul-”, “Pandora Hearts”, “Our Home's Fox Deity.”. Release dates and pricing will be announced soon.
About NIS America
NIS America is a subsidiary of Nippon Ichi Software, Inc., a Japanese company famous for its unique line of strategy RPGs including titles such as Disgaea, Phantom Brave, and Makai Kingdom. In 2003, NIS America was established in Southern California to publish exciting and innovative Japanese culture for North America. NIS America's team members devote themselves to the fans. Our respect for our fans is at the heart of everything we do. As a growing entertainment publisher in the U.S., we are committed to continuous improvement and dedication.
Toradora!
©YUYUKO TAKEMIYA / ASCII MEDIA WORKS / TORADORA PRODUCT COMMITTEE
Persona -trinity soul-
© ATLUS/Persona -trinity soul- Committee
PandoraHearts
© Jun Mochizuki / SQUARE ENIX, Pandora Project
Our Home's Fox Deity.
© Jin Shibamura / ASCII MEDIA WORKS / Oinarisama Partners
So, what do you think? I know some of you have been waiting for these titles for a while-- but now that they're coming out, and from a brand-new localizer (for anime). What kind of releases do you want to see? Dubs? Bare-bones value releases? Special edition box sets? Online streaming? Go ahead, just throw out your thoughts-- NIS might be watching!
I also dig NIS, they seem like cool Dood's and I wish them all the luck.
They're the American subsidiary of the game company venturing into the North American Anime market for the first time. Please welcome NIS AAAAAAAmerica!!
NIS America, Welcome to the game! You already have my support with Persona but Toradora pretty much locks it up!
but I suspect that it being based in California, If they choose to dub it,(plz) they might stay local (BangZoom)
toradora is awesome never seen the other shows but will deff check them out .. i would like to see a dubbed toradora see what its like ..
Then again, I guess if they don't try it they'll never know if it'll field a profit or not.