Anime Expo, one of the largest anime conventions in North America, is taking place this July 4th weekend. It started mere hours ago and already there have many announcements about anime licenses. So all of us can't be there (heck, I'm not even there), I decided to do a round-up of all of them as they come out. Without further ado, here is the list.
Aniplex USA
- Four volume collection on DVD
- Volume 1 releasing in Oct 2011, with the other coming in Jan, Apr, and July 2012
Bandai
- BD and DVD coming 9/20/2011
Funimation
- Being renamed to "Cat Planet Cuties"
- BD & DVD
- Spring 2012 release window
- Winter 2012 release window
- BD & DVD
Coming on DVD and Blu-ray in 2012
NIS America
- Premium packaging (big case, hardcover artbook)
- No other details but they said more information would come during AX 2012
- BD/DVD Combo Pack
- Releasing 9/20/2011
- Releasing in two 13-episode collections
- Collection one shipping in October, with the second coming "later"
- No word yet on whether it will be DVD, BD, or Combo pack
Nozomi Entertainment
- Dubbed
- Remastered video
- Releasing in 2012 on DVD
- Dubbed
- Scheduled for a 2012 release
- "Value priced"
- TV Series, Movie & Gekiganger Spin-off
- Remastered video
- Movie and Series will be dubbed
- No release date
Sentai Filmworks
- Season One BD Set
- Releasing November 2011
- Releasing in October or November
Ro-Kyu-Bu
- Did I mess up the name or is this really not in the database at all?
- Details coming later
Viz Media
- Releasing on November 15
- DVD and Blu-ray