HOUSTON, TX, March 19, 2019 - Maiden Japan proudly announces that it has acquired the rights to the action-packed supernatural adventure, Asura Cryin'. Anime studio Seven Arcs (ViVid Strike!, Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha A's) teamed up with director Keizo Kusakawa (Campione!, Inukami!) to bring the series to life.

Some people are haunted by memories. Tomoharu is haunted by his friend Misao, who died in a horrible plane crash that Tomoharu somehow survived. However, while having a girl that no one else can see hanging around is a little odd, it's not until Tomoharu's mom gets remarried, leaving him alone, that things get really weird: A mysterious girl appears with a package that Tomoharu is supposed to guard. A second girl breaks into the house, demanding something called an "extractor." And both girls can inexplicably see Misao! As more people target the package and Tomoharu, the mystery only deepens. What's in the package, why are so many people after it, and is it connected to the plane crash or something even more sinister?

Miyu Irino (Haikyu!!, Mob Psycho 100) plays Tomoharu Natsume while Haruka Tomatsu (Basquash!, To LOVE-Ru) and Ai Nonaka (Amagi Brilliant Park, Clannad) play Misao Minakami and Kanade Takatsuki, respectively.

Maiden Japan plans to stream the series on select digital outlets with a home video release to follow. For the latest and greatest from Maiden Japan, follow us on Facebook.

HOUSTON, TX, March 19, 2019 - Maiden Japan is pleased to announce the addition of KANAMEMO, a slice-of-life comedy with strong yuri (girl/girl romance) overtones, to its expanding roster of titles. Anime studio feel. (Dagashi Kashi, My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU TOO!) and director Shigehito Takayanagi (Dagashi Kashi, The World God Only Knows) helm the 13 episode series while Rika Nakase (Fushigiboshi no Futago Hime, Rocket Girls) is in charge of the series composition.

13 is really young to have to take care of yourself, but when her grandmother dies, Kana Nakamachi unexpectedly finds herself out on the street looking for a new place to live. Fortunately, luck takes her to a local newspaper office that needs a new delivery girl, and the pay includes room and board! Of course, there are a few problems at first: besides being underage, Kana doesn't even know how to ride a bike! So it's a good thing that her new co-workers are willing to help her out, even if most of them are more than a little eccentric. But between Saki, the group's elementary school age chief, sugar-obsessed Yume, her neurotic girlfriend Yuuki, tomboyish Hinata, and lecherous Haruka, they'll get Kana up, on her feet and delivering papers with a smile!

The series stars Aki Toyosaki (K-ON!, MADE IN ABYSS) as Kana Nakamachi, Kaoru Mizuhara (Berserk, Samurai Bride) as Saki Amano, Ryo Hirohashi (Aria the Animation, My Hero Academia) as Yume Kitaoka, Eri Kitamura (Corpse Party: Tortured Souls, Knights of Sidonia) as Hinata Azuma, Yui Horie (Fairy Tail, Fruits Basket) as Haruka Nishida and Aya Endo (Boruto: Naruto the Next Generations, Cells at Work!) as Yuuki Minami.

This series will soon be available to stream on select digital outlets with a home video release to follow.

GKIDS is proud to announce the acquisition of CHILDREN OF THE SEA from Studio 4°C (MFKZ, MIND GAME) and Ayumu Watanabe. Based on the manga by Daisuke Igarashi. Score by Joe Hisaishi. http://ChildrenOfTheSeaMovie.com #ChildrenOfTheSea #Studio4C #AyumuWatanabe #JoeHisaishi #DaisukeIgarashi

May 28th 2019! Nagasarete Airanto complete TV series on high definition Blu Ray! Japanese language with English subtitles in 1080p on 2 Blu Ray discs! Region A Blu Ray.

Rightstuf pre-order link: https://www.rightstufanime.com/Nagas...Series-Blu-ray

This includes the complete TV series in Japanese with English subtitles.

May 28th 2019! Sonic X complete TV series on SDBD!
English language dub and optional closed captioning in English. All 78 episodes in standard definition on 2 Blu Ray discs! Region A Blu Ray.

Rightstuf pre-order link: https://www.rightstufanime.com/Sonic...Series-Blu-ray

This includes all 78 English dubbed episodes in standard definition with optional English closed captioning on 2 Blu Ray discs!

May 28th 2019! The Twelve Kingdoms complete TV series on high definition Blu Ray! All 45 episodes in 1080p. Japanese with English subtitles, and the English dub! Region A Blu Ray

Rightstuf pre-order link: https://www.rightstufanime.com/The-T...Series-Blu-ray

This complete Blu Ray collection contains all 45 episodes in 1080p high definition, with the original Japanese language with English subtitles, and the English dub!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Sentai Filmworks Set to Unleash More Wild Irreverence with "Pop Team Epic" Special

HOUSTON, TX, March 27, 2019 - Sentai Filmworks announced today that it acquired streaming rights to two special episodes of "Pop Team Epic", 2018's irreverent break-out hit that shot a middle finger at convention. Sentai Filmworks is partnering with HIDIVE, the premier anime streaming service, to bring the "Pop Team Epic" specials and the meme-worthy antics of Popuko and Pipimi to audiences in the United States, Canada, the UK, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Netherlands, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay and Venezuela.

Kamikazedouga (Batman Ninja, Amanatsu) will produce the special. Jun Aoki (Oshiruko - The Summertime Mischief) will provide the series composition while Aoi Umeki (who also worked on Hanebado!) is in charge of the storyboards, and both have returned to direct the series.

The series will be available from Sentai Filmworks via HIDIVE for the Spring 2019 simulcast season.

#ICYMI: Fate/Grand Order THE MOVIE -Divine Realm of the Round Table: Camelot- Wandering; Agateram revealed a teaser visual featuring Bedivere!

HOUSTON, TX, March 30, 2019 - Sentai Filmworks announced today that it acquired exclusive rights to Ao-chan Can't Study!, an anime adaptation of the comedy manga by Ren Kawahara, as part of a license agreement for the world excluding Asia.

Ao Horie's father, a popular erotic fiction author, chose Ao's name because A stands for "apple" and O stands for "orgy"! Desperate to escape her father's legacy and get into a prestigious university, Ao devotes herself to studying instead of pursuing romance. She has no time for boys, but there's just one problem: Kijima, her handsome and popular classmate, just confessed his love to her! And to make matters worse, she can't stop thinking dirty thoughts about him! Looks like escaping her father's influence will be harder than she thought?

SILVER LINK. studio (Armed Girl's Machiavellism, WATAMOTE: No Matter How I Look At It, It's You Guys' Fault I'm Unpopular!) will animate Ao-chan Can't Study! Keisuke Inoue (Masamune-kun's Revenge, Chivalry of a Failed Knight) will direct while Michiko Yokote (Cowboy Bebop, Love Stage!!) will provide the series composition. The series will star Azumi Waki (How Not to Summon a Demon Lord, BLEND-S) as Ao Horie, Junta Terashima (Young Black Jack, Haikyu!! 2nd Season) as Takumi Kijima, Juri Kimura (Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?, Mob Psycho 100) as Miyabi Takaoka and Takashi Kondou (Demon King Daimao, Diabolik Lovers, 91 Days) as Souichirou Yabe.

The series will be available for the Spring 2019 simulcast season to stream on select digital outlets with a home video release to follow.

HOUSTON, TX, March 30, 2019 - Sentai Filmworks announced today that it acquired exclusive rights to Senryu Girl, an anime series adapted from the award-winning slice-of-life comedy manga Senryū Shōjo by Masakuni Igarashi. Sentai will make the series available through a global license arrangement excluding Asia.

At first glance Yukishiro Nanako seems like a normal high school girl, but she has a notable eccentricity: instead of speaking, she communicates only through written senryu poetry! This means she expresses herself only in 5-7-5 syllables. To most this might seem like an inconvenience, but for Nanako and her ex-delinquent bestie, Busujima Eiji, it adds to the experience of their high school lives as they run the Literature Club.

Studio Connect (Armed Girl's Machiavellism) produces the series with character designs by Maki Hashimoto (Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?, No Game, No Life) and direction and series composition from Masato Jinbo (Hayate the Combat Butler, Psychic Squad). The show stars Kana Hanazawa (Akama ga Kill!, Cutie Honey Universe) as Nanako Yukishiro and Tasuku Hatanaka (Ushio & Tora, My Hero Academia) as Eiji Busujima.

The series will soon be available for the Spring 2019 simulcast season to stream on select digital outlets with a home video release to follow.

HOUSTON, TX, March 30, 2019 - Sentai Filmworks announced today that it acquired exclusive rights to the ecchi comedy series Why the Hell are You Here, Teacher!? through a worldwide license arrangement (excluding Japan and Asia).

Ichiro Sato is about as average as a student can get? except for his above-average ability to land himself in totally awkward, intensely risque situations with his no-nonsense teacher, Kana Kojima! Ichiro has his hands full dealing with these steamy shenanigans and unexpected encounters in the most unlikely places. At least it can?t get any worse, right?

The series will be animated by tear-studio (The Royal Tutor Movie), and it will be directed by Hiraku Kaneko (The Qwaser of Stigmata, Tsurezure Children). The series stars Sumire Uesaka (Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions, iDOLm@ster CINDERELLA GIRLS) as Kana Kojima, Ryota Suzuki (DOREIKU The Animation, Tsurune) as Ichiro Sato, Toshiki Masuda (My Hero Academia, IDOLiSH7) as Rin Suzuki and Yuko Goto (The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Hidamari Sketch) as Mayu Matsukaze.

The series will be available for the Spring 2019 simulcast season to stream on select digital outlets with a home video release to follow.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Sentai Filmworks Spotlights “NAMUAMIDABUTSU! -UTENA-”

HOUSTON, TX, April 1, 2019 - Sentai Filmworks announced today that it acquired worldwide (ex-Asia) rights to NAMUAMIDABUTSU! -UTENA-.

Long before superheroes, there were legends. One of them begins with Shaka Nyorai, whose bravery and enlightenment once saved humanity forever. But forever is fleeting because Mara, the personification of Earthly desires, forges a corrupt coalition with the devil to again visit wrath and vengeance upon humankind. To counter Mara’s cruel attack, Taishakuten and Bonten, divine beings, must join forces with the Thirteen Buddhas. Can the allied powers of light defeat the vicious onslaught and save humankind in their darkest hour?

Akira Oguro (the key animator for Patlabor 2: The Movie and Sailor Moon S: The Movie) directs DMM’s (Katsugeki: Touken Ranbu, Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru, Urara Meirocho) latest series while Erika Yoshida (Trickster) is in charge of the series composition. Yoshiaki Fujisawa (GATE, Land of the Lustrous) is composing the music. Voice talents include Masaaki Mizunaka (Classroom of the Elite, How NOT to Summon a Demon Lord) as Taishakuten, Tomoaki Maeno (Hakkenden: Eight Dogs of the East, Katsugeki: Touken Ranbu) as Bonten, Showtaro Morikubo (Hakuoki ~Demon of the Fleeting Blossom~, Magi: The Kingdom of Magic) as Shaka Nyorai and Takeo Otsuka (Dimension High School, Run with the Wind) as Mara.

The series will be available Spring 2019 to stream on select digital outlets with a home video release to follow.

IN THEATERS MAY 16

Crunchyroll Movie Night Presents:

Saga of Tanya the Evil - the Movie -

This exclusive one-night event will feature premiere footage of an interview with Director Yutaka Uemura.

General Public Ticket On Sale Date: April 12, 2019

#AprilTruth: My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU dub is coming... (promise)

SPRING ANNOUNCEMENT! YU-NO: A Girl Who Chants Love at the Bound of This World joins our new season line-up, subbed & dubbed!

Episode 1, subbed is HERE: https://www.funimation.com/shows/yu-...-of-this-world

We're SO excited to see what's next! #PlusUltra