In a bold move today, Kadokawa USA announced licenses for Coo ~ Our Guardian (Wagaya no Oinari-sama), H2O ~ Footprints in the Sand, Junjou Romantica, Ninomiya-kun, Rental Magica, and Spice and Wolf. Let’s shout our sarcastic enthusiasm to the stars. Yay mediocrity! Now for the sub-license predictions. ADV is here assuming they’ll stay alive and get a couple licenses.

Coo ~ Our Guardian (Wagaya no Oinari-sama): Bandai.
H2O: Funimation/ADV as the front-runners.
Junjou Romantica: Bandai.
Ninomiya-kun: Normally I would say ADV but it may also go to Funi.
Rental Magica: Funimation.
Spice and Wolf: Hmm… It’s a long shot but my money is on Media Blasters.

Watch none of these predictions be right.

Edit: Some miscellaneous tidbits grabbed from Anime on DVD. The first Darker than Black DVD is slated for November 28 from Funimation. News on the Bandai/Honnemaise front says that Sola, True Tears, and Shigofumi are still on the backburner among other things.

Sources:
Anime News Network
Anime on DVD

4 Responses to “Kadokawa USA licenses a bunch of shows”
  1. Coo~Our Guardian~ is apparently their name for Wagaya no Oinari-sama… although I really have no idea why, as it is seriously reminiscent of some seriously shitty OVA (I think CPM released it?) with a title involving ‘Coo’, and… I just don’t see where they would’ve gotten it.

  2. Edited the name in the entry. Thanks for clearing up the totally bizarre name change. After looking it up, it looks like a half-decent show. I’ll add this to my ever growing backlog.

  3. It’s ok… I’d overall categorize it as ‘harmless’. The wolf guardian is pretty cool, though, definitely better than Chizuru in Kanokon as a character.

  4. The whole fox guardian comparison between the shows completely slipped my mind. Man, Chizuru was unbearable and all sorts of creepy. I almost dislike her as much as Lacus Clyne and Miyako Miyamura. BROOKLYN RAGE!

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