New anime licenses were announced by Shawne Kleckner, President and CEO of anime distributor Right Stuf, Inc. and anime producer Nozomi Entertainment, during his panel at Anime Expo 2015 in Los Angeles, California. New titles coming soon from Nozomi Entertainment are TAMAYURA: HITOTOSE, UMI MONOGATARI, BIG WINDUP! SEASON TWO, PITA-TEN, and A TOWN WHERE YOU LIVE. Nozomi Entertainment also announced plans for a Blu-ray release of REVOLUTIONARY GIRL UTENA. Details were also provided for the Sunrise/Right Stuf releases of the original MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM, the TURN A GUNDAM MOVIE COLLECTION, MOBILE SUIT ZETA GUNDAM, MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM ZZ, MOBILE SUIT VICTORY GUNDAM, and AFTER WAR GUNDAM X.
TAMAYURA: HITOTOSE is directed by Junichi Sato (ARIA The ANIMATION, UMI MONOGATARI, SAILOR MOON), and consists of 12 episodes, a special “5.5” episode, and 4 OVAs. The series focuses on a young girl who takes up her late father’s old camera, determined to capture memories that will bring joy and happiness to others for a lifetime. The OVA episodes feature animation from Hal Film Maker (ARIA The ANIMATION, SKETCHBOOK ~FULL COLOR’S~). The TV series features animation from TYO Animations, and aired in Japan in the fall of 2011. TAMAYURA: HITOTOSE will be released in the fall of 2015 with Japanese audio, English subtitles, and on-screen translations.
UMI MONOGATARI is directed by Junichi Sato (SAILOR MOON, ARIA The ANIMATION), UMI MONOGATARI is a 13-episode series featuring animation from Hal Film Maker (ARIA The ANIMATION, SKETCHBOOK ~FULL COLOR’S~). Also known as “Sea Story”, the series tells the story of two girls who live in the sea whose lives are forever changed when a mysterious ring falls into their underwater home. The series aired in Japan in the summer of 2009. UMI MONOGATARI will be released in the fall of 2015 with Japanese audio, English subtitles, and on-screen translations.
BIG WINDUP! SEASON TWO is the sequel series to BIG WINDUP! The 13-episode series picks up where the original BIG WINDUP! left off, with pitching prodigy Ren Mihashi and his teammates participating in the High School Baseball Invitational Tournament in hopes in playing the finals at the Hanshin Koshien Stadium. BIG WINDUP! SEASON TWO is directed by Tsutomu Mizushima (BIG WINDUP!, GIRLS UND PANZER, ANOTHER), and features animation from A-1 Pictures (BIG WINDUP!, ALDNOAH.ZERO, BLACK BUTLER). It aired in Japan in the spring of 2010. BIG WINDUP! SEASON TWO will be released in 2016 with Japanese audio, English subtitles, and English on-screen translations.
PITA-TEN is based on the manga series of the same name by Koge-Donbo* (DI GI CHARAT) and published in North America by TokyoPop, the 26-episode anime centers on the adventures of a boy who lost his mother that encounters a young angel-in-training. PITA-TEN is directed by Toshifumi Kawase (TONJHO TENGE, BEYBLADE) and Yuzo Sato (MAGICAL WARFARE), and features animation from MADHOUSE (PARASYTE -THE MAXIM-, BOOGIEPOP PHANTOM, DI GI CHARAT). The series aired in Japan in 2002. PITA-TEN will be released in 2016 with Japanese audio, English subtitles, and English on-screen translations.
TOWN WHERE YOU LIVE is a 12-episode anime series is based on the manga series of the same name by Kouji Seo (Suzuka), and tells the story of a boy who moves to Tokyo to be closer to his girlfriend, only to find that his long-distance relationship is more complex than he thought. The anime is directed by Shigeyasu Yamauchi (CASSHERN SINS, DRAGON BALL Z), with animation from Gonzo (BOKURANO, SHANGRI-LA). It aired in Japan in the summer of 2013. A TOWN WHERE YOU LIVE will be released in 2016 with Japanese audio, English subtitles, and English on-screen translations.
MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM TV series – This is the first time the original MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM series will be released in high definition on Blu-ray in North America. MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM is created and directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino. The first 21 episodes of MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM will be released on Blu-ray and DVD in the fall of 2015, featuring English and Japanese audio with English subtitles and on-screen translations.
Right Stuf and Sunrise also announced plans to release the sequel series MOBILE SUIT ZETA GUNDAM, MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM ZZ, MOBILE SUIT VICTORY GUNDAM, and AFTER WAR GUNDAM X, along with the TURN A GUNDAM MOVIE COLLECTION, in the coming months.
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