Navarre Corp.’s FUNimation Ent. has acquired distribution rights to a number of anime titles from ARM Corp. Later this year, FUNimation will begin releasing Devil May Cry, Murder Princess, Guyver: The Bioboosted Armor and many other series on DVD in North America and other territories around the world. The deal also includes broadcast, digital and merchandising rights. In addition, FUNimation has teamed with anime producer Geneon to distribute properties on DVD in North America.
“We are very enthusiastic about these titles,” says Gen Fukunaga, president and CEO of FUNimation Ent. “Not only are these excellent series, but they also fuel FUNimation’s major initiatives in social networking, the FUNimation Channel and internet VOD. These new titles cement FUNimation as the leading anime provider for television broadcast and legitimate online content.”
The other titles included in the ARM agreement are: 009-1, Ah! My Goddess: Flights of Fancy, Air Gear, Air (movie), Air (TV), Blade of the Phantom Master, Comic Party Revolution, Coyote Ragtime Show, Jing, King of Bandits: Seventh Heaven, Jinki: Extend, Kanon, Kyoshiro to Towa no Sora, Le Chevalier D’Eon, Magikano, Moeyo Ken (TV), Moonlight Mile, Nerima Daikon Brothers, Pani Poni Dash!, Project Blue Earth SOS, Pumpkin Scissors, Red Garden, Sgt. Keroro 1st & 2nd, Tokyo Majin, UFO Princess Valkyrie, Utawarerumono, Venus Versus Virus, The Wallflower, Welcome to the NHK, Xenosaga.
Geneon properties to be handled by FUNimation include Hellsing Ultimate, Black Lagoon Second Barrage, Karin, Kyo Kara Maoh Season 2, Lyrical Nanoha, Elemental Gelade, Fate Stay Night, Kamichu, Ninja Vixens, Paradise Kiss, Rozen Maiden, Rozen Maiden Traumend, Shana, Shonen Onmyouji, The Familiar of Zero, The Story of Saiunkoku, When They Cry and The Law of Ueki.
