AnimeVision

After wowing anime fans with their rescue of Geneon's recent catalog yesterday, FUNimation are at it again, with the announcement of a deal with ARM (the licensing entity originally formed by Sojitz to handle the titles covered by their deal with ADV Films) for the home video, broadcast, digital, and merchandising rights for over 30 former ADV titles. The rights include both North America and "other regions", so seems to include the UK rights.

The titles covered by the deal 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, Devil May Cry, Guyver: The Bioboosted Armor TV, Jing, King of Bandits: Seventh Heaven, Jinki:Extend, Kanon, Kyoshiro to Towa no Sora (titled Shattered Angels by ADV Films), Le Chevalier D'Eon, Magikano, Moeyo Ken TV, Moonlight Mile, Murder Princess, 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 and Xenosaga.

That makes 52 "license rescues" the FUNi have announced in the past two days. What I wouldn't give to be at their Anime Expo panel - where they have "several" new titles of their own to announce.