Manga Entertainment and Animatsu Entertainment London Comic Con May 2015 news round-up

Jerome Mazandarani and Andrew Hewson were both on-hand to deliver a slew of license announcements for both Manga Entertainment and Animatsu Entertainment today - here's the list of reveals sported at their panel today:

- Knights of Sidonia - Coming in August in DVD and Collector's Edition Blu-ray from Animatsu Entertainment. The UK release will sport all of the same on-disc content as Sentai Filmworks US release.

- Dead Rising: Watchtower, a live-action title, coming on July 27th on DVD and Blu-ray with a Steelbook Edition.

- Puella Magi Madoka Magica Movies 1 and 2 will be released by Manga Entertainment as a two-film Blu-ray Collectors Edition and standalone film one and two DVD releases this July.

- Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Rebellion has also been acquired by Manga Entertainment for a September 28th DVD and Blu-ray release.

- A Certain Scientific Railgun and A Certain Magical Index will both be released by Animatsu Entertainment. This will be released on DVD and Blu-rau in Complete Series Collections starting in the summer.

- Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection F has been acquired by Manga Entertainment - more details to follow on this one, but it should be available not far after the US release.

- Parasyte: The Maxim has been acquired by Animatsu Entertainment - release details haven't been cemented yet, but it should arrive towards the end of the year.

- Triage X, Black Bullet and Golden Time have all been acquired by Animatsu Entertainment, with further details to follow.

There was also plenty to discuss in the panel's subsqeuent question and answer session - Jerome is interested in a number of potential licenses, including Free in which he's in discussion with licensors. He's also keen on sports anime in general, particularly Yowamushi Pedal.

Assassination Classroom is another hot property that he'd like to acquire, while Sailor Moon is something "every distributor would love to have". There's still no firm news on an Evangelion 3.33 at present, while a question regarding Toriko suggested it's unlikely to be acquired due to poor sales in the US and Australia. Jerome would, however, potentially be interested in giving Gintama "a punt", based on strong streaming figures, and would also love to bring Silver Spoon to the UK if the price is right.

Is there any news on the UK's release of Future Diary? No, no there is not. Jerome is hoping he might hear something on this front soon.

FUNimation Entertainment were confirmed as holding UK rights for a number of properties, including the second seasons of High School DxD and Psycho-Pass, both of which are likely to get a UK release as a result. The same can be said of the Ghost in the Shell: Arise movie, which will "definitely get a UK release".

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure is still being looked at as a potential acquisition, but this is dependant upon Warner Bros Japan and their plans for the UK.

Finally, it's been confirmed that the Steins;Gate movie is under offer, but hasn't actually been acquired at this time and will have to wait on the availability of an Englishh dub regardless.

So, there you have it, plenty of information to chew on - which of these licenses are you looking forward to?