Sentai Filmworks license Hayate the Combat Butler for North America

Having previously picked up later anime iterations in the franchise, yesterday saw North American distributor Sentai Filmworks announce that they'll be bringing the original Hayate the Combat Butler series to the US both digitally and on home video.

Here's the press release announcing their acquisition of the series, which ran in 2007 and 2008 and has since been followed by subsequent series Can't Take My Eyes Off You and Cuties.

HOUSTON, April 20, 2015 – Sentai Filmworks is proud to announce its acquisition of Hayate the Combat Butler. The first in a series spanning multiple seasons and a film, Hayate introduces the titular character Hayate Ayasaki, a good guy who’s down on his luck and desperately trying to alter his fate. One day he runs into a girl named Nagi Sanzenin, and his life is changed forever.

Keiichiro Kawaguchi directed the romantic comedy series based on the popular title by Kenjiro Hata, published serially in Weekly Comic Magazine SHONEN SUNDAY. Music duties were provided by Kotaro Nakagawa, with sound direction coming from Jun Watanabe. Yoshihiro Nagamori & Masaaki Sakurai was in charge of chief animation direction, with character designs by Osamu Horiuchi. Animation production was handled by SynergySP. 

Hayate the Combat Butler will be available soon through select digital outlets with a home video release to follow.

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