Sunrise brings back their half of Bandai! (UPDATE)

[Daikun]

The Fandom Post reports that Sunrise announced at Anime Boston that they're handing several of Bandai's former releases to other North American distributors such as FUNimation, Viz Media, Sentai Filmworks, as well as other companies.

Angel Links
Argentosama
Banner of the Stars
Banner of the Stars II
Betterman
The Big O
The Big O II
Brain Powered
Code Geass
Code Geass R2
Cowboy Bebop TV
Crest of the Stars
Escaflowne TV
Freedom
Future GPX
The Girl Who Leapt Through Space
Infinite Ryvius
Kurokami
Mobile Suit Gundam TV
Mobile Suit Gundam Movie Trilogy
Gundam: Char's Counterattack
Gundam F91
Gundam 0080: War In the Pocket
Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory
Gundam: 08th MS Team
Gundam Seed
Gundam Seed Destiny
Gundam 00
Gundam 00: A Wakening to the Trailblazer
Gundam Unicorn
Gundam Wing
Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz
SD Gundam Force
Turn A Gundam
Zeta Gundam
Zeta Gundam: A New Translation
My-Hime
My-Otome TV
My-Otome 0~S.ifr~
My-Otome Zwei
Outlaw Star
Overman King Gainer
Planetes
Ronin Warriors
Sacred Seven
S-Cry-Ed TV
SOS: Tokyo Metro Explorers
Tales of the Abyss
The Wings of Rean
Witch Hunter Robin
Z-Mind
Zegapain

[LumRanmaYasha]

Hoping [adult swim] can get back The Big O season 1, and FUNimation picks up the Gundam franchise, Outlaw Star, Angel Links, Cowboy Bebop, Ronin Warriors, and Escaflowne. If Sentai or [shudders] Aniplex gets them I'll be most displeased...

[Rynnec]

I'm hoping Funi rescues S-CRY-ed, Sacred Seven, and My-Hime, personally. Of course, I also want them to pick up Gundam, Big O, and Bebop too. Sentai and Viz can have the rest

[Lord Dalek]

Ok so this is what they DON'T have...

Agent Aika
Android Kikaider
Angel Tales
Earth Maiden Arjuna
Avenger
AWOL
Blue Submarine No. 6 (already rescued)
Tsukikage Ran
Hiwou
DICE
Dan Doh!!
Di Gi Charat Nyo! (Probably going to be rescued by Sentai since they got the first series)
Haruhi Suzumiya franchise
Dragon Drive
Eat-Man
Ehrgeiz
Eureka Seven (probably going to be rescued by Funi)
Fancy Lala
Fantastic Children
Flag
Galaxy Angel
Geneshaft
Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex
Ghost Slayers Ayashi
Gosick
Gurren Lagann (rescued by Aniplex)
.hack franchise (likely Funi)
Hayate The Combat Butler
Hoop Days
IGPX
Jin-Roh
Jubei-Chan
Junkers Come Here
K-On (rescued by Sentai)
Kannagi
Kaze no Yojimbo
Love Hina
Lucky Star
Meow Meow Taruto
Mars Daybreak
Melty Lancer
Monkey Magic
Nichijou
Pilot Candidate (who actually wants to see that again though?)
Please... Franchise
Saber Marionette Franchise (I think that includes R as well)
Scrapped Princess (this license actually expired when Bandai was still alive)
Silent Mobius
Spirit of Wonder
Star Driver
Stratos 4
Tales of the Abyss
Tenmonya Voyagers
Tideline Blue
Toward the Terra
Wolf's Rain
Yukikaze
Zentrix

That's about half of Bandai's catalog that ISN'T covered by Sunrise.

[gunswordfist]

I want Big O III and S-CRY-Ed season 3

Edit: and Outlaw Star season 3

[Daikun]

S-CRY-Ed season 3

Edit: and Outlaw Star season 3

There was a season 2?

[gunswordfist]

S-CRY-Ed season 3

Edit: and Outlaw Star season 3

There was a season 2?

They typucally split 26 episode anime series into two 13 episode series.

[Daikun]

They typucally split 26 episode anime series into two 13 episode series.

I thought all 26 episodes made the whole of one season. Looking at the episode airdates of both shows in Japan (here and here), there were no breaks between the episodes.

Big O was a different case since those two seasons were made years apart.

[Daikun]

.hack franchise (likely Funi)

You must be psychic.

[Daikun]

MAJOR UPDATE!!!

Today at Otakon, FUNimation has announced their payload of titles from the distributor:

-Cowboy Bebop (coming to Blu-Ray next year)
-Outlaw Star (YES YES YES!!!)
-Vision of Escaflowne (both the series and the movie)
-Witch Hunter Robin
-Code Geass (both seasons and the Akito the Exiled OAV)
-Angel Links
-Tales of the Abyss
-Crest/Banner/Passage of the Stars
-My-HiMe and My-Otome

In other news, they've also acquired the remainder of Fairy Tail, and Wolf Children will be coming to Blu-Ray on November 12.

Also, Sentai Filmworks announced the following acquisitions:

-Big O (both seasons)
-s-CRY-ed
-Sacred Seven
-Argento Soma
-Betterman
-Z-Mind
-Zegapain
-The Girl Who Leapt Through Space
-Infinite Ryvius
-Kurokami: The Animation
-Brain Powered
-Overman King Gainer

[Daikun]

Well, it was bound to happen eventually, but FUNimation has rescued the original Eureka 7.

[LumRanmaYasha]

And the trailer for it is on One Piece season 5 voyage 5, apparently. My question is, if they have a rerelease of E7 ready already, than when are the Outlaw Star and Cowboy Bebop complete series collections coming?

[Daikun]

Discotek rescues Ronin Warriors.

[Lord Dalek]

CORRECTION: They've licensed the original Japanese version Yoroiden Japanese Troopers.

[Daikun]

Gundam has finally been licensed.

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