The December 2015 Line-Up (2024)

December 31, 2015December 31, 2015

Not too little and not too much to end the year.

Just because it is December does not mean the licensing ever stops.

The Line-Up is a monthly rundown of new anime, manga, light novel, artbook licenses, streaming/broadcasting announcements, crowdfunding projects, anime/manga projects, and live-action anime/manga adaptions.

New Licenses in the U.S.

• Asterisk War – Yen Press
• Asterisk War (light novel) – Yen Press
  When will we get the Battle of *.* spin-off series?
• Baccano! – Yen Press
• Blood-C: Demonic Moonlight – Dark Horse
• Boys Over Flowers Season 2 – VIZ
• Crown of Thorns – VIZ
• Dai-Guard – Discotek
  Glad to see a unique little series like this get pulled out of obscurity.
• ERASED – Aniplex USA
• Fruits Basket – Yen Press
  This series is far less obscure thanDai-Guard.
• Holy Corpse Rising – Seven Seas
• How to Build a Dungeon: Book of the Demon King – Seven Seas
• Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Sword Oratoria (light novel) – Yen Press
  It is still wrong.
• Land of the Rising Dead: A Tokyo School Girl’s Guide to Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse – Seven Seas
• Liselotte & Witch’s Forest – Yen Press
• Love in Hell: Death Life – Seven Seas
• Lupin the Third TV Series 2 – Discotek
  This one was probably the hardest to get and the biggest commitment.
• Magia the Ninth – Seven Seas
• Man of Many Faces – VIZ
• Memoir of Vanitas – Yen Press
• Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid – Seven Seas
• Momogumi Plus Senki – VIZ
• Monster Girl Encyclopedia (artbook) – Seven Seas
• My Girlfriend is a T-Rex – Seven Seas
• My Pathetic Vampire Life – Seven Seas
• Norn9 – Sentai Filmworks
• NTR: Netsuzou Trap – Seven Seas
• Please Tell Me! Galko-chan – Seven Seas
• Pride and Prejudice (Shiei) – Seven Seas
• Phantasy Star Online 2: The Animation – Sentai Filmworks
• Requiem From the Darkness – Discotek
• Re:Zero – Yen Press
• Re:Zero (light novel) – Yen Press
• The Seven Princes of the Thousand Year Labyrinth – Seven Seas
• Tonari no Seki-kun – Sentai Filmworks
• Twinkle Stars – Yen Press
  I was always a little surprised this series never got more discussion centered around it.
• Undefeated Bahamut Chronicle – Sentai Filmworks
• Yamishibai – Sentai Filmworks

New Crowdfunding Projects

• SAKIRA’s BL Manga – DMP

New Streaming or Broadcasting Announcementsin the U.S.

• Cartoon Network adding Pokemon the Movie: Hoopa and the Clash of Ages
• Crunchyroll Animeadding Beyblade, Beywheelz, Beyblade: Metal Fury, Beyblade: Metal Masters, Kuroko’s Basketball OVAs, Jin-roh, Fist of the North Star (movie), Garakowa -Restore the World-, ERASED, Deltora Quest, Slam Dunk, Samurai Pizza Cats, Locodol OVA, Mr. Osomatsu special, Zombie-Loan, Hyakko, One Piece ~Adventure in Nebulandia~ special, Kiznaiver, Tenjho Tenge, Lupin the 3rd Part 4
  I can finally watch Lupin’sItalianAdventures!
  
• Crunchyroll Manga adding ReLife, momokuri, Nanbaka
• Funimation adding Dimension W, Grimgar, Pandora, Divine Gate, Prince of Stride, Dagashikashi, Luck & Logic, Erased, Haruchika, Fairy Tail 0, Snow White with the Red Hair S2, One Piece ~Adventure in Nebulandia~ special
  
• Pokemon.com adding Hoopa: the Mischief Pokemon, Hoopa’s Surprise Ring Adventures
• SMAC! Web Magazine adding Angel Heart
• Weekly Shonen Jump USA adding Boruto one-shot, Boruto series
  

New Anime and Manga Projects in Japan

• ONE’s Mob Psycho 100 Manga Green-lit for Anime
  I’m sure it will be brilliant.
• Anime Announced for Danganronpa 3 Game
• Seraph of the End OVA Bundled with Manga
• Anime Green-lit for Ensemble Stars! Game
• OVA Bundled with Prison School Manga
• Medaka Box Creators Working on New Manga Together
  This seems odd considering it always seemed thatMedaka Box was always one step from getting canceled.
• 7th Season of Teekyu Green-lit
  I am always surprised that they keep making more of this series.
• Yo-kai Watch Getting 3rd Anime Movie
• New PA Works Anime Kuromukuro Revealed
• 4th Season Announced for Ketsuekigata-kun!
• Anime Green-lit for Pachinko Aira Project
• Renai Bokun Romcom Manga Getting Anime Adaptation
• 2nd Season Announced for Food Wars!
• Makoto Shinkai Working on New Film Kimi no Na wa
• Koyomimonogatari Getting Short Anime
• TV Anime from Sanrio Rilu Rilu Fairilu Revealed
• 2nd Season Green-lit for Concrete Revolutio
• HERO Launches New Manga Series Amamizu Linda
• New Lupin III TV Special Revealed
• Oh! Great Drawing new Air Gear One-shot
• Ryukishi07 Beginning New Project Hotaru-Bi no Tomoru Koro ni
• Hiroshi Shiibashi and Riku Sanjo Collaborate on One-shot Cremators
• New Osamatsu Manga Starting in YOU Josei Magazine
• Original Anime Shirogane no Guardian Revealed
• Bono Bono Comedy Series Getting New TV Anime
• Beet the Vandel Buster Manga Returning
• New OVA Announced for Saber Marionette J
  For everyone who wascomplainingthatTenchi Muyo was too obscure a fallen series to reboot.
• Vampire Fantasy Manga Love & Hate Launched
• Medaka Box Artist Drawing Lugar Code 1951
• Gundam Build Fighters Spin-off Manga Starting
  It is about Yuki so that sounds good.
• Guardian Angel Getten Sequel Manga Begins
• Anime Shorts Based on Twin Models Mim and Mam Announced
• Saikano Creator Starting New Manga
• Manga Adaptation Announced for Macross Delta
• Anime Green-lit for Clockwork Planet Light Novels
• Kuroko’s Basketball Manga-ka Releasing One-shot
  Yay! Archery! Maybe this will make it into the U.S. magazine.
• New Berserk Anime Revealed
  Will they finally give the people what they want?
• Wake Up Girls! Getting New Anime Short
• Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku o! OVA Bundled with Book
• Boruto One-shot and Series Announced
• New Rozen Maiden Manga Starting
  Must I personally end this series?
• Anime Special Revealed for Pokemon XY & Z
• Naruto Spin-off Novels Getting TV Anime
• Go Ikeyamada Launching New Romance Series
• 3rd Season of PriPara Green-lit
• Another OVA Coming for To Love-ru -Trouble- Darkness
• Ace Attorney Getting New Manga Series
• New D.Gray Man Anime Revealed
  Will this announcement be followed by one about the manga wrapping up??? Please???
• TV Anime Announced for Nora, Princess, and Stray Cat Game
• Teekyu Spin-off Anime Green-lit
• Working!! Manga-ka Starting New Series
• Multimedia Project Gekidol Revealed

New Live Action Adaptions of Anime and Manga

• Movie Announced for Aozora Yell Manga
• Shojo Series Mars Getting TV Series
  That’s certainly a blast from the past!
• Movie Based on Dokumushi Horror Manga Green-lit
• I Am a Hero Getting Movie Tie-in TV Special
• Special Announced for Kodoku no Gourmet
• Teiichi no Kuni Movie Announced