Anime News

Funimation news from Katsucon
Date: 2/20/2006
New license and release schedule


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Funimation announced today that they have acquired the license to Kimi ga Nozomu Eien. The series will be released in North America as Rumbling Hearts. Volume 1 will be released in October 2006.

Funimation also announced they will be moving to a monthly schedule (4~5 weeks) for numerous new anime, including Desert Punk (as of volume 2), Negima, Moon Phase and Rumbling Hearts. Speed Grapher, Trinity Blood and Basilisk will be released every 7 weeks. The release schedule will be based on the manner in which Funimation receives the episodes.

Months for new show releases:

Desert Punk - February
Mr. Stain - February
Speed Grapher - July
Basilisk - August
Negima - August (pushed from July for extras)
Moon Phase - Late August
Trinity Blood - September
Source: Anime News Network