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Date: 4/12/2004
Anime Boston News

ADV Films:
?Princess Tutu? has been licensed.
New titles that are being prepared for releases: ?Get Backers?, ?Grrl Power?, ?Sister Princess?, and ?Nurse Witch Komugi.?
From the back catalog: ?My Dear Marie? and ?Sonic Soldier Borgman? will be getting DVD releases later this year.
?Excel Saga? the Perfect Collection (brick DVD collection) will be released on July 2004.
?Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2041? is in pre-production stages, but nothing else is known about the series.

Bandai Entertainment:
New licenses include ?Please! (Onegai) Twins? and ?DiGi Charat Nyo?.
The ?Wolf?s Rain OVAs? will also be released on DVD. The plush that will be included in the ?Wolf?s Rain? DVD box will be Kiba in his wolf form.
A ?Cowboy Bebop? Playstation game will be premiering at E3 this year.
?Mobile Suit Gundam F91? has a theatrical release planned for later this year.

Broccoli International (Synch-Point):
New License: ?Digi Charat TV Series?
An ?FLCL? DVD box set is not being considered yet, since it would be unfair to fans that have waited to buy the three individual DVDs.

FUNimation:
"Detective Boy Conan" has been renamed to "Case Closed" due to legal considerations as "Conan" is a well known entity in the United States.
?Blue Gender ? The Warrior? is set to release on July 20th.
FUNimation has licensed ?Kodoma no Omacha?, which will be named ?Kodocha? (to mach the graphic novels).

Geneon Entertainment:
?Paranoia Agent?, ?Dokkoider?, and ?Stellvia of the Universe? have been licensed.

Media Blasters:
?Weiss Kreuz: Gluhen? will be renamed to ?Knight Hunters: Eternity? and will be released starting in August. The ?Weiss Kreuz OVA? has not been formally licensed yet.
Media Blasters is also getting their graphic novel line ready with titles by Studio Zombie (Tommy Ohtsuka and Yoshihiro Komada). Also, Media Blasters has licensed the manga series ?Kamunagara?.
Source: Anime News Network