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Anime Expo 2002 License Announcements
At the time of writing this, Anime Expo 2002 is nearing it's end. This convention is one of the largest in the USA, with hundreds
of guests including many from Japan and almost everyone who is anything in the US anime industry.
An expo of this size is the best place for US anime companies to announce new acquisitions and that they did in masses.
Below you'll find the short version of all the licenses announced at Anime Expo 2002. The information was obtained
from AnimeOnDVD.com, so if you want the latest news and read
the full panel reports, visit this site! But if you want just the facts, read on.
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Pioneer
- Ai Yori Aoshi
- Chobits
- Fushigi Yuugi Gaiden
- Gatekeepers 21
- Lupin the Third TV (52 episodes)
- Mahoromatic Maiden
- Master Keaton
- Patlabor Movie 3
- Sakura Taisen: The Movie
- Tiny Snow Sugar Fairy
Media Blasters
- 7 of Seven
- Tales of Eternia
- Seraphim Call
- Sentimental Journey
- Yume de Atera
RightStuf International
- Gravitation (TV series only)
- Hooligan
- Muryo
- Nonamura Hospital
- Spotlight
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ADV Films
- Cosplay Complex
- King of Bandit Jing
- Kolaida Star (New show from Gonzo, not yet aired)
- RahXephon
- Shin Shirayuki Densetsu Hime Pretear
- Steam Detectives
- Steel Angel Kurumi (All of it)
- Super GALS! Kotobuki Ran
- Zaion OVAs (I Wish You Where There)
Bandai
- Argento Soma
- Arjuna
- .hack//SIGN
- Infinite Ryvius
- Kikaider
- Melty Lancer
Central Park Media
- Alien 9
- DNA^2
- Neko Jiro-so
- Utena (Rest of TV series)
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For a list of licensed shows which were announced before the expo, such as
Full Metal Panic and Angelic Layer (both by ADV Films) check
the Grand High License List at AnimeOnDVD.
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So what do these licenses mean?
When an anime show is licensed in the USA you can expect it to be released on DVD in the USA, eventually.
Most of the anime shows mentioned above will probably be released sometime 2003 (maybe earlier) some
may take some longer.
The point however is, that once an anime is licensed in the USA, most fansub groups will stop fansubbing it.
For example, you can expect Elite Fansubs to stop fansubbing Ai Yori Aoshi and
Soldats to stop fansubbing Chobits.
Fansubs were never "designed" to be an easy free replacement
for official releases. They were meant to be to make an unlicensed
show more popular outside Japan so that it would be licensed.
And once this is done, the need for a fansub vanishes.
Still, although the wait and the money needed to buy the DVDs might kill me, I'm still
very excited these series and movies are now licensed as the DVD version will be so
much better quality than any fansub.
For example, did you know Chobits is supposed to be
a widescreen (16:9) show? You can't tell from the fansubs because they were recorded from
a normal TV ratio (4:3) channel. But no doubt the DVD version will of course have the widescreen version.
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posted by GHDpro on July 7, 2002
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