Funimation Announces New Show A GoGo Acquisition Event

Humberto Saabedra

Funimation has announced preliminary details for a license acquisition and week-long announcement event beginning on Monday December 22nd all the way to New Year’s Eve.

Every day for ten days, Funimation will announce a new license until the last day with full details on cast lists, release format, and pricing being made available for each show.

This ties into the latest round of C&D announcements made by the publisher recently, with the biggest properties in Soul Eater, Eva rebuild 1.01, Spice and Wolf, Mushi Uta, My Bride is a Mermaid, Katekeyo Hitman Reborn, Nabari no Ou, and Atashin ‘chi among other rumored acquisitions such as Vandread, Gankutsuou: The Count Of Monte Cristo, Last Exile and Ikki Tousen thanks to the association with Geneon, and  Oh! Edo Rocket as one of the brand new licenses.

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