It's been awhile since we've had some news. First thing to mention:

Negima - Mou Hitotsu no Sekai - we have NOT dropped this project. Real life as I've mentioned to many takes priority, and that has taken a toll not only on myself, but some of our staff members. Still, we intend to keep going on this, though we could use some help for the future episodes, especially translators so we don't have this extensive delay. But we will finish this. Stop by our chan or e-mail if are interested in working on this with us.

Licensing announcements - with Katsucon occurring this weekend, it's likely that Funimation Entertainment will announcing a title or two. For now, let's go over some of the announcements that have been made so far for late 2009/early 2010:

Funimation Entertainment - Full Metal Panic and Fumoffu, Sekirei, Tetsuwan Birdy Decode, Dragon Ball Kai, FLCL, Hero Tales, Master of Martial Hearts (Zettai Shougeki), Hetalia Axis Powers, The Sacred Blacksmith,

Section 23 (formerly ADV Films) - Gintama, Asatte no Houkou, Hidamari Sketch, Glass Mask, Neo Angelique, Yozakura Quartet, Tayutama Kiss on My Deity, Le Petite Cosette, Skull Man, Maria Holic

Bandai Entertainment - The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya S2

Media Blasters - Kanokon, Queen's Blade

NIS America (new anime division) - Toradora!, Pandora Hearts, Persona Trinity Soul, Wagaya no Oinarisama

Katuscon 2010 Licensing Announcements

Funimation Entertainment - Trigun (license rescue)

Media Blasters - Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei (via ANN/Mania.com)

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We bring to you, Mahou Sensei Negima! Chapter 238 and with this release an announcement for plan D for the scanlation team and this manga.

Get it here:
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Click Read More toggle below for the full story and details of plan D. Note, plan D will only apply to the scanlation team.

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Just announced today at their panel here at AnimeUSA, Funimation has acquired the rights to the following titles:

- Full Metal Panic (DVD/BD)
- Full Metal Panic Fumoffu (DVD/BD)
- Sekirei
- Tetsuwan Birdy Decode (Birdy the Mighty Decode)

Official site for Birdy Decode: Tetsuwan Birdy Decode

Official site for Sekirei (coming soon. Site not active yet): Sekirei

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It has come to our attention that a number of viewers are encountering problems with Aspect Ratio when viewing .mkv versions of our releases. After several hours of troubleshooting it was discovered that the MPC HC that came with (at least the most recent and likely several past versions) the CCCP was the culprit. This was done through extensive testing on five different operating systems (OSX, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP and Linux) where the file played correctly with other players, with and without ffdshow installed.

The solution is to go to http://mpc-hc.sourceforge.net/ and install the latest version of MPC HC. You do not have to uninstall CCCP or anything except update MPC HC.

Edit: After looking further into this issue, for those of you who are still having problems in regards to the Aspect Ratio for our recent releases, we have provided the following patches that you may apply to your files. Patches to use with either xdelta or xdelta3 are provided:

To Heart 2 ad Plus Ep 2
xdelta patch
xdelta3 patch

Negima - Another World Ep 1
xdelta patch
xdelta3 patch

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Since it's been awhile since I've posted some US industry news when it comes to licensing, figured today would be a good day to do an update, especially with some brand titles just revealed:

Media Blasters:

Queen's Blade (confirmed 11/5/09)
Ikkitousen: Great Guardians (confirmed 11/5/09)

Sentai Filmworks/Section23:

Hidamari Sketch (Sunshine Sketch) (confirmed 11/3/09)
Glass Mask (11/3/09)
Neo Angelique Abyss (11/3/09)
To Love Ru (confirmed 10/6/09)

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