Pioneer News from Anime Central

Pioneer announced at last weekend’s Anime Central convention that they have licensed the recent Maho Tsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto Someday’s Dreamers anime TV series for American release.

Haibane Renmei will be released in America with its Japanese name unaltered. The first DVD will include a limited edition pencil board. The limited edition DVD 1 with series box will include 2 pencil boards.

Lupin III movie 1: Mystery of Mamo will be released to DVD with anamorphic video remastered by the Japanese licensor and a new 5.1 English dub. The Lupin TV series released in America was edited because the licensor was already sued in Europe over trademark use, so potentially problematic images were removed from the animation before its American release.

The Sakura Wars movie will be released to DVD on September 9th in regular and limited edition versions. The movie soundtrack will also be released simultaneously.

Source: Anime on DVD