Madman Entertainment has become the first Western licensor to dip their toes into this franchise as they’ve picked up the Australian rights for Kuroko’s Basketball. It’s not clear how much they’ve picked up, but it’s easy to presume it’s the first season only with an option for more should it do well. no time frame is set yet for the release but they did reveal that it will be subtitled only and a DVD only release as well when it arrives.
Series premise: Seirin High School makes it into the semifinals of the Winter Cup. They defeated Toô Gakuen, featuring Aomine, and Yosen, featuring Murasakibara, both from the “Generation of Miracles,” causing Seirin to be one of the more noticed schools. They firm their resolve towards the semifinals. Kagami, nudged by Kuroko, heads outside of the tournament building in order to reconcile with Himuro, but sees a guy picking a fight with Himuro and Alex, steps in to help them. That guy is Shogo Haizaki of Fukuda Sogo Gakuen. He is a graduate of Teiko Junior HIgh, and he was supposedly a regular player in the first-string team before Kise joined…
Haven’t tried this yet; any opinions? I usually surprisingly love sports anime; I’m not a sports fan at all in real life, but something about sports anime is just awesome. I’m a fan of most especially Hajime no Ippo, and while I understand why it isn’t, I wish the rest of the series had been brought over here. I’m also a fan of Princess Nine, and Battle Athletes.
Might have to import this since it doesn’t seem like it will be getting a US release at this point.
NO WAY. Hopefully this leads to other Western countries getting the license. The anime would be great but I would kill for the manga.
Man I loved this show. It was bundles of fun with its ridiculous portrayal of basketball. Hope this announcement means a NA licensing deal is in the works.