Sunrise Bringing More Bandai Entertainment Titles To Other Distributors

Sunrise held their first panel at Anime Boston this year and talked about a lot of their works over the years, including a fun if short World of Gundam segment that skimmed a lot of material about their premiere franchise. The panel showcased many series that they currently have being released in North America through various distributors, from DVD and Blu-ray to streaming sites, and had a lot of positive reactions to many of their titles, including a lot of applause for Binbogami ga.

At one point during the presentation, they showcased Code Geass: Akito the Exiled, who has its second episode coming out this usmmer in Japan, and saying that they’re working on bringing this and the original series to North America in the future. The two properties have found new homes overseas in the last several months. Interestingly, as the conversation went along at different points, it was made clearer that Sunrise thought a lot of these properties and others that were previously released through Bandai Entertainment would have found new homes. They did indicate that they are working to distribute many of them through others such as Sentai Filmworks, FUNimation and Viz Media, noting that Nozomi Entertainment has just announced Gundam Unicorn.

Though they couldn’t announce anything, they suggested fans keep an ear out for Viz Media when it comes to the first Tiger & Bunny movie as they expect that will be finalized soon. They also showcased the second movie which is due out in February of 2014.

The most obvious title that fans clamored for as the discussion turned was for Cowboy Bebop to get its Blu-ray release in North America.

For reference, here’s a list of titles as compiled in the forums with titles that Sunrise had previously released through Bandai Entertainment:

1. Angel Links
2. Argentosama
3. Banner of the Stars
4. Banner of the Stars II
5. Betterman
6. The Big O
7. The Big O II
8. Brain Powered
9. Code Geass
10. Code Geass R2
11. Cowboy Bebop TV
12. Crest of the Stars
13. Escaflowne TV
14. Freedom
15. Future GPX
16. Infinite Ryvius
17. Kurokami
18. The Girl Who Leapt Through Space
19. Mobile Suit Gundam TV
20. Mobile Suit Gundam Movie Trilogy
21. Gundam: Char’s Counterattack
22. Gundam F91
23. Gundam 0080 War In the Pocket
24. Gundam 0083 Stardust Memory
25. Gundam 08th MS Team
26. Gundam Seed
27. Gundam Seed Destiny
28. Gundam 00
29. Gundam 00 A Wakening to the Trailblazer
30. Gundam Wing
31. Gundam Wing Endless Waltz
32. SD Gundam Force
33. Turn A Gundam
34. Zeta Gundam
35. Zeta Gundam A New Translation
36. My-Hime
37. My-Otome TV
38. My-Otome 0~S.ifr~
39. My-Otome Zwei
40. Outlaw Star
41. Overman King Gainer
42. Planetes
43. Ronin Warriors
44. Sacred Seven (they streamed it at least)
45. S-Cry-Ed TV
46. SOS Tokyo Metro Explorers
47. Tales of the Abyss
48. The Wings of Rean
49. Witch Hunter Robin
50. Z-Mind
51. Zegapain

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