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Viz acquires Death Note, but with a twist; Rozen Maiden

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Last week it was announced that Viz Media had licensed the ever-popular Shonen Jump thriller Death Note, but this is not a license announcement in the traditional sense. Aside from the usual DVD releases, Viz intends to sell subtitled episodes of Death Note online shortly after they have aired in Japan, essentially providing fans with a legal alternative to fan subs.

No release dates or schedules for the online episodes have been confirmed, and it’s unsure how the digital rights management will be implemented, but this announcement in itself, perhaps for the first time, marks the intention of the anime industry to finally embrace the digital age and provide (at first US-based) fans with anime almost as soon as it has aired in Japan.

In other news, Geneon have licensed the gothic lolita adventure series Rozen Maiden.

Paul

Washed up on the good shores of Anime UK News after many a year at sea, Paul has been writing about anime for a long time here at AUKN and at his anime blog.

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