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Animatsu Details Revealed

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The first details concerning new anime distributor Animatsu have been announced, in a press statement released today.

Eight anime titles have been confirmed, three of which have been named: fantasy series Blade & Soul and Chaika – The Coffin Princess, plus slice-of-life comedy The Comic Artist and Assistants. Two more titles will be revealed in the forthcoming issues of anime magazines MyM and Neo.

Animatsu will also be releasing live-action movies. The first will be Halo: Nightfall, and will be brought out by both Animatsu and Anchor Bay Entertainment on 16th March on Blu-Ray, DVD and as a digital download.

The company is headed by Jerome Mazandarani, with Andrew Hewson as marketing manager, who had both previously worked at Manga Entertainment for 10 years.

Ian Wolf

Ian works as an anime and manga critic for Anime UK News, and was also the manga critic for MyM Magazine. His debut book, CLAMPdown, about the manga collective CLAMP, is available now. Outside of anime, he is data specialist for the British Comedy Guide, is QI's most pedantic viewer, has written questions for both The Wall and Richard Osman's House of Games, and has been a contestant on Mastermind.

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