It seems the rumors have now become FACT! Established Geneon titles are now going to officially be handled by Funimation as of today. This is also going to include titles which were actively produced but not released on DVD including, Black Lagoon Second Barrage, Karin, Kyo kara Maoh! Season 2, and Lyrical Nanoha.

This is huge news as a large amount of anime will soon come back to the North American market once again. Did series you were collecting get cut off by the downfall of Geneon? Are you excited for the prospect of collecting series that were no longer available to you? Let us know! Contact us and let us know what you think!

(Press Release)

UPDATE(July 4):

Coming one day later after gaining a serious back log from Geneon, Funimation has acquired 30 titles previously licensed by ADV. These titles are from ARM Corporation in Japan and hold the original licenses. The majority of the titles are ones that were removed from ADV’s website back in January, and were later restored… only to be moved off again. The only title conspicuously absent from the list is 5cm per Second.

This is huge news for Funimation who has almost doubled their catalog of titles and bad news for ADV who has had nothing but set backs since the ADV/Geneon merger went sour. ADV is reporting out of AX they are in negotiations for a large amount of new titles however with news like this acquiring new titles may be easier said then done.

(Press Release)