How fast will we see Bandai Ent. properties getting license rescued? Akira is picked up by FUNimation. Jubei-Chan Season 1 is picked up by Media Blasters (this one probably expired for a while now though). IMO, many/most Bandai Ent. properties won't be license rescued. It will be interesting to see how things play out in 2013 and beyond.
???- 5 Centimeters Per Second - ??? Crunchyroll has the DVD license, what will happen to the distributor side?
- Mobile Suit Gundam properties - This IMO is the biggest question. The question could fall on whether if interested North American distributor is allowed to take on select Gundam properies. If the answer is a no (as in having to take on most/all of Gundam properties), we may not see Gundam license rescues any time soon.
License rescue locks (or close to it)- Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion - Whomever gets Code Geass: Akito the Exiled OVA will likely have both S1 & 2)
- Cowboy Bebop - Bandai Ent.'s all time best selling anime
- Eureka Seven - Logic will say FUNimation since they have Eureka Seven AO
- Gurren Lagann
- K-ON! (Season 1) - Logic will say Sentai Filmworks since they have Season 2
- The Girl Who Leapt Through Time - Likely FUNimation since they have Summer Wars, Wolf Children
- The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya properties
License rescue possibilities- .hack properties - Could be FUNimation if .hack//Quantum did well for them. Or perhaps whomever decides to license .hack//The Movie may be interested in the previous .hack properties.
- Escaflowne - one of the best selling properties for BEI (could be in license lock category)
- My-HiME / My-Otome properties
- Outlaw Star - one of the best selling properties for BEI (could be in license lock category)
- Sola - Sentai Filmworks had accidentally licensed once when it was with BEI, would they try one more time?
- Sword of the Stranger
- The Big O
- Toward the Terra (TV) - Would TRSI be interested in this since they have the movie?
Wild card category - Aniplex of America- Gurren Lagann - A possibility especially if Aniplex Japan releases a JP BD-Box in the future.
- Kannagi: Crazy Shrine Maiden - JP BD-Box was released by Aniplex Japan back in May 2012.
- Star Driver - There is the upcoming movie to think about. Aniplex Japan has BD-Box scheduled for Janaury 2013.
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Bandai Entertainment
.hack//G.U. Trilogy (Movie)
.hack//Legend of The Twilight
.hack//SIGN / .hack//Intermezzo (OVA)
.hack//Roots
Angel Links
Angel Tales
Agent AIKa (OVA)
AIKa R-16: Virgin Mission (OVA)
Argentosoma
Arjuna
Avenger
Banner of the Stars
Banner of the Stars II / Lost Chapter of the Stars - Birth (Special)
Betterman
Brain Powered
Blue Submarine No. 6 (OVA)
Carried by the Wind: Tsukikage Ran
CLAMP School Detectives
Clockwork Fighters: Hiwou's War
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2
Cowboy Bebop (TV)
Crest of the Stars
D.I.C.E.
Dan Doh!! The Super Shot
Di Gi Charat Nyo [Incomplete]
Don't Leave Me Alone, Daisy
Dragon Drive
Eat-Man '98
Escaflowne (TV)
Escaflowen: The Movie
Eureka Seven (TV)
Eureka Seven: Good night, Sleep Tight, Young Lovers (Movie)
Fancy Lala
Fantastic Children
FLAG
Future GPX Cyber Formula
Galaxy Angel
Galaxy Angel A
Galaxy Angel AA
Galaxy Angel S (Special)
Galaxy Angel X
Galaxy Angel Z
Geneshaft
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence - License expired August '10
Ghost Slayers Ayashi (TV) / Ayashi Divine Comedy (OVA)
Gurren Lagann
Haunted Junction
Hayate the Combat Butler
Hoop Days
Immortal Grand Prix (IGPX)
Infinite Ryvius
Jin-Roh - The Wolf Brigade (DVD) (Movie)
Junkers Come Here (Movie)
K-ON! (Season 1)
Kannagi - Crazy Shrine Maiden
Kaze no Yojimbo
Kikaider (TV) / Kikaider (OVA)
Kurokami: The Animation
Love Hina Again (OVA)
Love Hina Spring Special: I wish Your Dream
Love Hina X'mas Special: Silent Eve
Lucky Star (TV)
Lucky Star (OVA)
Magical Meow Meow Taruto
Mars Daybreak
Melty Lancer (OVA)
Mobile Fighter G Gundam
Mobile Suit Gundam (TV)
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Movie Trilogy
Mobile Suit Gundam 00 (Season 1)
Mobile Suit Gundam 00 (Season 2)
Mobile Suit Gundam 00: A Wakening of the Trailblazer (Movie)
Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket (OVA)
Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust memory (OVA)
Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack (Movie)
Mobile Suit Gundam F91 (Movie)
Mobile Suit Gundam Seed (TV)
Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Special Edition (TV Movies)
Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny (TV)
Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny OVA: Final Plus
Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny Special Edition (TV Movies)
Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn (DVD) (OVA)
Mobile Suit Gundam Wing (TV)
Mobile Suit Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz (OVA)
Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team (OVA) / Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team, Miller's Report (Movie)
Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (TV)
Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam: A New Translation (Movies): Heir to the Stars / Lovers / Love is the Pulse of the Stars
Monkey Magic [Incomplete]
My-HiME
My-Otome
My-Otome 0~S.ifr~ (OVA)
My-Otome Zwei (OVA)
Nyorōn Churuya-san (ONA)
Outlaw Star
Overman King Gainer
Panda-Z: The Robonimation
Pilot Candidate
Planetes
Please Teacher! / Please Teacher! (OVA)
Please Twins! / Please Twins! (OVA)
Rescue Me: Mave-Chan (OVA)
Rocket Girls
Robonimal Panda-Z: The Robonimation
Ronin Warriors (TV)
Ronin Warriors OVAs: Gaiden / Legend of the Inferno Armor / Message
s-CRY-ed
Saber Marionette J
Saber Marionette J Again (OVA)
Saber Marionette J to X
Scrapped Princess
SD Gundam Force
Silent Möbius (TV)
Silent Möbius: Movie 1
Silent Möbius: Movie 2
Spirit of Wonder Scientific Boys Club (OVA)
Star Driver
Stratos 4 (TV) / Stratos 4 (OVA)
Sword of the Stranger (Movie)
Tales of the Abyss
Tekken: Blood Bengeance (DVD) (Movie)
Tenamonya Voyagers (OVA)
The Big O
The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya (Movie)
The Girl Who Leapt Through Space
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (DVD) (Movie)
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (Blu-ray) (Movie)
The Melancholy of Haruhi-chan Suzumiya (ONA)
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (2009 Renewal)
Toward the Terra (TV)
Witch Hunter Robin
Wolf's Rain (TV / OVA)
Yukikaze (DVD) (OVA)
Z-Mind (OVA)
Zegapain
Zentrix
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Bandai Visual USA / Honneamise
Demon Prince Enma
Diebuster: The Movie
FREEDOM (Blu-ray)
Galaxy Angel Rune
Gunbuster
Gunbuster: The Movie
Gunbuster vs Diebuster: Aim for the Top! The Gattai Movie
Gunbuster 2
Haruka: Beyond the Stream of Time – A Tale of the Eight Guardians
Jin-Roh - The Wolf Brigade (Blu-ray)
Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOO
Patlabor: The Movie
Patlabor 2: The Movie
SOS! Tokyo Metro Explorers: The Next
Super Robot Wars: OG - Divine Wars
Super Robot Wars: OG - The Animation
Royal Space Force - Wings of Honneamise
Wings of Rean
Yukikaze (Blu-ray)
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Crunchyroll
5 Centimeters Per Second (Movie)