Viz Media Europe to acquire Bakuman

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VIZ MEDIA EUROPE TO ACQUIRE BAKUMAN
Friday, 23 March 2012 18:25

VIZ MEDIA EUROPE is pleased to announce the acquisition of TV, VOD, DVD, Blu-ray and merchandising rights for the “Bakuman” licence for France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Portugal and the United Kingdom.

EDIT: via Kazé UK Twitter...they will be distributing the release.

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http://www.twitlonger.com/show/jdsc9r

@KyuubiMinato It's still going to be released in the UK. @KazeUK have said that it will now be a subtitle-only release due to the cancelation of the title in the USA. Should be more details on this soon. ^JG

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If this UK rekease does eventuate I will definitely be getting it. I've been hanging out for so long to be able to own Bakuman on BD. Its my favourite series. I dont really care who releases it or where it gets released anymore. I just want to own English friendly BDs of it!!!
It's a bit of a shame tho. Even tho, I would most likely be rewatching this Subbed (as I have loved the show how it is, for so long now). I was kind of curious to check out the dub, since it was produce by the NY guys.

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At the moment, Kazé France is listing a Season 1, Box 1 (Blu-ray) release for January 2013.

EDIT: DVD version

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via UK Anime Network

Kaze UK slate Bakuman for a Q2 2013 release. http://twitpic.com/b7kodv

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https://twitter.com/ukanime/status/262526683561742336

Bakuman may be a DVD only release as it's sub only - still being looked into however.

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via Kazé France

April
- S1 Box 2 (DVD) http://anime.kaze.fr/produit/bakuman..._1_box_2_2_dvd
- S1 Box 2 (Blu-ray) http://anime.kaze.fr/produit/bakuman...n_1_box_2_2_br

May
- S2 Box 1 (DVD) http://anime.kaze.fr/produit/bakuman..._2_box_1_2_dvd
- S2 Box 1 (Blu-ray) http://anime.kaze.fr/produit/bakuman...n_2_box_1_2_br

August
- S2 Box 2 (DVD) http://anime.kaze.fr/produit/bakuman..._2_box_2_2_dvd
- S2 Box 2 (Blu-ray) http://anime.kaze.fr/produit/bakuman...n_2_box_2_2_br