Rose Of Versailles is licenced by Rightstuf / Nozomi Entertainment!

Rose Of Versailles is one of my all-time favourite anime series, I've been hoping someone would license it for an official English subtitled release for years.

Rightstuf / Nozomi Entertainment have just announced that they've got the license - it'll be streamed via viki.com this winter, and be out on DVD sometime next year.

The moment I hear of a DVD release, I'm going to preorder it!

They are also taking questions from the general public to ask Riyoko Ikeda - the original author of the manga - until 1st Nov.

Official Site

ARIA licensed for US distribution by Nozomi / Rightstuf

Nozomi Entertainment / Rightstuf made a big press release yesterday of a new license. It's ARIA THE ANIMATION. The whole first series will come out on DVD, subtitled-only, at the end of September of this year.

I'm not sure, I might pre-order it. I'm undecided at the moment.

I'm glad they're releasing box sets.

[GLARES at ADV for stopping releasing the ARIA manga after 3 volumes]

Yeah, I can hold grudges for an incomplete series for years...!

Maria-sama ga Miteru - US release!

Woo! Maria-sama ga Miteru has been licensed by Nozomi Entertainment (Rightstuf International).

Official Site: http://maria-sama.rightstuf.com/

It'll be released in box set seasons (1,2,3), subtitled only, and the first season comes out on July 29th. The other two don't have dates listed.

I placed my preorder for Season 1 already, it was only $37.49, which means that two seasons cost about the same as one volume (two episodes) on Region 2 DVDs. An excellent deal.