Papillon Rose Coming to America

“New studio” Maiden Japan will release its first anime license, Papillon Rose, on domestic DVD June 8. The release will include the original 2003 Lingerie Senshi Papillon Rose OVA animated by Echigoya & Pink Company and the six episode Papillon Rose: New Season television series from 2006 that was animated by Kelmadick. The franchise, which spawned from a fan created online short, is a risqué parody of Sailor Moon, in particular. The original OVA contains nudity and sexual innuendo. The risqué content got toned down in the later TV series. Maiden Japan has not clarified what language and translation options will be provided on the release.

Section 23 will handle distribution on behalf of Maiden Japan. It’s not clear if Maiden Japan is actually a new, independent licensor starting business in America or a new sub-label of the corporate entity that owns Section 23, Sentai Filmworks, Happy Carrot, and Switchblade Pictures.

I’m just gonna bite my tongue on this one.

Source: Anime News Network