Pioneer Announces New Licenses

Pioneer has officially acquired the North American translation and distribution rights to the Heatguy J anime TV series and the first Lupin the 3rd movie: Secret of Mamo.

Heatguy J will end its 25 episodes broadcast on Japanese television next week. The sci-fi/action series will debut in America on July 29th in a 4 episode disc only version for $29.98 and a DVD with series box version for $39.98.

Lupin the 3rd: The Secret of Mamo was released in America in a dubbed only format by Streamline Pictures in the early 1990s. The film will be rereleased by Pioneer in DVD format on July 29th.

Pioneer has also acquired the North American publishing rights to the soundtracks for Serial Experiments Lain, Hellsing, Patlabor movie 3, Chobits, Haibane Renmei, and Mahoromatic; and self titled CDs by Yuki Kajiura (composer behind Noir and .hack//SIGN) and Yoko Ishida (theme song vocalist for Sugar, Pretear, and Ai Yori Aoshi).

Source: Anime on DVD