Half Way There

January 26, 2011

Back in 2009, I wrote a post expressing my desire to see the manga series Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro licensed after its end was announced in Japan, based on the anime series from 2007.  It’s been a long 4 years, hoping and waiting for that announcement that said I would finally get to read the adventures of my favorite demon detective, and now I believe we are half way to that point. Viz Media has confirmed that the anime will begin streaming on the Vizanime.com website in February.

Why does this give me hope of a manga license? Look at the last time Viz started streaming an anime; Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan. They streamed nearly the whole series before they announced the license of the manga, officially. What did Viz say when asked about Neuro? It’s “not on the schedule through September”. That doesn’t mean it won’t be announced though. Con season is starting to gear up. I wouldn’t be surprised if Neuro isn’t one of the licenses announced at San Diego Comic Con, assuming a listing for it isn’t found for it before then. Anime licenses have been a good gauge of manga licenses for the last several years, especially with Yen Press. I sincerely hope it becomes the same gauge at Viz. I REALLY WANT this series!!!!

4 Comments

  • Michelle Smith January 27, 2011 at 9:52 am

    Ooh, this does look good. I will join you in hoping that the manga license is announced soon!

  • lovelyduckie April 5, 2011 at 10:36 am

    I liked the anime but I’m more curious about the manga. Something in the anime seemed lacking that I suspect is fullfilled in the manga.

    • Lori Henderson April 5, 2011 at 7:27 pm

      The anime is only 25 episodes and I think the manga went 21 volumes, so I suspect there is a lot more to the manga. I really hope it does become a SDCC announcement, though I don’t want to wait until Nov (which is when most SDCC license announcements come out).

Leave a Reply to Lori Henderson Cancel reply