A new anime to be on the lookout for is Hamatora. North American anime distributor Sentai Filmworks announced on Thursday that it had purchased exclusive licensing rights for the anime series. The company plans to release the series digitally and on home video. No word whether or not the company will dub it into English or leave it in the oeiginal Japanese language and slap on subtitles. Meanwhile, Viz plans to take Naruto to Mexico.
The plot of Hamatora is as follows -- partners Nice and Murasaki form a detective agency called "Hamatora" (short for "Yokohama Troubleshooting") in Yokohama in 2014 -- but their "office" is a table at Cafe Nowhere where they and their friends wait for clients. An old acquaintance of theirs, a cop named Art, hires them for a serial murder case he is investigating, and they discover that the murder victims are all "Minimum Holders" -- those who possess special hereditary powers discovered only in an extremely limited number of humans. As Minimum Holders themselves, Nice and Murasaki are drawn into this case, whether they like it or not.
The multimediaHamatora project was first announced back in 2013. It has spawned a manga series, two stage plays, and a Nintendo 3DS game. An anime series with super-deformed characters and a film have been green-lit.
In other anime news, Viz Media, the largest licensor of manga and anime in North America, is taking Naruto south of the border down Mexico way. The company has engaged a series of theatrical releases of the seventh climactic anime film in the Naruto Shippuden saga -- The Last: Naruto The Movie.
Naruto enjoys a great deal of popularity across Latin America. Viz Media has teamed up with media outlets in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico and Peru to expand on that popularity that extends beyond just the anime. They envision the Naruto brand extending across various other medias as well, such as print, and gaming products
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