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[img_assist|nid=2315|title=|desc=|link=none|align=right|width=200|height=200]Did Funimation actually announce that they licensed Serial Experiments Lain, Haibane Renmei, and Texhnolyze? Yeah, I already have these from the now defunct Geneon USA, but it's really good to know that these ABe series are being revived!

[img_assist|nid=2162|title=|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=141|height=200]Big thanks to Steven for the heads up!

By the looks of it, Media Blasters has acquired Mahou Shoujo Tai! This series is also called Tweeny Witches1, which will most likely be the official title as released in the U.S.

• 1. This looked to be an alternate title from the start, since the official site for the series was http://www.tweeny-witches.com/

I just got word from the Anime News Network that, as I expected would happen at some point, ADV has confirmed the licensing of Makoto Shinkai's Byousoku 5 Centimeter!

I had several reactions to the news: