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Funimation to Simulcast C, Licenses Panty & Stocking (Updated)
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North American anime distributor Kenji Nakamura.
The site is also now hosting a clip from the original confirmed that the company has acquired the North American home video and broadcast rights to the series, which it will release on DVD in 2012.
Funimation Marketing Manager press release, Funimation indicated its plans to launch a premiere paid subscription for the site "later this year."
In the video, Nakamura introduces the series, which takes place in an economically troubled future Japan, in which the "appealing characters put their future on the line as battles unfold." Nakamura also addresses the recent difficulties of Japan as the result of the March 11 Higashi Nihon Daishinsai (Great Eastern Japan Earthquake) disaster, promising that the staff will not become discouraged despite the troubles.
An English-subtitled trailer for the series is also streaming on the site.
simulcast the series starting on April 22.
Update: Added video information.
Update 2: Added background, Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt, and Canadian viewing information (via Anime on DVD)
Update 3: Added confirmation of Panty & Stocking license.
Update 4: Added C press release.
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