Yesterday we realized Sentai Filmworks has been on a licensing spree withTsuritama and Tasogare Otome x Amnesia, so we started wondering, what else they might have licensed this season. It turns out that on top of licensing Mysterious Girlfriend X and Sakamichi no Apollon, they've also licensed Medaka Box and Queen's Blade: Rebellion for home video and digital distribution.

You can see trailers and series descriptions below the jump.

Sentia FIlmworks is in a licensing frenzy. Last week they announced that they have picked up the North American licenses for both home video and digital distribution of two of this season's most anticipated series, Tsuritama and Tasogare Otome×Amnsia (or in English, Dusk maiden of Amnesia). Tsuritama is currently airing as part of the Noitamina animation block and is directed by Kenji Nakamura of Ayakashi fame. Tasogare Otome is a mystery series being directed by Shin Oonuma (ef ~ a tale of memories) with character designs by Yukiko Ban of .hack//SIGN.

Check out the trailers and series descriptions after the jump!

It's a new season, and so begins a bout of licensing announcements. Sentai Filmworks announced at Anime Boston on Saturday that they have acquired the streaming and home video rights to Sakamichi no Apollon (Kids on the Slope) and Nazo no Kanojo X (Mysterious Girlfriend X). Both series have already been licensed for streaming by Crunchyroll. As a result, Sentai Filmworks plans on streaming each episode on The Anime Network and Hulu 31 days after they first premiere on Crunchy.

North American licensing company, Sentai Filmworks, announced that they have acquired the rights to the second season of K-ON! yesterday. Sentai Filmworks will collaborate with Bang Zoom! Entertainment in order to bring the hit television anime series to North America later this year. The 26 episode series will be released on both BluRay and DVD along with the an OVA in both English (dubbed) & Japanese (with subtitles).

This comes as welcomed news to fans of the series, since the license holder of the previous season, Bandai Entertainment, had shut down distribution activities earlier this year.

It may be the dead of winter here in New York but somewhere deep inside, we're all "waiting for summer". Conveniently Crunchyroll has grabbed up our hopes in their latest round of simulcasting announcements. Crunchy will be simulcasting upcoming 12 episode winter anime, Ano Natsu de Matteru (Waiting in the Summer) starting January 11, 2012. Furthermore, Sentai Filmworks has licensed the series for digital distribution and DVD release later this year.

The series, which premieres January 9th in Japan, is being storyboarded by Onegai Teacher's Yousuke Kuroda, with original charachter design by fellow Onegai-staff Taraku Uon. If that isn't enough to get you expecting great things, Ano Natsu will be directed by Tatsuyuku Naga with charachter design by Masayoshi Tanaka (who previously worked together to bring us Toradora! and Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae o Boku-tachi wa Mada Shiranai). Check out an official description and trailer for the upcoming romantic comedy below.

Sentai Filmworks announced yesterday that the upcoming Winter 2011 series about bodacious babes buccaneering for intergalactic booty has been licensed for both DVD & BluRay. Alliterations aside, as if it were unexpected, Crunchyroll will be simulcasting the series starting January 7, 2012 at 12 PM EST. It seems like Sentai has a lot of confidence in the series to license it for BluRay before it even airs. Check out a brief description of the series and a trailer below and let us know what you think.

Here we go again. Sentai Filmworks licenses another one of the fairly recent animes of this year, A-Channel. To be specific, A-Channel aired in the Spring of 2011. Based on the 4koma manga and produced by Studio Gokumi (Koe de Oshigoto! OVAs), this is a yuri-centric selection to be licensed for the West.

If you were at Nekocon this previous weekend, you may already know that Sentai Filmworks has licensed detective anime, Un-Go for home video digital distribution. But for the rest of us, they've kindly released a statement indicated that they do indeed have the license and will release it on DVD and BluRay in 2012.

Un-Go which currently airs on Fuji TV's Noitamina animation block and is being animated by studio BONES and directed by Seiji Mizushima of Full Metal Alchemist and Gundam 00 fame. Check out a description and a trailer after the jump. You can also see our first impression of Un-Go here if you haven't already.

Sentai Filmworks released a statement yesterday indicating that they have acquired the rights to the Mashiroiro Symphony ~ The Color of Lovers anime series. The series is an adaptation of the popular visual novel franchise which has spawned 3 manga titles and various drama CDs. Mashiroiro Symphony is being produced by Manglobe and has Toshie Kawamura (The World God Only Knows) directing the animation. The series which is currently still airing in Japan will be available for digital distribution (most likely through The Anime Network) shortly with an expected DVD release sometime next year.

You'll find the official synopsis and Japanese PV for the anime series below.

Sentai Filmworks released a statement yesterday confirming their latest licensing acquisition, The World God Only Knows. The first 12 episodes of season 1 of the series is slated to be released on DVD and BluRay in January 2012. Season 2 will be available later in the year as well.

The World God Only Knows is based on the popular manga by Tamaki Wakaki and follows the story of Katsuragi Keima. Keima is your typical Casanova except... the only girls who's heart's he cares to capture are the 2D kind. Online fellow galge players call him the God of Conquests, but in real life he's looked down on. But one day his peaceful life is interrupted by a demon in need of assistance. His mission, capture the hearts of real girls to release the escaped spirits from hell that have entered them.