[01/01/02]
Right Stuf have set up a dairy for the Producer to write his comments on how the Karekano dub is going. Check it out. ^_^

[07/10/01]
The Karekano manga looks like it's been picked up again by MIXX, for real this time. It will still be called "He says / She Says" and will be added to the monthly SMILE anthology. Let's cross our fingers and hope they do a good/decent/readable job. The series is due to begin running early next year.

Source: Animenation. Thanks to Darcy for directing me to the article

[08/07/01]
The american release of Karekano has been pushed back yet again, with Right Stuf's recent announcement of Spring 2002 as a tentative release date. >_<;;

Source: Animenation.

[12/01/01]
The release date for Right Stuf's Karekano has been shifted again, release is forecast for September 2001. It appears that difficulties in keeping up with translations are increasing the translation time.

Source: Animenation.

[24/11/00]
No news for ages O_o The Anime News network have reported that the Right Stuf subs are due to start appearing in Spring. ^_^

Source: Anime News Network.

[02/08/00]
Mixx no longer have the rights to release the Karekano manga in North America.

Mixx loses Kare Kano (8/1/2000) Source: Anime Colony Mixx Entertainment publisher Henry Korman has informed Anime Colony that Mixx Entertainment has lost the American rights to the Kareshi Kanojo no Jijou Manga. Kare Kano (He/She) is a Manga and T.V. series produced by the producers of Evangelion. The T.V. series has been extremely well received in Japan (#1) and is expected to be released in the spring of 2001 by Right Stuf International.

Source: Anime News Network. Thanks to AJ for mailing it to me.

[23/07/00]
Typing around the Rightstuf message board a few days ago generated this response concerning Kare Kano's intended release:

"We are going to try to have a simultaneous release of Dub and Sub (Don't be surprised if that will fall through, I won't be). Release time is unknown at this time (Speculations say First quarter or second quarter 2001 for the first release). Well if you have any other Kare Kanno questions, let me know. Thanks. AnimeBrain 'Right Stuf Insider'"

The messageboard is here
Source: John Yap

[19/05/00]
Our beloved Karekano manga has been picked up for English release. Some may cringe, when I say this, but it's been picked up by MIXX. The english title given at present is "He Says / She Says". I'm very happy that the manga has been picked up, but as always I'm a little nervous about what MIXX will be doing with it. The given title, for a start is something I'm sure will be debated. Personally, I think they've had some ups and downs with their translations, so everybody cross their fingers. ^_~ Release is slated for October this year. For more information you can visit MIXX. Look under the new titles section.
Thanks to Lauren for letting me know about this. *bows low*

[07/01/00]
It looks like there's some new scraps of news reguarding KK's distribution. ^^
"U.S. Anime licensing giant, ADV Films announced on Thursday, a distribution deal for the entire catalog of films for The Right Stuf International Inc. Among the The Right Stuf Inc.'s licenses are Osamu Tezukas's Kimba The White Lion, Studio Gainax's Kareshi No Kanajo No Jijou, and The Irresponsible Captain Tylor. "
Source: Anime News Network

[27/01/00]
New news!!! ^_^ I, it's been a long time since I wrote anything reguarding this. But that's 'cause I hadn't heard any news floating around. However Steve Murdock has e-mailed Right Stuf and gotten the below reply:

Hi,
Thank you for your e-mail. So far no details have been released even to us employees regarding Kare Kano as we are calling it. If it follows the usual process we will release it first in subtitled then dubbed. No release date has been set at this time. As more information becomes available, we will post it on our website. If there is anything else we can help you with, feel free to e-mail us or call us at 1-800-338-6827.
Thanks, JAB/TRSI Customer Service

So it looks like we'll still have to wait on news for when the actual release date is. But here's hoping it's not too far away. ^^

[Old News]

Well, I don't know about you, but I really didn't expect Karekano to be translated commercially anytime soon, if at all. Partly because it's still relatively new. But Venkarel has very kindly tipped me off, and has given me some relevant links and *clichéd drum roll begins* Karekano has been picked up by a company by the name of "Right Stuf". ^^

The news was announced by Jeff Thompson (a member of the staff involved) at the Neko-Con. Right Stuf have also announced the news on their website. It looks like the expected release time for North America fall for the year 2000. As yet I haven't heard anything about whether the show will be dubbed, subbed or both. The company has picked up the rights for both the VSH and DVD formats.

Personally, I really don't know much about this company. But I've been assured by a number of people that if anyone's going to translate the show properly then it's Right Stuf. ^^. I'm also told that they're relatively cheap. So I must say, that on my part at least, I'm really excited by the news (nothing can bring me down today). If the tapes make it all the way to Australia then I'll definately be putting them on my shopping list.

More information will be posted here as it becomes available. If you know anything I don't about this then by all means, e-mail me and let me know.




Relevant Links
The Anime News Network's Article: Read all about the exciting new news ^_^
Right Stuf: The company who have aquired the rights to the show
A Fan's View: Information on Jeff Thomson's announcement.
Venkarel's Ramblings: Venkarel's page.