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Otakon 2016: Funimation Adds Omamori Himari

Written By Samantha Ferreira August 13, 2016

Who needs a good luck charm when you have a catgirl guardian?

Last night, Funimation revealed that they acquired the domestic rights to comedy series Omamori Himari. The company will release the title as a DVD-only set on November 8.

Omamori Himari is based on Milan Matra’s manga series of the same name. The show was helmed by Shinji Ushiro (Yo-kai Watch, We Without Wings – Under the Innocent Sky) at studio ZEXCS, with Satoshi Isono (Magical Witch Punie-chan, Nightwalker) providing character designs. Katsumi Hasegawa (Record of Lodoss War: Chronicles of the Heroic Knight, Maze: The Mega-Burst Space) was in charge of series composition.

Crunchyroll streamed Omamori Himari as the series, which aired in the winter 2016 broadcast seasaon, as it aired in Japan. The show was delisted from Crunchyroll shortly after its final episode aired.

Filed Under: News Reporting

Tag(s): acquisitions, funimation, omamori himari, otakon 2016

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Samantha Ferreira is Anime Herald’s founder and editor-in-chief. A Rhode Island native, Samantha has been an anime fan since 1992, and an active member of the anime press since 2002, when she began working as a reviewer for Anime Dream. She launched Anime Herald in 2010, and continues to oversee its operations to this day. Outside of journalism, Samantha actively studies the history of the North American anime fandom and industry, with a particular focus on the 2000s anime boom and bust. She’s a huge fan of all things Sakura Wars, and maintains series fansite Combat Revue Review when she has free time available. When not in the Anime Herald Discord, Samantha can typically be found on Bluesky.

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