News Reporting

Funimation to Make Major Push For 10 Brands at Licensing Expo 2018


From My Hero Academia and Dragon Ball, to Steins;Gate and Cardcaptor Sakura, Funimation is covering every fanbase at this year’s expo.

Earlier today, Funimation announced that they will kick off a major licensing push at this year’s Licensing Expo. The company will feature ten major brands at their booth (#U252) this year, including:

  • Attack on Titan
  • Black Clover
  • Cardcaptor Sakura
  • Dragon Ball Super
  • Dragon Ball Z
  • Full Metal Panic!
  • My Hero Academia
  • Steins;Gate
  • The Seven Deadly Sins
  • Tokyo Ghoul

To date, Funimation has initiated 55 licensing agreements across these ten brands with new and renewing licensees. Current merchandise lines include collectibles, apparel, toys, games, drinkware, costumes and accessories.

In the press release, Funimation noted that they’re seeking licensees for the following categories:

  • bath & beauty
  • collectibles of all types
  • toys
  • mobile and video games
  • tabletop games
  • consumables
  • costumes

The publisher released visuals of several merchandise items, which you can check out below.

Attack on Titan

Black Clover

Dragon Ball Super

Dragon Ball Z

My Hero Academia

Steins;Gate

The Seven Deadly Sins

Tokyo Ghoul

Source: Funimation (Press Release)

About the author

Samantha Ferreira

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.

Anime Herald

Support Anime Herald

Anime Herald is brought to you through our Patrons and Ko-fi supporters. Consider backing us for as little as $1 a month to help us keep the site ad-free and pay a fair rate to our writers.

Patrons and backers can access several benefits, including Early Article Access, our members-only Discord, and the ability to suggest articles for our team to write on your behalf.



Latest Posts