Udon Entertainment announced it acquired the license for The Rose of Versailles and Sugar Sugar Rune during their panel at the San Diego Comic Convention. The Rose of Versailles, the classic shoujo manga by Riyoko Ikeda, ran in Shueisha’s Weekly Margaret magazine from 1972-1973. The manga was published in 10 volumes and was released as a 40-episode anime running...

This past weekend at Anime Expo many announcements were made for license acquisitions by North American publishers. Of course here at Heart of Manga we’re listening acutely for the shoujo titles, so here’s what was shared for shoujo fans at AX 2015. Viz Media announced at their Shojo Beat panel that they will be printing Shuriken to Pleats by...

In case you might have missed the announcement, Funimation acquired streaming rights for this summer’s anticipated shoujo anime, Akagami no Shirayukihime, translated to Snow White with the Red Hair. The series is set to air on July 6th in Japan. Funimation has yet to release a stream date, but we hope that it will be close to the Japanese...

Seven Seas acquires more shoujo manga with Ichigo Takano's Orange.

Upcoming shows for anime fangirls - Akagame no Shirayukihime summer anime PV released and High Speed! Free! movie prequel announced for December.