What
is License Line? Put simply, it's a semi-regular feature on
Nagareboshi Reviews in which yours truly posts about a certain
anime/manga series that truly, desperately needs to be licensed and
put on my shelves ASAP - from the obscure but well-deserving manga to
the stream worthy but not yet DVD licensed anime.
At
Japan Expo 2013, Viz Media did its usual release of licenses, both
anime and manga. At their Shojo Beat panel, one of their license announcements was of a series already familiar to English readers:
Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne, an Arina Tanemura series previously published
by the now-defunct CMX. Viz pretty much has become the authority on
Tanemura's manga past and present.
But
why should Maron and company be the only magical thieves who get a
license rescue these days? There's another series, a Tokyopop series
from the early days, that is worth getting a second look. This is
Mysterious Thief Saint Tail/怪盗セセイント・テールby
manga-ka Megumi Tachikawa, also known as Saint Tail to U.S. readers.
Tokyopop marketed it as Robin Hood meets Sailor Moon, which isn't a
bad comparison, but that might be selling the series short.
