I kinda gave up on Rosario to Vampire, probably after the swim club episode? I never made an intentional decision to drop it; it was just too much fluff and fanservice to really retain my interest. (Not that it was trying to be anything deep, and I have nothing wrong with entertainment being pure fluff; just sometimes I’m not up for it.)

But clearly it was enough for some of y’all, or maybe just some of the Japanese otaku, because ANN reports that a second season, tentatively titled Rosario to Vampire Capu2 (where “2″ is pronounced “tsuu” and therefore very similar to Moka’s “capu-chuu!” thing, is in the works. The new season will air as soon as October and will feature new, anime-only characters.

None of which makes me any more interested in it than before…

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About goddamn time! MangaCast spotted some new VIZ licenses on Amazon.com, including the fantastically badass smuggler dramedy Black Lagoon, as well as another work by Vampire Knight’s Matsuri Hino called WANTED, two Arina Tanemura manga– Time Stranger Kyoko and one called Kanshaku Tamano Yuuutsu (no relation to Haruhi; “Short-Tempered Melancholy”) and the manga of Rosario to Vampire. Oh, and another Akira Toriyama work: Cowa!

Also licensed: Ayumi Komura’s Mixed Vegetables, Hisaya Nakajo’s Sugar Princess, and Youzabara Kanari and Kuroko Yabuguchi’s Gimmick!. MangaCast also has covers for previously-announced (I think) titles Cat Eyed Boy, One Pound Gospel, and of course, Slam Dunk.

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