Funimation Adds Tales of Vesperia Anime Film

I don't know much about Hitman reborn but If I remember correctly Viz was releasing the Hitman manga and it wasn't selling enough and they put it on Hiatus and then not to long ago flat out cancelled all future releases indefinately. That being the case I would think Funi would not wanna license the anime. It's been seen first hand that hype on the web doesn't equal real world sales. Bandai found that out with Lucky Star and Haruhi which had massive internet popularity and buzz but then didn't sell nearly to their expectations(Haruhi made a profit and did just well enough to bring the 2nd season and movie over but lucky star did so poor they cancelled the last collectors sets and never bothered dubbing the OVA). Another good reason may be the sheer number of Episodes. It costs alot to dub and if Funi can't dub something they won't bother with it and at 200+ episodes it's just to much of a risk on something that may not sell. I would expect if anyone is gonna get Reborn it would be Sentai as they would probably just release it sub only like they are currently doing with Gintama.

As for why they licensed Freezing it's as simple as it being the violent fighting type show with boobs which has been doing great for Funi with stuff like Sekirei( or whatever it's called) and Master of Martial Hearts. Yeah they are crappy mindless shows but they sell well enough. While they are not my cup of tea I don't mind because for every show that does real well we get more stuff that might be good.