 In April 2007 at Anime Boston, Geneon announced that they had picked up the English dubbing rights of the first season of the anime series under the title "The Familiar of Zero".In July 2008, Geneon Entertainment and Funimation Entertainment announced an agreement to distribute select titles in North America.While Geneon Entertainment still retained the license, Funimation Entertainment assumed exclusive rights to the manufacturing, marketing, sales and distribution of select titles.