| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | entertainment |
| Genre | anime |
| Predecessor | XL Media |
| Founded | 2007 |
| Headquarters | Voronezh, Russia |
| Area served | Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Baltic countries |
| Key people | Artem Tolstobrov Stepan Shashkin |
| Products | DVD, books |
| Parent | Reanimedia Japan |
| Website | reanimedia.ru |
Reanimedia is an anime distributor in Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and the Baltic States, working in cooperation with Reanimedia Japan. The company was founded in 2007.
The main declared objective of the company is to distribute Russian editions of notable anime titles that approach Japanese standards of image quality, packaging and additional materials. The company also works as a publisher and supports local anime festivals, clubs of interest and other anime-related events.
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Reanimedia was founded in mid-2007 as a successor of XL Media
On October 22, 2007, Reanimedia announced that it was planning to acquire XL Media.[1][2] Consolidation between the two companies was expected to finish by February 2008. However, on May 6, 2008, Reanimedia announced that the agreement had been cancelled due to "irreconcilable differences" between the firms.[3][4] XL Media employees who had previously joined Reanimedia continued working for their new employer. XL Media was acquired by a third party and continued working with new employees.
The dubbing studio, which was originally created in October 2005 to perform dubbing of OVA Tristia and later performed a number of dubbing works for XL Media (see List of works for XL Media, below), became a part of Reanimedia in 2007.[5]
At the beginning of 2008, Reanimedia released its first products: Pet Shop of Horrors and Five centimeters per second.
On June 1, 2009, Reanimedia opened its own online store.[6]
Staff
Former employees
Dubbing actors Information about the dubbing actors can be found at Reanimedia’s site.[5]
Translators
| Translator | Anime titles translated into Russian |
|---|---|
| Igor Skochinsky | The Girl Who Leapt Through Time |
| Nikolay Karaev | Five centimeters per second The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (TV-1) Charcoal Feather Federation |
| Pavel Rukavitsyn | Pet Shop of Horrors |
| Natalya Rumak | Diebaster: Reach for the sky – 2 The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (TV-2) |
| Lev Grinberg | Gurren-Lagann |
| Oleg Bugutsky | Spice and Wolf |
| Year | Title | Dubbing actors[5] |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Pet Shop of Horrors[7] |
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| 2007 | Five centimeters per second[8] (Byōsoku Go Senchimētoru) |
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| 2007 | The Girl Who Leapt Through Time[9] (Toki o Kakeru Shōjo) |
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| 2007 | The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (TV-1)[10] (Suzumiya Haruhi no Yūutsu) |
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| 2008 | Diebaster: Reach for the sky – 2[11] (Toppu o Nerae Tsū! 2) |
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| 2008 | Gurren-Lagann[12] (Tengen Toppa Gurrenn-Lagann) |
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| 2008 | Charcoal Feather Federation[13](Haibane Renmei) |
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| 2009 | Spice and Wolf[14] (Ookami to Koushinryou) |
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| 2010 | The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (TV-2) (Suzumiya Haruhi no Yūutsu) |
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| 2010 | The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya[15] (Suzumiya Haruhi no Shōshitsu) |
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| 2009 | Five centimeters per second (Byōsoku Go Senchimētoru») |
The dubbing studio, which has been a part of Reanimedi since 2007, was originally created in October 2005 to perform dubbing of OVA Tristia for XL Media.[5] In 2005-2007, the studio was working for XL Media and performed dubbing of the following titles:
| 2005 | Tristia (Aoi Umi no Tristia) |
| 2006 | The Eternity You Desire (Kimi ga Nozomu Eien) |
| 2006 | Wolf's Rain (Urufuzu Rein) |
| 2006 | Voices of a Distant Star (Hoshi no Koe) |
| 2006 | The Place Promised in Our Early Days (Kumo no Mukō, Yakusoku no Basho) |
| 2006 | Le Portrait de Petit Cossette (Kozetto no Shōzō) |
| 2007 | Serial Experiments Lain |
| 2009 | Taro, the son of the dragon (Tatsu no Ko Tarou) |
| 2009 | Treasure Island (Dobutsu Takarajima) |
| 2009 | Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (Alibaba to Yonjubiki no Tozuku) |
| 2009 | Flying Phantom Ship (Sora Tobu Yureisen) |
| 2009 | The Return of Puss in Boots (Nagagutsu Sanjuushi) |
| 2010 | The Adventures of Gulliver (Gulliver no Uchuu Ryokou) |
| 2009 | Spice and Wolf (Ookami to Koushinryou) |
| 2010 | Evangelion: 1.11 You are (not) alone |
| 2011 | Paradise Kiss (Paradaisu Kisu) |
| 2010 | Princess Mononoke (Mononoke Hime) |
On May 10, 2011, Reanimedia started a crowd funding project People's License.[16] The purpose of the project is to license Makoto Shinkai's anime Children Who Chase Lost Voices from Deep Below (Hoshi o Ou Kodomo) which was released in Japan on May 7, 2011. On May 24, 2011, Reanimedia reported that the project was successful, and Reanimedia began preparations for signing a license agreement.[17]