List of anime companies
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This is a list of anime industry companies involved in the production or distribution of anime.
Japan-based companies
Animation studios
- A-1 Pictures
- AIC (Anime International Company)
- ARMS Corporation
- Artland
- Ashi Productions
- Asread
- A.P.P.P. (Another Push Pin Planning Company)
- Bee Train
- Bones
- Brain's Base
- Daiei Co., Ltd.
- C2C
- Daume
- David Production
- Dogakobo
- Eiken
- Gainax
- Gonzo
- Group TAC
- Hal Film Maker (name changed to TYO Animations)
- Imagin (studio)
- Japan Vistec
- J.C.Staff
- Kyoto Animation
- Lerche
- Madhouse
- Magic Bus
- Manglobe
- Mushi Productions
- Nippon Animation
- Nomad
- OLM
- Ordet
- Oriental Heart Production
- P.A. Works
- Polygon Pictures
- Production I.G
- Radix
- Satelight
- Seven Arcs
- Shaft
- Studio 4°C
- Studio Comet
- Studio Deen
- Studio Donguri
- Studio Dub
- Studio Egg
- Studio Fantasia
- Studio Gallop
- Studio Ghibli
- Studio Hibari
- Studio Junio
- Studio Khara
- Studio Mook
- Studio Nue
- Studio Orphee
- Studio Pierrot
- Studio Wombat
- Sunrise
- SynergySP
- Tatsunoko Production
- Telecom Animation Film
- Tezuka Productions
- TMS Entertainment - formerly known as Tokyo Movie Shinsha
- TNK (studio)
- Toei Animation
- Topcraft
- Triangle Staff
- Trigger
- TYO Animations
- Ufotable
- White Fox
- XEBEC
- Zexcs
Producers
- Animax
- Aniplex (Sony Music Entertainment Japan's anime distribution unit)
- Avex
- Bandai Visual
- BROCCOLI
- Dentsu
- Geneon Universal Entertainment (Formerly Pioneer LDC)
- Genco
- Hakuhodo DY Media Partners
- Japan Home Video (JHV)
- Kadokawa Shoten
- King Records (Starchild label)
- KSS
- Nihon Ad Systems
- Pony Canyon
- Square Enix
- Soft On Demand (SOD)
- Toho
- VAP
- Victor Entertainment
- Viz Media
Non-Japanese companies
Distributors
North America & other regions
- AnimEigo (U.S.)
- Anime Midstream (U.S.)
- Aniplex Of America (U.S., American subsidiary of Aniplex owned by Sony Music Entertainment Japan)
- Crunchyroll (U.S.) (distributor)
- Discotek Media (U.S.)[1]
- Go Fish Pictures (U.S. subsidiary of DreamWorks)
- Disney (U.S.)
- Miramax Films (U.S., previously owned by Disney until 2010 when it was acquired by Filmyard Holdings[2])
- Funimation Entertainment (U.S.)
- Kadokawa Pictures USA (U.S., American subsidiary of Kadokawa Pictures)
- Manga Entertainment (UK, U.S.: bought by Anchor Bay Entertainment in 2005)
- Media Blasters (U.S.)
- NIS America (U.S., American subsidiary of Nippon Ichi Software software company)
- Section 23 (U.S.) (the successor company to ADV films, which split into several companies in 2009. "Section 23" handles distribution, "Sentai Filmworks" handles license acquisition, "Aesir Holdings" inherited ADV's old library of titles, "Seraphim Studios" handles new English dubs, and "Valkyrie Media Productions" handles The Anime Network).
- The Right Stuf International (U.S., main distribution subdivision rebranded "Nozomi Entertainment" in 2007)
- Saban Brands (U.S.)
- Sony Pictures Television International/Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (U.S., American subsidiary of Sony)
- Viz Media (U.S., owned jointly by Shogakukan and Shueisha, of Japan, but it is run independently)
Europe exclusive
- 101 Films (United Kingdom)
- Anime Limited (United Kingdom)
- Black Box (France, Belgium, Switzerland)
- Dybex (France, Belgium, Holland, Switzerland, Germany*)
- Dynit (Italia, Switzerland)
- Kana Home Video (France, Belgium, Holland, Switzerland)
- Kazé (France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, United Kingdom)
- Manga Entertainment UK (the main branch of "Manga Entertainment")
- MVM Films (UK)
- StudioCanal UK (UK)
- Universum Film GmbH (Germany)
- *Nipponart (Germany)
- KSM Film (Germany)
- Animaze (Germany)
- FilmConfect (Germany)
Australia
- Hanabee (Australia)
- Madman Entertainment (Australia: Madman overwhelmingly dominates the Australian anime market, for many years through the 2000s controlling approximately 90% of all sales)
- Siren Visual (Australia)
Defunct
- 4Kids Productions (US) (subsidiary of 4Kids Entertainment Specializing in dubbing anime,shut down in 2012 due to continued lack of profitability).
- ADV Films (U.S., U.K.) (shut down in 2009, selling off its assets and intellectual properties to four other Houston-based companies, such as Section 23 (see above)).
- Bandai Entertainment (U.S., owned by Namco Bandai[3])
- Bandai Visual USA (U.S., previously a subsidiary of Bandai Visual Japan and not affiliated with Bandai Entertainment, now folded into Bandai Entertainment[4])
- Beez Entertainment (EU, owned by Bandai)
- Central Park Media (de facto defunct since mid-2007 when new DVD releases ceased, even though they continued to license their titles for TV and VOD, they entered a state of limbo.[5] Officially declared bankruptcy and assets liquidated in mid-2009.[6] Several of their titles have been acquired by other anime distributing companies prior to and following Central Park Media's bankruptcy and liquidation, such as ADV Films, Bandai Entertainment, Funimation Entertainment, Media Blasters, Nozomi Entertainment, etc.)
- US Manga Corps (U.S., part of Central Park Media)
- Family Home Entertainment (U.S., renamed Artisan Entertainment) in the 1990s, then acquired by Lions Gate Entertainment in 2003).
- Geneon Entertainment (U.S. branch "Geneon USA" (formerly "Pioneer Entertainment") defunct September 2007. Parent Japanese company ceased in-house distribution of its own titles, many of which have been re-licensed by Funimation[7][8] and Sentai Filmworks. Parent company "Geneon Entertainment" then sold off its own ownership to NBC Universal subsidiary UPI, which then merged Geneon with its own "Universal Pictures Japan" division on February 1, 2009, renaming the new company "Geneon Universal Entertainment Japan").[9][10]
- Manga Distribution (France, Belgium, Switzerland. Was fined with Déclic Images (another french editor) 4.8 million euros in 2009 for selling DVDs of Grendizer while they didn't have the rights).
- Saban Entertainment (U.S., acquisitions either went to The Walt Disney Company or just expired, succeeded by Saban Brands)
- Streamline Pictures (U.S., Canada: stopped producing new anime releases in 1996, folding into Orion Pictures, which in turn folded into Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer one year later, in 1997. The Streamline brand name officially went defunct in 2002).
- Synch-Point (U.S., A subsidiary of Broccoli (company), defunct when parent company Broccoli International USA shut down their operations in 2007)
- Urban Vision (U.S.)
- U.S. Renditions (U.S., A subsidiary of Books Nippan, defunct mid-1990s)
- Tokyopop (U.S.)
Producers
- Sav! The World Productions (Fr, producer of Oban Star-Racers with Bandai Visual and HAL Film Maker)
- Harmony Gold USA (U.S., produced the seminal Robotech series in 1985; stopped releasing new anime in the late 1980s and virtually dormant in the 1990s, the company technically still exists and issues re-releases)
References
- ↑ "Discotek News". Discotek. February 2012.
- ↑ "Disney's Sale of Miramax Completed". The Hollywood Reporter. December 3, 2010. Retrieved January 4, 2012.
- ↑ http://www.namcobandai.com/
- ↑ "Bandai Visual USA to be Liquidated by September". Anime News Network. May 23, 2008. Retrieved May 22, 2009.
- ↑ Musicland files for bankruptcy
- ↑ "Central Park Media Files for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy (Update 2)". Anime News Network. April 28, 2009. Retrieved May 22, 2009.
- ↑ "Funimation Agrees to Distribute Select Geneon Titles". Anime News Network. July 3, 2008accessdate=May 22, 2009.
- ↑ "Funimation to Distribute Gungrave Anime for Geneon". Anime News Network. December 30, 2008. Retrieved May 22, 2009.
- ↑ "Geneon to Merge with Universal Pictures Japan". Anime News Network. November 12, 2008. Retrieved November 13, 2008.
- ↑ "Geneon Universal Entertainment Japan Official Website" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2009-02-22.
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