Media Factory

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Media Factory
メディアファクトリー
Parent company Kadokawa Corporation
Founded December 1, 1986
Country of origin Japan
Headquarters location Shibuya, Tokyo
Shibuya East NBF 3-3-5
Key people Toshiyuki Yoshihara (Representative Director)
Publication types Publishing, film, music, video games
Revenue ¥13,937,320,000 (FY 2005)
Number of employees 168 (as of 2010)
Official website mediafactory.jp

Media Factory (メディアファクトリー Mediafakutorī), formerly Media Factory, Inc. (株式会社メディアファクトリー Kabushiki gaisha Mediafakutorī) is a Japanese publisher and brand company of Kadokawa Corporation. It was founded on December 1, 1986, and its headquarters are situated in Shibuya, Tokyo. It is a subsidiary of Recruit Co., Ltd. Media Factory was possibly the first anime distributor to ask for sites to not link to fansubs of any anime licensed by the company.[1] On October 12, 2011, Media Factory was purchased by Kadokawa Corporation for ¥8,000,000,000.[2] Media Factory also has a monthly manga magazine, Monthly Comic Alive, and its own light novel imprint, MF Bunko J. Media factory is also holds the license for the distribution of The 39 Clues in Japan.[3] Media Factory ceased being a kabushiki gaisha as well as retired the Pokémon anime series on October 1, 2013 when it was merged with eight other companies to become a brand company of Kadokawa Corporation.[4]

Magazines

Anime series

The following anime and manga titles are associated with Kadokawa Corporation/Media Factory

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Media Factory makes request to stop fansubbing". Anime News Network. December 9, 2004. Retrieved November 30, 2011. 
  2. ↑ "Kadokawa Purchases Manga Publisher Media Factory". Anime News Network. October 12, 2011. Retrieved November 30, 2011. 
  3. ↑ http://www.mediafactory.co.jp/39c/index.html
  4. ↑ "Kadokawa to Merge 9 Subsidiaries Into 1 Company". Anime News Network. March 28, 2013. Retrieved October 8, 2013. 
  5. ↑ "Funimation related copyright holders". Funimation. 2006. Retrieved August 23, 2012. 

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