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Central Park Media filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy on the 27th of April 2009, liquidating with a debt of over 1.2 million US dollars. The company remained nominally active as of the 3rd of July 2023, but without most of its former assets.
John O'Donnell founded Central Park Media in 1990. O'Donnell had previously founded Sony Video Software, where he championed early anime titles Tranzor Z and Voltron: Defender of the Universe.
Urotsukidoji: Legend of the Overfiend, released in 1992 by Central Park Media's Anime 18 division, was the first animated film to receive the NC-17 rating. It was released in theaters across the United States in both subtitled and dubbed formats.
Central Park Media was headquartered in the Fisk Building at 250 West 57th Street in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. The office sat on the corner of Central Park, which gave the company its name. The company grew from 3,400 square feet of office space to 10,000 square feet by January 2000.
Central Park Media distributed titles including Slayers, Revolutionary Girl Utena, the Tokyo Babylon OVAs, Project A-ko, Demon City Shinjuku, Grave of the Fireflies, Record of Lodoss War, and MD Geist, among many others. The company was one of the first to distribute anime, manga, and manhwa in North America on a commercial scale.
Software Sculptors was an anime software company founded in 1993 by John Sirabella, Sam Liebowitz, and Henry Lai. CPM acquired the company and turned it into one of its division labels. Sirabella stayed with CPM until 1997, then went on to found Media Blasters.