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Madman Entertainment was founded in 1996 by Tim Anderson and Paul Wiegard. The two men launched the business from a small office in East Melbourne as a mail order service selling imported anime titles on VHS tapes.
Funtastic Limited purchased Madman Entertainment on the 1st of May 2006 for an undisclosed sum. The original founders Tim Anderson and Paul Wiegard purchased the company back from Funtastic on the 31st of July 2014.
Madman Entertainment announced a distribution deal with Viz Media on the 23rd of February 2008. This partnership allowed Madman to distribute manga titles in Australia and the United States until April 2016.
Aniplex became a minority shareholder in Madman Anime Group on the 15th of November 2017. The company completed the full sale of Madman Anime to Aniplex on the 6th of February 2019.
APRA AMCOS filed a lawsuit against Madman streaming services DocPlay and Garage Entertainment on the 11th of July 2023. The lawsuit claimed the services failed to pay for licenses for the use of music on their platforms.