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Mataichiro Yamamoto founded Urban Vision in July 1996 in Los Angeles, California. Yamamoto was a Japanese national who recognized a gap in the market for bringing Japanese animation to American living rooms.
Urban Vision established a strategic alliance with Studio Madhouse, a world-renowned animation studio based in Tokyo, Japan. This partnership allowed the company to access a library of high-quality, often mature content that was previously unavailable to Western audiences.
The company released titles such as Bio Hunter, Wicked City, Ninja Scroll, Vampire Hunter D, Gatchaman, Twilight of the Dark Master, Dragon Slayer, Psycho Diver: Soul Siren, and Final Fantasy: Legend of the Crystals. These works were known for their dark themes and complex storytelling.
Urban Vision officially shut down in November 2016 after becoming inactive in the late 2000s. The online retailer Right Stuf removed all of their Urban Vision catalog from its shelves on the 7th of September 2010, citing the distributor's failure to ship out orders.
Discotek Media and Sentai Filmworks have acquired the rights to titles such as Gatchaman, Hurricane Polymar, Ninja Scroll: The Series, Pet Shop of Horrors, The Professional: Golgo 13, Space Adventure Cobra, Tekkaman Blade II, Goku Midnight Eye, Wicked City, and Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust. These companies are working to restore and preserve the legacy of Urban Vision's catalog.