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Anime companies
- Anime LimitedOn the 14th of December 2012, Andrew Partridge launched a social media page for Anime Limited from his base in Glasgow. He was the director behind Scotland…
- Manga EntertainmentLondon, 1991 marked the birth of Manga Entertainment. Chris Blackwell and Andy Frain established the company as a subsidiary of Island Records' Island World…
- Crunchyroll Store AustraliaTim Anderson and Paul Wiegard established Madman Entertainment in 1996 as a mail order business. They targeted the Australian market with imported anime…
- Mainichi Broadcasting SystemAt exactly ten o'clock on the morning of the 1st of March 1959, a signal began traveling from Mount Ikoma to homes across the Kansai region.
- Nippon TelevisionNippon Television went on the air on the 28th of August 1953, and the very first TV commercial it broadcast aired upside-down by mistake.
- A.D. VisionA.D. Vision opened for business on the 17th of August 1992, founded by three people who had no formal entertainment industry credentials.
- Sentai FilmworksSentai Filmworks traces its roots to a single moment: a Houston man named John Ledford watching My Neighbor Totoro at his friend's suggestion.
- AnimeNationGene Field opened AnimeNation in 1995 within Clearwater, Florida. The business began as a small online store selling anime and manga products to American…
- TV AsahiTV Asahi broadcasts from a sleek building in Roppongi, Tokyo, designed by architect Fumihiko Maki, a structure that would have seemed impossible to the…
- Media BlastersMedia Blasters was founded in New York City in 1997 by John Sirabella, a man who had already built and sold one company before deciding to start again from…
- Koei TecmoKoei Tecmo is one of Japan's most storied video game holding companies, born from a merger that almost did not happen. In August 2008, a rival corporation…
- GKIDSEric Beckman established GKIDS in 2008 within New York City. The company name stands for Guerrilla Kids International Distribution Syndicate, a phrase that…
- TV TokyoTV Tokyo broadcasts today from the Sumitomo Fudosan Roppongi Grand Tower in Roppongi, Tokyo, as the flagship of the TX Network.
- Kadokawa ShotenGenyoshi Kadokawa established Kadokawa Shoten on the 10th of November 1945 in Tokyo. The company began its publishing journey with a specific imprint called…
- Viz MediaViz Media commands nearly a quarter of the graphic novel market in the United States, yet the company traces back to a single man from Tokushima Prefecture…
- HakusenshaHakusensha is a Japanese publishing company headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, and it was born out of one of Japan's most powerful media empires.
- Central Park MediaCentral Park Media Corporation got its name from a corner. The company's offices sat at 250 West 57th Street in Midtown Manhattan, right on the edge of…
- DentsuIn 1906, the company known as Dentsu began its life under a different name. Telegraphic Service Co. transformed into Japan Advertising Ltd.
- Pony Canyonthe 1st of October 1966 marked the founding of Nippon Broadcasting System Service, Inc. by Nippon Broadcasting System, Inc.
- Streamline PicturesLos Angeles, California became the birthplace of Streamline Pictures in late 1988. Screenwriter Carl Macek and animation historian Jerry Beck established…
- NBCUniversal Entertainment JapanNBCUniversal Entertainment Japan sits at an unusual crossroads: it is a Japanese anime powerhouse owned by an American telecommunications giant…
- Urban VisionUrban Vision Entertainment Inc. set up shop in Los Angeles in July 1996 with a single, specific ambition: bring Japanese animation into the American…
- VAP, Inc.VAP, Inc. stands for Video and Audio Project, a name that quietly tells you everything about what this Japanese entertainment company set out to do.