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The anime industry has grown significantly in the last few years, especially outside of Japan. It has spread rapidly across the world, especially with a major increase in the licensing of various series, movies, and OAVs hat an increased rate across various regions, and the rise of the anime network, Animax, acknowledged as the largest 24-hour anime-only network in the world [1], broadcasting its anime programming across Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, The Philippines, Southeast Asia, the entire Indian Subcontinent, Latin America and South Korea. The main cast of the anime Cowboy Bebop (1998) (L to R: Spike Spiegel, Jet Black, Ed Tivrusky, Faye Valentine, and Ein the dog) For the oleo-resin, see Animé (oleo-resin). ...
Animax ) is an anime cable television network created and owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment, and dedicated to showing anime programming [1]. Operating across Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, The Philippines, Southeast Asia, the entire Indian Subcontinent, Brazil, Latin America and South Korea, it has been acknowledged as the largest 24-hour...
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Licensors
Because anime is produced mainly by Japanese companies, it has to be licensed in other areas of the world by companies in order to be legally released. Licenses are extremely expensive and it is not uncommon to find that companies are paying at rates of up to $20,000 an episode to license a series for release. Here are some major licensing companies for their respective regions.
Region 1 (North America) Geneon, formerly known as Pioneer Entertainment (or Pioneer LDC) and also a former subsidiary of Pioneer Corporation, is a home entertainment production and distribution company. ...
ADV Films logo ADV Films is the home video publication arm of A.D. Vision based in Houston, Texas. ...
AnimEigo is an American licensor and distributor, within the United States and Canada, of Japanese anime such as Urusei Yatsura, Oh My Goddess!, Vampire Princess Miyu, Gainaxs classic industry sendup Otaku no Video, the Bubblegum Crisis OVA series, and Kimagure Orange Road. ...
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FUNimation Entertainment (previously known as FUNimation Productions) is an American entertainment company formed by Gen Fukunaga in the early 1990s to produce, merchandise and distribute anime and other entertainment properties in the United States and international markets. ...
Media Blasters is a corporation in New York City that translates, packages, and dubs anime and live action films for home video release. ...
Central Park Media is a distributor of East Asian cinema, television, and comics. ...
Manga Entertainment is a licensor and distributor of Japanese animation (anime) in the United States and United Kingdom. ...
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The Right Stuf International is an American retailer based in Grimes, Iowa that markets and distributes anime and manga-related products throughout the United States and internationally. ...
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Walt Disney Pictures logo (2006-present) Walt Disney Pictures refers to several different entities associated with The Walt Disney Company: // Walt Disney Pictures, the film banner, was established as a designation in 1983, prior to which Disney films since the death of Walt Disney were released under the name of...
4Kids Entertainment (NYSE: KDE) (commonly known as 4Kids) is an American film and television production company specializing in the acquisition, production and licensing of childrens entertainment around the world. ...
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Synch-Point is the anime production/localization arm of Broccoli International USA, Inc. ...
Region 2 (Europe) ADV Films logo ADV Films is the home video publication arm of A.D. Vision based in Houston, Texas. ...
MVM Entertainment is a company which is part of the MVM Group, which releases Anime in the UK http://www. ...
Manga Entertainment is a licensor and distributor of Japanese animation (anime) in the United States and United Kingdom. ...
Optimum Releasing is a film distribution company working in the UK The company releases many film, but is perhaps best known for its Anime releases, including the contract to release all Studio Ghibli films in the UK http://www. ...
Region 3 (Asia) Animax ) is an anime cable television network created and owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment, and dedicated to showing anime programming [1]. Operating across Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, The Philippines, Southeast Asia, the entire Indian Subcontinent, Brazil, Latin America and South Korea, it has been acknowledged as the largest 24-hour...
Hero TV logo HERO is the Official animé cable Channel of ABS-CBN formed by Creative Programs Inc. ...
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Odex is a Singaporean company that licenses and releases anime for local and regional (South East Asian) consumption. ...
Region 4 (Australia) Madman Entertainment is an Australian company that specialises in the distribution of Japanese anime and manga to Australia and New Zealand. ...
Other regions (South America, Africa, etc.) Animax ) is an anime cable television network created and owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment, and dedicated to showing anime programming [1]. Operating across Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, The Philippines, Southeast Asia, the entire Indian Subcontinent, Brazil, Latin America and South Korea, it has been acknowledged as the largest 24-hour...
Bootlegs, fansubs, and legal issues Bootlegs and fansubs are technically illegal because they bypass the act of licensing and copyright law. There is a controversy in the fandom over fansubs (versions with fan-produced on-screen-translation (hence "fan-subtitled")) and bootlegs (illegal copies). Fansubs are episodes of anime subtitled by fans which are either released for download through BitTorrent or are distributed in video format for no profit, and generally ended when the Anime is internationally licensed. As a noun, bootleg means the top part of a boot, the part that is around the leg instead of the foot. ...
Fansub - short for fan subtitled; a copy of a foreign movie or television show (most often anime) which has been subtitled by fans into their native language. ...
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Anime bootlegs are commonly DVDs that are exact rips of fansubs or the Region 1 DVDs and are sold for profit. Bootlegs commonly originate in China and Southeast Asia and feature horrendous "English" subtitles. The fandom is torn over fansubs. Some believe that fansubs are necessary to promote series in other countries and that fansubbing is a "labor of love" by fans. Executives at ADV films stated they desired to bring Azumanga Daioh to the United States because of the ammount of hits from fansubs. Serialized in Dengeki Daioh Original run February 1999 – June 2002 No. ...
Others see fansubs as a major problem that is seeping profits away from legitimate companies. Bootlegs are frowned down upon much more, as it is impossible to argue for bootlegging as a "labor of love". Only one company in Japan asked that its fansubbed products cease to be transmitted on BitTorrent networks.[citation needed]
Notes and references - ^ The Anime Biz - By Ian Rowley, with Hiroko Tashiro, Chester Dawson, and Moon Ihlwan, BusinessWeek, June 27 2005.
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