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Encyclopedia > FUNimation Productions

FUNimation is a company that specializes in distributing anime DVDs and other merchandise in the United States. FUNimation is headquartered in North Richland Hills, Texas, near Fort Worth, occupying one and a half floors of a four story office building. The president of FUNimation is Gen Fukunaga.


FUNimation rose to prominence by acquiring the rights to the popular anime titles Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z in the early 1990's. By 1998 they were able to get widespread television exposure via Cartoon Network and the Dragon Ball phenomenon quickly grew in the United States as it had elsewhere.


They also own distribution and merchandising rights to several other flagship anime titles including Dragon Ball GT, Yu Yu Hakusho, Blue Gender, Fruits Basket, Kiddy Grade, Case Closed (Detective Conan), Kodocha, Tenchi Muyo! GXP, Fullmetal Alchemist, Sakura Taisen, Spiral, and Samurai 7.


FUNimation is a full service brand management company with in house recording, marketing and licensing.


In addition, they also provide distribution services for the kids animation company 4Kids, who produced the American version of the anime titles Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Kirby: Right Back at Ya!, One Piece, and Shaman King.


External link

  • http://www.funimation.com/

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FUNimation Entertainment - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (790 words)
FUNimation Entertainment (previously known as FUNimation Productions) is an American 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.
FUNimation is headquartered in North Richland Hills, Texas, near Fort Worth, occupying one and a half floors of a four story office building.
Production on an uncut bilingual release has resumed as of early 2005 and any damage done by MVM's failure to sell the show had started to heal and was completely undone with the UK TV premare of Fullmetal Alchemist.
Fruits Basket (1347 words)
FUNimation® is a registered trademark of Funimation Productions, Ltd. Yu Yu Hakusho and all related characters, service names, graphics, images, and logos are registered trademarks of Fuji Creative and/or FUNimation.
FUNimation shall be entitled, consistent with our policies regarding privacy, to use the material or any of its elements for any type of use forever, including in any media whether now known or hereafter devised.
FUNimation Productions, Ltd. is full service brand-management company dedicated to producing quality entertainment and maximizing the opportunities presented by these entertainment properties through licensing, marketing, promotions, public relations, home video, and the internet.
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