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Asrialys
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I know that it's already been stated that ADV's not quite dead, but I'd like to add that Elfen Lied was recently re-released under ADV's name
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Melchiorgk
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Honestly, I still get bummed over the name change from Pioneer to Geneon. I still have some the VHS.... not to mention a dub music cd or two that I still listen to.
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EyeOfPain
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Ali07
 Posts: 3333 Location: Victoria, Australia |
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I had no idea that TokyoPop were doing print on demand stuff. I knew they were still around, but had no idea what exactly they were doing. Releasing anime is news to me too.
I wasn't much of an anime watcher or manga reader when TokyoPop was big, but I did know about them. Mostly through my comic book collecting, as the store I used to frequent stocked a lot of manga. As for 4Kids, I watched Pokemon when I was a kid. I've never looked into what changes it underwent, probably because my memories of the show are good ones. 
I know I saw bits and pieces of other 4Kids properties, like One Piece, Yu-Gi-Oh and Ultimate Muscle.
I'm another that hasn't touched the Gundam franchise...though I may never do so... |
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kevinx59
 Posts: 959 Location: In sunny California |
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Wait, so how does this central park media/ us manga corp/ software sculptors company work? Which was the parent and how were the others related? And man did they their releases have some of the cheesiest cover art I've ever seen. Way to many quotes and garish colors. And another Tokyopop anime license was Samurai Girl Real Bout High School. BTW, despite all the hate, 4kids did introduce me to all of my childhood anime.
It was a sad day when Geneon closed shop, as they were my favorite company. They had some great licenses and some nice packaging. At least Geneon/universal is still around in Japan. How ironic that the president of my favorite distributor is now the president of my least fave company, but oh well. Bandai was also cool, shocking when they disappeared. Still want Nichijou. Its interesting thinking about what shows the defunct companies would have licensed if they were still around. As for gundam, I haven't really seen much of any series, but I thought g gundam's mechas were cool, so that's what I chose. Last edited by kevinx59 on Sun Jul 27, 2014 2:57 am; edited 1 time in total |
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EricJ2
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Too many M's. (I typed "Remember" once, and that's it.) |
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ajh2
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Per and ANN article, AD Vision, parent company of ADV Films is quite dead. Article: animenewsnetwork.com/editorial/2009-09-01/what-happening-with-adv-films
Split into not 1 nor 2, but 4 different companies. I believe that qualifies as dead. |
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omiya
 Posts: 1825 Location: Adelaide, South Australia |
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For anyone who hasn't seen/heard them: Patlabor the movie ending theme: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Adno8sRTono Kenji Kawai live performances including Patlabor movie music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayYHsy-e9JA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7dWUrROX1o (1:13:30 on second live clip for Patlabor the Movie: Into the Morning Sun) |
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VinceA
 Posts: 126 Location: Bayonne, NJ |
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Another small company missed is Super Techno Arts. They released JoJo's Bizarre Adventure years ago (2003-2004).
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doomydoomdoom
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John O'Donnell founded Central Park Media in 1990, when anime on home video was carving out its own niche. They had different divisions, or rather "labels" that they stuck on all the products. US Manga Corps was the anime division, CPM Press was the manga/manhwa division, Anime 18 did hentai, and so on and so forth. Software Sculptors was founded by John Sirabella, before Media Blasters. They did anime-related software like screensavers. CPM/O'Donnell bought the company out and slapped the name on some more anime releases, like Slayers. |
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Kadmos1
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I wonder it's be easier for a company license a title if they don't have so many labels. |
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EyeOfPain
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Kadmos1
Posts: 13552 Location: In Phoenix but has an 85308 ZIP |
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I'm not sure it would. I think though that if a company has various labels or subsidiaries, it might create confusion somehow. For example, Sentai distributes the anime DVD/BD while Section 23 licenses it and Seraphim makes the discs. |
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Ovan~the~Rebirth
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Yeah Fruits Basket and Love Hina were not Geneon titles. I caught that error too. Please check your sources, isn't that why ANN has the Encyclopedia!?!? Also it should be mentioned that S'more ONLY licensed the series for dvd distribution. It was phuuz entertainment inc. who licensed, and dubbed Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo and got it on Toonami. Not S'more. |
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Running Wild
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Whatever happened to Media Blasters? I used to buy the Rurouni Kenshin TV series on VHS tapes back.... 25 bucks a pop for 4-5 episodes, and the Subtitled tapes were like 5 bucks more.
Yep, those were the days.
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