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Manga Entertainment is a magazine publishing company. They published The X-Files Magazine for the first 18 issues.

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  • Manga Entertainment
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  • Manga Entertainment is a magazine publishing company. They published The X-Files Magazine for the first 18 issues.
  • Manga Entertainment is a producer, licensor and distributor of Japanese animation in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, France, Australia and New Zealand. It is also a Dutch fansite about manga and anime. It also co-produces some anime series, including Ghost in the Shell, Street Fighter Alpha: The Animation, Highlander: The Search for Vengeance and Eon Kid, usually through financial contributions toward production costs. It was established in 1991 by Chris Blackwell by Island Records' Island World Communications subsidiary. It is currently a subsidiary of Starz Media, a subsidiary of venture capital firm Liberty Media. It has also played a part in dubbing anime, when it is not sub-licensing a production that has already been licensed by another company (e.g., Akira, licensed and r
  • Manga Entertainment are an anime and Asian cinema licensing company owned by Starz. They are known for being among the first companies (along with Central Park Media) to release adult-oriented anime in Western countries with little censorship. In the United Kingdom, their subsidiary Manga UK were responsible introducing anime to British audiences and have agreements with other licensing companies. For example, Madman Entertainment distribute Manga Entertainment's dubs in Australia and New Zealand and many titles from American based company Funimation are released in the UK via Manga UK.
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  • Anime theatrical and direct marketing and production
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  • 1991(xsd:integer)
Company Name
  • Manga Entertainment, LLC
Key people
  • Andy Frain, Chris Blackwell, Marvin Gleicher, Laurence Guinness, Mike Preece
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Industry
  • Entertainment
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  • Subsidiary of Starz Media LLC
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Location
  • Los Angeles, California
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  • Manga Entertainment is a magazine publishing company. They published The X-Files Magazine for the first 18 issues.
  • Manga Entertainment is a producer, licensor and distributor of Japanese animation in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, France, Australia and New Zealand. It is also a Dutch fansite about manga and anime. It also co-produces some anime series, including Ghost in the Shell, Street Fighter Alpha: The Animation, Highlander: The Search for Vengeance and Eon Kid, usually through financial contributions toward production costs. It was established in 1991 by Chris Blackwell by Island Records' Island World Communications subsidiary. It is currently a subsidiary of Starz Media, a subsidiary of venture capital firm Liberty Media. It has also played a part in dubbing anime, when it is not sub-licensing a production that has already been licensed by another company (e.g., Akira, licensed and redubbed by Geneon in 2001, Bounty Dog, and Lupin III: Bye Bye Liberty Crisis). Despite their name, the company's principal business is the distribution of anime rather than manga, although they have published some manga in the United Kingdom under the Manga Books imprint such as Crying Freeman.
  • Manga Entertainment are an anime and Asian cinema licensing company owned by Starz. They are known for being among the first companies (along with Central Park Media) to release adult-oriented anime in Western countries with little censorship. In the United Kingdom, their subsidiary Manga UK were responsible introducing anime to British audiences and have agreements with other licensing companies. For example, Madman Entertainment distribute Manga Entertainment's dubs in Australia and New Zealand and many titles from American based company Funimation are released in the UK via Manga UK. Manga Entertainment have also co-produced many notable anime with Japanese creators such as Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex & its spin-offs, Strait Jacket, Street Fighter Alpha: Generations and Tokko.
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