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MANGA ENTERTAINMENT UK SIGNS
LICENSING AGREEMENT WITH FUNIMATION ENTERTAINMENT TO DISTRIBUTE ANIME
TITLES London 13 October, 2008 Manga Entertainment UK has licensed the exclusive rights to market, sell and distribute a number of new anime titles from FUNimationฎ Entertainment, the leading distributor of |
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Japanese animation in North America, in the United Kingdom and Ireland, the two companies announced today. Among the FUNimation titles licensed to Manga Entertainment UK are Claymore, Negima Season 2, Darker Than Black, Ghost Hunt, Jyu Oh Sei, Ouran High School Host Club, Sasami, My Santa, Save Me Lollipop, Baldr Force EXE, and xxxHOLiC, with the first releases set for later this month and November. "Our sales and marketing expertise, coupled with
Funimations strong lineup of titles, convinced both companies that
these could be some of the best selling new franchises of 2009 in the
UK," said Colin Lomax, Managing Director, Anchor Bay Entertainment UK/Manga
Entertainment, a Starz Media company.
FUNimationฎ Entertainment, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Navarre
Corporation, is the leading company for home video sales of Japanese
animation in the United States. FUNimation has a proven
formula for launching and advancing brands, and manages a full spectrum
of rights for most of its brands including broadcasting, licensing,
production, internet, and home video sales and distribution. For
more information about FUNimation Entertainment and its brands,
visit
www.funimation.com. Manga
Entertainment Ltd. is an entertainment company specializing in the
production, marketing and distribution of Japanese animation for
theatrical, television, Internet, DVD and home video release worldwide.
The Manga film library is marketed and distributed in the U.S.
through Anchor Bay Entertainment. The company is
headquartered in Los Angeles with offices in New York and London.
Manga is a division of Starz Media, a programming
production and distribution company operating worldwide. It
includes the Film Roman and Anchor Bay Entertainment
brands. Its units create animated and live-action programming
including theatrical films and programming created under contract for
other media companies. It distributes that programming, through
home video retailers, theaters, broadcasters, ad supported and premium
television channels, and Internet and wireless video distributors in the
US and internationally. Starz Media (www.starzmedia.com)
is an operating unit of Starz, LLC, which is controlled
subsidiary of Liberty Media Corporation, and is attributed to
Liberty Capital Group. |