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Bandai Entertainment

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Mailing address: Customer Support
Bandai Entertainment
P.O. Box 6054
Cypress, CA 90630
support@bandai-ent.com
Fan Support Contact Form
(For Anime Clubs/Conventions)
fansupport@bandai-ent.com
General Press
pr@bandai-ent.com
Sales
sales@bandai-ent.com

About:

Founded as "Anime Village" in 1999, Bandai is one of the leading North American anime companies.

Bandai Entertainment Inc. (BEI), a subsidiary of Bandai America Incorporated, is the North America anime licensing and distribution arm of the world's third largest toy company, Bandai Co., Ltd

Although Bandai Co., Ltd is involved through its subsidiaries in the production of many Anime titles, BEI does not limit itself to the distribution of Bandai only titles. They have introduced to North America many titles that their parent company was completly uninvolved with.

Originally, the company was not affiliated with Bandai Visual USA, but on May 23, 2008, Bandai Namco Holdings announced the merger of both companies on July 1, with Bandai Visual USA's assets to be liquidated by September.

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