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4Kids Entertainment
801 Media
A.D. Vision
ADNESS
Adult Source Media
ADV Films (US)
ADV Manga
AEsir Holdings
Airborne Entertainment
ALC Publishing
Amorz
AN Entertainment
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Anime 18
Anime Crash
Anime Limited
Anime Midstream
Anime Sols
AnimEigo
Animewho
AnimeWorks
Aniplex
Aniplex of America
ANN Pro
Antarctic Press
Arts Magic
Asia Video
Aurora Publishing, Inc.
AVBOX Inc.
Avex, Inc.
Bandai America
Bandai Books
Bandai Entertainment
Bandai Visual USA
Bayview Entertainment
Be Beautiful Manga
Bees Factory Entertainment
Best Video
Bitter Films
Blast Books
Bloomsbury
Blu
Broccoli
Broccoli Books
Buena Vista Home Entertainment (-)
Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Disney
Burlyman Entertainment
CaiChang International
Camera Film
Cannon Films
CAPCOM
Catalyst Logic
Celebrity Home Entertainment
Central Park Media
Children's Video Library
China Children Press & Publication Group
China Times Publishing Co.
Ching Win Publishing Co., Ltd.
Chuang Yi Publishing Pte Ltd.
Cine du Monde
Cinedigm
CMX Manga
ComicsOne
Cookie Jar Entertainment
CPM Manga
CPM Manhwa
Crash Cinema
Creation Books
Crimson Star Media
Critical Mass Video
Cross Infinite World
Crunchyroll
Culturecom Holdings Limited
d/visual taipei
Daiwon C.I.
Dala Publishing Company
Daran Culture Enterprise
Dark Horse Comics
Dark Image Entertainment
DC Comics
Del Rey
Deltamac Co., Ltd. (Taiwan)
Dentsu Entertainment USA
Deux Press
Devil's Due Publishing
DH Publishing
DiC Entertainment
Digital Manga Publishing
Discotek Media
Domo Records
DramaQueen
Drawn & Quarterly
DrComics Press
Dreamwave Productions
Dreamworks
DrMaster
Dynamic Italia
Dynit
Eastern Star
Eclipse Comics
Ecus Publishing
Editions Kabuto
EMI
Encore Films
Enoki Films
Epix Förlag
Eros Comix
Ever Glory Publishing Co., Ltd.
Fakku
Family Home Entertainment
Fanfare
Fantagraphics Books
Fantasy Foundation
First Look Pictures
FOX Home Entertainment
Friendly Land
FUNimation Entertainment
Gen Manga Entertainment
Geneon Entertainment Inc. (USA)
Génération Comics
GKids
Glenat (-)
Global Group Holdings
Globe Pictures
Go Fish Pictures
Go! Comi
Golden Village Pictures
Gutsoon! Entertainment
Hanabee Entertainment
Happy Carrot
Harmony Gold USA, Inc.
Hasbro
Hemdale Film Corporation
Hi-Tops Video
Hi-Yu International
Hirameki International
Horng En Culture
Hustler Video
iBooks
Icarus Publishing
ICE Kunion
IDW Publishing
Illumitoon Entertainment
Image Comics
Image Entertainment
ImaginAsian Entertainment
Infinity Studios
Innovation
Intercontinental Video Limited
ITC Entertainment
Jade Dynasty Publications Ltd.
JapanAnime
Jim Terry Productions
JN Productions
JN Productions, Inc.
Jonesky Limited
Just for Kids Video
Kadokawa Pictures USA
Kadokawa Taiwan Corporation
Kaze
KidsCo
Kitty Media
Koch Records
Koch Vision
Kodansha
Kodansha Comics
Kodansha USA
Konami
L.A. Hero, Inc.
Last Gasp Publishing
Linking Publishing
Lions Gate Films
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Madman Entertainment (-)
Magnolia Pictures
Maiden Japan
Majesco
Malibu Comics
Manga Entertainment (UK)
Manga Entertainment (-)
Marvel Comics
Maxmedia
MC Entertainment
Media Blasters
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Mightor Publishing
Mighty Media Co., Ltd.
Miramax Films
Momentum Pictures
MTV (-)
Muse Communication Co., Ltd.
Navarre Corporation
NBM Publishing
Nelvana
Netcomics
New Line Cinema
New Movie Trading
NEW PEOPLE Entertainment
New Video Group
Nintendo of America
NIS America
No Starch Press
NuTech Digital
One Peace Books
Orion
Palisades Tartan
Panorama Distributions
Paperback Publishing Company, Ltd.
Paramount Home Entertainment
Paramount Pictures
Pathfinder Pictures
Penguin Books
People's Literature Publishing House
PictureBox
Pika Édition
Pioneer Family Entertainment
Pioneer LDCE, Ltd
Plex
Pokemon USA, Inc.
Ponent Mon
Ponycan USA
Power International Multimedia Inc.
Presspop
Project-H
Proware Multimedia International Co., Ltd.
Raijin Comics
Reanimedia
RedLight Manga
Renegade Video
Revolver Entertainment
Rhino
Rightman Publishing
RJP Productions
Rogue Pictures
S'more Entertainment
Saban Entertainment
Sandy Frank Entertainment
Scholastic
Sekai Project
Seminal Films
Sentai Filmworks
Seven Seas Entertainment
Shambhala Publications
Sharp Point Press
ShoPro Entertainment
Shout! Factory
Siren Visual
SoftCel Pictures
Sony
Sony Music Entertainment
Sony Pictures (-)
Sony Pictures Entertainment
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Speed Racer Enterprises
Star Anime Enterprises
Stone Bridge Press
Streamline Pictures
Studio Ironcat
SuBLime
Sun Comics
Sun Ho Culture
Sunbow Productions
Super Techno Arts
Synch-Point
Tai Seng
Taiwan Tohan Co., Ltd.
Tartan Films
Telescreen Distribution
Televix
TF1 Vidéo
The Right Stuf International
The Walt Disney Company
The Weinstein Company
Tianwen Kadokawa Animation & Comics
Toei Animation
Tofu Records
Tokyo Shock
Tokyopop
Tokyopop Germany
Tong Li Publishing Co., Ltd.
Top Cow Productions, Inc.
Top-Insight International Co., Ltd.
Toyspress, Inc.
Troma / Fox Home Video
Turner Entertainment, Inc.
TV Asahi
Twentieth Century Fox (-)
U.S. Renditions
Udon Entertainment
Uei-Shiang
Urban Vision
Vertical
Vintage Home Entertainment
Virgil Films
Viz Media
Voyager Entertainment
Walt Disney Studios
WAN-MI AV-Arts
Waneko
Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. Pictures
Well Go USA
White Radish
Wild Side Films
WildStorm Productions
Win International Multimedia
World Events Productions, Ltd.
Yaoi Generation
Yen On
Yen Press
Yuan-Liou Publishing
Zakka Films
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Answerman - Why Do Voice Actors Perform Multiple Roles In Dubs?
industry
In many anime, you'll find the same Japanese voice actor playing multiple roles - why is that? Justin gets into it.
― Kevin asks: I've been notching that in the credits that some of our voice actors play 3-5 characters. While in the Japanese's cast all voice actors have a different person and only play one person. Why is that? Also some voice actors in japan play characters that have only a single l...
Shelf Life - Cobra The Animation
anime
Gabriella takes a look at this 2010 revival of a classic '80s psychedelic space adventure. Plus, all this week's new releases!
― I had a lame joke ready to use in this week's intro, but then Funimation picked up the license for Nichijou - My Ordinary Life, and that's clearly much more interesting. I watched this show when it aired and was crushed when the original plans for a release were scrapped. ...
Review: The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Blu-Ray
anime
Ten years after it set the otaku world on fire, does Haruhi Suzumiya still hold up as a slice-of-life comedy adventure? Nick Creamer cracks open this time capsule.
― It can be difficult to picture now what a big deal The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya once was, with cosplay, fandom clubs, countless Hare Hare Yukai videos, and an overwhelming convention presence once dominating the scene. One of my fir...
The Rising of the Shield Hero Novel 6
novels
As Naofumi struggles to get the other three heroes to understand that this is not a game, will he be the only one left standing when the battle's done? Rebecca Silverman investigates.
― Aneko Yusagi's The Rising of the Shield Hero light novel series has come a long way from when it began. Volume one was very much a standard transported-to-another-world fantasy with its major claim to fame being that ...
The List - 7 Powered-Up Forms That Are More Weird Than Awesome
anime
Usually when an anime character in an action show gets fully powered up, they look intimidating and awesome - but that isn't always the case!
― Hey everyone, we have a Classic for you this week. I'll return to your regularly scheduled list next week with the Power of Music and Lost Anime Films. Until then, enjoy these silly power-ups! It's right about when all hope is lost that a character finally p...
Inside the 2016 Barcelona Manga Fair
events
Spain's biggest anime and Japanese culture convention broke its attendance records once again this year with over 140,000 visitors! Manu G. has the inside scoop on this king-sized event.
― The 22nd Barcelona Manga Fair (also known as Salón del Manga de Barcelona) took place this last weekend, which has been the largest event related to Japanese culture in Spain from its very first year. Every new ed...
ANNCast - The Discotek Threat
anime
Discotek's Brady Hartel stops by to talk about what this boutique DVD & bluray studio has been up to, including Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie and the latest, greatest Lupin anime!
― ANNCast Episode 275: The Discotek Threat Discotek's Brady Hartel stops by to talk about what this boutique DVD & bluray studio has been up to, including Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie and the latest, great...
Fairy Tales in Anime and Manga
anime
From Snow White with the Red Hair to Flip Flappers, anime and manga are no stranger to classic fairy tales, but their reinterpretations can be very strange, as Rebecca Silverman explains...
― Are there any words filled with more anticipation than “once upon a time?” They've moved beyond being a stock phrase in oral storytelling; that four-word phrase has become the signal that we're about to hear som...
Review: A Silent Voice
anime
Kyoto Animation's highly anticipated, lavishly-animated and epic-length adaptation of the smash hit manga A Silent Voice recently played the Scotland Loves Anime festival - and Kevin Cirugeda was there to see it!
― It's only appropriate that after announcing the plans for an anime adaptation – quickly detailed as a film – this project went silent for about a year. The idea of a beloved award-winning ...