Manga Entertainment in Australia Manga Entertainment



manga entertainment s original logo , initial imprint


manga entertainment expanded australia in late 1993 when manga s main headquarters still based in london. although manga s titles released in australia polygram owned island , manga, decided sub-license properties siren entertainment. in late 1996, manga entertainment uk gave sub-distribution license newly founded madman entertainment in turn distributed siren. meant both siren , madman has equal rights manga s properties.


in 1997, polygram australia gained rights of manga s more recent additions catalogue. included lupin third properties, except castle of cagliostro, , violence jack. violence jack: evil town banned in australia, when polygram submitted uk cut australian government classification. other 2 ovas in series submitted uncut dubbed versions released in usa critical mass, due evil town s banning, polygram scrapped release of violence jack in australia. polygram had uk cut of evil town in circulation despite banning.


in late 1996, madman entertainment founded former employees of siren. given exclusive sub-license rights manga uk s catalogue, including part 4 of macross plus, released in 1997. despite this, madman did not take on titles, e.g. rg veda , shadow skill, , let polygram australia distribute them.


siren decided license street fighter ii v manga usa in 1997 , released series without input madman, madman had exclusive licensing deal adv films, had licensed street fighter ii v in uk , re-dubbed it. property taken on madman in 1999. in same time period manga entertainment had licensed voltron exclusively australian market , released siren instead of polygram australia.


in 1998, after manga purchased former island ceo chris blackwell, madman entertainment given rights entire manga catalogue manga s uk , usa subsidiaries except street fighter ii v, still licensed siren.


in 1999, siren relinquished licensing deal manga uk , separate deal sfii: v manga usa madman had become big enough siren make same amount of profit distributing them when sole distributor of manga products in australia.


in 2001, siren entertainment restructured , split company 2 separate entities: siren visual , av channel. madman s founders former employees of company , owned shares of siren decided take av channel , turn madman s distribution arm absorbed madman in 2008.


madman entertainment in mid 2000s decided align manga usa, since dawn of blu-ray , manga usa turning online , television distributor of anime, madman has re-aligned manga uk. both companies funded , co-produced pal region dub of ghost in shell 2: innocence , co-produce dvds , blu-rays. madman provides manga uk pal dvd , blu-ray masters due madman s larger , more sophisticated authoring division. manga , madman co-license properties such rebuild of evangelion movies, fullmetal alchemist: brotherhood & ghost in shell franchise amongst others.







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