Manga Entertainment is a producer, licensor and distributor of Japanese animation in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, France, Australia and New Zealand. 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 is a division 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).

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Manga Entertainment is a producer, licensor and distributor of Japanese animation in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, France, Australia and New Zealand. 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 is a division 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.

History

Manga Entertainment was founded in London in 1991 by Andy Frain in order to bring anime to the European market. The companies first release was the film Akira (which was translated and dubbed in English by Streamline Pictures). The success of Akira was unprecedented and the Manga Entertainment company was quickly created. The U.S. arm debuted in July 1994 with an office near Chicago, Illinois; their first North American release was Macross Plus on late February 1995. Manga Entertainment has become a very well known brand around the world due to its continuing distribution of anime, which have proved to be a great success with fans around the world. This can be seen when Manga released Ninja Scroll and Ghost in the Shell, the latter being the only Japanese animated film to reach No. 1 on the Billboard Top 40 Video Sales chart (August 24, 1996). The company has also become associated with controversy concerning the distribution of hentai anime Urotsukidoji in Europe and Australia.

Managing Director, Kaoru Mfaume, oversaw Manga Entertainment's worldwide operations until he left in 2007. His tenure at Manga followed an extensive career in the anime industry originally working as a production and development executive before becoming Manga's Vice President of Acquisitions. He has served as executive producer on a number of high profile anime projects including Dead Leaves, Blood: The Last Vampire, Street Fighter Alpha Generations and Iron Kid, and is a permanent member of the Ghost in the Shell Production Committee.