Line #36 Creator/AnimEigo


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3	[=AnimEigo=] is one of the first American {{anime}} companies, which was founded in Ithaca, New York in 1988 by Robert Woodhead (co-creator of ''VideoGame/{{Wizardry}}'') and Roe Adams. Their first release was ''Madox 01'', back in the VHS tape era, and their first really big title was ''Anime/BubblegumCrisis''. They are well known for releasing classic anime, much of which wasn't classic when they first started selling it.
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5	The company remained more like a fan-run company than some others, releasing all of ''Manga/UruseiYatsura'' (except for the second movie, which was originally licensed for U.S. release by Central Park Media; the license is currently held by Discotek Media). The company is fondly remembered by many old-time fans, especially for being one of the strongholds of subtitled releases in the bad old days of SubbingVersusDubbing. Its releases also included lovingly detailed translators' notes, frequently including translated song lyrics and miscellaneous trivia. While they didn't dub all their anime, they did produce English dubs for a lot of them, using various studios based out of North Carolina (notably Coastal Carolina).
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7	It still exists, but never adapted well to anime becoming big business and seldom releases anime any more (although it does retain many of its previous anime licenses, and keeps them in print), concentrating on Japanese live-action samurai films. Its most recent anime release is {{OVA}}s of ''Franchise/HelloKitty'', as well as the first third of ''Manga/YawaraAFashionableJudoGirl'' before issues with the Japanese resulted in a terminated contract. They reissued ''Bubblegum Crisis'' on Blu-ray through a successful Kickstarter-funded campaign in 2013, and later did the same for ''Otaku no Video'', ''Riding Bean'', ''Gunsmith Cats'', ''Megazone 23'', and revisiting their roots with ''Metal Skin Panic MADOX-01''. As of January 2024, they successfully funded a new campaign to release ''Anime/MacrossII'' on Blu-Ray and UHD.
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9	The company's name is a portmanteau of "{{anime}}" and "Eigo" (英語) -- the Japanese word for the English language. The company was ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.
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12	!! Anime licensed by this company include:
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14	[[index]]
15	* ''Manga/AhMyGoddess'' (The original {{OVA}}s, as ''Oh, My Goddess'', expired)
16	* ''Manga/{{Baoh}}: The Visitor'' (expired)
17	* ''Manga/BattleRoyalHighSchool'' (expired)
18	* ''Anime/BubblegumCrisis'' (original OVA franchise, including ''Bubblegum Crash'' and ''AD Police Files'')
19	* ''Anime/CaptainHarlock: Arcadia of My Youth'' (expired, now licensed by Discotek)
20	* ''Literature/CrusherJoe'' (expired, now licensed by Discotek)
21	* ''Anime/TheDaggerOfKamui''
22	* ''Anime/GenesisSurvivorGaiarth'' (expired)
23	* ''Manga/GunsmithCats'' (previously licensed by ADV Films)
24	* ''Franchise/HelloKitty'' (''Growing Up with Hello Kitty'' OVA's)
25	* ''Manga/KimagureOrangeRoad'' (expired, now licensed by Discotek)
26	* ''Anime/LupinIII'' (two movies, released as [[WritingAroundTrademarks "Rupan"]]; the licenses have expired; both are now licensed by Creator/DiscotekMedia with the original Lupin name intact, who has re-released ''Fuma'' and made a new dub for Babylon)
27	** ''Anime/TheFumaConspiracy''
28	** ''Anime/TheLegendOfTheGoldBabylon''
29	* ''Anime/Megazone23'' (previously licensed by ADV Films and Streamline Pictures)
30	* ''Anime/MetalSkinPanicMADOX01''
31	* ''Anime/OtakuNoVideo''
32	* ''Anime/RidingBean''
33	* ''Scramble Wars'' (expired)
34	* ''Shonan Bakusozoku'' (expired)
35	* ''Manga/SpiritOfWonder'' (The first OVA, expired)
36	* ''Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross'' (subtitle-only release; expired, later re-released by Creator/ADVFilms before expiring for them, too, currently released by Creator/LionsGate with corresponding ''Anime/{{Robotech}}'' episodes)
37	** ''Anime/MacrossII'' (previously licenced by U.S. Renditions and then Manga Entertainment)
38	* ''Manga/UruseiYatsura'' (TV series, all movies but the second, expired, now licensed by Discotek, including the second movie)
39	* ''Manga/VampirePrincessMiyu'' (OVA's only)
40	* ''Manga/YawaraAFashionableJudoGirl'' (expired)
41	* ''Manga/YoureUnderArrest'' (expired)
42	[[/index]]

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