Line #30 Creator/BandaiEntertainment


1	[[quoteright:255:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Bandai_Entertainment_5536.png]]
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3	Bandai Entertainment was an American subsidiary of Bandai America, itself a company specializing in translations/dubs of Japanese media for the United States. Based in Cypress, California, they worked a lot with Creator/BangZoomEntertainment and Animaze/Magnitude 8 Post as well as Creator/TheOceanGroup [[note]] as well as their non-union studio, Blue Water [[/note]] with dubbing and translating popular manga and anime, usually from Bandai and its sister company Creator/{{Sunrise}}. They also ran one of the earliest experiments with selling anime online, "[=AnimeVillage.com=]". They localized most of Creator/KyotoAnimation's titles.
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5	On January 3, 2012, their future projects past February, as well as the opportunities for their associates and entertainment from the fans, were all dropped in one fell swoop by president Kenichi "Ken" Iyadomi's announcement that they would no longer release any new anime or manga titles for DVD and Blu-ray after 14 years of being among the major American anime distributors. They would also no longer produce dubs. They laid off most of their remaining employees. They restocked their [=DVDs=] until November 15, 2012, when they discontinued them entirely. They are currently restructuring to become a licensor of media toward other companies. Some blame this move on the [[WhyFandomCantHaveNiceThings fansubbers releasing anime illegally online]], but some also blame Bandai's failure to have a business model that works in TheNewTens. The actual reason is that Bandai Japan didn't see any use for continuing to sell [=DVDs=] in a foreign niche market when they could just produce them locally and save more money. By 2013, most of its anime licenses were carried over to other studios.
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7	Mostly unrelated to, and not to be confused with, Bandai Visual (their biggest licensor) or Creator/BandaiNamcoHoldings (the parent company).
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10	!!Anime and manga released by Bandai Entertainment:
11	[[index]]
12	* ''Franchise/DotHack'' (all reissued by Funimation except for Liminality)
13	** ''Anime/DotHackLiminality''
14	** ''Anime/DotHackSign''
15	*** ''.hack//Intermezzo''
16	*** ''.hack//Unison''
17	** ''.hack//Roots''
18	** ''Manga/DotHackLegendOfTheTwilight''
19	** ''VideoGame/DotHackGU Trilogy''
20	* ''Anime/FiveCentimetersPerSecond'' (reissued by Creator/DiscotekMedia)
21	* ''Anime/AgentAika'' (originally released by Creator/CentralParkMedia)
22	* ''Anime/AngelTales''
23	* ''Anime/ArgentoSoma'' (re-acquired by Creator/SentaiFilmworks)
24	* ''Anime/{{Avenger}}''
25	* ''[=AWOL=]-Absent [=WithOut=] Leave''
26	* ''Anime/{{Betterman}}'' (re-acquired by Sentai Filmworks)
27	* ''Anime/TheBigO'' (re-acquired by Sentai Filmworks)
28	* ''Anime/BlueSubmarineNo6'' (reissued by Creator/DiscotekMedia)
29	* ''Anime/BrainPowerd'' (re-acquired by Sentai Filmworks)
30	* ''Anime/CarriedByTheWindTsukikageRan'' (currently streaming on Tubi TV; has yet to reenter print)
31	* ''Manga/CLAMPSchoolDetectives'' (re-acquired by [=Section23=] Films under Maiden Japan)
32	* ''Clockwork Fighters Hiwou's War''
33	* ''Anime/CodeGeass'' (reissued by Creator/{{FUNimation}})
34	* ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' (reissued by Creator/{{FUNimation}})
35	* ''Literature/CrestOfTheStars'' (re-acquired by Creator/{{FUNimation}})
36	* ''Dan Doh''
37	* ''Anime/DiGiCharatNyo'' (Bandai dropped the license after 72 episodes)
38	* ''Anime/DICE2005''
39	* ''Don't Leave Me Alone, Daisy''
40	* ''Anime/DragonDrive''
41	* ''Manga/EatMan'' (reissued by Creator/DiscotekMedia)
42	** ''Eat-Man '98'' (reissued by Creator/DiscotekMedia)
43	* ''Anime/EarthMaidenArjuna''
44	* ''Escaflowne: The Movie'' (reissued by Funimation; 2000 film)
45	* ''Anime/EurekaSeven'' (anime and manga; reissued by Creator/FUNimation, who did the sequel series, ''Anime/EurekaSevenAO'')
46	* ''Anime/FancyLala'' (currently streaming on Tubi TV; has yet to reenter print)
47	* ''Anime/FantasticChildren''
48	* ''Anime/{{Flag}}''
49	* ''Anime/FutureGPXCyberFormula''
50	* ''Anime/GalaxyAngel'' (rescued by [=RightStuf=] via their home video label, Creator/NozomiEntertainment)
51	* ''Anime/{{Geneshaft}}''
52	* ''Anime/TheGirlWhoLeaptThroughSpace'' (re-acquired by Sentai Filmworks)
53	* ''Anime/TheGirlWhoLeaptThroughTime'' (reissued by Creator/{{FUNimation}})
54	* ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex'' (reissued by Manga Entertainment)
55	* ''[[Anime/AyakashiAyashi Ghost Slayers Ayashi]]'' (re-acquired by Creator/AniplexUSA)
56	* ''[[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Gurren Lagann]]'' (reissued by Creator/AniplexUSA)
57	* ''Manga/HauntedJunction''
58	* ''Hoop Days''
59	* ''Manga/HayateTheCombatButler'' (reissued by Creator/SentaiFilmworks, though their release of the first season is the censored Creator/TVTokyo version, rather than the uncensored DVD version)
60	* ''Anime/InfiniteRyvius'' (re-acquired by Sentai Filmworks)
61	* ''Anime/IGPXImmortalGrandPrix'' (reissued by Discotek Media)
62	* ''Anime/JinRohTheWolfBrigade'' (currently streaming on Crunchyroll; has yet to reenter print)
63	* ''Anime/JubeiChan'' (reissued by Creator/MediaBlasters)
64	* ''Anime/JunkersComeHere''
65	* ''Manga/KOn'' (first season) (reissued by Sentai Filmworks, who released the second season and the movie)
66	* ''Manga/KannagiCrazyShrineMaidens'' (anime and manga)
67	* ''Kaze no Yojimbo''
68	* ''Kikaider-01''
69	* ''[[Manga/BlackGod Kurokami]]'' (re-acquired by Sentai Filmworks)
70	* ''Manga/LoveHina'' (reissued by Creator/{{Funimation}}, but their home media releases are now out of print)
71	* ''Manga/LuckyStar'' (anime and manga; anime reissued by Creator/FUNimation, manga reissued by Creator/VizMedia)
72	* ''Anime/MyHime'' (re-acquired by Creator/FUNimation)
73	* ''Anime/MyOtome'' and its two [=OVAs=] (re-acquired by Creator/FUNimation)
74	* ''Manga/MagicalMeowMeowTaruto''
75	* ''Anime/MarsDaybreak''
76	* ''[[Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya]]'': The anime, the two spin-offs and the movie. (reissued by Creator/FUNimation)
77	* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' and most of its sequel series. (The franchise as a whole will be redistributed by [=RightStuf=] via their home video label, Creator/NozomiEntertainment)
78	* ''Monkey Magic'' (previously released by Pioneer; reissued by Discotek Media)
79	* ''Manga/OutlawStar'' (re-acquired by Creator/FUNimation)
80	** ''Anime/AngelLinks'' (re-acquired by Creator/{{FUNimation}})
81	* ''Anime/OvermanKingGainer'' (re-acquired by Sentai Filmworks)
82	* ''Manga/PilotCandidate'' (reissued by Discotek Media)
83	* ''Manga/{{Planetes}}''
84	* ''Anime/PleaseTeacher'' (reacquired by Creator/NozomiEntertainment)
85	** ''Anime/PleaseTwins'' (reacquired by Creator/NozomiEntertainment)
86	* ''Robonimal Panda-Z: The Robonimation'' (currently streaming on Tubi TV; has yet to reenter print)
87	* ''Anime/RocketGirls'' (re-acquired by Sentai Filmworks)
88	* ''Anime/RoninWarriors'' (reissued by Creator/DiscotekMedia, initially rereleased sub only [[note]] though the [=OVAs=] still had their dubs [[/note]], but eventually got a dual audio Blu-ray release)
89	* ''Anime/SaberMarionetteJ''
90	** ''Anime/SaberMarionetteR'' (rescued by Creator/MediaBlasters, but then they lost the license too)
91	* ''Literature/ScrappedPrincess'' (reissued by Funimation)
92	* ''Anime/{{Scryed}}'' (re-acquired by Sentai Filmworks)
93	* ''Anime/SilentMobius''
94	* ''Anime/StarDriver'' (reissued by Creator/AniplexUSA)
95	* ''Anime/SwordOfTheStranger'' (reissued by Funimation)
96	* ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss'' (reissued by Funimation)
97	* ''Anime/TamagotchiTheMovie''
98	* ''Anime/TekkenBloodVengeance''
99	* ''Tenamonya Voyagers'' (currently streaming on Tubi TV; has yet to reenter print)
100	* ''Tide-Line Blue''
101	* ''Manga/TowardTheTerra''
102	* ''Anime/TheVisionOfEscaflowne'' (reissued by Creator/FUNimation)
103	* ''Anime/WitchHunterRobin'' (reissued by Creator/FUNimation)
104	* ''Manga/WitchbladeTakeru'' (manga)
105	* ''Anime/WolfsRain'' (re-acquired by Creator/{{FUNimation}})
106	* ''[[Literature/SentouYouseiYukikaze Yukikaze]]''
107	** ''Fighting Fantasy Girl Rescue Me: Mave-chan'' (currently streaming on Tubi TV; has yet to reenter print)
108	* ''Z-Mind'' (re-acquired by Sentai Filmworks)
109	* ''Anime/{{Zegapain}}'' (re-acquired by Sentai Filmworks)
110	* ''Animation/{{Zentrix}}''
111	[[/index]]
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114	!!Anime and manga released by Bandai Visual USA under the "Honneamise" label before being acquired by Bandai Entertainment:
115	[[index]]
116	* ''Manga/{{Akira}}'' (previously released by Streamline Pictures and Pioneer; reissued by Creator/{{FUNimation}})
117	* ''[[Anime/FreedomProject Freedom]]''
118	* ''Anime/GunBuster'' (previously released by US Renditions; re-released by Sentai Filmworks with combined episodes to form a movie)
119	** ''Anime/DieBuster'' (as ''[=GunBuster=] 2'') (reissued by Creator/DiscotekMedia)
120	* ''Franchise/{{Patlabor}}'' (previously released by Manga Entertainment; first and second movies, reissued by Maiden Japan)
121	* ''Anime/RoyalSpaceForceTheWingsOfHonneamise'' (previously released by Creator/MangaEntertainment; re-acquired by MaidenJapan)
122	* ''Anime/{{Shigofumi}}'' (reissued by Creator/SentaiFilmworks)
123	* ''Manga/{{Sola}}''
124	* ''Anime/TheWingsOfRean''
125	[[/index]]
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128	!!Anime and manga dropped due to their distribution discontinuation:
129	[[index]]
130	* ''Literature/{{Gosick}}'' (now licensed by Creator/FUNimation, who are also creating an English dub for it)
131	* ''Manga/{{Nichijou}}'' (now licensed by Creator/FUNimation, who initially released it sub-only before rereleasing it with an English dub)
132	* ''Anime/TurnAGundam'' (now licensed by Nozomi Entertainment with all of the other Gundam shows)
133	[[/index]]
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135
136	!!Tropes associated with Bandai Entertainment:
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138	* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Any of their titles that has not yet been rescued will be this.
139	** ''Manga/{{Nichijou}}'' (both anime and manga), and ''Literature/{{Gosick}}'' never had an official home media release in America, and are no longer available on Crunchyroll. For Oceania, Creator/MadmanEntertainment put them out on DVD in sub-only form. Funimation eventually put ''Nichijou'' out in sub-only, and is also releasing ''Gosick'' with both the original Japanese VO track, and also an added English dub.
140	* LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition: For several titles, notably:
141	** ''The Melancholy Of Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya'' came out in both a VanillaEdition and a LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition, with the latter version including soundtrack [=CDs=] and bonus [=DVDs=] featuring the episodes presented in original broadcast order.
142	** This was also done with the US release of ''Manga/LuckyStar'' (except for the last volume).
143	** With the US release of ''Anime/CodeGeass'', Bandai planned out three different releases, specifically targeting the different levels of anime fans. For casual fans, there's the VanillaEdition single [=DVDs=] and "volume packs" (two [=DVDs=] packaged together). For the real fanatics, there's the LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition, which is a two-pack plus [[AllThereInTheManual a Sound Episode CD]], an official soundtrack CD and a volume of the spinoff manga.
144	** .hack//sign did this when it came out on DVD. They had the [[VanillaEdition regular DVDs]] and then they had the special edition ones with a Soundtrack CD in each. Except the last two. Second to last had a box to put the previous [=CDs=] in, and the last had an extra disc with a few special features on it.
145	** Bandai's release of ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex'' was handled quite beautifully. On top of the vanilla editions for all 14 [=DVDs=] (covering both seasons,) a special edition was released as well, and it only cost about $10 more. The 14 [=DVDs=] provided 2 figurines of Motoko, 1 of Batou, 1 of Togusa, 2 Jameson units, 3 Tachikomas, 2 Android Maids, a 2nd Gig mousepad, a Laughing Man t-shirt, the first three Original Sound Tracks, a Section 9 Employee badge, as well as Tin [=DVD=] cases to hold the [=DVDs=] in. Also, the 2nd Gig [=DVDs=] themselves came in metal cases, which themselves are stored in a rather fancy tin [=DVD=] case.
146	* NoDubForYou: Some of their titles in it's later years came without a dub including ''Manga/HayateTheCombatButler'' and ''Anime/TheGirlWhoLeaptThroughSpace''
147	* VanillaEdition: Due to a sudden shift of the rights to ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' from Creator/ADVFilms to Bandai right before the former was about to start their release, Bandai decided that they would quickly release a version that has only the subbed episodes in three volumes, while the full release (dual-audio, {{feelies}}, and really cool box) was finished in 2009.

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