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An American anime licensor originally founded in 1990, its big claim to fame was Revolutionary Girl Utena and Slayers. Now defunct, sadly.

Should be noted here that, as was a common practice when the company existed, they would re-score many of the animes they worked on, supposedly to make it more accessible to a American audience. This resulted in such mutilations as was done to Dominion: Tank Police. If you have the DVD release, switch back and forth between Japanese and English soundtracks. It's almost two different shows.

Their divisions included "U.S. Manga Corps", "Software Sculptors", and "Anime 18", as well as a manga/comics division.

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Works released by this company include:

• Agent Aika (Re-released by Bandai Entertainment)
• Angel Blade
• Area 88 (The OVAs; redubbed and re-released by ADV Films.)
• Armored Trooper Votoms
• Battle Arena Toshinden (OVA)
• Birdy the Mighty (The OVA series.)
• Black Jack (OVA)
• Chirality
• Cyber City Oedo 808
• Dominion Tank Police (The original OVA series.)
• Gall Force (and sequels)
• Genocyber
• Grave of the Fireflies (Re-released by ADV Films.)
• Hades Project Zeorymer
• Harlock Saga
• Maetel Legend
• Koko Wa Greenwood (Re-dubbed and re-released by Media Blasters)
• La Blue Girl
• Maze Megaburst Space
• M.D. Geist (They even adopted Geist's Powered Armor as their "Spokesmecha" and corporate symbol; the sequel and Director's Cut of the original were also made at CPM's request. The Director's Cut and Sequel were Re-released by ADV Films.))
• Metal Fighter Miku (Re-released by Media Blasters)
• NaruTaru/Shadow Star
• Now and Then, Here and There (Re-released by ADV Films.)
• Ogenki Clinic
• Outlanders (OVA)
• Patlabor (The TV series)
• Photon The Idiot Adventures
• The Ping Pong Club
• Project: A-Ko and sequels
• Record of Lodoss War (The OVAs and TV series) (will be Re-released by Media Blasters.)
• Revolutionary Girl Utena (scheduled for re-release by Nozomi Entertainment)
• Shamanic Princess
• Slayers (The first three TV series; all re-released by Funimation with the original English dub.)
• Strange Love
• Tokyo Babylon
• Urotsukidouji: Legend of the Overfiend
• Urusei Yatsura (The 2nd movie, Beautiful Dreamer)
• Venus Wars
• Voltage Fighter Gowcaizer (OVA)
• World Of Narue (Re-released by ADV Films.)

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Geneon