History Creator / SabanEntertainment

Most of their library is still owned and controlled by Disney, except for ''Franchise/PowerRangers'', its successors (''Series/VRTroopers,'' ''Series/{{Beetleborgs}},'' ''Series/TheMysticKnightsOfTirNaNog,'' and ''Series/MaskedRider''), ''Series/NinjaTurtlesTheNextMutation'' and ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}''; all of which were reacquired from Disney by Saban Entertainment's successor, Creator/SabanBrands, in 2010 until 2018, when all of these properties (sans ''Digimon'') moved to Creator/{{Hasbro}}. Saban International Paris was spun off from the company and rebranded itself as Creator/SIPAnimation, and continued producing series until being shut down in 2008.

A last note: The infamous "[[WesternAnimation/ToonMakersSailorMoon Saban Moon]]" [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7Hge38AkFg trailer]] [[MisBlamed has nothing to do with Saban.]] This was in fact a misnomer of the fandom because Renaissance Atlantic, Toei's American division that acted as a middleman between them and Saban for ''Power Rangers'', was behind it.

Saban Entertainment (formerly Saban Productions) was an independent television production company formed in 1983 by Israeli musicians Haim Saban and Shuki Levy[[note]]who at the time composed the theme music for many '80s cartoons, such as ''WesternAnimation/MisterT'', ''WesternAnimation/SaturdaySupercade'' and ''WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983''[[/note]], as an offshoot of the former's previous company, [[Creator/{{SIPAnimation}} Saban International Paris]]. It was best known for importing and dubbing Japanese series, both of the {{anim|e}}ated and [[{{toku}} live-action]] variety. In addition to that it teamed up with French production teams and Creator/DiCEntertainment for [[Anime/TheMysteriousCitiesOfGold several]] [[WesternAnimation/JayceAndTheWheeledWarriors animated]] [[Anime/{{Ulysses 31}} series.]]

Most of their library is still owned and controlled by Disney, except for ''Franchise/PowerRangers'', its successors (''Series/VRTroopers,'' ''Series/{{Beetleborgs}},'' ''Series/TheMysticKnightsOfTirNaNog,'' and ''Series/MaskedRider''), ''Series/NinjaTurtlesTheNextMutation'' and ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}''; all of which were reacquired from Disney by Saban Entertainment's successor, Creator/SabanBrands, in 2010. Saban International Paris was spun off from the company and rebranded itself as Creator/SIPAnimation, and continued producing series until being shut down in 2008.

Also thanks to ''Power Rangers'', the company worked closely with Japanese toy and video game creator [[Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment Bandai]], leading to ''Digimon'' and other FK shows.

* ''Anime/TheNoozles'' [[note]](not to be confused with ''The Anime/AdventuresOfTheLittleKoala'', which was dubbed by Cinar, who went on to become Cookie Jar Entertainment, who would later merge with DIC in 2008. The joint venture company is now part of Canada-based DHX Media.)[[/note]]

* ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' (Distributed to television by Saban, the heavily edited '90s English dub was produced by Creator/Funimation and voiced by Creator/TheOceanGroup, which covers the first 67 episodes and third movie ''Anime/TheTreeOfMight''. FUNimation later redubbed these episodes with their cast and reversed many of the edits by Saban. (But infamously, not the script changes) Saban also composed its background music and the (in)famous "Rock the Dragon" theme song)

* ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' (Distributed to television by Saban, the heavily edited '90s English dub was produced by Creator/FUNimation and voiced by Creator/TheOceanGroup, which covers the first 67 episodes and third movie ''Anime/TheTreeOfMight''. FUNimation later redubbed these episodes with their cast and reversed many of the edits by Saban. (But infamously, not the script changes) Saban also composed its background music and the (in)famous "Rock the Dragon" theme song)

* ''Series/{{Goosebumps}}'' (outside the United States and Canada)[[note]]Saban's rights expired in 2013.[[/note]]

* ''[[Series/CaptainKangaroo The All New Captain Kangaroo]]'' (Saban's rights eventually expired, and is currently an orphaned franchise)
* ''Saban's Around the World in 80 Dreams'' (a [[CelebrityToons celebrity toon]] starring French singer Carlos, who voices himself in the French dub)

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Battletech}}''

However, not all things were going well. The Fox Family Channel struggled in the ratings and with failed attempts to create "Boys" and "Girls" channels on cable (effectively named "[=BoyzChannel=]" and "[=GirlzChannel=]") led to many money losses. Fox attempted to sell the venture to Saban but both companies couldn't agree on a deal, and decided to sell off to a third party. This eventually led to July 22, 2001, when [[Creator/{{Disney}} The Walt Disney Company]] announced they would purchase Fox Family Worldwide, which was soon closed by October. The sale didn't just include the Saban programming library, but Saban Entertainment as a whole, which was renamed as BVS Entertainment by Disney not too long afterward. ''Power Rangers'' continued on as planned under the BVS name, while the Anime dubbing division was renamed as "Sensation Animation" in order to continue dubbing ''Digimon'' episodes (specifically, ''Anime/DigimonFrontier''). After the dubbing was completed, Sensation was done for by Disney losing the dubbing license to ''Digimon''.

Most of their library is still owned and controlled by Disney, except for ''Franchise/PowerRangers'', its successors (''Series/VRTroopers,'' ''Series/{{Beetleborgs}},'' ''Series/TheMysticKnightsOfTirNaNog,'' and ''Series/MaskedRider''), ''Series/NinjaTurtlesTheNextMutation'' and ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}''; all of which were reacquired from Disney by Saban Entertainment's successor, Creator/SabanBrands, in 2010. Saban International Paris was spun-off from the company and rebranded itself as Creator/SIPAnimation, and continued producing series until being shut down in 2008.

* ''Saban's Adventures of Oliver Twist''

* ''Cho Hatsumei Boy Kaniplan'' [[note]] Originally supposed to air on Fox Kids for the 2000-2001 season, but was cancelled for unknown reasons, likely because Creator/FourKidsEntertainment would gain control of the block the following year, renaming it the FoxBox. [[/note]]

* ''Anime/GrimmsFairyTaleClassics'' (reissued by Creator/DiscotekMedia, alongside the uncut Japanese version) [[note]]Combines seasons 1 and 2 of "Grimm Meisaku Gekijou (Grimm Masterpiece Theater); Disney's rights expired on July 19th 2005 for the first series and on March 31st, 2006 for the second series [[/note]]

* ''Jason and the Heroes of Mount Olympus''

* ''Mad Scientist Toon Club'' (a mix of live action and animated segments) [[note]] Disney's rights for the animated shorts expired on October 7th 2002, but they still own the live action segments [[/note]]

* ''Literature/MayaTheBee'' (later reissued by [=m4e AG=]; rights currently owned by Creator/{{Studio100}}) [[note]]Saban's rights expired on December 31, 1999. There are also two English dubs. The British English dub, which was made before Saban's dub, is the one currently available from Studio 100.[[/note]]

* ''Literature/{{Slayers}}'' (unaired edited version; reissued by Creator/{{Funimation}}) [[note]]This version was planned to air on Fox Kids and ABC Family, but it was cancelled due to some main plots that weren't suitable for the young audience [[/note]]

* ''Saban's Adventures of the Little Mermaid''

However, not all things were going well. The Fox Family Channel struggled in the ratings and with failed attempts to create "Boys" and "Girls" channels on cable (effectively named "BoyzChannel" and "GirlzChannel") led to many money losses. Fox attempted to sell the venture to Saban but both companies couldn't agree on a deal, and decided to sell off to a third party. This eventually led to July 22, 2001, when [[Creator/{{Disney}} The Walt Disney Company]] announced they would purchase Fox Family Worldwide, which was soon closed by October. The sale didn't just include the Saban programming library, but Saban Entertainment as a whole, which was renamed as BVS Entertainment by Disney not too long afterward. ''Power Rangers'' continued on as planned under the BVS name, while the Anime dubbing division was renamed as "Sensation Animation" in order to continue dubbing ''Digimon'' episodes (specifically, ''Anime/DigimonFrontier''). After the dubbing was completed, Sensation was done for by Disney losing the dubbing license to ''Digimon''.

Saban Entertainment (formerly Saban Productions) was an independent television production company formed in 1983 by Israeli musicians Haim Saban and Shuki Levy[[note]]who at the time composed the theme music for many '80s cartoons, such as ''WesternAnimation/MisterT'', ''WesternAnimation/SaturdaySupercade'' and ''WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983''[[/note]], as an offshoot of the former's previous company, [[Creator/{{SIPAnimation}} Saban International Paris]]. It was best known for importing and dubbing Japanese series, both of the {{anim|e}}ated and [[{{toku}} live-action]] variety. In addition to that it teamed up with French production teams and Creator/DiCEntertainment for [[Anime/TheMysteriousCitiesOfGold several]] [[WesternAnimation/JayceAndTheWheeledWarriors animated]] [[Anime/{{Ulysses 31}} series.]] They notably allied with Creator/{{Fox}} in the 1990s, forming a joint venture to run Creator/FoxKids (and eventually [[Creator/ABCFamily Fox Family]]) alongside them and contributing many series (''Power Rangers'' or otherwise) to the block. Thanks to Fox acquiring the remnants of New World Entertainment, they also gained the rights to the library of Marvel Productions (aka Marvel Films and New World Animation), as well as its predecessor Creator/DepatieFrelengEnterprises (with the exception of DFE co-productions, and Marvel's co-productions with Creator/SunbowEntertainment). Also thanks to ''Power Rangers'', the company worked closely with Japanese toy and video game creator [[Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment Bandai]], leading to ''Digimon'' and other FK shows.

In October 2001, Saban met its demise (the company, not the man), and was renamed to BVS Entertainment. This came two months after Haim Saban and News Corporation sold Saban and Fox Family Worldwide (now ABC Family Worldwide) to [[Creator/{{Disney}} The Walt Disney Company]]. Most of their library is still owned and controlled by Disney, except for ''Franchise/PowerRangers'', its successors (''Series/VRTroopers,'' ''Series/{{Beetleborgs}},'' ''Series/TheMysticKnightsOfTirNaNog,'' and ''Series/MaskedRider''), ''Series/NinjaTurtlesTheNextMutation'' and ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}''; all of which were reacquired from Disney by Saban Entertainment's successor, Creator/SabanBrands, in 2010. Saban International Paris was spun-off from the company and rebranded itself as Creator/SIPAnimation, and continued producing series until being shut down in 2008.

In 2002, Disney formed Saban's SpiritualSuccessor, Sensation Animation, which was created to continue dubbing ''Digimon'' episodes (specifically, ''Anime/DigimonFrontier''). After the dubbing was completed, Sensation was done in by Disney losing the dubbing license to ''Digimon''; Well Go USA later held distribution to the next ''Digimon'' series, ''Anime/DigimonDataSquad'', followed by Saban Brands and Cinedigm (through Newvideo/Flatiron) reacquiring the rights.

* ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}'' (unaired edited version; reissued by Creator/{{Funimation}}) [[note]]This version was planned to air on Fox Kids and ABC Family, but it was cancelled due to some main plots that weren't suitable for the young audience [[/note]]

* ''Shuke and Beita'' (as Pip N' Squeek) [[note]]Disney's rights will expire on October 31, 2022[[/note]]

* ''Cho Hatsumei Boy Kaniplan'' [[note]] Originally supposed to air on Fox Kids for the 2000-2001 season, but was cancelled for unknown reasons [[/note]]

* ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'' (distributor of English dub and dubbed it for English-speaking territories from 1999-2002, the franchise is now distributed by Creator/ToeiAnimation themselves)

* ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' (Distributed to television by Saban, the heavily edited '90s English dub was produced by Creator/FUNimation and voiced by Creator/TheOceanGroup, which covers the first 67 episodes and third movie ''Anime/TheTreeOfMight''.Saban also composed its background music and the (in)famous "Rock the Dragon" theme song)

* ''Anime/FuturePoliceUrashiman'' (as ''Rock 'n' Cop'', reissued by Creator/SentaiFilmworks) [[note]] Saban's rights expired on February 21st, 2001 [[/note]]

* ''Anime/GrimmsFairyTaleClassics'' (reissued by Creator/DiscotekMedia) [[note]]Combines seasons 1 and 2 of "Grimm Meisaku Gekijou (Grimm Masterpiece Theater); Disney's rights expired on July 19th 2005 for the first series and on March 31st, 2006 for the second series [[/note]]

* ''Macron 1'' (adaptation of ''Anime/GoShogun'' and ''[[Anime/AkuDaisakusenSrungle Srungle]]''; [=GoShogun=] was reissued by Creator/DiscotekMedia) [[note]]Disney's rights expired on April 9th, 2005[[/note]]

* ''Anime/{{Tek|kamanBlade}}noman'' (adaptation of ''Tekkaman Blade''; reissued by Creator/MediaBlasters)

* ''Anime/{{Shinzo}}'' ([[CutAndPasteTranslation Loose and partial translation]] of ''Mushrambo'')

* ''WesternAnimation/FantasticFour'' (w/ Marvel Films)

* ''WesternAnimation/XMen''

In October 2001, Saban met its demise (the company, not the man), and was renamed to BVS Entertainment. This came two months after Haim Saban and News Corporation sold Saban and Fox Family Worldwide (now ABC Family Worldwide) to [[Creator/{{Disney}} The Walt Disney Company]]. Most of their library is still owned and controlled by Disney, except for ''Franchise/PowerRangers'', its successors (''Series/VRTroopers,'' ''Series/{{Beetleborgs}},'' ''Series/TheMysticKnightsOfTirNaNog,'' and ''Series/MaskedRider''), ''Series/NinjaTurtlesTheNextMutation and ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}''; all of which were reacquired from Disney by Saban Entertainment's successor, Creator/SabanBrands, in 2010. Saban International Paris was spun-off from the company and rebranded itself as Creator/SIPAnimation, and continued producing series until being shut down in 2008.

In October 2001, Saban met its demise (the company, not the man), and was renamed to BVS Entertainment. This came two months after Haim Saban and News Corporation sold Saban and Fox Family Worldwide (now ABC Family Worldwide) to [[Creator/{{Disney}} The Walt Disney Company]]. Most of their library is still owned and controlled by Disney, except for ''Franchise/PowerRangers'', its successors (''Series/VRTroopers,'' ''Series/{{Beetleborgs}},'' ''Series/TheMysticKnightsOfTirNaNog,'' and ''Series/MaskedRider''), and ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}''; all of which were reacquired from Disney by Saban Entertainment's successor, Creator/SabanBrands, in 2010. Saban International Paris was spun-off from the company and rebranded itself as Creator/SIPAnimation, and continued producing series until being shut down in 2008.

* ''Anime/{{Shinzo}}'' ({{Macekre}}ed version of ''Mushrambo'')