Nozomi Entertainment is an anime licensing company based in Iowa, United States. It's a division of online and mail-order retailer Right Stuf Inc. (known as The Right Stuf International between its 1987 founding and 2012), and went by that same name up until 2007. They generally have an excellent reputation, choosing high-quality series and when possible, putting out releases that are also of high quality. As seen here, they have plenty of rescued titles from shuttered companies and classic titles, some with fandoms that had little realistic hope to see the titles in the States again.
It is, however, notorious for not dubbing never-before released anime if licensed.
On August 4, 2022, it was announced
that Right Stuf, and Nozomi Entertainment by proxy, was acquired by Crunchyroll. The company is still open as a licensor while the new ownership sorts through rights contracts.
See also: Lucky Penny Entertainment.
Works released by this company include:
- Ah My Buddha (rescued from Media Blasters)
- Ai City (license expired)
- Antique Bakery
- ARIA
- Astro Boy (1964-1966 series)
- Blessing of the Campanella (home video rights only; streaming rights are owned by Funimation)
- Boogiepop Phantom
- Boys Be...
- Cat's Eye (Nozomi's license expired on April 18 2019, now streaming on RetroCrush and rescue licensed by Discotek Media)
- Comic Party (original 2001 series only; the 2005 Revolution sequel was licensed by ADV Films and later FUNimation, the 2001 series was later rescue licensed by Discotek Media)
- Dirty Pair (The TV series which was previously never licensed as well as the movie and the OVAs, which were previously released by Streamline Pictures and later ADV Films)
- Dirty Pair Flash (previously released by ADV Films)
- El Hazard: The Wanderers (previously released by Geneon; Alternative World and OVAs will be reissued in 2020)
- Emma: A Victorian Romance
- Fantastic Detective Labyrinth
- Gakuen Alice
- Galaxy Angel (previously released by Bandai Entertainment)
- Gasaraki (previously released by ADV Films)
- Gravitation
- His and Her Circumstances
- Irresponsible Captain Tylor (previously licensed by Central Park Media)
- Junjou Romantica
- Kimba the White Lion (the original series)
- Looking Up at the Half-Moon
- Leda: The Fantastic Adventure of Yohko (With the English dub provided to them by Toho themselves)
- Lost Universe (previously released by ADV Films)
- Macross (7, Frontier and Delta as part of a distribution deal with Big West)
- Magic User's Club (the OVAs and TV series, previously released by Media Blasters)
- Maria Watches Over Us (now licensed by Maiden Japan)
- Martian Successor Nadesico (previously released by ADV Films)
- Gundam (Nozomi has a deal with Sunrise to distribute the entire franchise, including the entries previously distributed by Bandai Entertainment, the only exception being Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans which is licensed by FUNimation)
- Ninja Nonsense
- Please Teacher! (previously released by Bandai Entertainment)
- Please Twins! (previously released by Bandai Entertainment)
- Rental Magica
- Revolutionary Girl Utena (previously released by Central Park Media)
- Adolescence of Utena (same)
- Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei (previously licensed by Media Blasters, though MB never released it)
- Shingu: Secret of the Stellar Wars
- Sketchbook ~full color'S~
- Sound of the Sky
- Space Adventure Cobra (license expired, rescue licensed by Discotek Media, who also licensed the movie and the recent anime entries are licensed by Sentai Filmworks)
- Space Pirate Mito (both seasons, previously released by Media Blasters)
- Starship Girl Yamamoto Yohko (only the two OVA series, not the later TV series)
- Super GALS! (initially only the second season; later re-released the first season, previously released by ADV Films)
- The Rose of Versailles (license expired, rescue licensed by Discotek Media)
- The Third: The Girl with the Blue Eye (as of early 2012, this was the last Nozomi release for which an English dub was commissioned)
- To Heart (only the original 1999 TV series)
- Umi Monogatari
- No Dub for You: Since after The Third: The Girl with the Blue Eye, all of their new releases are sub only and they completely refuse to do any more dubbing. However, Right Stuf, the parent company of Nozomi Entertainment, is handling the dub for Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin. Although this is a justified case, since Right Stuf teamed up with Sunrise for the Gundam series, and the fact Gundam is a hugely popular mecha anime title.
- Lately, they've been using Kickstarter for some of their titles to avert this, starting with ARIA.
