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NIS America
Website: www.nisamerica.com
Description:
In 2003, NIS America was established in Southern California to bring exciting, one-of-a-kind Japanese culture to North America. NIS America’s team members devote themselves to the fans. Their respect for their fans is at the heart of everything they do. As an established entertainment publisher in the U.S., NIS America is committed to continuous growth and improvement.

NIS America is a subsidiary of Nippon Ichi Software, Inc., a Japanese company famous for its unique line of strategy RPGs with titles such as Disgaea, Phantom Brave, and Makai Kingdom. NIS America has also become a publisher of Japanese anime titles, such as Toradora!, WAGNARIA!!, and Katanagatari.

WordGirl
Description:
Fighting crime one word at a time, WordGirl is an animated series that follows the every day life and superhero adventures of “WordGirl” as she fights crime and enriches vocabulary usage, all in a day’s work. Disguised as mild-mannered 5th grader, Becky Botsford, WordGirl arrived on planet Earth when she and her monkey sidekick, Captain Huggy Face, crashed their spaceship. In classic superhero form, WordGirl possesses superhero strength with the added benefit of a colossal vocabulary. WordGirl has a family and friends who have no idea of her secret identity. As WordGirl, she battles and prevails over evil (albeit ridiculous and comical) villains. Only a superhero like WordGirl, endowed with power punches and dictionary strength, can put the word-wrenching scoundrels back in their place proving once again that crime doesn’t pay…but knowing the right word for the right moment is priceless.

Right Stuf, Inc.
Website: www.rightstuf.com
Description:
Currently celebrating its 24th year in business, Right Stuf, Inc. was one of the first players in the U.S. Japanese Animation ("anime") industry, as both an anime producer/distributor and a retailer. Right Stuf works to promote knowledge of its own products, as well as the anime and manga industry, in general, through its online storefront at RightStuf.com and a variety of media including podcasts and special publications.

Media Blasters
Website: www.media-blasters.com
Description:
Media Blasters is an entertainment corporation founded by John Sirabella and Sam Liebowitz, based in New York City. We have been releasing translated anime since May 1997 and are in the business of licensing, translating, and releasing to the North American market anime and live-action movies, along with television series to home-video release. Our animated releases have included Berserk, Knight Hunters, Rurouni Kenshin, Twelve Kingdoms, Voltron, and Invader Zim. We have various labels for our Anime and live action releases.

Anime Works
Anime Works is the label used for the bulk of Media Blaster's anime titles, such as Berserk, Knight Hunters, Rurouni Kenshin, and Twelve Kingdoms.



Tokyo Shock
The Tokyo Shock label covers live action movies and television series from Japan and other Asian markets, including Versus (film), Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky, Ichi The Killer, Machine Girl, and Tokyo Gore Police.

Shriek Show
The Shriek Show label handles obscure horror and exploitation films such Cannibal Holocaust, Grizzly, Day of the Animals, Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell, The Anthropophagus Beast, Burial Ground and Zombie 2.

Aniplex of America
Website: www.AniplexUSA.com & www.youtube.com/aniplexUS
Description:
Ask any fan to name his or her favorite anime show and chances are likely that it’s an Aniplex produced show. Aniplex of America Inc. (Santa Monica, California) is a subsidiary of Aniplex Inc. (headquartered in Tokyo, Japan), a group of Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc. and leading provider of anime content and music production and distribution in Japan. Aniplex of America has launched fan-favorite DVD and Blu-Ray releases such as Gurren Lagann the Movies, Durarara!!, R.O.D series, the Garden of Sinners and Baccano! The company's ever-growing line-up of shows includes our most recent titles, Blue Exorcist, Rurouni Kenshin OVA and Movie, and Puella Magi Madoka Magica.

Sentai Filmworks
Website: http://sentai-filmworks.com/
Description:
Sentai Filmworks is one of the fastest-growing anime companies in North America, including hit series like Highschool of the Dead, Guin Saga, Needless, Canaan and Angel Beats. Sentai Filmworks programs can be found on home video distributed by Ingram Entertainment, Baker & Taylor, Section23Films, The Right Stuf and other good and fine distributors. Digital product offerings may be found at iTunes, Hulu, Netflix, Amazon, Zune Marketplace, Anime Network, Playstation Network and YouTube.

New People Entertainment
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Description:
Based in San Francisco, California, NEW PEOPLE, Inc. (www.newpeopleworld.com) offers the latest films, art, fashion and retail brands from Japan through its unique entertainment destination as well as through licensing and distribution of selective Japanese films. NEW PEOPLE Entertainment (www.newpeopleent.com), a film division of NEW PEOPLE, Inc. strives to offer the most entertaining motion pictures straight from the "Kingdom of Pop" for audiences of all ages, especially the manga and anime generation, in North America. Some titles include DEATH NOTE, GANTZ, KAMIKAZE GIRLS, and THE TASTE OF TEA.

Crunchyroll
Website: www.crunchyroll.com
Description:
Crunchyroll is a leading global video network and developer of social media applications for Japanese anime and Asian media. Users have access to the largest anime and drama selection, same-day access for simulcasted titles, no advertisements and viewing up to 720p quality on selected titles. Through applications like Crunchyroll for iPad, Android and Naruto Shippuden Official, set top boxes, affiliate websites and its own streaming site, Crunchyroll delivers officially-licensed content from leading Asian media producers directly to consumers.