Talk:Manga Entertainment

message: For those who are interested to know, here are the facts: Andy Frain was a managing  director of Island World Communications Ltd, which was part of the Island World Group, owned by Chris Blackwell. In 1992, which followed the release of several anime titles, including AKIRA (released on Island World) followed on the Manga Video label by Fist of the North Star, Venus Wars and Project AKO, the company's name was changed to Manga Entertainment Ltd. (same company, different name) Manga Entertainment then became a divison of Blackwell's Island International Group. Prior to starting Island World Communications, Frain was the managing director of Island Visual Arts, a small division of Island Records, which became part of PolyGram in late 1989. Laurence Guinness worked for Frain at IVA and came with him to Island World / Manga at the inception of the company. Guinness was a founder member of Island World Communications and was responsible for that companies launch of Manga Entertainment. Manga Entertainment Inc, the North American division was established by Frain in 1994 via the purchase of LA Hero, the US subsidiary of Hero Communications. In November 1995 Marvin Gleicher replaced Frain, and took over all worldwide operations until its sale in 2005. Mike Preece then became managing director of the UK / European division and Guinness was promoted to Director of Acquisitions, Production and Development. There were many reasons for Frain leaving Manga in November 1995, but it was an amicable agreement with the parent company's owner Chris Blackwell, and Frain retained a minority share in the company. 
  92.3.138.134 (talk) 11:54, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  *I reverted this  page,  because the "background" was blanked,  and seems to  be a  victim of  warring in  the  past. Matthew Glennon (talk) 07:26, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Company History

message: I am pretty sure that Akira wasn't actually the first thing that Manga Video released.  Fist of the North Start actually has the earliest catalogue number (1001).  A subtitled version of Akira was released by ICA in a double-video set, which may have been earlier than that, I don't think this counts as a Manga Video release because Island World Communications had an agreement with ICA to distribute Akira using the ICA Projects brand name. The dubbed version was released on Manga Video but it was a bit later on, I think it may have been the third or fourth thing Manga released.
Akira was the first anime release but it was released on the Island World Communications label (with the IWC catalogue prefix). Fist of the North Star was the second release but the first on the Manga Video label (both titles in 1991). Island World also released other video genres including comedy, childrens, educational etc but following the success of Akira, Fist of the North Star, Project AKO, Venus Wars etc, the company changed its name (in 1992) to Manga Entertainment Ltd (same company but different name) and pretty much focused its efforts on anime. I hope that helps explain the confusion! User talk:andyfrain 22:24, 16 February 2008
Aside from that, the intro of this article is pretty shoddy and could do with a rewrite.Liquidcow (talk) 15:43, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I've tagged, cleaned up, and otherwise reworded a the intro. Also created a new section called Company history and moved several full paragraph from the lead there. Still needs some work, lots of statements aren't verified. AtaruMoroboshi (talk) 16:15, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: First Release

message: As a former Chicago Manga employee, I can say for certain the company is no longer based in Chicago. The office was closed when Starz purchased the company. I believe some workload was taken over by Anchor Bay. Others was relocated to Starz somewhere on the west coast.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.135.134.248 (talk) 21:29, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Headquarters 

message: Since this article hasn't been properly updated since 2017, I took the liberty of completely revamping it and removing all uncited material and original research.MarcoPolo250 (talk) 17:01, 1 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Updated 

message: Malibu Pictures is a Company.--2600:1702:4B28:F760:219:E3FF:FEE0:BE2B (talk) 21:55, 25 October 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Malibu Pictures 

message: I propose that elements pertaining to the UK-based Manga Entertainment Ltd. be split out into a separate article titled Funimation UK, due to their impending rebranding from Manga Entertainment to Funimation on April 19, 2021. This is because it would be less appropriate to rename this article itself to Funimation UK, as it contains information about the US-based Manga Entertainment LLC (owned by Lionsgate), a separate business unaffiliated with Funimation.
I suggest that content related to Manga Entertainment UK from 2014 onwards (including information about Animatsu Entertainment) be split from this article, with this article focussing on Manga Entertainment US, as well as Manga Entertainment US and UK's shared history pre-2014 (ie: information about Manga Entertainment before the UK sale to Colin Lomax in 2015), as the shared history is about Manga Entertainment as a whole. tenshibeat (talk|contribs) 10:23, 15 April 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Split proposal to Funimation UK