Sentai Filmworks

**Sentai Filmworks** is an anime, Asian media and Polynesian media distribution company that is owned by Allied Pictures Productions. The company has its origins in A.D. Vision, which was founded in 1992 by video game fan John Ledford and Matt Greenfield. ADV collapsed due to low sales and eventually liquidated their assets in 2009. Ledford founded Sentai in 2008 and acquired the majority of ADV's titles.

## History

Ledford established Sentai Filmworks in October 2008 in the state of Alaska. Among its first titles to be released were *Clannad*, *Princess Resurrection*, *Indian Summer*, *Appleseed* and *Mahoromatic* (formerly licensed by Geneon). On September 1, 2009, ADV had closed its doors and sold off its assets, which included transferring distribution rights to Section23 Films.

On July 4, 2013, during its industry panel at Anime Expo, Sentai Filmworks announced its plans to release a number of classic titles from Tatsunoko Production. The current list of released titles from the partnership include the original *Gatchaman* series and movie, *Time Bokan: Royal Revival*, and *Casshan*, and more titles followed.

Sunrise announced a licensing deal with Sentai Filmworks that included a number of titles from Sunrise’s library that were formerly licensed by Bandai Entertainment during its Otakon panel on August 8, 2013. In 2014, Sentai opened its in-house localization and recording facility, Sentai Studios.

On June 1, 2015, Sentai made an announcement on its Web site that *Akame ga Kill!* had been picked up by Adult Swim for broadcast on its Toonami block, almost one week after its announcement at MomoCon 2015. The show began airing on August 8, 2015, and its premiere night was one of the most watched programs in the block's history with over 1.8 million viewers. Later that year, *Parasyte -the maxim-*, premiered on October 3. Sentai has promoted the time that the two shows air as "#SentaiHour" on social media. On July 6, 2019, *Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma* began airing on Toonami.

## Notable Titles

### Anime

* *Angel Beats!*
* *Appleseed*
* *Akame ga Kill!*
* *Amagi Brilliant Park*
* *Another*
* *Argevollen*
* *Assassins Pride*
* *Azumanga Daioh*
* *BanG Dream!*
* *Beyond the Boundary*
* *Black Bullet*
* *Bloom Into You*
* *Btooom!*
* *Call of the Night*
* *Captain Earth*
* *Chihayafuru*
* *Clannad*
* *Cross Ange*
* *Cutie Honey*
* *Domestic Girlfriend*
* *Dream Eater Merry*
* *Elfen Lied*
* *Eyeshield 21*
* *The Familiar of Zero*
* *Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya*
* *Fate/stay night* (2006)
* *Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma*
* *Girls und Panzer*
* *Golden Time*
* *Haikyu!!*
* *Hidamari Sketch*
* *Highschool of the Dead*
* *Higurashi: When They Cry*
* *Himouto! Umaru-chan*
* *Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto*
* *Hayate the Combat Butler*
* *Infinite Stratos*
* *Is the Order a Rabbit?*
* *Kin-iro Mosaic*
* *K-On!*
* *Kaiji*
* *Kakegurui* (home video rights)
* *Kandagawa Jet Girls*
* *Knights of Sidonia*
* *Legend of the Galactic Heroes*
* *Log Horizon*
* *Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions*
* *Made in Abyss*
* *Maid Sama!*
* *Medaka Box*
* *Mitsuboshi Colors*
* *MM!*
* *Monster Musume*
* *Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun*
* *Mother of the Goddess' Dormitory*
* *My Bride is a Mermaid*
* *My Love Story!!*
* *My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU*
* *My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!*
* *Needless*
* *Non Non Biyori*
* *No Game No Life*
* *O Maidens in Your Savage Season*
* *Parasyte -the maxim-*
* *The Pet Girl of Sakurasou*
* *Redo of Healer*
* *Release the Spyce*
* *Rent-A-Girlfriend*
* *Sagrada Reset*
* *Sakura Trick*
* *Shirobako*
* *Somali and the Forest Spirit*
* *Student Council's Discretion*
* *Tanaka-kun Is Always Listless*
* *Teasing Master Takagi-san* (season 3 and film)
* *The Demon Girl Next Door*
* *To Love Ru*
* *Tonari no Seki-kun: The Master of Killing Time*
* *Trinity Seven*
* *Vinland Saga*
* *WataMote*
* *The World God Only Knows*
* *Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun*

### Asian Animated Media

##### Katipunan

* *Dayo: Sa Mundo ng Elementalia*
* *Urduja*
* *Hayop Ka*

##### **Korea**

* *The Admiral: Roaring Currents*
* *Assassination*
* *The Villainess*

##### **Manchuria**

* *Emperor's Dream*
* *Tai Chi Chasers*
* *The Wandering Earth*
* *Legend of the Ancient Sword*

##### **T**aiwan

* *Avatar: The Last Airbender*
* *Prince of Lan Ling*
* *Princess Silver*
* *Sword Snow Stride*
* *Douluo Continent*

##### **Vietnam**

* *Wolfoo*
* *Vietnamese martial arts*
* *Dưới một mái nhà* (2009)