Crunchyroll EMEA
Crunchyroll EMEA, formerly known as Viz Media Europe, is a European anime distributor. Established as Viz Media Europe, it was Viz Media's European sister company until 2019. It holds partnerships with TV channels, DVD distributors, and manga publishers. The company was once headquartered in Amsterdam, before the company opened its current Paris operations on 15 January 2007. The division is made up of two subsidiaries, Crunchyroll SAS based in Paris, France, and Crunchyroll SA based in Lausanne, Switzerland. Crunchyroll EMEA is run by Sony through Crunchyroll, LLC, a joint venture between Sony Pictures and Sony Music Entertainment  Japan's Aniplex, with Shogakukan, Shueisha and Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions (ShoPro) retaining full ownership of the former Viz Media Europe's Publishing/Licensing Business for manga publishing in the region. On January 27, 2020, Viz Media Europe changed its corporate name to Crunchyroll EMEA, announcing the change publicly on April 2, 2020, with all of Viz Media's former brands being rebranded under Crunchyroll branding. Subsidiaries and brands. As of April 2020, Crunchyroll EMEA has been organised into a portfolio of brands and companies. Crunchyroll EMEA is also affiliated with VME PLB SAS, though does not own any stake of  the company. Additionally, despite Crunchyroll Moldova (formerly known as Ellation) being located in Europe, it is not incorporated or operated under Crunchyroll EMEA. Current. Crunchyroll SAS. Crunchyroll SAS, formerly known as Viz Media Europe, is the French subsidiary of Crunchyroll, housing the French-language operations of the company, including Kazé France and Anime Digital Network. Crunchyroll SA. Crunchyroll SA, formerly known as Viz Media Switzerland, is the Swiss subsidiary of Crunchyroll, housing the German-language operations of the company, including Kazé Germany, Anime on Demand, Eye See Movies and AV Visionen. Kazé. Kazé is the French division of Crunchyroll EMEA , and is responsible for the distribution of anime and manga within France and other French-speaking regions. Kazé also operates in German territories through the Swiss subsidiary VIZ Media Switzerland SA and AV Visionen, and formerly operated in the British market in collaboration with the former UK branch of Manga Entertainment, now Funimation UK and Ireland. Anime Digital Network. Anime Digital Network is a French video on demand service dedicated to streaming anime content to French-speaking territories. The business is a collaboration between Crunchyroll EMEA (though Kazé) and Média-Participations subsidiary Citel. AV Visionen. AV Visionen is the German  subsidiary of Crunchyroll EMEA, and is responsible for distributing anime, manga and film in German-speaking territories under their Kazé-Label as well as German television and film on home video in Germany though its Eye See Movies label. It furthermore distributes anime of independant labels Anime House, Nipponart, Hardball Films, Film Confect Anime, and polyband Anime as well as for Aniplex's Peppermint Anime, and manga of the independat labels MangaCult and Manga Jam Session. Former. Anime on Demand. Anime on Demand was a German video on demand service dedicated to streaming anime content to German-speaking territories. It  shut down on 8 December 2021, with all content being merged into Crunchyroll. Related. VME PLB SAS. VME PLB SAS is a publishing licensing business owned by Shogakukan, Shueisha and Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions (ShoPro). The company was formed in December 2019, after Crunchyroll acquired the majority stake in Viz Media Europe. The company is responsible for licensing manga within the EMEA and Latin American regions. Kazuyoshi Takeuchi is President of VME PLB and Kazuyuki Masuda is Managing Director of VME PLB.