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Aniplex of America, or Aniplex USA, is an
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distributor based in Santa Monica, California that serves as the American distribution enterprise of
Aniplex Aniplex, Inc. (株式会社アニプレックス, ''Kabushiki-gaisha Anipurekkusu'') is a Japanese entertainment company and a subsidiary of Sony, Sony Group Corporation, founded in September 1995 by Sony Music Entertainment Japan. The company fo ...
, an entertainment company owned by
Sony Music Entertainment Japan , often abbreviated as SMEJ or simply SME, and also known as Sony Music Japan for short (stylized as ''SonyMusic''), is a Japanese music arm for Sony. Founded in 1968 as CBS/Sony, SMEJ is directly owned by Sony, Sony Group Corporation and is ...
, where its goal is to reinforce the parent company's licensing business in the North American market. They operate the English language version of the Aniplex+ store, and from 2013 to 2017 operated a streaming service called Aniplex Channel through their website. The company most of the time only directly releases its titles in the Americas, however, some of its titles have been released in other territories by other distributors, such as
Anime Limited Anime Limited, also known as All the Anime, is a British anime distribution company based in Glasgow, Scotland. It releases anime for British, Irish, French and other European audiences. The company was established in 2012 by Andrew Partridge, ...
,
MVM Films MVM Entertainment, also known as MVM and MVM Films, is a British licensor and distributor of Japanese animation. The company also sub-licenses anime titles from US anime companies such as Media Blasters, Geneon, Nozomi Entertainment, Urban V ...
,
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and corporate siblings
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(formerly
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) and
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(formerly Madman Anime). Their home video sets are distributed in the North American market by its corporate sibling, Crunchyroll Store (formerly Right Stuf), and their titles are usually streamed on
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,
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,
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, and Hidive, and occasionally streamed on
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,
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, and
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. Some of their titles were also available on
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, Daisuki,
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,
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, Crackle,
Anime News Network Anime News Network (ANN) is a news website that reports on the status of anime, manga, video games, Japanese popular music and other related cultures within North America, Australia, Southeast Asia and Japan. The website offers reviews and ot ...
, and Neon Alley but they have been removed and/or the service shut down.


History


2005–2012: Founding and independent distribution

Aniplex of America was founded in March 2005. At this point, the Japanese parent company still licensed its titles through other distributors, such as
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,
Bandai Visual was a Japanese anime, film production, and distribution company, established by Bandai and a subsidiary of Bandai Namco Holdings. They focused mainly in international distribution of anime properties in North America. Most of the anime and ...
,
Geneon (abbreviated as NBCUEJ) is a Japanese music, anime, and home entertainment production and distribution enterprise that is a subsidiary of NBCUniversal, owned by American telecommunications/media company Comcast headquartered in Akasaka, Tokyo ...
,
ADV Films A.D. Vision Holdings, Inc. (known simply as ADV and also referred to as ADV Films) was an American multimedia entertainment distributor headquartered in Houston, Texas, and founded in 1992 by video game fan John Ledford and anime fans Matt Gr ...
, NIS America, and
Media Blasters Media Blasters, sometimes abbreviated as MB, is an American entertainment company that was founded by John Sirabella in 1997 and is based in New York City. It is in the business of licensing, translating, and releasing to the North American mar ...
. Starting in 2010, Aniplex of America began releasing the Japanese parent company's titles, starting with the ''
Gurren Lagann ''Gurren Lagann'', known in Japan as , is a Japanese mecha anime television series animated by Gainax and co-produced by Aniplex and Konami. It ran for 27 episodes on TV Tokyo between April and September 2007. It was directed by Hiroyu ...
'' movies and '' Durarara!!'' (which had been previously announced to stream on
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). ''Durarara!!'' was the first time they partnered with Bang Zoom for an English dub (the studio they would almost exclusively work with for dubs from this point on). They also re-released ''Read or Die'' (OVA) and '' R.O.D the TV'' on
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, despite them having previously been licensed through
Manga Entertainment Manga Entertainment was a producer, licensee, and distributor of anime in the United States and the United Kingdom. Originally founded in the UK in 1991, the UK branch became Funimation UK and Ireland in 2021, also currently known as Crunchyr ...
and Geneon. The aforementioned titles was the first time they sold a home video set on Right Stuf Anime (the website that would eventually be the only retailer in North America to sell their home video sets). Starting with '' Oreimo'' in 2010, they started streaming some of their titles on
Anime News Network Anime News Network (ANN) is a news website that reports on the status of anime, manga, video games, Japanese popular music and other related cultures within North America, Australia, Southeast Asia and Japan. The website offers reviews and ot ...
. In April 2011, they started streaming some of their titles on
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and Viz Anime ( Neon Alley), with ''
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'' being the first. In June 2011, they started airing titles on
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's late night block
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, with ''Durarara!!'' being the first. In July 2011, they started streaming their titles on Crackle, with ''
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'' being the first. In June 2012, they announced that they would release their first non-anime,
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's ''Mikunopolis'' concert.


2013–present: Streaming expansion and new management

In 2013, Aniplex started streaming some of their titles on their website (called Aniplex Channel). In April 2014, they launched the English version of Aniplex+. Later in April 2014, they started streaming shows on
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, with ''Blue Exorcist'' being the first. In 2015, they started streaming some of their titles on Daisuki and Funimation. In March 2017, they started streaming some of their titles on
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, with ''
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'' being the first. In June 2017, they launched their first mobile game, the English version of the '' Fate/Grand Order'' mobile game. In August 2017, it was announced that Shu Nishimoto was appointed as president of the company, with former president Hideki "Henry" Goto becoming head of international business development with the Tokyo branch. Later the same month, Aniplex Channel was shut down. In October 2017, they started streaming some of their titles on
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, which included exclusive rights to the '' Anohana'' and ''God Eater'' dubs. In January 2019, they started streaming some of their titles on HIDIVE, with ''
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'' being the first. In August 2019, they announced that they partnered with Funimation Films to release '' Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl'' in North American theaters. They later did the same with '' Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train''. In January 2020, they allowed Funimation to dub '' Darwin's Game'', which was the first time that a new Aniplex of America title that was dubbed was not dubbed by Bang Zoom. In May 2020, Funimation announced they partnered with Aniplex of America to release a standard edition
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set for '' Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba''. Later in May 2020, they started streaming some of their titles on
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. In December 2020, the company made a partnership with Lucky Helmet Agency to help with merchandising and licensing for the release of ''Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train'' in the United States.


Criticism

In episode five of '' Kaguya-sama: Love Is War'' season two, one line in the subtitled script read "What's the deal with the social distancing?", which references the
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. Aniplex of America apologized for this and corrected the line to "Why are you so far away from me?"


Catalog

Note: Any
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that has been dubbed in English by anybody, including Aniplex of America themselves, is marked with an asterisk (*) beside the title.


Anime

* '' 22/7'' (January 2020 – March 2020) (
A-1 Pictures is a Japanese animation studio and production company founded by ex- Sunrise producer Mikihiro Iwata. It is a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Japan's anime production firm Aniplex. History The company was established by SMEJ's animat ...
) * '' Aldnoah.Zero''* (July 2014 – March 2015) (A-1 Pictures & Troyca) * ''
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''* (April 2010 – June 2010) ( P.A. Works) (acquired from
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)
* '' Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day''* (April 2011 – June 2011) (A-1 Pictures) (acquired from NIS America) ** ''Anohana the Movie: The Flower We Saw That Day'' (August 2013) (A-1 Pictures) * '' Atri: My Dear Moments'' (July 2024 – scheduled) ( Troyca) * '' The Anthem of the Heart'' (September 2015) (A-1 Pictures) * '' The Asterisk War''* (October 2015 – June 2016) (A-1 Pictures) * '' Auto Boy - Carl from Mobile Land'' (April 2020 – March 2022) (
CloverWorks is a Japanese animation studio that was rebranded from A-1 Pictures' Kōenji Studio. It is a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Japan's anime production firm Aniplex. Establishment On April 1, 2018, A-1 Pictures rebranded its Kōenji Studio ...
) * ''
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''* (July 2007 – November 2007) (
Brain's Base is a Japanese animation studio An animation studio is a company producing animation, animated media. The broadest such companies conceive of products to produce, own the physical equipment for production, employ operators for that equipment, ...
) (acquired from
Funimation Funimation was an American Video on demand#Subscription models, subscription video on-demand Over-the-top media service, over-the-top Streaming media, streaming service. Launched in 2016, the service was one of the leading distributors of anime ...
)
* '' Black Butler''* (October 2008 – September 2010) (A-1 Pictures) (acquired from Funimation) * '' Blast of Tempest'' (October 2012 – March 2013) (
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) * ''
Blend S is a Japanese four-panel comic strip manga written and illustrated by Miyuki Nakayama in Houbunsha's '' Manga Time Kirara Carat'' magazine from 2013 to 2022 and collected into eight volumes. A 12-episode anime television series adaptation ...
'' (October 2017 – December 2017) (A-1 Pictures) * ''
Blue Exorcist is a Japanese dark fantasy manga series written and illustrated by Kazue Kato. The story revolves around Rin Okumura, a teenager who discovers that he and his twin brother Yukio are the sons of Satan, born from a human woman, and he is ...
''* (April 2011 – October 2011) (A-1 Pictures) ** '' Blue Exorcist: The Movie''* (December 2012) (A-1 Pictures) ** '' Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga''* (January 2017 – March 2017) (A-1 Pictures) ** '' Blue Exorcist: Shimane Illuminati Saga''* (January 2024 – March 2024) ( Studio VOLN) * '' Build Divide'' (October 2021 - June 2022) ( Liden Films) * '' Cells at Work!''* (July 2018 – February 2021) (
David Production is a Japanese animation studio founded in September 2007 by former Gonzo producers Kōji Kajita and Taito Okiura, and is based in Nishitōkyō, Tokyo. Notable works from the studio include '' JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'', '' Cells at Work!'', t ...
) ** '' Cells at Work! Code Black''* (January 2021 – March 2021) (Liden Films) * '' Cencoroll Connect'' (July 2019) (''Independent work'') (screened at
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only)
* '' Charlotte''* (July 2015 – September 2015) (P.A. Works) * ''
Classroom Crisis is a Japanese anime television series animated by Lay-duce and produced by Aniplex. The series is directed by Kenji Nagasaki and features original character designs by Hiro Kanzaki. It aired between July 3 and September 25, 2015. Plot Set ...
'' (July 2015 – September 2015) (
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) * '' DAKAICHI -I'm being harassed by the sexiest man of the year-'' (October 2018 – December 2018) (CloverWorks) * '' Darwin's Game''* (January 2020 — March 2020) (
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) * '' Day Break Illusion'' (July 2013 – September 2013) ( AIC) (streaming on
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only)
* '' Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba''* (April 2019 – September 2019) (
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) ** '' Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train''* (October 2020) (Ufotable) (theatrical distribution via Funimation Films) ** '' Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Entertainment District Arc''* (December 2021 - February 2022) (Ufotable) * '' Do You Love Your Mom and Her Two-Hit Multi-Target Attacks?'' (July 2019 – September 2019) ( J.C.Staff) * '' Doukyusei: Classmates'' (February 2016) (A-1 Pictures) * '' Durarara!!''* (January 2010 – June 2010) (Brain's Base) ** ''Durarara!!x2''* (January 2015 – March 2016) ( Shuka) * '' The Elusive Samurai'' *(July 2024 – scheduled) (
Cloverworks is a Japanese animation studio that was rebranded from A-1 Pictures' Kōenji Studio. It is a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Japan's anime production firm Aniplex. Establishment On April 1, 2018, A-1 Pictures rebranded its Kōenji Studio ...
) * '' Engage Kiss''* (July 2022 – September 2022) (A-1 Pictures) * '' Erased''* (January 2016 – March 2016) (A-1 Pictures) * ''
Eromanga Sensei is a Japanese light novel series written by Tsukasa Fushimi and illustrated by Hiro Kanzaki. ASCII Media Works has published thirteen volumes in the series under its Dengeki Bunko imprint from December 2013 to August 2022. A manga adaptati ...
'' (April 2017 – June 2017) (A-1 Pictures) * '' Expelled from Paradise''* (November 2014) (
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&
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) (streaming on
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only)
* '' Fate/Apocrypha''* (July 2017 – December 2017) (A-1 Pictures) (Netflix Original) * '' Fate/EXTRA Last Encore''* (January 2018 – July 2018) ( Shaft) (Netflix Original) * '' Fate/Grand Order: First Order''* (December 2016) (Lay-duce) ** '' Fate/Grand Order - Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia''* (October 2019 – March 2020) (CloverWorks) *** ''Fate/Grand Order Final Singularity - The Grand Temple of Time: Solomon''* (July 2021) (CloverWorks) ** ''Fate/Grand Order: Moonlight/Lostroom'' (December 2017) (Lay-duce) ** ''Fate/Grand Order: Divine Realm of the Round Table: Camelot''* (December 2020 – May 2021) (Part 1 by
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and Part 2 by Production I.G) ** ''Fate/Grand Carnival''* (June 2021 – October 2021) ( Lerche) * '' Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works''* (October 2014 – June 2015) (
Ufotable is a Japanese animation studio founded in October 2000 by former Telecom Animation Film producer Hikaru Kondō and located in Shinjuku, Tokyo. A unique hallmark seen in many of their works ('' Ninja Nonsense'', '' Futakoi Alternative'', '' Coyo ...
) ** '' Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel''* (October 2017 – August 2020) (Ufotable) ** '' Today's Menu for the Emiya Family'' (January 2018 – January 2019) (Ufotable) * '' Fate/Zero''* (October 2011 – June 2012) (Ufotable) ** '' The Case Files of Lord El-Melloi II''* (July 2019 – September 2019) (Troyca) * ''
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''* (October 2003 – October 2004) (Bones) (acquired from Funimation) ** '' Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa''* (July 2005) (Bones) (acquired from Funimation) * '' Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood''* (April 2009 – July 2010) (Bones) (acquired from Funimation) ** '' Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos''* (July 2011) (Bones) (acquired from Funimation) * ''
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'' (December 2007 – September 2013) (Ufotable) (streaming on Crunchyroll only) * ''
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''* (July 2015 – March 2016) (Ufotable) (this is not an
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production)
* ''
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''* (April 2017 – December 2019) (Season 1 by A-1 Pictures and Season 2 by
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) * '' Gunslinger Stratos: The Animation'' (April 2015 – June 2015) (A-1 Pictures) * ''
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''* (April 2007 – September 2007) (
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) (acquired from
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and
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)
** ''Gurren Lagann the Movie –Childhood's End–''* (September 2008) (Gainax) ** ''Gurren Lagann the Movie –The Lights in the Sky Are Stars–''* (April 2009) (Gainax) * '' Gyo: Tokyo Fish Attack'' (February 2012) (Ufotable) * '' Hell Girl: The Fourth Twilight'' (July 2017 – September 2017) (
Studio Deen is a Japanese animation studio founded in 1975 by former Sunrise producer Hiroshi Hasegawa, along with a team of ex-Sunrise animators. The studio owns three subsidiaries: Danny Donghua (), a Chinese sub-contracting studio; Megumi (め組), a di ...
) (streaming on Crunchyroll only) * ''
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'' (April 2016 – June 2016) (
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) * '' I Want to Eat Your Pancreas''* (September 2018) (Studio VOLN) * '' I've Always Liked You'' (April 2016) (Qualia Animation) (streaming on Crunchyroll only) ** '' The Moment You Fall in Love'' (December 2016) (Qualia Animation) (streaming on Crunchyroll only) ** '' Our love has always been 10 centimeters apart'' (November 2017 – December 2017) (Lay-duce) * ''
The Irregular at Magic High School is a Japanese web novel series by Tsutomu Satō (author), Tsutomu Satō. It was published on Shōsetsuka ni Narō, a web novel website, from October 2008 to March 2011. Satō reached a deal with Dengeki Bunko and began releasing his w ...
''* (April 2014 – December 2020) (Season 1 by Madhouse and Season 2 by
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) ** '' The Irregular at Magic High School: The Movie – The Girl Who Summons the Stars'' (June 2017) (8-Bit) ** '' The Honor Student at Magic High School''* (July 2021 – September 2021) ( Connect) ** '' The Irregular at Magic High School: Reminiscence Arc''* (December 2021) (8-Bit) * '' Kaguya-sama: Love Is War''* (January 2019 – June 2022) (A-1 Pictures) (season 2 streaming on Funimation only) * '' Katsugeki/Touken Ranbu''* (July 2017 – September 2017) (Ufotable) * '' Kill la Kill''* (October 2013 – March 2014) (
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) * '' Kiznaiver''* (April 2016 – June 2016) (Trigger) (Crunchyroll holds additional rights because they co-produced it) * '' Lycoris Recoil''* (July 2022 – September 2022) (A-1 Pictures) * '' Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic''* (October 2012 – March 2013) (A-1 Pictures) ** ''Magi: The Kingdom of Magic''* (October 2013 – March 2014) (A-1 Pictures) * ''
March Comes In like a Lion is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Chica Umino. It has been serialized in Hakusensha's manga magazine '' Young Animal'' since July 2007, with its chapters collected in 17 volumes as of August 2023. It follows the li ...
''* (October 2016 – March 2018) (Shaft) * '' Mashle''* (April 2023 – March 2024) (A-1 Pictures) * '' Mekakucity Actors'' (April 2014 – June 2014) (Shaft) * ''Meow Meow Japanese History'' (April 2016 – present) (Joker Films) * '' The Millionaire Detective Balance: Unlimited''* (April 2020 – September 2020) (CloverWorks) (streaming on Funimation only) * '' Miracle Train'' (October 2009 – December 2009) ( Yumeta Company) (streaming on Crunchyroll only) * '' The Misfit of Demon King Academy''* (July 2020 – present) (
Silver Link is a Japanese animation studio. It was founded by ex-Frontline animation producer Hayato Kaneko in December 2007 and is based in Tokyo Tokyo, officially the Tokyo Metropolis, is the capital of Japan, capital and List of cities in Japan, ...
) (streaming on Crunchyroll only) * '' Mono*'' (April 2025-Scheduled) (Soigne) * ''
Monogatari is a Literary genre, literary form in traditional Japanese literature – an extended prose narrative tale comparable to epic (genre), epic literature. ''Monogatari'' is closely tied to aspects of the oral tradition, and almost always relates ...
'' (July 2009 – June 2019) (Shaft) ** ''Bakemonogatari'' (July 2009 – September 2009) (Shaft) ** ''Nisemonogatari'' (January 2012 – March 2012) (Shaft) ** ''Nekomonogatari (Kuro)'' (January 2013) (Shaft) ** ''Monogatari Series Second Season'' (July 2013 – December 2013) (Shaft) ** ''Hanamonogatari'' (August 2014) (Shaft) ** ''Tsukimonogatari'' (December 2014) (Shaft) ** ''Owarimonogatari'' (October 2015 – December 2015) (Shaft) ** '' Kizumonogatari'' (January 2016 – January 2017) (Shaft) ** ''Koyomimonogatari'' (January 2016 – March 2016) (Shaft) ** ''Owarimonogatari Second Season'' (August 2017) (Shaft) ** ''Zoku Owarimonogatari'' (May 2019 – June 2019) (Shaft) * '' Mushi-Shi -Next Passage-'' (April 2014 – December 2014) ( Artland) * '' My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999''* (April 2023 – June 2023) (Madhouse) * '' Nanana's Buried Treasure'' (April 2014 – June 2014) (A-1 Pictures) *'' Natsume's Book of Friends the Movie: Ephemeral Bond'' (September 2018) (Shuka) * '' Nier: Automata Ver1.1a''* (January 2023 – present) (A-1 Pictures) * ''
Nisekoi is a Japanese romantic comedy manga series written and illustrated by Naoshi Komi. ''Nisekoi'' was first published as a one-shot manga in Shueisha's seasonal '' Jump Next!'' magazine before being serialized in the manga magazine '' ...
'' (January 2014 – June 2015) (Shaft) * ''
Occultic;Nine is a Japanese light novel series written by Chiyomaru Shikura, and is a part of the ''Science Adventure'' franchise. It was later adapted into a visual novel and published by Mages in November 2017. The light novel series is licensed in E ...
''* (October 2016 – December 2016) (A-1 Pictures) * '' Oreimo'' (October 2010 – June 2013) (AIC Build & A-1 Pictures) * '' Oreshura'' (January 2013 – March 2013) (A-1 Pictures) * '' Oresuki'' (October 2019 – December 2019) (Connect) *''Persona 3 The Movie'' (November 2013 – January 2016) (Movie 1 by AIC ASTA and Movies 2-4 by A-1 Pictures) ** '' Persona 3 The Movie: #1 Spring of Birth'' (November 2013) (AIC ASTA) ** '' Persona 3 The Movie: #2 Midsummer Knight's Dream'' (June 2014) (A-1 Pictures) ** '' Persona 3 The Movie: #3 Falling Down'' (April 2015) (A-1 Pictures) ** '' Persona 3 The Movie: #4 Winter of Rebirth'' (January 2016) (A-1 Pictures) * '' Persona 4: The Golden Animation'' (July 2014 – September 2014) (A-1 Pictures) * '' Persona 5: The Animation''* (April 2018 – September 2018) (CloverWorks) ** ''Persona 5: The Animation -The Day Breakers-'' (September 2016) (A-1 Pictures) (streaming on Crunchyroll only) * '' Plastic Memories'' (April 2015 – June 2015) (
Doga Kobo is a Japanese animation studio formed by former Toei Animation members Hideo Furusawa and Megumu Ishiguro, located in Nerima, Tokyo, Japan. The studio was established on July 11, 1973, and is a subsidiary of Kadokawa Corporation. Although the st ...
) * '' Pretty Boy Detective Club''* (April 2021 – June 2021) (Shaft) (streaming on Funimation only) * ''
The Promised Neverland is a Japanese manga series written by Kaiu Shirai and illustrated by Posuka Demizu. It was serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from August 2016 to June 2020, with its chapters collected in 20 volumes. I ...
''* (January 2019 – March 2021) (CloverWorks) * ''
Puella Magi Madoka Magica , also known simply as ''Madoka Magica'', is a Japanese anime television series created by Magica Quartet, and animated by Shaft. The story follows a group of middle school girls, led by protagonist Madoka Kaname, who make supernat ...
''* (January 2011 – April 2011) (Shaft) ** '' Puella Magi Madoka Magica Part 1: Beginnings''* (October 2012) (Shaft) ** ''Puella Magi Madoka Magica Part 2: Eternal''* (October 2012) (Shaft) ** ''Puella Magi Madoka Magica Part 3: Rebellion''* (October 2013) (Shaft) ** '' Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story''* (January 2020 – March 2020) (Shaft) * '' Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai''* (October 2018 – December 2018) (CloverWorks) ** '' Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl''* (June 2019) (CloverWorks) (theatrical distribution via Funimation Films) ** '' Rascal Does Not Dream of a Sister Venturing Out''* (June 2023) (CloverWorks) ** '' Rascal Does Not Dream of a Knapsack Kid''* (December 2023) (CloverWorks) * '' Read or Die''* (May 2001) (Studio Deen) (acquired from
Manga Entertainment Manga Entertainment was a producer, licensee, and distributor of anime in the United States and the United Kingdom. Originally founded in the UK in 1991, the UK branch became Funimation UK and Ireland in 2021, also currently known as Crunchyr ...
)
** '' R.O.D the TV''* (October 2003 – March 2004) (J.C.Staff & Studio Deen) (acquired from
Geneon (abbreviated as NBCUEJ) is a Japanese music, anime, and home entertainment production and distribution enterprise that is a subsidiary of NBCUniversal, owned by American telecommunications/media company Comcast headquartered in Akasaka, Tokyo ...
; streaming on Crunchyroll only)
* '' Record of Grancrest War''* (January 2018 – June 2018) (A-1 Pictures) * '' Rurouni Kenshin (1996)''* (January 1996 – September 1998) (
Studio Gallop , sometimes credited as , is a Japanese animation studio founded on December 13, 1978, by former Mushi Pro members. Works TV series 1980s *''Touch (manga), Touch'' (1985–1987) (production assistance; animated by Group TAC) *''High School! Kim ...
& Studio Deen) (acquired from
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** '' Rurouni Kenshin: The Motion Picture''* (December 1997) (Studio Gallop) (acquired from ADV Films) ** ''Rurouni Kenshin OVA: Rurouni Kenshin: Trust & Betrayal''* (February 1999 – November 1999) (Studio Deen) (acquired from ADV Films) ** ''Rurouni Kenshin OVA: Rurouni Kenshin: Reflection''* (December 2001) (Studio Deen) (acquired from ADV Films) ** '' Rurouni Kenshin (2023)''* (July 2023 – present) (Liden Films) * '' Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend'' (January 2015 – March 2015) (A-1 Pictures) **'' Saekano the Movie: Finale'' (October 2019) (CloverWorks) * '' Samurai Flamenco'' (October 2013 – March 2014) (
Manglobe was a Japanese animation studio based in Suginami, Tokyo and formed on February 7, 2002 by Sunrise producers Shinichirō Kobayashi and Takashi Kochiyama. Manglobe filed for bankruptcy in September 2015, having accumulated an estimated debt of ...
) * '' Servant × Service'' (July 2013 – September 2013) (A-1 Pictures) * '' Silver Spoon'' (July 2013 – March 2014) (A-1 Pictures) * '' SK8 the Infinity''* (January 2021 – March 2021) (Bones) (streaming on Funimation only) * '' Slow Start'' (January 2018 – March 2018) (CloverWorks) (streaming on Crunchyroll only) * ''
Star Driver ''Star Driver'', also known as is a Japanese anime television series created and animated by Bones. It was broadcast for twenty-five episodes on MBS and TBS from October 2010 to April 2011. The anime was licensed in North America by Anip ...
'' (October 2010 – April 2011) (Bones) (acquired from Bandai Entertainment) * ''
Super HxEros is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ryōma Kitada. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''Jump Square'' magazine from May 2017 to February 2021, with its chapters collected into twelve volumes. In North America, the manga is li ...
''* (July 2020 – September 2020) (
Project No.9 , is a Japanese animation studio established on February 9, 2009. Works Television series ONAs OVAs References External linksOfficial website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Project No.9 Project No.9, Japanese animation studios Mass media c ...
) (streaming on Funimation only) * ''
Sword Art Online is a Japanese light novel series written by Reki Kawahara and illustrated by abec. The series takes place in the 2020s and focuses on protagonists Kazuto "Kirito" Kirigaya and Asuna Yuuki as they play through various virtual re ...
''* (July 2012 – December 2012) (A-1 Pictures) ** '' Sword Art Online: Extra Edition''* (December 2013) (A-1 Pictures) ** '' Sword Art Online II''* (July 2014 – December 2014) (A-1 Pictures) ** '' Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale''* (February 2017) (A-1 Pictures) (theatrical distribution via
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; streaming on
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only)
** '' Sword Art Online Alternative Gun Gale Online''* (April 2018 – June 2018) ( Studio 3Hz) ** '' Sword Art Online: Alicization''* (October 2018 – September 2020) (A-1 Pictures) ** '' Sword Art Online Progressive: Aria of a Starless Night''* (October 2021) (A-1 Pictures) ** '' Sword Art Online Progressive: Scherzo of Deep Night'' (October 2022) (A-1 Pictures) * '' Uchitama?! Have you seen my Tama?'' (January 2020 – March 2020) (MAPPA & Lapin Track) * ''
Togainu no Chi is a Japanese BL visual novel created by Nitro+CHiRAL. The plot centers on Akira, a young man who is made to participate in a deadly game called "Igura" (from "игра"/ "igra", Russian and Bulgarian for "game") in post-apocalyptic Japa ...
'' (October 2010 – December 2010) (A-1 Pictures) * '' Tokyo 24th Ward''* (January 2022 – April 2022) (
CloverWorks is a Japanese animation studio that was rebranded from A-1 Pictures' Kōenji Studio. It is a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Japan's anime production firm Aniplex. Establishment On April 1, 2018, A-1 Pictures rebranded its Kōenji Studio ...
) * '' UniteUp!'' (January 2023 – present) (
CloverWorks is a Japanese animation studio that was rebranded from A-1 Pictures' Kōenji Studio. It is a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Japan's anime production firm Aniplex. Establishment On April 1, 2018, A-1 Pictures rebranded its Kōenji Studio ...
) * '' Valvrave the Liberator'' (April 2013 – December 2013) (
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) * ''
Vividred Operation is a Japanese anime television series produced by A-1 Pictures and directed by Kazuhiro Takamura. The series aired in Japan between January and March 2013 and is licensed in North America by Aniplex of America. Two manga adaptations have b ...
'' (January 2013 – March 2013) (A-1 Pictures) * '' Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song''* (April 2021 – June 2021) (
Wit Studio , stylized as WIT Studio, is a Japanese animation studio founded on June 1, 2012, by producers at Production I.G as a subsidiary of IG Port. It is headquartered in Musashino, Tokyo, with Production I.G producer George Wada as president and ...
) (streaming on Funimation only) * '' We Never Learn'' (April 2019 – December 2019) (Studio Silver & Arvo Animation) *'' Wind Breaker''* (April 5, 2024- Present) (Cloverworks) * ''
World Conquest Zvezda Plot is a Japanese anime television series produced by A-1 Pictures and directed by Tensai Okamura. It premiered on Tokyo MX, GTV and GYT on January 11, 2014. The series is written by Okamura and Meteor Hoshizora of the Japanese game company ...
'' (January 2014 – March 2014) (A-1 Pictures) * '' Working!!!'' (July 2015 – December 2015) (A-1 Pictures) (streaming on Crunchyroll only) ** ''WWW.Working!!'' (October 2016 – December 2016) (A-1 Pictures) (streaming on Crunchyroll only) * '' Your Lie in April''* (October 2014 – March 2015) (A-1 Pictures) * '' Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs'' (July 2018 – September 2018) (
Xebec A xebec ( or ), also spelled zebec, was a Mediterranean sailing ship that originated in the barbary states (Algeria), it was used mostly for trading. Xebecs had a long overhanging bowsprit and aft-set mizzen mast. The term can also refer to a ...
) (streaming on Crunchyroll only)


Video games

* ''Adabana Odd Tales'' * '' ATRI -My Dear Moments-'' * '' Fate/Grand Order'' * ''
Magia Record was a Japanese role-playing video game developed by f4samurai for Android and iOS, which was released by Aniplex in Japan on August 22, 2017. A North American version was available from June 2019 to October 2020. The game is a spin-off o ...
'' * '' Witch on the Holy Night'' * '' Tsukihime: A Piece of Blue Glass Moon''


Music artists

* ''
LiSA Lisa or LISA may refer to: People People with the mononym * Lisa (Japanese musician, born 1974), stylized "LISA" * Lisa, stagename of Japanese singer Lisa Komine (born 1978) * Lisa (South Korean singer) (born 1980) * Lisa (Japanese musician, b ...
'' * ''Mikunopolis in Los Angeles''


See also

*
Crunchyroll LLC Crunchyroll, LLC is an American entertainment company based in Coppell, Texas. It currently operates the anime-focused eponymous over-the-top subscription video on-demand streaming service. The company was founded as Funimation in May 1994 ...
, Sony's sister anime distribution company based in Coppell that is also operated by Aniplex * List of anime distributed in the United States * List of anime releases made concurrently in the United States and Japan * Bang Zoom! Entertainment, recording production company in Burbank that provided the dubbing for Aniplex USA's licensed series


References


External links


Official website
* {{Authority control American companies established in 2005 American subsidiaries of foreign companies Anime companies Aniplex Companies based in Santa Monica, California Entertainment companies of the United States Home video companies of the United States Mass media companies established in 2005 Sony subsidiaries