Sentai Studios is an American postproduction studio of
Sentai Filmworks located in
Houston
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,
Texas
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owned by
AMC Networks. It was founded as Industrial Smoke & Mirrors, the in-house studio of
ADV Films. It was renamed ADV Studios in 2005; and then in 2006, when ADV began offering its services to other companies, the studio was also called Amusement Park Media before it was sold off by
A.D. Vision in 2008. It was then renamed Seraphim Digital and was renamed to its current name in 2014.
The studio is best known for producing English-language dubs of Japanese anime series and live-action Japanese films released by ADV, Sentai,
Switchblade Pictures, and
Maiden Japan. Other notable clients include
Warner Bros.,
Sony Pictures,
Microsoft
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,
PBS, and
Toei Animation
() is a Japanese animation studio primarily controlled by its namesake Toei Company. It has produced numerous series, including '' Sally the Witch,'' '' GeGeGe no Kitarō,'' '' Mazinger Z'', '' Galaxy Express 999'', '' Cutie Honey'', '' Dr. Sl ...
.
Production list
Anime
TV and OVA anime
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009-1'' (ADV Films)
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Air'' (ADV Films)
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Akame ga Kill!'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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AKB0048'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Amagi Brilliant Park
is a Japanese light novel series written by Shoji Gatoh and illustrated by Yuka Nakajima. Fujimi Shobo has published eight volumes since February 20, 2013, under their Fujimi Fantasia Bunko imprint. J-Novel Club has licensed the serie ...
'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Amnesia
Amnesia is a deficit in memory caused by brain damage or disease,Gazzaniga, M., Ivry, R., & Mangun, G. (2009) Cognitive Neuroscience: The biology of the mind. New York: W.W. Norton & Company. but it can also be caused temporarily by the use ...
'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Angel Beats!'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Another
Another or variant may refer to:
* anOther or Another Magazine, culture and fashion magazine
* ''Another'' (novel), a Japanese horror novel
** ''Another'' (film), a Japanese 2012 live-action film based on the novel
* Another River, a river in th ...
'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Babylon'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Ballad of a Shinigami'' (Maiden Japan)
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Battle Girls: Time Paradox'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Blade of the Immortal'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Blade of the Phantom Master'' (ADV Films)
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Beyond the Boundary'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Blue Drop'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Bodacious Space Pirates'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Broken Blade
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yunosuke Yoshinaga since September 12, 2006. Flex Comix published the first ''tankōbon'' volume of the manga on April 10, 2007. The manga was previously licensed in North America by CMX ...
'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Btooom!'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Call of the Night'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Campione!'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Canaan
Canaan (; Phoenician: 𐤊𐤍𐤏𐤍 – ; he, כְּנַעַן – , in pausa – ; grc-bib, Χανααν – ;The current scholarly edition of the Greek Old Testament spells the word without any accents, cf. Septuaginta : id est Vetus T ...
'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Chidori RSC'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Clannad'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Clannad After Story'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Coicent'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Demon King Daimao'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Devil May Cry: The Animated Series'' (ADV Films)
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Diabolik Lovers'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Dream Eater Merry'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Dusk Maiden of Amnesia'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Ef: A Fairy Tale of the Two.'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Elfen Lied'' (OVA: Sentai Filmworks)
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Five Numbers!'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma'' (Sentai Filmworks/Crunchyroll)
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From the New World'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Galactic Armored Fleet Majestic Prince'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Gatchaman'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Gate
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'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Ghost Hound'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Girls und Panzer'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Golgo 13'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Guin Saga'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Haikyu!!'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Hakkenden: Eight Dogs of the East'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Hakuōki'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Heaven's Memo Pad'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Highschool of the Dead'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Himouto! Umaru-chan'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere
''Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere'' is a Japanese light novel series written by Minoru Kawakami and illustrated by Satoyasu. The series is set in the distant future when Japan has been conquered by other countries and divided up into feudal ...
'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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I'm Quitting Heroing'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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ICE'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Infinite Stratos'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Innocent Venus'' (ADV Films)
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Intrigue in the Bakumatsu – Irohanihoheto
is a Japanese original net animation (ONA) series, created by Ryōsuke Takahashi and Sunrise, with character designs by Yusuke Kozaki. The series follows Yojiro Akizuki, the bearer of the legendary Moon Tear Sword, who is on a mission to seal ...
'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Inu x Boku SS
Inu or INU may refer to:
* Krisnan Inu (born 1987), New Zealand professional rugby league
* Irbid National University, Jordan
* Incheon National University, South Korea
* International Network of Universities
* Nauru International Airport, the sole ...
'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Iroduku: The World in Colors'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Jing: King of Bandits - Seventh Heaven'' (ADV Films)
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Kamisama Dolls'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Kandagawa Jet Girls'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Kanon
Kanon may refer to:
Buddhism
* Kanon, a Japanese name for Guanyin, a Buddhist spiritual figure
Media and literature
* ''Kanon'' (video game), a Japanese visual novel by Key, later adapted into anime series
* ''Kanon'' (manga), a manga by Chih ...
'' (ADV Films)
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Kiba'' (ADV Films/Upper Deck)
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Kids on the Slope'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Kill Me Baby'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Kokoro Connect'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Kurau Phantom Memory'' (ADV Films)
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La storia della Arcana Famiglia'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Land of the Lustrous
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Haruko Ichikawa. It is published by Kodansha in '' Monthly Afternoon'' magazine since October 2012, with its chapters collected in eleven '' tankōbon'' volumes as of July 2020. Set in a ...
'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Legends of the Dark King'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Little Busters!'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Loups=Garous'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions!'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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MM!'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Made in Abyss'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Magikano'' (ADV Films)
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Majikoi'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Maria Holic'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Mayo Chiki'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Medaka Box'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Mitsuboshi Colors'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Moonlight Mile'' (ADV Films)
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Monster Musume'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Mother of the Goddess' Dormitory'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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My Isekai Life
''My Isekai Life'', short for , is a Japanese light novel series written by Shinkoshoto and illustrated by Huuka Kazabana. It began serialization online in October 2017 on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō. ...
'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Mysterious Girlfriend X'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Nakaimo - My Sister is Among Them!'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Needless'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Night Raid 1931'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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No Game No Life'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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No. 6'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Nyan Koi!
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Sato Fujiwara. It started serialization on Flex Comix's web manga ''FlexComix Blood'' on August 10, 2007. An anime adaptation premiered on October 1, 2009 in Japan. The series has been l ...
'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Parasyte
is a Japanese science fiction horror manga series written and illustrated by Hitoshi Iwaaki and published in Kodansha's ''Morning Open Zōkan'' and ''Monthly Afternoon'' magazine from 1988 to 1995. The manga was published in North Ameri ...
'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Penguindrum'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Phi Brain: Puzzle of God'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Planzet
is a 2010 Japanese computer animated film written and directed by Jun Awazu.
Plot
In 2047, an unknown, alien life-form, codenamed FOS, attacks Earth, destroying the world's major cities in one fell swoop. The survivors unite to fight back, and t ...
'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Princess Principal'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Princess Resurrection'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Problem Children are Coming from Another World, aren't they?'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Project Blue Earth SOS'' (ADV Films)
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Pumpkin Scissors'' (ADV Films)
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Red Garden'' (ADV Films)
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Rurouni Kenshin - New Kyoto Arc'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Saiyuki Gaiden'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Saiyuki Reload: Zeroin'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Samurai Girls
were the hereditary military nobility and officer caste of History of Japan#Medieval Japan (1185–1573/1600), medieval and Edo period, early-modern Japan from the late 12th century until their abolition in 1876. They were the well-paid retai ...
'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Say "I love you".'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Shattered Angels
is a Japanese manga created by Kaishaku which was first serialized in the Japanese shōnen manga magazine ''Monthly Dragon Age'' in May 2006. A 12-episode anime, adapted from the manga, aired in Japan from January 5 to March 23, 2007. The se ...
'' (ADV Films)
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Shining Hearts: Shiawase no Pan'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Shikizakura
is an anime television series co-produced by Chukyo TV and animation studio Sublimation. The series is chief directed by Shinya Sugai, directed by Gō Kurosaki, and features character designs by Manabu Nakatake. The series aired from October t ...
'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Sword Oratoria: Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? On the Side'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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S · A: Special A'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Tamako Market'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Tears to Tiara'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Teasing Master Takagi-san'' (season 3; Sentai Filmworks)
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The Ambition of Oda Nobuna'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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The Book of Bantorra'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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The Demon Girl Next Door'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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The Executioner and Her Way of Life'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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The Wallflower'' (ADV Films)
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The World God Only Knows'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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To Love Ru'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Tokyo Magnitude 8.0
is a Japanese anime television series produced by Fuji TV, Asmik Ace, Sony Music Entertainment Japan, Dentsu, Bones, and Kinema Citrus. It first aired on Fuji TV's noitamina timeslot in july 2009, running for 11 episodes until September. The ...
'' (Maiden Japan)
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Tokyo Majin'' (ADV Films)
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Towa no Quon'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Tsuritama'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Tsurune'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie'' (seasons 3-4; ADV Films)
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Un-Go'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Upotte!!'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Venus Versus Virus'' (ADV Films)
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Vermeil in Gold'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Voices of a Distant Star'' (ADV Films)
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Welcome to the N.H.K.'' (ADV Films)
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Xam'd: Lost Memories'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Xenosaga: The Animation'' (ADV Films)
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Ya Boy Kongming!
is a Japanese manga series written by Yuto Yotsuba and illustrated by Ryō Ogawa. The series was serialized in Kodansha's ''Comic Days'' website from December 2019 to November 2021 and later in '' Weekly Young Magazine''. It has been collecte ...
'' (Sentai Filmworks)
Feature films
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5 Centimeters Per Second
is a 2007 Japanese romantic drama animated film written and directed by Makoto Shinkai. It theatrically premiered on 3 March 2007. The film consists of three segments, each following a period in the protagonist Takaki Tōno's life and his ...
'' (ADV Films)
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Appleseed'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Appleseed Ex Machina'' (Warner Bros.)
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Appleseed Alpha'' (Sony Pictures)
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Children Who Chase Lost Voices'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Clannad'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Colorful
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'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Galactic Armored Fleet Majestic Prince: Genetic Awakening'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Gintama: The Movie'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Girls und Panzer das Finale'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Girls und Panzer der Film'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Grave of the Fireflies'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Halo Legends'' (Warner Bros.)
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Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?: Arrow of the Orion'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Made in Abyss#Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Made in Abyss#Made in Abyss: Journey's Dawn'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Made in Abyss#Made in Abyss: Wandering Twilight'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Mardock Scramble
is a Japanese novel series written by Tow Ubukata. The first novel was published in Japan in May 2003, with the final novel published in July 2003. They were later adapted into a manga series and an anime film trilogy. In North America, ...
'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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No Game No Life: Zero'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Princess Principal: Crown Handler'' (Sentai Filmworks)
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Space Pirate Captain Harlock'' (Toei Animation/Ketchup Entertainment)
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Starship Troopers: Invasion'' (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment)
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The Garden of Words
is a 2013 Japanese anime drama film written, directed and edited by Makoto Shinkai, animated by CoMix Wave Films and distributed by Toho. It stars Miyu Irino and Kana Hanazawa, and features music by Daisuke Kashiwa instead of Tenmon, who ha ...
'' (Sentai Filmworks)
Live-action dubbing
* ''A Fist Full of Fuku'' (Switchblade Pictures)
* ''Big Bad Mama-san'' (Switchblade Pictures)
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Ghost Train'' (ADV Films)
* ''Synesthesia'' (ADV Films)
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The Kunoichi: Ninja Girl'' (Sentai Filmworks)
See also
*
Bang Zoom! Entertainment, a dubbing company located in Burbank producing some Sentai-licensed series
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History of anime in the United States
References
External links
Seraphim Digital Website(via
Wayback Machine
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)
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1995 establishments in Texas
Anime companies
Companies based in Houston
Companies established in 1995
Dubbing studios
Recording studios in the United States
Video production companies