Talk:Manga Entertainment
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[edit] Company History
There seems to be a lot of "anonymous" warring going on on this page as to who "founded" Manga Entertainment. For those who are interested to know, here are the facts: Andy Frain was the founder and managing director of Island World Communications Ltd, which was part of the Island World Group, co-owned by Chris Blackwell and John Heyman (father of David Heyman, producer of the Harry Potter movies). 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) and after Heyman and Blackwell split their business interests Manga Entertainment 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. He was not however, a founder or a director of IVA nor Island World Communications nor Manga Entertainment. Mike Preece was hired by Frain after the start of the company, he was previously sales director at Fox Video. Marvin Gleicher was hired as head of the Manga Entertainment Inc (the US division) in 1994 and replaced Frain as worldwide CEO in November 1995. Mike Preece was then promoted to managing director of the UK / European division and Guinness was promoted to Director of Acquisitions. Andy Frain was the only founder of Island World Communications / Manga Entertainment, and the sole company director... easy to check for anyone really interested.. UK Companies House have all the listings. Also plenty of other evidence including "Animation in Asia and the Pacific" by John A Lent. The contracts for over 100 of the companies first titles were negotiated and signed by Andy Frain. Frain also negotiated the purchase of LA Hero (the US division of Hero Communications) which was run by Ken Iyadomi. This became the catalogue platform for the start of Manga's US division. During Frain's tenure as the head of Manga Entertainment the company established licencees in France, Germany, Spain, Italy, The Netherlands, Belgium, Australia and New Zealand, as well as starting the US subsidiary Manga Entertainment Inc. Frain also purchased Dark Horse Comics UK to start Manga Publishing as the company's comic book division, he also started a small CGI division Manga Studios both of which were sold after he left the company. Frain also took the company into animation production which included the co-production of "Ghost in the Shell" with Kodansha and Bandai Visual and on which Frain was executive producer. 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.
Someone else will have to write the history after November 1995. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Andyfrain (talk • contribs) 02:41, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
Ghost in the Shell is rated as a 15 in the uk NOT PG
- I just edited a vandalism to the USA current licenses section, a vandal was saying that both Evangelion movies were TV-MA and therefore Restricted. That's not right! Starz aired them as TV-14 programs, and more than a single use of the "F" word doesn't mean an automatic R rating. --Ryanasaurus007 23:35, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
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- *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)
[edit] First Release
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. 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)
- 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)
[edit] Ratings listed
Just curious, I don't know why all the series/movies/ovas here have their ratings behind them. I don't see why that is relevent in a list of licences. Its already on thier respective pages. Corvato (talk) 15:54, 7 February 2008 (UTC)Corvato
- Looking at some other articles, it seems to be inconsistent. Take Bandai Visual for example, there are no ratings. AnimEigo on the other hand has some ratings listed. Ratings are also subject to individual regions, whether or not they've aired on television, and in some cases, are imposed by the distributor themselves. I'd say it adds little to the article by listing a rating, anyone who wants to learn more about any particular show, can follow the wiki-link.AtaruMoroboshi (talk) 16:12, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] metal trailer
Does anyone know which metal song was used for the old Manga Entertainment 90's add that showed a bunch of anime(akira and Fist of the North Star, plus loads of others that I didn't recognise)? Not the one that apparently used "Refuse/Resist" by Sepultura. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.42.195.16 (talk) 16:11, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
- I suspect it was specially recorded for them but I couldn't be sure. I've never heard it anywhere else myself.80.7.59.211 (talk) 15:34, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
