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Manga Entertainment (AKA Manga UK, formerly known as Manga Video) is a controversial, yet influential, anime distribution/production company. Despite the name, the company mainly distributes anime rather than [[Manga]]. The company was originally founded in the United Kingdom in 1991 before expanding into the United States market in 1994.
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Manga, like many other companies at the time, chose to concentrate on dubbed versions of its licences instead of subtitling. However, instead of [[Bowdlerize|bowdlerizing]] for mass appeal, Manga embraced the racier and gory aspects of anime. And their dubs gained a reputation to match, thanks to several infamously [[Obligatory Swearing|gratuitous]] examples of [[Cluster F-Bomb|Cluster F Bombs]] being dropped ([[Avoid the Dreaded G Rating|in order to get an "18" adults-only rating]]). Manga Entertainment wasn't above the occasional [[Macekre]], either.
Despite this, Manga Entertainment did well, and was flush with investor cash -- which was used to co-produce ambitious projects like the original ''[[Ghost in
Confusing matters, Manga Entertainment UK advertised its anime releases as "manga videos", [[I Am Not Shazam|and the term apparently took hold for a while]].
Manga Entertainment UK also licences releases from other companies to release them in the UK market. For example, Manga UK has a licensing agreement with [[Viz Media]] that allows them to distribute popular titles such as ''[[Bleach]]'', ''[[Naruto]]'' and ''[[
They have a close relationship with [[Bandai Entertainment]], with whom they've collaborated numerous times.
The two-hour Ani-Monday block on [[
Manga Entertainment is owned by Starz Media, part of John Malone's cable empire.
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=== The series Manga Entertainment released include: ===
* [[
* [[Angel Cop]]
* [[Appleseed]] (1988 OVA with hilarious UK-produced [[Cluster F-Bomb|dub]])
* [[Black Magic M-66]]
* [[Blood:
* [[Bubblegum Crisis]] and its follow-up, Bubblegum Crash! (AnimEigodub, Crash! later being redubbed by Manga)
* [[Dead Leaves]] (Funded and co-produced the film)
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* [[Dominion Tank Police]] (''New Dominion Tank Police''; they produced the English dub of the original.)
* [[Fist of the North Star]] (The first 36 episodes of the TV series, which were dubbed with a new soundtrack by Reinforced Records, and the Streamline dub of the 1986 film)
* [[Ghost in
* [[Giant Robo]] (Picked up from U.S. Renditions and dubbed to completion on VHS. [[Media Blasters]] redubbed and re-released the series on DVD.)
* [[
* [[Gurren Lagann]] (Sublicensed television and digital distribution from Bandai Entertainment)
* [[Guyver]] (12-episode OVA)
* [[Lensman]] movie (Streamline dub)
* [[Lupin III]] movies ''[[The Castle of Cagliostro
* [[Macross II]]
* [[Macross Plus]]
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* [[Patlabor]] (The first and second movies)
* [[Professor Layton and The Eternal Diva]]
* [[
* [[Street Fighter]] (''The Animated Movie'', ''Street Fighter II V'', ''Alpha: The Movie'', and ''Alpha: Generations'', the last one being produced specifically for the international market with no Japanese release)
* [[Tactics]]
* [[
* [[Tokko]]
* [[
* [[
* [[X
* [[Yu-Gi-Oh Tenth Anniversary Movie|YuGiOh: Bonds Beyond Time]] (Released to UK fans. American fans, however, are waiting until the end of the year)
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