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{{quote|"FUCK AND PISS!!!!"|'''Angel''', ''[[Angel Cop]]''}}
 
{{quote|"She'll thaw out if you stick a finger in her ass, That always works!"|'''Sleepy''', ''[[Mad Bull 34 (Manga)|Mad Bull 34]]''}}
 
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 Thethe Shell]]'' movie.
 
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 ''[[Death Note (Manga)|Death Note]]''. Manga UK is also the current British distributor for [[FUNimation]] titles. Many of their earlier releases were licensed from [[Streamline Pictures]], e.g. ''[[Akira (Manga)|Akira]]'' and the ''[[Fist of the North Star]]'' movie (the anime one).
 
They have a close relationship with [[Bandai Entertainment]], with whom they've collaborated numerous times.
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=== The series Manga Entertainment released include: ===
 
* [[Akira (Manga)|Akira]] (Their first UK release, Streamline dub and subtitled versions)
* [[Angel Cop]]
* [[Appleseed]] (1988 OVA with hilarious UK-produced [[Cluster F-Bomb|dub]])
* [[Black Magic M-66]]
* [[Blood: theThe Last Vampire]]
* [[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 Thethe Shell]] (Co-producers of the first movie; cooperated with [[Bandai Entertainment]] on the second film and ''[[Ghost in Thethe Shell: Stand Alone Complex|Stand Alone Complex]]''.)
* [[Giant Robo]] (Picked up from U.S. Renditions and dubbed to completion on VHS. [[Media Blasters]] redubbed and re-released the series on DVD.)
* [[Gun BusterGunbuster]] (Picked up from U.S. Renditions, VHS only.)
* [[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 (Anime)|The Castleof Cagliostro]]'' and [[Mystery Of Mamo]] (Streamline dubs, the former later got a Manga-produced dub, which may be the least profanity-based dub they made. [[What Do You Mean It's Not for Kids?|Doesn't mean it's still safe for kids, tho']].)
* [[Macross II]]
* [[Macross Plus]]
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* [[Patlabor]] (The first and second movies)
* [[Professor Layton and The Eternal Diva]]
* [[Read or Die (Anime)|Read or Die]] (The original OVA)
* [[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]]
* [[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann (Anime)|Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]] (Helped [[Bandai Entertainment]] negotiate the agreement to air the series on the Sci-Fi Channel.)
* [[Tokko]]
* [[Violence Jack (Manga)|Violence Jack]]
* [[Wings of Honneamise Royal Space Force (Anime)|Wings of Honneamise Royal Space Force]] (Re-released by [[Bandai Entertainment]] with the Manga dub)
* [[X 1999 (Mangamanga)|X 1999]]
* [[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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