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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.
 
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 The Shell]]'' movie.
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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 [[FU NimationFUNimation]] 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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* [[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 the Last Vampire]]
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* [[Guyver]] (12-episode OVA)
* [[Lensman]] movie (Streamline dub)
* [[Lupin III]] movies ''[[The Castleof 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 ItsIt's Not for Kids?|Doesn't mean it's still safe for kids, tho']].)
* [[Macross II]]
* [[Macross Plus]]
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