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Their North American division, which was renamed Geneon Entertainment (USA) Inc., began running into financial problems, despite being a popular and respected name among anime fans. According to Geneon USA executive Chad Kime, the reasons include anime series that failed (''Anime/HeatGuyJ'' cost as much as ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist2003'' but sold a fraction as much), budgeting for titles they did not own, and licensing new titles because their previous titles didn't make money. By 2007, Geneon was in trouble. After an attempted alliance with Creator/ADVFilms (who were having problems of their own) quickly fell apart, the inevitable happened on September 26, 2007: Geneon USA announced that they would cease manufacturing and distributing [=DVDs=], ending their fourteen-year run as one of the major North American anime licensors. This left several of its announced but uncompleted titles in limbo. Some of Geneon USA's former staffers, including Hiroe Tsukamoto and president Hideki "Henry" Goto, subsequently went to Creator/AniplexUSA.

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Their North American division, which was renamed Geneon Entertainment (USA) Inc., began running into financial problems, despite being a popular and respected name among anime fans. According to Geneon USA executive Chad Kime, the reasons include anime series that failed (''Anime/HeatGuyJ'' cost as much as ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist2003'' but sold a fraction as much), budgeting for titles they did not own, and licensing new titles because their previous titles didn't make money. By 2007, Geneon was in trouble. After an attempted alliance with Creator/ADVFilms (who were having problems of their own) quickly fell apart, the inevitable happened on September 26, 2007: Geneon USA announced that they would cease manufacturing and distributing [=DVDs=], ending their fourteen-year run as one of the major North American anime licensors. This left several of its announced but uncompleted titles in limbo. Some of Geneon USA's former staffers, including the late Hiroe Tsukamoto and president Hideki "Henry" Goto, subsequently went to Creator/AniplexUSA.

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During TheEighties and TheNineties, Pioneer distributed tapes and UsefulNotes/{{LaserDisc}}s in a variety of genres, from {{music}} to {{documentar|y}}ies, as well as anime; 1992's ''Anime/TenchiMuyoRyoOhki'' was their first anime release. The company also became a major [=DVD=] supplier when the format became available.

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During TheEighties and TheNineties, Pioneer distributed tapes and UsefulNotes/{{LaserDisc}}s in a variety of genres, from {{music}} music to {{documentar|y}}ies, as well as anime; 1992's ''Anime/TenchiMuyoRyoOhki'' was their first anime release. The company also became a major [=DVD=] supplier when the format became available.
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[[https://nbcuni.co.jp [=NBCUniversal=] Entertainment Japan LLC]] is a music, film, and television production company located in Minato, Tokyo, Japan, and is owned by Creator/NBCUniversal since 2008. One of the major entertainment producers and distributors, NBCUEJ's properties included not only anime but several mainstream films from around the world, including the US.

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[[https://nbcuni.co.jp [=NBCUniversal=] Entertainment Japan LLC]] is a music, film, and television production company located in Minato, Tokyo, Japan, and is owned by Creator/NBCUniversal (itself owned by media giant Comcast) since 2008. One of the major entertainment producers and distributors, NBCUEJ's properties included not only anime but several mainstream films from around the world, including the US.
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I can confirm from my own copy of it that the U.S. DVD release of Rumiko Takahashi Anthology was published by Geneon and lists both 2003 and 2005 in its copyright notice. (Also, eBay's UPC database entry for the box set lists its release date as January 11th, 2005.) So, I'm placing its entry in the Geneon-era section of this page.

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In 2008, Geneon negotiated with Creator/{{Funimation}} to distribute their incomplete titles like ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'', ''Manga/BlackLagoon'', ''Anime/RozenMaiden'', ''Literature/ShakuganNoShana'', ''Manga/{{Karin}}'', ''LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero'', and others. Once that deal expired, all of Geneon's formerly licensed titles were unlicensed and out-of-print, but many have since been rescued by Funimation and other companies such as Creator/AniplexUSA, Creator/SentaiFilmworks, Creator/MediaBlasters, Creator/DiscotekMedia, and Creator/VizMedia. That November, [=NBCUniversal=] seized control of Geneon Entertainment from Dentsu and merged it with [[Creator/{{Universal}} Universal Pictures International Entertainment]], renaming themselves Geneon Universal Entertainment Japan one month later. Then, after Comcast acquired General Electric's shares in [=NBCUniversal=] in 2013, the company was renamed [=NBCUniversal=] Entertainment Japan.

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In 2008, Geneon negotiated with Creator/{{Funimation}} to distribute their incomplete titles like ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'', ''Manga/BlackLagoon'', ''Anime/RozenMaiden'', ''Literature/ShakuganNoShana'', ''Manga/{{Karin}}'', ''LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero'', ''Literature/TheFamiliarOfZero'', and others. Once that deal expired, all of Geneon's formerly licensed titles were unlicensed and out-of-print, but many have since been rescued by Funimation and other companies such as Creator/AniplexUSA, Creator/SentaiFilmworks, Creator/MediaBlasters, Creator/DiscotekMedia, and Creator/VizMedia. That November, [=NBCUniversal=] seized control of Geneon Entertainment from Dentsu and merged it with [[Creator/{{Universal}} Universal Pictures International Entertainment]], renaming themselves Geneon Universal Entertainment Japan one month later. Then, after Comcast acquired General Electric's shares in [=NBCUniversal=] in 2013, the company was renamed [=NBCUniversal=] Entertainment Japan.



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Their North American division, which was renamed Geneon Entertainment (USA) Inc., began running into financial problems, despite being a popular and respected name among anime fans. According to Geneon USA executive Chad Kime, the reasons include anime series that failed (''Anime/HeatGuyJ'' cost as much as ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist'' but sold a fraction as much), budgeting for titles they did not own, and licensing new titles because their previous titles didn't make money. By 2007, Geneon was in trouble. After an attempted alliance with Creator/ADVFilms (who were having problems of their own) quickly fell apart, the inevitable happened on September 26, 2007: Geneon USA announced that they would cease manufacturing and distributing [=DVDs=], ending their fourteen-year run as one of the major North American anime licensors. This left several of its announced but uncompleted titles in limbo. Some of Geneon USA's former staffers, including Hiroe Tsukamoto and president Hideki "Henry" Goto, subsequently went to Creator/AniplexUSA.

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Their North American division, which was renamed Geneon Entertainment (USA) Inc., began running into financial problems, despite being a popular and respected name among anime fans. According to Geneon USA executive Chad Kime, the reasons include anime series that failed (''Anime/HeatGuyJ'' cost as much as ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist'' ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist2003'' but sold a fraction as much), budgeting for titles they did not own, and licensing new titles because their previous titles didn't make money. By 2007, Geneon was in trouble. After an attempted alliance with Creator/ADVFilms (who were having problems of their own) quickly fell apart, the inevitable happened on September 26, 2007: Geneon USA announced that they would cease manufacturing and distributing [=DVDs=], ending their fourteen-year run as one of the major North American anime licensors. This left several of its announced but uncompleted titles in limbo. Some of Geneon USA's former staffers, including Hiroe Tsukamoto and president Hideki "Henry" Goto, subsequently went to Creator/AniplexUSA.
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NBCUEJ now handles most of the rights to Pioneer and Geneon's catalog as well as the Japanese ''home media'' distribution rights to Creator/{{Universal}} and [[Creator/{{Paramount}} Paramount Pictures]]' film catalogs[[note]]Japanese ''theatrical'' distribution rights to Universal and Paramount rest with Creator/{{Toho}} subsidiaries Toho-Towa and Towa Pictures, respectively, while Creator/DreamWorksAnimation titles are co-distributed with GAGA.[[/note]]. Their home media releases in Japan have been distributed by [[Creator/{{WarnerBros}} Warner Bros. Home Entertainment]] since 2020.

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As of 2023, NBCUEJ now handles most of the rights to Pioneer and Geneon's catalog as well as the Japanese ''home media'' distribution rights to Creator/{{Universal}} and [[Creator/{{Paramount}} Paramount Pictures]]' film catalogs[[note]]Japanese ''theatrical'' distribution rights to Universal and Paramount rest with Creator/{{Toho}} subsidiaries Toho-Towa and Towa Pictures, respectively, while Creator/DreamWorksAnimation titles are co-distributed with GAGA.[[/note]]. Their home media releases in Japan have been distributed by [[Creator/{{WarnerBros}} Warner Bros. Home Entertainment]] since 2020.
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In 2008, Geneon negotiated with Creator/{{Funimation}} to distribute their incomplete titles like ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'', ''Manga/BlackLagoon'', ''Anime/RozenMaiden'', ''Literature/ShakuganNoShana'', ''Manga/{{Karin}}'', ''LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero'', and others. Once that deal expired, all of Geneon's formerly licensed titles were unlicensed and out-of-print, but many have since been rescued by Funimation and other companies such as Creator/AniplexUSA, Creator/SentaiFilmworks, Creator/MediaBlasters, Creator/DiscotekMedia, and Creator/VizMedia. That November, NBC Universal seized control of Geneon Entertainment from Dentsu and merged it with [[Creator/{{Universal}} Universal Pictures International Entertainment]], renaming themselves Geneon Universal Entertainment Japan one month later. Then, after Comcast acquired General Electric's shares in [=NBCUniversal=] in 2013, the company was renamed [=NBCUniversal=] Entertainment Japan.

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In 2008, Geneon negotiated with Creator/{{Funimation}} to distribute their incomplete titles like ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'', ''Manga/BlackLagoon'', ''Anime/RozenMaiden'', ''Literature/ShakuganNoShana'', ''Manga/{{Karin}}'', ''LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero'', and others. Once that deal expired, all of Geneon's formerly licensed titles were unlicensed and out-of-print, but many have since been rescued by Funimation and other companies such as Creator/AniplexUSA, Creator/SentaiFilmworks, Creator/MediaBlasters, Creator/DiscotekMedia, and Creator/VizMedia. That November, NBC Universal [=NBCUniversal=] seized control of Geneon Entertainment from Dentsu and merged it with [[Creator/{{Universal}} Universal Pictures International Entertainment]], renaming themselves Geneon Universal Entertainment Japan one month later. Then, after Comcast acquired General Electric's shares in [=NBCUniversal=] in 2013, the company was renamed [=NBCUniversal=] Entertainment Japan.
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In 2008, Geneon negotiated with Creator/{{Funimation}} to distribute their incomplete titles like ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'', ''Manga/BlackLagoon'', ''Anime/RozenMaiden'', ''Literature/ShakuganNoShana'', ''Manga/{{Karin}}'', ''LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero'', and others. Once that deal expired, all of Geneon's formerly licensed titles were unlicensed and out-of-print, but many have since been rescued by Funimation and other companies such as Creator/AniplexUSA, Creator/SentaiFilmworks, Creator/MediaBlasters, Creator/DiscotekMedia, and Creator/VizMedia. That November, NBC Universal seized control of Geneon Entertainment from Dentsu and merged it with [[Creator/{{Universal}} Universal Pictures International Entertainment]], renaming themselves Geneon Universal Entertainment Japan one month later. Then, after Comcast acquired General Electric's shares in [=NBCUniversal=] in 2013, the company was renamed [=NBCUniversal=] Entertainment Japan LLC.

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In 2008, Geneon negotiated with Creator/{{Funimation}} to distribute their incomplete titles like ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'', ''Manga/BlackLagoon'', ''Anime/RozenMaiden'', ''Literature/ShakuganNoShana'', ''Manga/{{Karin}}'', ''LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero'', and others. Once that deal expired, all of Geneon's formerly licensed titles were unlicensed and out-of-print, but many have since been rescued by Funimation and other companies such as Creator/AniplexUSA, Creator/SentaiFilmworks, Creator/MediaBlasters, Creator/DiscotekMedia, and Creator/VizMedia. That November, NBC Universal seized control of Geneon Entertainment from Dentsu and merged it with [[Creator/{{Universal}} Universal Pictures International Entertainment]], renaming themselves Geneon Universal Entertainment Japan one month later. Then, after Comcast acquired General Electric's shares in [=NBCUniversal=] in 2013, the company was renamed [=NBCUniversal=] Entertainment Japan LLC.
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NBCUEJ now handles most of the rights to Pioneer and Geneon's catalog as well as the Japanese ''home media'' distribution rights to Creator/{{Universal}} and [[Creator/{{Paramount}} Paramount Pictures]]' film catalogs[[note]]Japanese ''theatrical'' distribution rights to Universal and Paramount rest with Creator/{{Toho}} subsidiaries Toho-Towa and Towa Pictures, respectively, while Creator/DreamWorksAnimation titles are co-distributed by GAGA.[[/note]]. Their home media releases in Japan have been distributed by [[Creator/{{WarnerBros}} Warner Bros. Home Entertainment]] since 2020.

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NBCUEJ now handles most of the rights to Pioneer and Geneon's catalog as well as the Japanese ''home media'' distribution rights to Creator/{{Universal}} and [[Creator/{{Paramount}} Paramount Pictures]]' film catalogs[[note]]Japanese ''theatrical'' distribution rights to Universal and Paramount rest with Creator/{{Toho}} subsidiaries Toho-Towa and Towa Pictures, respectively, while Creator/DreamWorksAnimation titles are co-distributed by with GAGA.[[/note]]. Their home media releases in Japan have been distributed by [[Creator/{{WarnerBros}} Warner Bros. Home Entertainment]] since 2020.
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In 2008, Geneon negotiated with Creator/{{Funimation}} to distribute their incomplete titles like ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'', ''Manga/BlackLagoon'', ''Anime/RozenMaiden'', ''LightNovel/ShakuganNoShana'', ''Manga/{{Karin}}'', ''LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero'', and others. Once that deal expired, all of Geneon's formerly licensed titles were unlicensed and out-of-print, but many have since been rescued by Funimation and other companies such as Creator/AniplexUSA, Creator/SentaiFilmworks, Creator/MediaBlasters, Creator/DiscotekMedia, and Creator/VizMedia. That November, NBC Universal seized control of Geneon Entertainment from Dentsu and merged it with [[Creator/{{Universal}} Universal Pictures International Entertainment]], renaming themselves Geneon Universal Entertainment Japan one month later. Then, after Comcast acquired General Electric's shares in [=NBCUniversal=] in 2013, the company was renamed [=NBCUniversal=] Entertainment Japan LLC.

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In 2008, Geneon negotiated with Creator/{{Funimation}} to distribute their incomplete titles like ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'', ''Manga/BlackLagoon'', ''Anime/RozenMaiden'', ''LightNovel/ShakuganNoShana'', ''Literature/ShakuganNoShana'', ''Manga/{{Karin}}'', ''LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero'', and others. Once that deal expired, all of Geneon's formerly licensed titles were unlicensed and out-of-print, but many have since been rescued by Funimation and other companies such as Creator/AniplexUSA, Creator/SentaiFilmworks, Creator/MediaBlasters, Creator/DiscotekMedia, and Creator/VizMedia. That November, NBC Universal seized control of Geneon Entertainment from Dentsu and merged it with [[Creator/{{Universal}} Universal Pictures International Entertainment]], renaming themselves Geneon Universal Entertainment Japan one month later. Then, after Comcast acquired General Electric's shares in [=NBCUniversal=] in 2013, the company was renamed [=NBCUniversal=] Entertainment Japan LLC.



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