Geneon
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Geneon Entertainment Inc. (ジェネオン エンタテインメント株式会社 Jeneon Entateinmento Kabushiki-gaisha?) (formerly known as Pioneer Entertainment, or Pioneer LDCPioneer LaserDisc Company, a former subsidiary of Pioneer Corporation) is a Japanese anime and home entertainment production and distribution enterprise. They have been involved in the production and distribution of several anime in Japan, and its North American branch specializes in translating and distributing anime across the region, and related merchandise, such as soundtracks.
The former organisation, Pioneer LDC, was renamed to the current name of Geneon after the successful acquisition by Dentsu in July 2003 [1]. The parent company of Geneon is Tokyo-based advertising and entertainment corporation Dentsu, and is quoted on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
According to the Japanese Wiki page, Geneon is a blend of the English words, generate and eon. Despite this, the voice over in Geneon trailers pronounces the company's name using a hard G sound rather than a J.
[edit] Anime licensed by Geneon for North American distribution
- 3x3 Eyes
- Adventures of the Mini Goddesses
- Ah! My Goddess Movie
- Ai Yori Aoshi
- Ai Yori Aoshi: Enishi
- Akira
- Amazing Nurse Nanako
- Appleseed 2004
- Armitage III: Poly-Matrix
- Barefoot Gen
- Bastard!!
- Battle Athletes
- Beyblade
- Black Lagoon
- Bottle Fairy
- Burn Up Scramble
- Captain Herlock
- Cardcaptor Sakura
- Catnapped!
- Chobits
- Chibits
- Cybuster
- The Daichis
- Daphne in the Brilliant Blue
- DearS
- Disgaea
- Demon Lord Dante
- Dog of Flanders
- Doki Doki School Hours
- Dokkoida
- Dragonball Z Early releases were licensed by FUNimation Entertainment but released on DVD by Geneon
- Dragonball Z Movies 1-3
- Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure
- El-Hazard: The Magnificent World [13+]
- Elemental Gelade
- Ergo Proxy
- éX-Driver the Movie
- Fafner of the Azure
- Fate/Stay Night
- Fighting Spirit (Hajime no Ippo)
- Fushigi Yūgi
- Gad Guard
- Galaxy Space Mihoshi Special
- Gankutsuou (The Count of Monte Cristo)
- Gate Keepers
- Ghost Talker's Daydream
- Girls Bravo
- Green Legend Ran
- Gregory Horror Show
- Gungrave
- Gun X Sword
- Haibane Renmei
- The Hakkenden
- Hanaukyo Maid Team (La Verite)
- Hand Maid May
- Heat Guy J
- Hello Kitty Stump Village (in association with Lions Gate Entertainment)
- Hellsing (TV)
- Hellsing Ultimate (OVA)
- Human Crossing
- Hyper Doll
- I My Me-Strawberry Eggs
- Ikki Tousen
- Interlude
- J2-Jubei-chan 2
- Kamichu
- Kannazuki no Miko
- Karin
- Kishin Corps: Alien Defender Geo-Armor
- Koi Kaze
- Kyo Kara Maoh! - God (?) Save our King!
- Last Exile
- Law of Ueki
- L/R: Licensed by Royalty
- Legend of Black Heaven
- Little Snow Fairy Sugar
- Lunar Legend Tsukihime
- Lupin The 3rd
- Lupin The 3rd: The Movie - The Secret of Mamo
- Mahoromatic
- Mahoromatic: Something More Beautiful
- Mahoromatic: Summer Special
- Mao-Chan
- Master Keaton
- Melody of Oblivion
- Mermaid Forest
- Moldiver
- Nazca (TV)
- New Getter Robo
- NieA_7
- Onmyoji: The Yin Yang Master
- Paradise Kiss
- Paranoia Agent
- WXIII: Patlabor the Movie 3
- Petite Cossette
- Phantom Quest Corp
- Popotan
- Pretty Sammy - OVA, as well as the TV series which had been released under the title Magical Project S.
- R.O.D. the TV
- Requiem from the Darkness
- Rozen Maiden
- Rumiko Takahashi Anthology
- Sailor Moon (in association with Disney Enterprises)
- Sailor Moon R: The Movie (in association with Walt Disney Pictures)
- Sailor Moon S movie (in association with Walt Disney Pictures)
- Sailor Moon Super S movie (in association with Walt Disney Pictures)
- Saiyuki Reload
- Sakura Wars movie (in association with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
- Samurai Champloo
- Serial Experiments Lain
- Shakugan no Shana
- Sherlock Hound
- Slam Dunk
- Sol Bianca: The Legacy
- Someday's Dreamers
- Soul Taker
- Star Ocean EX
- Starship Operators
- Stellvia of the Universe
- Strawberry Marshmallow
- Submarine 707R
- Tales of Phantasia
- Tenchi Muyo!- Geneon has the distribution rights to the first two OVA series, the Mihoshi special, the two TV series, the three Tenchi Muyo movies, and one of the spinoff series, 'Pretty Sammy' (as seen above). FUNimation has the distribution rights to the third OVA series and the other spinoff, Tenchi Muyo! GXP.
- Tenjho Tenge
- Tetsujin 28
- Texhnolyze
- Tokyo Underground
- Trigun
- Tsukihime Lunar Legend
- Ultra Maniac
- Viewtiful Joe
- When They Cry - Higurashi
- X TV
- Zipang
