Reanimedia
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Reanimedia is an anime
distributor in Russia
, Belarus
, Kazakhstan
and the Baltic States
, working in cooperation with Reanimedia Japan. The company was founded in 2007.
The main declared objective of the company is to distribute Russian editions of notable anime titles that approach Japanese standards of image quality, packaging and additional materials. The company also works as a publisher and supports local anime festivals, clubs of interest and other anime-related events.
On October 22, 2007, Reanimedia announced that it was planning to acquire XL Media. Consolidation between the two companies was expected to finish by February 2008. However, on May 6, 2008, Reanimedia announced that the agreement had been cancelled due to "irreconcilable differences" between the firms. XL Media employees who had previously joined Reanimedia continued working for their new employer. XL Media was acquired by a third party and continued working with new employees.
The dubbing studio, which was originally created in October 2005 to perform dubbing of OVA Tristia
and later performed a number of dubbing works for XL Media (see List of works for XL Media, below), became a part of Reanimedia in 2007.
At the beginning of 2008, Reanimedia released its first products: Pet Shop of Horrors
and Five centimeters per second.
On June 1, 2009, Reanimedia opened its own online store.
Former employees
Dubbing actors
Information about the dubbing actors can be found at Reanimedia’s site.
Translators
for XL Media. In 2005-2007, the studio was working for XL Media and performed dubbing of the following titles:
Mega-Anime
project People's License. The purpose of the project is to license Makoto Shinkai
's anime Children Who Chase Lost Voices from Deep Below
(Hoshi o Ou Kodomo) which was released in Japan on May 7, 2011. On May 24, 2011, Reanimedia reported that the project was successful, and Reanimedia began preparations for signing a license agreement.
Anime
is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....
distributor in Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, Belarus
Belarus
Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...
, Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...
and the Baltic States
Baltic states
The term Baltic states refers to the Baltic territories which gained independence from the Russian Empire in the wake of World War I: primarily the contiguous trio of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania ; Finland also fell within the scope of the term after initially gaining independence in the 1920s.The...
, working in cooperation with Reanimedia Japan. The company was founded in 2007.
The main declared objective of the company is to distribute Russian editions of notable anime titles that approach Japanese standards of image quality, packaging and additional materials. The company also works as a publisher and supports local anime festivals, clubs of interest and other anime-related events.
History
Reanimedia was founded in mid-2007 as a successor of XL MediaOn October 22, 2007, Reanimedia announced that it was planning to acquire XL Media. Consolidation between the two companies was expected to finish by February 2008. However, on May 6, 2008, Reanimedia announced that the agreement had been cancelled due to "irreconcilable differences" between the firms. XL Media employees who had previously joined Reanimedia continued working for their new employer. XL Media was acquired by a third party and continued working with new employees.
The dubbing studio, which was originally created in October 2005 to perform dubbing of OVA Tristia
Tristia of the Deep-Blue Sea
is a PS2 and PC game, developed by Kogado Studio. This game is part of the Deep-Blue series along with the sequel, . The story has been adapted into an OVA, and has been released with a title of "發明工坊" in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, U.S.A., Russia, and Poland....
and later performed a number of dubbing works for XL Media (see List of works for XL Media, below), became a part of Reanimedia in 2007.
At the beginning of 2008, Reanimedia released its first products: Pet Shop of Horrors
Pet Shop of Horrors
is a Japanese horror manga created by Matsuri Akino. The series focuses on the eccentric Count D, proprietor of a mysterious pet shop located in the heart of Chinatown, and the numerous patrons who visit his shop....
and Five centimeters per second.
On June 1, 2009, Reanimedia opened its own online store.
Employees
Staff- Artem Tolstobrov — CEO
- Stepan Shashkin — general producer
- Oleg Shevchenko — CFO
- Andrey Petrov — director of development
- Aleksandr Filchenko — dubbing director
- Valery Korneev — art director
- Lidiya Kulikova — editor in chief
- Nikolay Novitsky — loader
Former employees
- Svetlana Grechishnikova — general accountant
- Anton Vlasov — developer
- Maksim Gashkov — developer
- Yuliya Antonova — legal adviser
- Ilya Isaykin — sound supervisor
Dubbing actors
Information about the dubbing actors can be found at Reanimedia’s site.
Translators
| Translator | Anime titles translated into Russian |
|---|---|
| Igor Skochinsky | The Girl Who Leapt Through Time |
| Nikolay Karaev | Five centimeters per second The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (TV-1) Haruhi Suzumiya is the general name for a series of light novels written by Nagaru Tanigawa and illustrated by Noizi Ito which were subsequently adapted into other media. The story follows the title character Haruhi Suzumiya, a high school girl who can unconsciously change reality, and her strange antics with her... Charcoal Feather Federation Haibane Renmei is a 13-episode anime series based on the work of Yoshitoshi ABe. It began as an original dōjinshi comic series, , but this was quickly superseded by the anime and was never completed... |
| Pavel Rukavitsyn | Pet Shop of Horrors Pet Shop of Horrors is a Japanese horror manga created by Matsuri Akino. The series focuses on the eccentric Count D, proprietor of a mysterious pet shop located in the heart of Chinatown, and the numerous patrons who visit his shop.... |
| Natalya Rumak | Diebaster: Reach for the sky – 2 Diebuster Diebuster, known in Japan as is a six episode anime Original Video Animation series created by Gainax in 2004.The first episode was aired on October 3, 2004, while the final episode was released on August 14, 2005. A movie, officially titled retells and recaps the end of the first Gunbuster OVA... The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (TV-2) Haruhi Suzumiya is the general name for a series of light novels written by Nagaru Tanigawa and illustrated by Noizi Ito which were subsequently adapted into other media. The story follows the title character Haruhi Suzumiya, a high school girl who can unconsciously change reality, and her strange antics with her... |
| Lev Grinberg | Gurren-Lagann |
| Oleg Bugutsky | Spice and Wolf Spice and Wolf is a Japanese light novel series written by Isuna Hasekura, with illustrations by Jū Ayakura. ASCII Media Works published 17 novels between February 2006 and July 2011 under their Dengeki Bunko imprint. ASCII Media Works reported that as of October 2008, over 2.2 million copies of the first nine... |
List of anime licenses
| Year | Title | Dubbing actors |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Pet Shop of Horrors Pet Shop of Horrors is a Japanese horror manga created by Matsuri Akino. The series focuses on the eccentric Count D, proprietor of a mysterious pet shop located in the heart of Chinatown, and the numerous patrons who visit his shop.... |
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| 2007 | Five centimeters per second (Byōsoku Go Senchimētoru) | |
| 2007 | The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (Toki o Kakeru Shōjo) | |
| 2007 | The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (TV-1) Haruhi Suzumiya is the general name for a series of light novels written by Nagaru Tanigawa and illustrated by Noizi Ito which were subsequently adapted into other media. The story follows the title character Haruhi Suzumiya, a high school girl who can unconsciously change reality, and her strange antics with her... (Suzumiya Haruhi no Yūutsu) |
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| 2008 | Diebaster: Reach for the sky – 2 Diebuster Diebuster, known in Japan as is a six episode anime Original Video Animation series created by Gainax in 2004.The first episode was aired on October 3, 2004, while the final episode was released on August 14, 2005. A movie, officially titled retells and recaps the end of the first Gunbuster OVA... (Toppu o Nerae Tsū! 2) |
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| 2008 | Gurren-Lagann (Tengen Toppa Gurrenn-Lagann) | |
| 2008 | Charcoal Feather Federation Haibane Renmei is a 13-episode anime series based on the work of Yoshitoshi ABe. It began as an original dōjinshi comic series, , but this was quickly superseded by the anime and was never completed... (Haibane Renmei) |
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| 2009 | Spice and Wolf Spice and Wolf is a Japanese light novel series written by Isuna Hasekura, with illustrations by Jū Ayakura. ASCII Media Works published 17 novels between February 2006 and July 2011 under their Dengeki Bunko imprint. ASCII Media Works reported that as of October 2008, over 2.2 million copies of the first nine... (Ookami to Koushinryou) |
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| 2010 | The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (TV-2) Haruhi Suzumiya is the general name for a series of light novels written by Nagaru Tanigawa and illustrated by Noizi Ito which were subsequently adapted into other media. The story follows the title character Haruhi Suzumiya, a high school girl who can unconsciously change reality, and her strange antics with her... (Suzumiya Haruhi no Yūutsu) |
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| 2010 | The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya (Suzumiya Haruhi no Shōshitsu) |
List of book licenses
| 2009 | Five centimeters per second (Byōsoku Go Senchimētoru») |
List of works for XL Media
The dubbing studio, which has been a part of Reanimedi since 2007, was originally created in October 2005 to perform dubbing of OVA TristiaTristia of the Deep-Blue Sea
is a PS2 and PC game, developed by Kogado Studio. This game is part of the Deep-Blue series along with the sequel, . The story has been adapted into an OVA, and has been released with a title of "發明工坊" in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, U.S.A., Russia, and Poland....
for XL Media. In 2005-2007, the studio was working for XL Media and performed dubbing of the following titles:
| 2005 | Tristia Tristia of the Deep-Blue Sea is a PS2 and PC game, developed by Kogado Studio. This game is part of the Deep-Blue series along with the sequel, . The story has been adapted into an OVA, and has been released with a title of "發明工坊" in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, U.S.A., Russia, and Poland.... (Aoi Umi no Tristia) |
| 2006 | The Eternity You Desire Kimi ga Nozomu Eien , abbreviated as Kimibou or Kiminozo, is a Japanese visual novel adventure game created by âge. It was first released in 2001 for the PC and was later ported to the Dreamcast and PlayStation 2 under the title Rumbling Hearts as all-age versions... (Kimi ga Nozomu Eien) |
| 2006 | Wolf's Rain Wolf's Rain is an anime series created by writer and story editor Keiko Nobumoto and produced by Bones Studio. The series was directed by Tensai Okamura and featured character designs by Toshihiro Kawamoto with a soundtrack produced and arranged by Yoko Kanno. It focuses on the journey of four lone wolves... (Urufuzu Rein) |
| 2006 | Voices of a Distant Star Voices of a Distant Star is a Japanese anime OVA by Makoto Shinkai. It chronicles a long-distance relationship between two close friends who communicate by sending emails via their mobile phones across interstellar space... (Hoshi no Koe) |
| 2006 | The Place Promised in Our Early Days The Place Promised in Our Early Days is a 90-minute Japanese anime film created and directed by Makoto Shinkai, following his previous work Voices of a Distant Star. As in the previous film, the soundtrack was composed by Tenmon... (Kumo no Mukō, Yakusoku no Basho) |
| 2006 | Le Portrait de Petit Cossette Le Portrait de Petit Cossette is an original video animation produced by Aniplex. It spanned 3 episode OVA series and ran in 2004. It was licensed for North American distribution by Geneon and released as Le Portrait de Petite Cossette. Fuse TV has broadcast the anime as part of their Anime Explosion Weekend on December 15, 2007... (Kozetto no Shōzō) |
| 2007 | Serial Experiments Lain Serial Experiments Lain Serial Experiments Lain is an anime series directed by Ryutaro Nakamura, original character design by Yoshitoshi ABe, screenplay written by Chiaki J. Konaka, and produced by Yasuyuki Ueda for Triangle Staff. It was broadcast on TV Tokyo from July to September 1998... |
Cinema Prestige
- Reanimedia performed dubbing of the following titles:
2009 Taro, the son of the dragon (Tatsu no Ko Tarou) 2009 Treasure Island Dobutsu Takarajimais a 1971 Japanese animated feature film adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island.The film was produced by Toei Animation and released on the studio's 20th anniversary....
(Dobutsu Takarajima)2009 Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (Alibaba to Yonjubiki no Tozuku) 2009 Flying Phantom Ship Flying Phantom Shipis a 1969 anime feature film directed by Hiroshi Ikeda and produced by Toei Animation. It was one of the first anime films which was shown in Soviet cinema theaters being dubbed into Russian. The animation and design work on the giant robot was done by the then-largely-unknown Hayao...
(Sora Tobu Yureisen)2009 The Return of Puss in Boots (Nagagutsu Sanjuushi) 2010 The Adventures of Gulliver (Gulliver no Uchuu Ryokou)
Istari comics
- The following manga was produced in cooperation with «Reanimedia»:
2009 Spice and Wolf Spice and Wolfis a Japanese light novel series written by Isuna Hasekura, with illustrations by Jū Ayakura. ASCII Media Works published 17 novels between February 2006 and July 2011 under their Dengeki Bunko imprint. ASCII Media Works reported that as of October 2008, over 2.2 million copies of the first nine...
(Ookami to Koushinryou)
Mega-AnimeMega-AnimeMega-Anime is a Russian distributor of anime content from Japan. It was founded in 2005. It was founded by Megaliner Entertainment.The company competes with MC Entertainment, fellow Russian anime distributor. The company distributes anime in full Russian dubbing. In 2007, it was announced that...
- Reanimedia undertake preparation for publication (including dubbing and mastering) of several works licensed by Mega-Anime:
2010 Evangelion: 1.11 You are (not) alone Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Aloneis a 2007 Japanese animated film written and chief directed by Hideaki Anno. It is the first of four films released in the Rebuild of Evangelion tetralogy based on the original anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion. It was produced and co-distributed by Anno's Studio Khara in partnership with Gainax...2011 Paradise Kiss Paradise Kiss, abbreviated to "ParaKiss", is a manga series written and illustrated by Ai Yazawa. It appeared as a serial in the Japanese manga magazine Zipper. Shodensha collected the chapters into five volumes...
(Paradaisu Kisu)
RUSCICO (Russian Cinema Council)
- Reanimedia performs dubbing of the following anime title:
2010 Princess Mononoke Princess Mononokeis a 1997 epic Japanese animated historical fantasy feature film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki of Studio Ghibli. is not a name, but a general term in the Japanese language for a spirit or monster...
(Mononoke Hime)
Crowd funding projects
On May 10, 2011, Reanimedia started a crowd fundingCrowd funding
Crowd funding describes the collective cooperation, attention and trust by people who network and pool their money and other resources together, usually via the Internet, to support efforts initiated by other people or organizations...
project People's License. The purpose of the project is to license Makoto Shinkai
Makoto Shinkai
, better known by the stage name , is a Japanese anime director, animator, and voice actor. A native of the Koumi Nagano Prefecture in Japan, he studied Japanese literature at Chuo University. He traces his passion for creation to the manga, anime, and novels he was exposed to while in middle...
's anime Children Who Chase Lost Voices from Deep Below
Children Who Chase Lost Voices from Deep Below
is a Japanese anime film created and directed by Makoto Shinkai, following his previous work 5 Centimeters per Second. This film is planned to be his longest animation film to date and is described as a "lively" animated film with adventure, action, and romance centered on a cheerful and spirited...
(Hoshi o Ou Kodomo) which was released in Japan on May 7, 2011. On May 24, 2011, Reanimedia reported that the project was successful, and Reanimedia began preparations for signing a license agreement.
See also
- XL Media
- Mega-AnimeMega-AnimeMega-Anime is a Russian distributor of anime content from Japan. It was founded in 2005. It was founded by Megaliner Entertainment.The company competes with MC Entertainment, fellow Russian anime distributor. The company distributes anime in full Russian dubbing. In 2007, it was announced that...
- Istari comics
- RUSCICO (Russian Cinema Council)