Manga Entertainment

Manga Entertainment, LLC
	The Manga Entertainment U.S. logo
Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Entertainment (anime)
Founded	January 17, 1991 (UK branch); 1993 (U.S. branch)
Defunct	2017 (U.S. branch); April 19, 2021 (UK branch)
Fate	Absorbed into Starz Inc. (later Lionsgate Home Entertainment) (U.S. branch); Acquired by Funimation (now known as Crunchyroll, LLC) (UK branch)
Successors	Starz Inc./Lionsgate Home Entertainment (2011–present, U.S. branch); Crunchyroll UK and Ireland (2021–present, UK branch)
Headquarters	Los Angeles, California, United States
Products	Anime
Owner	Lionsgate
Parent	Lionsgate Home Entertainment
Website	www.manga.com

Manga Entertainment was a producer, licensee, and distributor of anime in the United States and the United Kingdom. Originally founded in the UK in 1987, the UK branch became Funimation UK and Ireland in 2021, also currently known as Crunchyroll Ltd. since 2022, while its U.S. branch was absorbed into Starz Inc. (now owned by Lionsgate).^[1]

Despite its name, the company's principal business was the distribution of anime rather than manga, although they have published some manga (such as Crying Freeman) under the Manga Books imprint.^[2]

^ "About Us". Archived from the original on October 19, 2020. Retrieved September 19, 2020.
^ Shirow, Masamune (1995) [1985]. Appleseed Volume One: The Promethean Challenge. trans. Studio Proteus (UK ed.). London: Manga Publishing. ISBN 1-900097-01-X.

[1] "About Us". Archived from the original on October 19, 2020. Retrieved September 19, 2020.

[2] Shirow, Masamune (1995) [1985]. Appleseed Volume One: The Promethean Challenge. trans. Studio Proteus (UK ed.). London: Manga Publishing. ISBN 1-900097-01-X.

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