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Bandai Entertainment

About:
Founded as "Anime Village" in 1999, Bandai is one of the leading North American anime companies.
Bandai Entertainment Inc. (BEI), a subsidiary of Bandai America Incorporated, is the North America anime licensing and distribution arm of the world's third largest toy company, Bandai Co., Ltd
Although Bandai Co., Ltd is involved through its subsidiaries in the production of many anime titles, BEI does not limit itself to the distribution of Bandai only titles. They have introduced to North America many titles that their parent company was completly uninvolved with.
On November 23, 2011, Bandai Entertainment announced it would be closing its online store on December 29th. Later, on January 3, 2012, it was announced that Bandai Entertainment would stop releasing new Blu-rays, DVDs, and manga, with multiple releases cancelled. Their final new releases released on February 7, 2012. On August 31, 2012, it was announced that Bandai Entertainment would stop shipping products to retailers, with the last date for retailers to order being November 15th. This was in preparation for Bandai to shut down their publishing and distribution business on March 1, 2013.
Originally, the company was not d with Bandai Visual USA, but on May 23, 2008, Bandai Namco Holdings announced the merger of both companies on July 1, with Bandai Visual USA's assets to be liquidated by September.
News: Show:
Takashi Shimizu in LA (Oct 11, 2006)
Bandai Anime Licenses (Jul 3, 2006)
Eureka 7 Website (Mar 3, 2006)
Hoop Days Collection (Feb 15, 2006)
Diamond April Solicits (Jan 26, 2006)
Bandai Games Name Change (Dec 26, 2005)
Avengers DVD Release (Nov 30, 2005)
Bandai January DVDs (Oct 14, 2005)
New titles from Bandai (Sep 8, 2005)
Errata: BEI not BAI (Aug 30, 2005)
Avenger Price Increase (Aug 5, 2005)
IGPX Website (Jul 8, 2005)
New Bandai Licenses (Jul 2, 2005)
Hikaru no Go Licensed? (May 31, 2005)
Bandai Profits Down (May 11, 2005)
More Anime on UMD (Apr 20, 2005)
New Bandai Releases (Apr 15, 2005)
Di Gi Charat Nyo Delayed (Mar 25, 2005)
Bandai June Releases (Mar 7, 2005)
Overman King Gainer Site (Feb 26, 2005)
ICv2 Anime Award 2004 (Jan 13, 2005)
New Bandai Releases (Dec 2, 2004)
Bandai Warehouse Woes (Oct 25, 2004)
Gundam Update (Sep 16, 2004)
Gundam Release Changes (Sep 15, 2004)
Bandai December Releases (Sep 15, 2004)
New Bandai Titles (Aug 25, 2004)
More Anime for Canada? (Aug 10, 2004)
New Bandai acquisitions (Jul 31, 2004)
Bandai Cosplay at AX (Jun 29, 2004)
Gundam Seed Announced (Feb 17, 2004)
Bandai Announces CDs (Feb 3, 2004)
Trailers a Plenty (Dec 24, 2003)
Yukikaze Trailer online (Dec 22, 2003)
ComicCon 2003 (Jul 10, 2003)
.hack//ENEMY CCG (Jun 19, 2003)
Changing Street Dates (Jun 16, 2003)
Infinite Ryvius Plushie (Jun 10, 2003)
Scryed Website (Jun 3, 2003)
A-Kon News (Jun 1, 2003)
Anime Expo Guests (May 29, 2003)
New Release Dates (Apr 24, 2003)
New Bandai Website (Feb 4, 2003)
.Hack Details (Jan 23, 2003)
Zeta Gundam Toys (Jan 10, 2003)
Melty Lancer 1 delayed (Jan 4, 2003)
Anime at Mipcom (Oct 7, 2002)
Arjuna Website (Oct 4, 2002)
.hack Details (Sep 28, 2002)
Oscar for Escaflowne? (Sep 26, 2002)
Otakon 2002: Bandai (Jul 29, 2002)
Escaflowne DVD response (Jul 26, 2002)
AX 2002: Bandai (Jul 10, 2002)
Bandai Titles at AX (Jun 11, 2002)
Midnight Run Contest (Apr 22, 2002)
Tsukikage Ran Process (Apr 19, 2002)
Bandai Licences Kikaider (Feb 11, 2002)
Gundam DVD news (Oct 29, 2001)
Bandai Release Dates (Oct 24, 2001)
Metreon Anime Festival (Oct 9, 2001)
Otakon 2001 Report! (Aug 12, 2001)
Bandai Interview (Jul 2, 2001)
Big O Day (Jun 22, 2001)
Bandai Job Opportunity (Apr 6, 2001)
Love Hina Acquired! (Mar 30, 2001)
Gundam Wing DVD Glitches (Feb 10, 2001)
Bandai future releases (Jan 11, 2001)
Bandai Titles (Nov 10, 2000)
News Briefs: releases (Sep 9, 2000)
Anime Newsbriefs: (Aug 30, 2000)
Comic-Con News Tidbits (Jul 22, 2000)
Bandai Website Launch (Mar 20, 2000)
Gundam Wing Starts (Mar 6, 2000)
News Briefs (Feb 6, 2000)
Gundam Wing Details (Feb 5, 2000)
Convention reports:
Press Releases: Show:
Bandai Cosplay at AX (Jun 29, 2004)
Bandai at Comicon (Jul 13, 2003)
Other articles: Show:
ANNCast - A Peek At Chu (Dec 16, 2011)
Hey, Answerman! (May 15, 2010)
Hey, Answerman! (Jan 8, 2010)
Shelf Life - Magic 200 (Feb 2, 2009)
Hey, Answerman! (Jul 13, 2007)
Hey, Answerman! (Feb 17, 2006)
Special Thanks (Jul 19, 2004)
Project: New Future (Jul 19, 2004)
Shelf Life (Feb 2, 2003)
2002 - Industry Review (Jan 27, 2003)
Shelf Analysis (Jan 19, 2003)
Shelf Life (Dec 23, 2002)
Answerman: Hasshin! (Jan 14, 2001)
Escaflowne on Fox (Aug 12, 2000)
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Anime which this company has licensed:
Zentrix (TV)
(Expired)

Anime with which this company was otherwise involved:
(English version)
Tonari no Tokoro (OAV) : Production

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