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Funimation Starts Initiative for Co-Producing Anime (Update 2)
posted on by Egan Loo
The North American anime distributor Chris Moujaes as Director of Original Entertainment. According to the company, Moujaes will head its "important new co-production initiative" and "focus his efforts on the acquisition and development of a slate of original anime titles based on major intellectual properties."
According to Funimation, Moujaes previously worked an independing producer to develop properties for AOL Kids and served as the president of the Spoonbend branding agency. He co-founded a company called Boomstar to negotiate international television co-productions and to provide animation services through Boomstar's studio facilities in the United States and India.
ADV Films were among the other North American anime distributors that co-produced and developed anime titles, instead of just acquiring exisiting anime titles.
Update: MD Geist II - Death Force in 1996. Thanks, Prede.
Update 2: Funimation has confirmed with ANN that its new co-production Dante's Inferno video project.
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