 Aniplex of America's logo, the same as used by the parent company | |
| Company type | Business corporation |
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| Industry | Anime and music production |
| Founded | March 2005[1] |
| Headquarters | Santa Monica, California, U.S. |
Key people | Shu Nishimoto (president) |
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| Parent | Aniplex |
| Website | www.aniplexusa.com |
Aniplex of America, or Aniplex USA, is an anime distributor based in Santa Monica, California that serves as the American distribution enterprise of Aniplex, an entertainment company owned by Sony Music Entertainment Japan, where its goal is to reinforce the parent company's licensing business in the North American market. They operate the English language version of the Aniplex+ store, and from 2013 to 2017 operated a streaming service called Aniplex Channel through their website. The company most of the time only directly releases its titles in the Americas, however, some of its titles have been released in other territories by other distributors, such as Anime Limited, MVM Films, Siren Visual and corporate siblings Crunchyroll UK and Ireland (formerly Manga Entertainment) and Crunchyroll Store Australia (formerly Madman Anime).
Their home video sets are distributed in the North American market by its corporate sibling, Crunchyroll Store (formerly Right Stuf), and their titles are usually streamed on Crunchyroll, Disney+, Hulu, and Hidive, and occasionally streamed on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, and Max. Some of their titles were also available on Anime Strike, Daisuki, Funimation, go90, Crackle, Anime News Network, and Neon Alley but they have been removed and/or the service shut down.
- ^ "Corporate History | Aniplex | アニプレックス オフィシャルサイト". Archived from the original on January 8, 2014. Retrieved January 19, 2012.