Cloverway Inc.

Cloverway Inc.[1]
IndustryMultimedia entertainment;
Anime licensing and distribution
Founded1991
DefunctAugust 2007
FateClosed[1][2]
HeadquartersLong Beach, California, U.S.
Area served
North America and Latin America
Key people
Yasuo Matsuo (President)
Mary Jo Winchester (Vice President)
Daniel Castaneda (General Manager)
Takeshi Okajima (Accountant Manager)
ProductsAnime, Manga, Merchandising
OwnerYasuo Matsuo

Cloverway Inc. (abbreviated as CWi, also branded as Cloverway)[3] was a media licensing agency based in Long Beach, California which specialized in Japanese animation and manga licensing, and they were best known for being the representative office of Toei Animation for the Americas, mostly distributing Toei properties for syndication and home video. They were also acting as an intermediary agent between Japanese companies (Shueisha, Shogakukan, Nippon Animation, etc.) and local companies both in the U.S. market (Viz Communications,[4] Tokyopop,[5] Pioneer Entertainment,[6] ADV Films, and Bandai Entertainment) and the Latin American market (Televisa, TV Azteca, Cisneros, Cartoon Network, Fox Kids, PlayTV), for film distribution or manga publishing of their contents in the continent, to various TV channels in each country, regionally and pan-regionally as well as arranging publishing deals with several manga publishers in English, Portuguese and Spanish.

  1. ^ a b "Articles of Incorporation of Cloverway Inc". www.manta.com. Archived from the original on March 8, 2013. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
  2. ^ "Explosivo éxito en la región para franquicia de Adness Entertainment". todotvnews. Archived from the original on August 6, 2018. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
  3. ^ "CWI. Representing the best in Japanese Animation". Cloverway.com. Archived from the original on November 3, 2007. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
  4. ^ "A Viz Communications Manga". Viz Communications, Inc. Archived from the original on August 5, 2018. Retrieved April 10, 2022. [English translation rights in the United States of America and Canada arranged by Shueisha, Inc. through Cloverway Inc.]
  5. ^ "A TOKYOPOP Manga". TOKYOPOP. Archived from the original on August 5, 2018. Retrieved April 10, 2022. [English translation rights in the United States of America and Canada arranged by Shueisha, Inc. through Cloverway Inc.]
  6. ^ "Pioneer To Release SMS & SuperS TV Series Before Syndication". Archived from the original on March 15, 2008. Retrieved April 10, 2022.