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FUNimation Entertainment (previously known as '''FUNimation Productions''') is an , 2007 , ''Fort-Worth Star Telegram''. Accessed June 7 , 2007 .. FUNIMATION'S FIRST BLOCKBUSTER PROPERTY FUNimation rose to prominence by acquiring the rights to the popular anime title ''Dragon Ball (original series)'' (licensed early to mid 1990s), ''Dragon Ball Z'' (licensed in the early to mid 1990s) and ''Dragon Ball GT'' (licensed between 2003 – 2004). By 1998, they were able to get widespread television exposure via Cartoon Network and the ''Dragon Ball'' phenomenon quickly grew in the United States as it had elsewhere. (Two previous attempts by FUNimation to release ''Dragon Ball'' to network television had previously been canceled, before the series and the company found success on Cartoon Network.) PROPERTIES PRODUCED, DISTRIBUTED AND/OR MARKETED BY FUNIMATION See Also: Properties licensed by FUNimation DISTRIBUTION OF PROPERTIES TO NON-U.S. MARKETS FUNimation does not directly release its properties in non-U.S. (English language-speaking) markets, instead sublicensing to other companies such as Revelation films in the United Kingdom and Madman Entertainment in Australia. Comic Con International convention.]] Towards the end of 2005, ''Fullmetal Alchemist'' (along with Beez Entertainment's ''Wolf's Rain'') became one of the flagship programs on the relaunch of satellite channel Rapture TV and had only one edit, that of changing the opening to "Ready, Steady, Go!!" (the second opening), instead of the few minor edits the show received for its Adult Swim airings. ''Yu Yu Hakusho'' has also been acquired for television broadcast in the UK. However, it has not been announced who has picked it up and who the intended audience is (although present rumors suggest that Toonami (UK) acquired the series only to not air the show, further hurting its rather damaged relationship with its viewership). FUNIMATION CHANNEL See Also: FUNimation Channel FUNimation has launched the "FUNimation Channel", the second 24 hour anime digital cable network in North America (the first being A.D. Vision's The Anime Network). OlympuSAT is the exclusive distributor and the FUNimation Channel is now available to video service providers. REACTION TO FANSUBBING In 2005, FUNimation's legal department began to pursue a more aggressive approach toward protecting their licensed properties, and started sending "cease and desist" (C&D) letters to sites offering links to fansub BitTorrent of anime they distributed. This move was similar to that taken by ADV Films several years before with several of the major torrent sites. FUNimation has also been criticized for sending C&D letters to sites who were selling legitimate imports licensed in the country of origin (since copyright laws grant FUNimation an exclusive distribution right). FUNimation's legal department served C&D letters for series that had not yet been advertised or announced as licensed, including ''Tsubasa Chronicle'', ''Black Cat (manga)'', and ''Solty Rei'', with a few known series also mentioned in the letter1. FUNimation repeated this method of "announcing license via Cease and Desist" letters on 2006-10-06 when it sent letters to torrent sites demanding that distribution of ''xxxHolic'''s TV series, Mushishi, Ragnarok the Animation and other series cease. 2 REFERENCES EXTERNAL LINKS |
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