Media Factory

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Media Factory, Inc.
株式会社メディアファクトリー
Type Kabushiki kaisha
Founded December 1, 1986
Headquarters Shibuya, Tokyo
Shibuya East NBF 3-3-5
Area served Japan
Key people Toshiyuki Yoshihara (Representative Director)
Products Publishing, film, music, video games
Revenue ¥13,937,320,000 (FY 2005)
Employees 168 (as of 2010)
Parent Kadokawa Group Holdings
Website Official website

Media Factory, Inc. (株式会社メディアファクトリー Kabushiki-gaisha Mediafakutorī?) is a Japanese publisher. It was founded on December 1, 1986, and its headquarters are situated in Shibuya, Tokyo. It is a subsidiary of Recruit Co., Ltd. Media Factory was possibly the first anime distributor to ask for sites to not link to fansubs of any anime licensed by the company.[1] On October 12, 2011, Media Factory was purchased by Kadokawa Group Holdings for ¥8,000,000,000.[2] Media Factory also has a monthly manga magazine, Monthly Comic Alive, and its own light novel imprint, MF Bunko J.

Media factory is also holds the license for the distribution of The 39 Clues in Japan.[3]

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Magazines [edit]

Anime series [edit]

The following anime and manga titles are associated with Media Factory, Inc.

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References [edit]

  1. ^ "Media Factory makes request to stop fansubbing". Anime News Network. December 9, 2004. Retrieved November 30, 2011. 
  2. ^ "Kadokawa Purchases Manga Publisher Media Factory". Anime News Network. October 12, 2011. Retrieved November 30, 2011. 
  3. ^ http://www.mediafactory.co.jp/39c/index.html
  4. ^ "Funimation related copyright holders". Funimation. 2006. Retrieved August 23, 2012. 

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