Reanimedia


Reanimedia is an anime distributor in Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and the Baltic States, working in cooperation with Reanimedia Japan. The company was founded in 2007.
The main declared objective of the company is to distribute Russian editions of notable anime titles that approach Japanese standards of image quality, packaging and additional materials. The company also works as a publisher and supports local anime festivals, clubs of interest and other anime-related events.

History

Reanimedia was founded in mid-2007 as a successor of XL Media
On October 22, 2007, Reanimedia announced that it was planning to acquire XL Media. Consolidation between the two companies was expected to finish by February 2008. However, on May 6, 2008, Reanimedia announced that the agreement had been cancelled due to "irreconcilable differences" between the firms. XL Media employees who had previously joined Reanimedia continued working for their new employer. XL Media was acquired by a third party and continued working with new employees.
The dubbing studio, which was originally created in October 2005 to perform dubbing of OVA Tristia and later performed a number of dubbing works for XL Media, became a part of Reanimedia in 2007.
At the beginning of 2008, Reanimedia released its first products: Pet Shop of Horrors and Five centimeters per second.
On June 1, 2009, Reanimedia opened its own online store.

Employees

Staff
Dubbing actors
Information about the dubbing actors can be found at Reanimedia's site.
Translators
TranslatorAnime titles translated into Russian
Igor SkochinskyThe Girl Who Leapt Through Time
Nikolay KaraevFive centimeters per second
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
Charcoal Feather Federation
Pavel RukavitsynPet Shop of Horrors
Natalya RumakDiebaster: Reach for the sky – 2
The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
Lev GrinbergGurren-Lagann
Oleg BugutskySpice and Wolf

List of works

List of anime licenses

List of book licenses

List of works for XL Media

The dubbing studio, which has been a part of Reanimedia since 2007, was originally created in October 2005 to perform dubbing of OVA Tristia for XL Media. In 2005-2007, the studio was working for XL Media and performed dubbing of the following titles:
2005Tristia
2006The Eternity You Desire
2006Wolf's Rain
2006Voices of a Distant Star
2006The Place Promised in Our Early Days
2006Le Portrait de Petit Cossette
2007Serial Experiments Lain

List of works in cooperation

Cinema Prestige

Istari comics

Mega-Anime

Russian Cinema Council (RUSCICO)

XL Media

Crowd funding projects

On May 10, 2011, Reanimedia started a crowd funding project People's License. The purpose of the project was to license Makoto Shinkai's anime Children Who Chase Lost Voices from Deep Below which was released in Japan on May 7, 2011. On May 24, 2011, Reanimedia reported that the project was successful, and Reanimedia began preparations for signing a license agreement. The movie was successfully licensed by September 28, 2011, demonstrated in theaters since November, 2011 and released on DVD in 2012. The participants of People's License were offered a limited DVD edition of the movie.
List of the crowd funding projects of Reanimedia:
YearTitle of the projectAnime titles to be licensedResult of the project
2011People's LicenseChildren Who Chase Lost Voices from Deep Below Success
2011Abenobashi: extended preorderMagical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi Successful funding, but license expired before release
2012People's License–2Wolf Children Ame and Yuki
Summer Wars
Evangelion: 2.0 You Can Advance|Evangelion: 2.22 You Can Advance
Evangelion: 3.0 You Can Redo|Evangelion: 3.33 You Can Redo 		Success