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Sentai Filmworks Licenses The Demon Girl Next Door Season 2
Sentai Filmworks Licenses The Demon Girl Next Door Season 2 by Joseph Luster March 15, 2022 The followup to the 2019 comedy series The Demon Girl Next Door now has a home for streaming and video. Sentai Filmworks announced plans to stream The Demon Girl Next Door season 2 anime, with the Spring 2022 simulcast…
March 15, 2022
Sentai Filmworks Acquires I’m Quitting Heroing Anime
Sentai Filmworks has announced that it has acquired the I'm Quitting Heroing TV anime adaptation, being based upon the light novel by Quantum with original character designs from Hana Amano. The series will be simulcast via Hidive and be made available in North America, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Ireland, South Africa, the Netherlands, Scandinavia and…
March 8, 2022
AMC Networks’ Sentai acquisition is the latest sign that anime is big business
AMC Networks (not the movie theater chain) has acquired the anime distributor Sentai from the Cool Japan Fund investment fund, the company announced Wednesday. As a result of the deal, AMC Networks will now own the anime-focused streaming service Hidive, which will join the company’s roster of targeted streaming services that already includes AMC Plus,…
January 6, 2022
AMC Networks Acquires Sentai Holdings, Sentai Filmworks, HIDIVE
AMC Networks announced on Wednesday that it has acquired Sentai Holdings, LLC, which includes Sentai Filmworks and the HIDIVE streaming service. The acquisition includes all of the member interests from Cool Japan Fund, Inc., a public-private Japanese investment fund. AMC Networks interim CEO Matt Blank said: "This acquisition builds on AMC Networks' already strong IP…
January 5, 2022