Bandai Entertainment created AE Planning following the success of Emotion, its film distribution division, in 1982, and was part of Bandai Entertainment's corporate reorganization and alteration of its business strategies.
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11 Facts About Bandai Entertainment
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In 1996, Bandai Entertainment Visual began publishing video games under the Emotion Digital Software brand, releasing titles such as Return to Zork, MechWarrior 2: Arcade Combat Edition and Choujikuu Yousai Macross: Ai Oboete Imasu ka.
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Bandai Entertainment published English-translated manga series and American graphic novels, in addition to offering a "fan support" program to facilitate public screenings of licensed content at anime clubs and anime conventions.
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Bandai Entertainment Visual was listed on JASDAQ market in November 2001; by that time, the company was worth over 2.
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Bandai Entertainment Visual began supplying content for broadband distribution networks, such as the Bandai Entertainment Channel television station.
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Bandai Entertainment Visual was a wholly owned subsidiary of Bandai Entertainment Namco Holdings.
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Bandai Entertainment Namco announced on November 8,2007, that it would buy the voting shares it did not own between that date and December 10,2007 and turn the company into a wholly owned subsidiary.
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Bandai Entertainment was restructured to focus on licensing anime to other companies.
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Many former Bandai Entertainment titles have been re-licensed by other companies, including Funimation, Crunchyroll, Aniplex of America, Discotek Media, Media Blasters, Nozomi Entertainment, Viz Media, Maiden Japan and Sentai Filmworks.
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Beez Entertainment was the European branch of Bandai Entertainment that distributed anime and music and were owned by Bandai Namco Holdings.
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In September 2009, Bandai Entertainment Visual teamed up with Namco Bandai Entertainment Games for their periodic release of game sounds to iTunes USA.
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