16 Facts About Odex

Odex was established in 1987 and set up its Anime Distribution department in 2000, selling anime in Singapore.

In 2003, with the support of Japanese licensors, Odex founded the Anti-Video Piracy Association of Singapore.

In 2005, Odex opened their own English dubbing studios and DVD authoring facility.

Odex attracted American clients, including Bandai Entertainment, Geneon USA and the History Channel.

In 2006, the Odex-licensed title D Gray-man was broadcast on Singaporean television within five days of its Japanese broadcast.

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Odex brought its website back up, but only to provide a link to the MobTV website so that visitors can learn more about the Animetrix service that Odex is providing on MobTV.

Odex brought the Gundam 00 movie - Awakening of the Trailblazer into Singapore theatre, released on the same day as Japan.

Odex made a grand presence in Anime Festival Asia, being one of the two largest booths in the event hall.

In 2011, Odex continued its participation in AFA, focusing on merchandise sales and movie screenings such as Sora no Otoshimono the Movie: The Angeloid of Clockwork, Detective Conan: Quarter of Silence, Naruto the Movie: Blood Prison, Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos and Ryujin Mabuyer The Movie Nanatsu no Mabui.

Odex sells anime merchandises and supplies anime for pay-TV anime channels across Southeast Asia like Philippines' Hero TV and Pan-regional anime channel Animax Asia.

In reaction to falling sales and evidence of home users' downloading anime videos without payment, in 2007 Odex initiated actions to track users and demand settlement or litigation.

Odex settled out of court with many downloaders, who paid fees in lieu of litigation, ranging from about SGD$3000 to SGD$5000.

Odex's subtitling has been criticized by the Singapore anime community for having font with lower quality and sometimes inaccurate translations, as compared to fansubs or imports.

Odex stated that because of the censorship laws in Singapore, they had to tweak subtitles to conform to the Board of Film Censors' requirements.

Odex's website was defaced by an unknown hacker with no hacker group claiming credit for the action.

Emails were sent to the media saying that Sing and Go were directors and shareholders of a defunct company, Games Mart, that shared the same corporate address as Odex and had been raided in 1999 by the police for selling game consoles with unauthorized modifications.