{{short description|Anime distributor working on Russian editions}} {{multiple issues| {{Notability|Companies|date=June 2011}} {{Primary sources|date=June 2011}} }}
{{Infobox company | name = <big>Reanimedia</big> | logo = Image:Reanimedia logo.gif | type = Private | genre = anime | foundation = 2007 | predecessor = XL Media | parent = Reanimedia Japan | location = Voronezh, Russia | area_served = Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Baltic countries | industry = entertainment | key_people = Oleg Shevchenko<br />Artem Tolstobrov<br />Stepan Shashkin | products = DVD, Blu-Ray, books | homepage = [http://reanimedia.ru/ reanimedia.ru] }} '''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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://reanimedia.ru/index.html?mode=archive&page=13#n3|title=Reanimedia acquires XL Media|publisher=Reanimedia|language=ru|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130118111928/http://reanimedia.ru/index.html?mode=archive&page=13|url-status=live|archivedate=2013-01-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-10-24/new-anime-licensor-brings-haruhi-to-russia-baltics|title=New Anime Licensee Brings Haruhi to Russia, Baltics|publisher=Anime News Network|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107125304/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-10-24/new-anime-licensor-brings-haruhi-to-russia-baltics|url-status=live|archivedate=2012-11-07}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://reanimedia.ru/news_06_05_2008.html|title=Acquisition of XL Media is cancelled|publisher=Reanimedia|language=ru|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120627005350/http://reanimedia.ru/news_06_05_2008.html|url-status=live|archivedate=2012-06-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-05-28/russian-anime-companies-planned-merger-collapses|title=Russian Anime Companies' Planned Merger Collapses|publisher=Anime News Network|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107125321/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-05-28/russian-anime-companies-planned-merger-collapses|url-status=live|archivedate=2012-11-07}}</ref> 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 (''see'' List of works for XL Media, ''below''), became a part of Reanimedia in 2007.<ref name="Dubbing" />
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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://reanimedia.ru/news_01_06_2009.html|title=Online store store.otaku.ru is opened|publisher=Reanimedia|language=ru|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130310124959/http://reanimedia.ru/news_01_06_2009.html|url-status=live|archivedate=2013-03-10}}</ref>
==Employees== '''Staff''' * Artem Tolstobrov — CEO * Stepan Shashkin — general producer * Oleg Shevchenko — CFO * Andrey Petrov — director of development * Aleksandr Filchenko — dubbing director * Valery Korneev — art director * Lidiya Kulikova — editor in chief *
'''Dubbing actors'''
Information about the dubbing actors can be found at Reanimedia's site.<ref name="Dubbing">{{cite web|url=http://reanimedia.ru/dub.html|title=Reanimedia dubbing studio|publisher=Reanimedia|language=ru|accessdate=2012-10-21|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120920072052/http://reanimedia.ru/dub.html|url-status=live|archivedate=2012-09-20}}</ref>
'''Translators''' {| class="wikitable" |- ! Translator ! Anime titles translated into Russian |- valign="top" | Igor Skochinsky | ''The Girl Who Leapt Through Time'' |- valign="top" | Nikolay Karaev | ''Five centimeters per second''<br />''The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (TV-1)''<br />''Charcoal Feather Federation'' |- valign="top" | Pavel Rukavitsyn | ''Pet Shop of Horrors'' |- valign="top" | Natalya Rumak | ''Diebaster: Reach for the sky – 2''<br />''The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya''<br />''The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (TV-2)'' |- valign="top" | Lev Grinberg | ''Gurren-Lagann'' |- valign="top" | Oleg Bugutsky | ''Spice and Wolf'' |}
==List of works==
===List of anime licenses=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title |- valign="top" | 2007 | ''Pet Shop of Horrors''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mkrf.ru/registr/detail.php?ID=110125625&ganr=&strana=&year_from=1&year_to=1&kateg=&color=&nud=&firm_z=&keywords=&q=|title=The state register of films|publisher=The Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation}}</ref> |- valign="top" | 2007 | ''Five centimeters per second<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mkrf.ru/registr/detail.php?ID=110168844&ganr=&strana=&year_from=1&year_to=1&kateg=&color=&nud=&firm_z=&keywords=&q=|title=The state register of films|publisher=The ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation}}</ref> (Byōsoku Go Senchimētoru)'' |- valign="top" | 2007 | ''The Girl Who Leapt Through Time<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mkrf.ru/registr/detail.php?ID=110085734&ganr=&strana=&year_from=1&year_to=1&kateg=&color=&nud=&firm_z=&keywords=&q=|title=The state register of films|publisher=The ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation}}</ref> (Toki o Kakeru Shōjo)'' |- valign="top" | 2007 | ''The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (TV-1)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mkrf.ru/registr/detail.php?ID=110129242&ganr=&strana=&year_from=1&year_to=1&kateg=&color=&nud=&firm_z=&keywords=&q=|title=The state register of films|publisher=The ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation}}</ref> (Suzumiya Haruhi no Yūutsu)'' |- valign="top" | 2008 | ''Diebaster: Reach for the sky – 2<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mkrf.ru/registr/detail.php?ID=110084191&ganr=&strana=&year_from=1&year_to=1&kateg=&color=&nud=&firm_z=&keywords=&q=|title=The state register of films|publisher=The ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation}}</ref> (Toppu o Nerae Tsū! 2)'' |- valign="top" | 2008 | ''Gurren-Lagann<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mkrf.ru/registr/detail.php?ID=110083746&ganr=&strana=&year_from=1&year_to=1&kateg=&color=&nud=&firm_z=&keywords=&q=|title=The state register of films|publisher=The ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation}}</ref> (Tengen Toppa Gurrenn-Lagann)'' |- valign="top" | 2008 | ''Charcoal Feather Federation<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mkrf.ru/registr/detail.php?ID=110055699&ganr=&strana=&year_from=1&year_to=1&kateg=&color=&nud=&firm_z=&keywords=&q=|title=The state register of films|publisher=The ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation}}</ref> (Haibane Renmei)'' |- valign="top" | 2009 | ''Spice and Wolf<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mkrf.ru/registr/detail.php?ID=123511746&ganr=&strana=&year_from=1&year_to=1&kateg=&color=&nud=&firm_z=&keywords=&q=|title=The state register of films|publisher=The ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation}}</ref> (Ookami to Koushinryou)'' |- valign="top" | 2010 | ''The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (TV-2)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mkrf.ru/registr/detail.php?ID=148181789&ganr=&strana=&year_from=1&year_to=1&kateg=&color=&nud=&firm_z=&keywords=&q=|title=The state register of films|publisher=The ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation}}</ref> (Suzumiya Haruhi no Yūutsu)'' |- valign="top" | 2010 | ''The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mkrf.ru/registr/detail.php?ID=139402761&ganr=&strana=&year_from=1&year_to=1&kateg=&color=&nud=&firm_z=&keywords=&q=|title=The state register of films|publisher=The ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation}}</ref> (Suzumiya Haruhi no Shōshitsu)'' |- valign="top" | 2011 | ''Children Who Chase Lost Voices from Deep Below<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mkrf.ru/registr/detail.php?ID=149618979&ganr=&strana=&year_from=1&year_to=1&kateg=&color=&nud=&firm_z=&keywords=&q=|title=The state register of films|publisher=The ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation}}</ref> (Hoshi o Ou Kodomo)'' |- valign="top" | 2012 | ''Berserk Golden Age Arc (Berserk Ōgon Jidai-Hen)''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://reanimedia.ru/news_05_04_2012.html|title=The official statement of the licensing of the movie series Berserk the Movie: Ougon Jidai-Hen|publisher=Reanimedia|language=ru|accessdate=2012-06-25|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120623102857/http://reanimedia.ru/news_05_04_2012.html|url-status=live|archivedate=2012-06-23}}</ref> * ''Berserk Golden Age Arc I: Egg of the Supreme Ruler<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mkrf.ru/registr/detail.php?ID=151711803&ganr=&strana=&year_from=1&year_to=1&kateg=&color=&nud=&firm_z=&keywords=&q=|title=The state register of films|publisher=The ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation}}</ref> (Berserk Ōgon Jidai-Hen I: Haō no Tamago)'' * ''Berserk Golden Age Arc II: The Battle for Doldrey<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mkrf.ru/registr/detail.php?ID=153157538&ganr=&strana=&year_from=1&year_to=1&kateg=&color=&nud=&firm_z=&keywords=&q=|title=The state register of films|publisher=The ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation}}</ref> (Berserk Ōgon Jidai-Hen II: Doldrey Kōryaku)'' * ''Berserk Golden Age Arc III: Descent<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mkrf.ru/registr/detail.php?ID=155963480&ganr=&strana=&year_from=1&year_to=1&kateg=&color=&nud=&firm_z=&keywords=&q=|title=The state register of films|publisher=The ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation}}</ref> (Berserk Ōgon Jidai-Hen III: Kōrin)'' |- valign="top" | 2012 | ''A Letter to Momo<ref name="Licenses">{{cite web|url=http://reanimedia.ru/news_18_09_2012.html|title=A Letter to Momo, Blood-C: The Last Dark and Book Girl are licensed|publisher=Reanimedia|language=ru|accessdate=2012-09-18|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023100303/http://reanimedia.ru/news_18_09_2012.html|url-status=live|archivedate=2012-10-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://mkrf.ru/registr/detail.php?ID=153675171&ganr=&strana=&year_from=1&year_to=1&kateg=&color=&nud=&firm_z=&keywords=&q=|title=The state register of films|publisher=The ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation}}</ref> (Momo e no Tegami)'' |- valign="top" | 2012 | ''Blood-C: The Last Dark<ref name="Licenses" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://mkrf.ru/registr/detail.php?ID=154160333&ganr=&strana=&year_from=1&year_to=1&kateg=&color=&nud=&firm_z=&keywords=&q=|title=The state register of films|publisher=The Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation}}</ref>'' |- valign="top" | 2012 | ''Book Girl<ref name="Licenses" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://mkrf.ru/registr/detail.php?ID=153676070&ganr=&strana=&year_from=1&year_to=1&kateg=&color=&nud=&firm_z=&keywords=&q=|title=The state register of films|publisher=The ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation}}</ref> (Gekijōban Bungaku Shōjo)'' |- valign="top" | 2012 | ''Wolf Children Ame and Yuki<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mkrf.ru/registr/detail.php?ID=153675718&ganr=&strana=&year_from=1&year_to=1&kateg=&color=&nud=&firm_z=&keywords=&q=|title=The state register of films|publisher=The ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation}}</ref> (Ōkami Kodomo no Ame to Yuki)'' |- valign="top" | 2012 | ''Summer Wars<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mkrf.ru/registr/detail.php?ID=153675423&ganr=&strana=&year_from=1&year_to=1&kateg=&color=&nud=&firm_z=&keywords=&q=|title=The state register of films|publisher=The ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation}}</ref> (Samā Wōzu)'' |- valign="top" | 2013 | ''[[Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance|Evangelion: 2.22 You Can [Not] Advance]]<ref name="Licenses2">{{cite web|url=http://reanimedia.ru/news_24_04_2013.html|title=Evangelion 2.22 and Evangelion 3.33 are licensed|publisher=Reanimedia|language=ru|accessdate=2012-04-25|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130427144009/http://reanimedia.ru/news_24_04_2013.html|url-status=live|archivedate=2013-04-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://mkrf.ru/registr/detail.php?ID=158435595&ganr=&strana=&year_from=1&year_to=1&kateg=&color=&nud=&firm_z=&keywords=&q=|title=The state register of films|publisher=The ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation}}</ref> (Evangelion Shin Gekijouban: Ha)'' |- valign="top" | 2013 | ''[[Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo|Evangelion: 3.33 You Can [Not] Redo]]<ref name="Licenses2" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://mkrf.ru/registr/detail.php?ID=158435598&ganr=&strana=&year_from=1&year_to=1&kateg=&color=&nud=&firm_z=&keywords=&q=|title=The state register of films|publisher=The ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation}}</ref> (Evangelion Shin Gekijouban: Q)'' |- valign="top" | 2013 | ''The Garden of Words<ref>{{cite web|url=http://reanimedia.ru/news_28_08_2013.html|title=The official statement of the licensing of the movie "The Garden of Words" (Kotonoha no Niwa)|publisher=Reanimedia|language=ru|accessdate=2013-09-01|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130831062939/http://reanimedia.ru/news_28_08_2013.html|url-status=live|archivedate=2013-08-31}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://mkrf.ru/registr/detail.php?ID=157669093&ganr=&strana=&year_from=1&year_to=1&kateg=&color=&nud=&firm_z=&keywords=&q=|title=The state register of films|publisher=The ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation}}</ref> (Kotonoha no Niwa)'' |}
===List of book licenses=== {| class="wikitable" |- | 2009 || ''Five centimeters per second (Byōsoku Go Senchimētoru»)'' |- |}
===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.<ref name="Dubbing" /> In 2005–2007, the studio was working for XL Media and performed dubbing of the following titles:
{| class="wikitable" |- | 2005 || ''Tristia (Aoi Umi no Tristia)'' |- | 2006 || ''The Eternity You Desire (Kimi ga Nozomu Eien)'' |- | 2006 || ''Wolf's Rain (Urufuzu Rein)'' |- | 2006 || ''Voices of a Distant Star (Hoshi no Koe)'' |- | 2006 || ''The Place Promised in Our Early Days (Kumo no Mukō, Yakusoku no Basho)'' |- | 2006 || ''Le Portrait de Petit Cossette (Kozetto no Shōzō)'' |- | 2007 || ''Serial Experiments Lain'' |- |}
===List of works in cooperation===
====Cinema Prestige==== :Reanimedia performed dubbing of the following titles: :{| class="wikitable" |- | 2009 || ''Taro, the son of the dragon (Tatsu no Ko Tarou)'' |- | 2009 || ''Treasure Island (Dobutsu Takarajima)'' |- | 2009 || ''Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (Alibaba to Yonjubiki no Tozuku)'' |- | 2009 || ''Flying Phantom Ship (Sora Tobu Yureisen)'' |- | 2009 || ''The Return of Puss in Boots (Nagagutsu Sanjuushi)'' |- | 2010 || ''The Adventures of Gulliver (Gulliver no Uchuu Ryokou)'' |- |}
====Istari comics====
:The following manga was produced in cooperation with Reanimedia: :{| class="wikitable" |- | 2009 || ''Spice and Wolf (Ookami to Koushinryou)'' |- |}
====Mega-Anime==== :Reanimedia undertakes preparation for publication (including dubbing and mastering) of several works licensed by Mega-Anime: :{| class="wikitable" |- | 2010 || ''Evangelion: 1.11 You are (not) alone'' |- | 2011 || ''Paradise Kiss (Paradaisu Kisu)'' |- |}
====Russian Cinema Council (RUSCICO)==== :Reanimedia performs dubbing of the following anime titles: :{| class="wikitable" |- | 2010 || ''Princess Mononoke (Mononoke Hime)'' |- | 2012 || ''From Up on Poppy Hill<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mkrf.ru/registr/detail.php?ID=153566551&ganr=&strana=&year_from=1&year_to=1&kateg=&color=&nud=&firm_z=&keywords=&q=|title=The state register of films|publisher=The Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation}}</ref> (Kokuriko-zaka Kara)'' |- |}
====XL Media==== :Reanimedia undertook preparation for publication (including dubbing and mastering) of the following work licensed by XL Media: :{| class="wikitable" |- | 2012 || ''Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi (Abenobashi Mahō Shōtengai)'' |- |}
==Crowd funding projects== {{Expand section|date=September 2012}}
On May 10, 2011, Reanimedia started a crowd funding project ''People's License''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://reanimedia.ru/index.html?mode=archive&page=6#n78|title=A project "People's License" has started!|publisher=Reanimedia|language=ru|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130118111958/http://reanimedia.ru/index.html?mode=archive&page=6|url-status=live|archivedate=2013-01-18}}</ref> The purpose of the project was to license Makoto Shinkai's anime ''Children Who Chase Lost Voices from Deep Below (Hoshi o Ou Kodomo)'' 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.<ref name="Success">{{cite web|url=http://reanimedia.ru/index.html?mode=archive&page=6#n81|title=A project "People's License" resulted in success!|publisher=Reanimedia|language=ru|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130118111958/http://reanimedia.ru/index.html?mode=archive&page=6|url-status=live|archivedate=2013-01-18}}</ref> The movie was successfully licensed by September 28, 2011,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://reanimedia.ru/news_28_09_2011.html|title=The official statement of the licensing of the movie "Children Who Chase Lost Voices from Deep Below" (Hoshi o Ou Kodomo)|publisher=Reanimedia|language=ru|accessdate=2011-09-29|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419000922/http://reanimedia.ru/news_28_09_2011.html|url-status=live|archivedate=2012-04-19}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://reanimedia.ru/news_16_03_2012.html|title="Children Who Chase Lost Voices from Deep Below": new contents of the limited edition, the shift of its release date|publisher=Reanimedia|language=ru|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130310125256/http://reanimedia.ru/news_16_03_2012.html|url-status=live|archivedate=2013-03-10}}</ref>
List of the crowd funding projects of Reanimedia: {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title of the project ! Anime titles to be licensed ! Result of the project |- valign="top" | 2011 | People's License | ''Children Who Chase Lost Voices from Deep Below (Hoshi o Ou Kodomo)'' | Success<ref name="Success" /> |- valign="top" | 2011 | Abenobashi: extended preorder | ''Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi (Abenobashi Mahō Shōtengai)'' | Successful funding, but license expired before release |- valign="top" | 2012 | People's License–2 | ''Wolf Children Ame and Yuki (Ōkami Kodomo no Ame to Yuki)''<br />''Summer Wars (Samā Wōzu)''<br />''[[Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance|Evangelion: 2.22 You Can [Not] Advance]] (Evangelion Shin Gekijouban: Ha)''<br />''[[Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo|Evangelion: 3.33 You Can [Not] Redo]] (Evangelion Shin Gekijouban: Q)'' | Success |- valign="top" |}
==See also== {{Portal|Companies|Anime and manga}} * XL Media {{in lang|ru}} * Mega-Anime * Istari comics {{in lang|ru}} * RUSCICO (Russian Cinema Council) {{in lang|ru}}
==References== {{reflist|2}}
==External links== * {{Official website|http://reanimedia.ru/}} {{in lang|ru}} * {{ann|company|6769}}
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