Geneon USA
Geneon Entertainment (USA) Inc. (abbreviated as Geneon USA) was an American anime, multimedia production and distribution company that was owned by Geneon Entertainment. It was primarily involved in the production and distribution of anime from Japan to North America.
Trade name | Geneon USA |
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| Formerly | LaserDisc Corporation of America (1985–1989) Pioneer LDCA (1989–1993) Pioneer Entertainment (1993–2003) |
| Company type | Subsidiary |
| Industry | Entertainment |
| Genre | Anime |
| Founded | December 1985 |
| Founder | Pioneer Corporation |
| Defunct | September 27, 2007 |
| Headquarters | Long Beach, California , U.S. |
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| Parent | Geneon Entertainment |
The company was founded in December 1985 by Pioneer Corporation, first as LaserDisc Corp. of America, Pioneer LDCA, then Pioneer Entertainment, later Geneon USA), being specialized in translating and distributing anime and related merchandise, such as soundtracks across the region. After declining fortunes, it was shut down in 2007, with several of their being distributed to other anime distributors for distribution, such as Funimation, Sentai Filmworks, Discotek Media, and Nozomi Entertainment. In 2008, a year after the shut down of its North American branch, Geneon merged with Universal Pictures Japan to form Geneon Universal Entertainment Japan, LLC; later known as NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan.