Illumitoon Entertainment

Illumitoon Entertainment was a production company based in Fort Worth, Texas that specialized in anime. It was founded in January 2006 by former Funimation executives Stephanie Giotes, Richard Ray, and Barry Watson.[1][2] Illumitoon's goal was to have its shows aired on television and offer unedited dual language DVDs.[3][4]

Illumitoon Entertainment
TypePrivate[1]
GenreAnime[1]
FateDefunct
Founded2006[2]
FounderStephanie Giotes, Richard Ray, and Barry Watson[1]
Defunct2007 (2007)
Headquarters
Fort Worth, Texas
,
United States[1]
Key people
Barry Watson President/CEO[1]

History

Illumitoon shared facilities with CRM Productions in Fort Worth, Texas and Westlake Entertainment was used for distribution.[1][5] The company's first anime license was Beet the Vandel Buster and Beet the Vandel Buster Excellion.[6] They also licensed AM Driver, B't X, and BT'X Neo.[7][8] Illumitoon joined with Westlake for the licensing of Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo.[9][10] Several Illumitoon releases had production issues including music being changed, the use of dubtitles (subtitles created from the dub script), and inoperable discs.[3][4][11][12][13] Replacements with translated subtitles were offered for the first DVDs of Beet, Bobo, and B't X that were later found to be DVD-Rs.[4][14][15] AM Driver and B't X were licensed by The Anime Network for VOD, but only 14 episodes of each series had a complete dub.[4][16][17] After Westlake ceased distribution of their titles, future releases from Illumitoon were cancelled in late 2007.[4][18]

Post Illumitoon

AM Driver was never released on DVD and all series remained incomplete until S'more Entertainment relicensed Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo.[4][19] This release also experienced issues due to the lack of subtitles.[3][4] B't X was relicensed in 2016 by Anime Midstream.[20][21]

See also

References
  1. Ball, Ryan (July 11, 2006). "Ex-FUNimation Execs Form Illumitoon". Animation Magazine. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  2. "Beet the Vandel Buster Coming to US". Anime News Network. July 12, 2006. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
  3. Toole, Michael (August 12, 2012). "The Mike Toole Show - Getting It Wrong". Anime News Network. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  4. Hanson, Brian (February 22, 2013). "Hey, Answerman! - Translation Mitigation". Anime News Network. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  5. "Illumitoon Partners with Westlake". Anime News Network. September 7, 2006. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
  6. "Illumitoon Lights Up With Beet the Vandel Buster". Anime News Network. July 12, 2006. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
  7. "Illumitoon Picks up AM Driver". Anime News Network. August 23, 2006. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
  8. "BT'X Set for US". Anime News Network. September 19, 2006. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
  9. "Illumitoon & Westlake Acquire Bobobo-Bo Bo-Bobo". Anime News Network. November 2, 2006. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
  10. Ball, Ryan (November 9, 2006). "Illumitoon, Westlake Pick Up Bobobo". Animation Magazine. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  11. Dong, Bamboo (February 12, 2007). "Shelf Life - Hairy Situations". Anime News Network. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  12. Kimlinger, Carl (March 24, 2007). "Beet the Vandel Buster DVD 1". Anime News Network. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  13. Dong, Bamboo (December 31, 2007). "Shelf Life - Year in Reviews". Anime News Network. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  14. "Illumitoons DVD Replacement Offer". Anime News Network. April 2, 2007. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  15. "Illumitoon Announces Disc Replacement Offer". AnimeNation. March 30, 2007. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  16. "The Anime Network Adds Illumitoon Titles". ICv2. August 16, 2007. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  17. "Anime Network Licenses New Television Programming from Illumitoon Entertainment". Anime News Network. August 15, 2007. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  18. "Illumitoon's B'tX, Beet, BoBoBo-Bo DVDs Discontinued (Updated)". Anime News Network. October 26, 2007. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  19. "S'more Entertainment Adds Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo on U.S. DVD". Anime News Network. January 16, 2012. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  20. "Anime Midstream Licenses B't X TV Anime Series". Anime News Network. August 19, 2016. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  21. Beveridge, Chris (August 19, 2016). "Anime Midstream Acquires 'B't X' Anime License". The Fandom Post. Retrieved 12 October 2016.

Further reading
  • Newtype USA January 2007 - Vol. 6 No. 1 "Bobobo-bo on DVD". p. 21
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