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| Type | Private |
| Genre | anime, East Asian films, hentai, manga, manwha, yaoi |
| Founded | 1990 |
| Founder | John O'Donnell |
| Headquarters | New York City, New York |
| Area served | United States |
| Industry | multimedia entertainment |
| Owner | John O'Donnell |
| Divisions | US Manga Corps, Software Sculptors, Asia Pulp Cinema, CPM Press, Adult 18 |
| Website | http://www.centralparkmedia.com |
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History
Central Park Media was founded in 1990 by John O'Donnell as an anime supplier, and branched out into manga and manwha publications in 1994.
Recent financial problems
On May 26, 2006, Central Park Media laid off many of its employees, and rumors erupted that the company was planning to declare bankruptcy, supported by a statement from a representative at the Anime Boston convention. Events 451 - The Battle of Avarayr between Armenian rebels and the Sassanid Empire takes place Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Anime Boston is an annual three-day Anime Fan convention held in the spring in Boston Massachusetts, United States. The following Monday the company's managing director issued a statement acknowledging the lay-offs and attributing the cost-cutting to creditor problems following the January bankruptcy of the Musicland group[1]. For the recording studio based in Munich Germany see Musicland Studios. Currently, the company has continued to set release dates for new titles, and appears to have no plans to file for bankruptcy.
The previous year, in 2005, CPM discontinued their CPM Manga and CPM Manhwa line, also due to monetary problems. But CPM representatives have said that they have now relaunched their Manga and Manhwa lines as of January 2006. [2]
On March 19, 2007, Japanese Yaoi Publisher Libre posted a notice on its website saying that CPM's Be Beautiful division was illegally translating and selling their properties. Events 1279 - A Mongolian victory in the Battle of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The titles in question were originally licensed to CPM by Japanese publisher Biblos which was bought out by Libre in 2006 after a bankruptcy. [3]
Divisions
Asia Pulp Cinema
East-Asian film distribution division.
US Manga Corps
US Manga Corps is the anime distribution division for Central Park Media, and one of the older North American anime distributors. The USMC mascot is MD Geist, a popular anime from the 90s. is an Anime and Manga about a post-apocalyptic world The series is extremely violent often depicting graphic scenes of human dismemberment and evisceration
Software Sculptors
Another anime distribution division.
CPM Press
- For a list of titles distributed by CPM Press, browse the CPM Press category
Formerly CPM Comics, this is the manga and manhwa publication division. ˈmɑŋgə is the Japanese word for Comics (sometimes called komikku コミック and print Cartoons In their modern form manga date from shortly Manhwa (manɦʷa is the general Korean term for Comics and print Cartoons (common usage also includes animated cartoons Manga titles are published under the label CPM Manga, and manhwa under CPM Manhwa. CPM also had an adult division under CPM Press known as Bear Bare Press which largely published Americanized versions of some of their Anime 18 releases such as La Blue Girl. is a Hentai Anime and Manga series Based on the Manga by Toshio Maeda, the La Blue Girl anime like his other hentai series This division started in 1996 and folded the same year releasing only La Blue Girl and Demon Beast Invasion. is a Manga series written and illustrated by Toshio Maeda, published by Wani Magazine.
Anime 18
- For a list of titles distributed by Anime 18, browse the Anime 18 category
Anime 18, A18 for short, is Central Park Media's hentai distribution division. is a Japanese word that in the West is used when referring to sexually explicit or pornographic comics and animation particularly Japanese Anime, A18 releases its titles under several labels, with the main label, Anime 18, used for hentai anime, Manga 18, for manga and manwha hentai, and Be Beautiful Manga for yaoi manga. is a Japanese word that in the West is used when referring to sexually explicit or pornographic comics and animation particularly Japanese Anime, Some A18 titles are also being re-released under the Anime HotShots label.
See also
References
- ^ Musicland files for bankruptcy
- ^ Central Park Media to Restart Manga.
- ^ Japanese Publisher Claims CPM Infringes.
External links
- Official site
- Central Park Media at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
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