Aniplex of America, or Aniplex USA, is an anime distributor based in Santa Monica, California that serves as the American distribution enterprise of Aniplex, an entertainment company owned by Sony Music Entertainment Japan, where its goal is to reinforce the parent company's licensing business in the North American market. They operate the English language version of the Aniplex+ store, and from 2013 to 2017 operated a streaming service called Aniplex Channel through their website. The company most of the time only directly releases its titles in the Americas, however, some of its titles have been released in other territories by other distributors, such as Anime Limited, MVM Films, Siren Visual and corporate siblings Crunchyroll UK and Ireland (formerly Manga Entertainment) and Crunchyroll Store Australia (formerly Madman Anime).
Their home video sets are distributed in the North American market by its corporate sibling, Crunchyroll Store (formerly Right Stuf), and their titles are usually streamed on Crunchyroll, Disney+, Hulu, and HIDIVE, and occasionally streamed on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, and Max.
Dubs[]
Dubs commissioned by Aniplex.
Anime[]
Series[]
- Durarara!! (2010) (dubbed by Bang Zoom! Studios)
- Blue Exorcist (2011-2025) (dubbed by Bang Zoom! Studios)
- Fate/Zero (2011-2012) (dubbed by Bang Zoom! Studios)
- Puella Magi Madoka Magica (2011) (dubbed by Bang Zoom! Studios)
- Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic (2012-2013) (dubbed by Bang Zoom! Studios)
- Sword Art Online (2012) (dubbed by Bang Zoom! Studios)
- Kill la Kill (2013-2014) (dubbed by Bang Zoom! Studios)
- Magi: The Kingdom of Magic (2013-2014) (dubbed by Bang Zoom! Studios)
- Aldnoah.Zero (2014-2015) (dubbed by Bang Zoom! Studios)
- The Irregular at Magic High School (2014-2024) (dubbed by Bang Zoom! Studios)
- Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works (2014-2015) (dubbed by Bang Zoom! Studios)
- Sword Art Online II (2014) (dubbed by Bang Zoom! Studios)
- Your Lie in April (2014-2015) (dubbed by Bang Zoom! Studios)
- Durarara!!x2 (2015-2016) (dubbed by Bang Zoom! Studios)
- God Eater (2015-2016) (dubbed by Bang Zoom! Studios)
- Charlotte (2015) (dubbed by Bang Zoom! Studios)
- The Asterisk War (2015-2016) (dubbed by Bang Zoom! Studios)
- Erased (2016) (dubbed by Bang Zoom! Studios)
- Kiznaiver (2016) (dubbed by Ocean Productions)
- March Comes in Like a Lion (2016-2018) (dubbed by Bang Zoom! Studios)
- Occultic;Nine (2016) (dubbed by Bang Zoom! Studios)
- Granblue Fantasy: The Animation (2017-2020) (dubbed by Bang Zoom! Studios)
- Katsugeki: Touken Ranbu (2017) (dubbed by Bang Zoom! Studios)
- Record of Grancrest War (2018) (dubbed by Bang Zoom! Studios)
- Persona 5: The Animation (2018-2019) (dubbed by PCB Productions)
- Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai (2018) (dubbed by Bang Zoom! Studios)
- Cells At Work! (2018-2021) (dubbed by Bang Zoom! Studios)
- Sword Art Online: Alicization (2018-2020) (dubbed by Bang Zoom! Studios)
- The Promised Neverland (2019-2021) (dubbed by Bang Zoom! Studios)
- Kaguya-sama: Love is War (2019-2022) (Season 1 dubbed by Studio Nano; Season 2 dubbed by Funimation; Season 3 dubbed by Crunchyroll)
- Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (2019-2024) (dubbed by Bang Zoom! Studios)
- Lord El-Melloi II's Case Files: Rail Zeppelin Grace (2019) (dubbed by Bang Zoom! Studios)
- Fate/Grand Order - Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia (2019-2020) (dubbed by Bang Zoom! Studios)
- Darwin's Game (2020) (dubbed by OkraTron 5000)
- SUPER HXEROS (2020) (dubbed by Funimation)
- The Irregular at Magic High School: Visitor Arc (2020) (dubbed by Bang Zoom! Studios)
- The Millionaire Detective - Balance: Unlimited (2020) (dubbed by Funimation)
- The Misfit of Demon King Academy (2020-2024) (dubbed by Bang Zoom! Studios)
- Cells at Work! Code Black (2021) (dubbed by Bang Zoom! Studios)
- Pretty Boy Detective Club (2021) (dubbed by Bang Zoom! Studios)
- SK8 the Infinity (2021-present) (dubbed by Funimation)
- Vivy -Fluorite Eye's Song- (2021) (dubbed by Bang Zoom! Studios)
- Engage Kiss (2022) (dubbed by Bang Zoom! Studios)
- Lycoris Recoil (2022-present) (dubbed by Bang Zoom! Studios)
- Tokyo 24th Ward (2022) (dubbed by Bang Zoom! Studios)
- NieR: Automata Ver 1.1a (2023-2024) (dubbed by Bang Zoom! Studios)
- My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999 (2023) (dubbed by Bang Zoom! Studios)
- Mashle (2023-2024) (dubbed by Bang Zoom! Studios)
- Rurouni Kenshin (2023-present) (dubbed by Bang Zoom! Studios)
- The Elusive Samurai (2024) (dubbed by Pixelogic Media)
- WIND BREAKER (2024-present) (dubbed by Crunchyroll)
- Fate/strange Fake (2024-present) (dubbed by Bang Zoom! Studios)
- Mono (2025) (dubbed by Pixelogic Media)
Specials/OVAs[]
- Persona 5: The Animation: Dark Sun (2018) (dubbed by PCB Productions)
- Persona 5: The Animation: Stars and Ours (2019) (dubbed by PCB Productions)
- Fate/Grand Carnival (2021) (dubbed by Bang Zoom! Studios)
- The Irregular at Magic High School: Reminiscence Arc (2021) (dubbed by Bang Zoom! Studios)
- Fate/strange Fake -Whispers of Dawn- (2023) (dubbed by Bang Zoom! Studios)
- Sk8 the Infinity: EXTRA PART (2025) (dubbed by Crunchyroll)
Films[]
- Expelled from Paradise (2014) (dubbed by Bang Zoom! Studios)
- Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel I. presage flower (2017) (dubbed by Bang Zoom! Studios)
- I Want to Eat Your Pancreas (2018) (dubbed by Bang Zoom! Studios)
- Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel II. lost butterfly (2019) (dubbed by Bang Zoom! Studios)
- Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel III. spring song (2020) (dubbed by Bang Zoom! Studios)
Licensed Works[]
Anime works dubbed by previous distributors, but currently is licensed by Aniplex of America.
Anime[]
Series[]
- Rurouni Kenshin (1996-1998) (dubbed by Bang Zoom! Studios)
- Fullmetal Alchemist (2003-2004) (dubbed by Funimation)
- R.O.D. the TV (2003-2004) (dubbed by New Generation Pictures)
- Baccano! (2007-2008) (dubbed by Funimation)
- Gurren Lagann (2007) (dubbed by Bang Zoom! Studios)
- Black Butler (2008-2009) (dubbed by Funimation)
- Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (2009-2010) (dubbed by Funimation)
- Angel Beats! (2010) (dubbed by Seraphim Digital)
- Black Butler II (2010) (dubbed by Funimation)
- Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day (2011) (dubbed by Bang Zoom! Studios)
- Magi: Adventure of Sinbad (2016) (dubbed by Bang Zoom! Studios)
- Fate/Apocrypha (2017) (dubbed by Bang Zoom! Studios)
- Fate/Extra Last Encore (2018) (dubbed by Bang Zoom! Studios)
- Cyberpunk: Edgerunners (2022) (dubbed by Salami Studios)
OVAs & Specials[]
- Read or Die (2001-2002) (dubbed by Gaijin Productions)
- Black Butler: His Butler, Performer (2009) (dubbed by Funimation)
- Black Butler II (2010-2011) (dubbed by Funimation)
Recording Studios[]
Bang Zoom! Studios (since 2010)
Funimation (2019-2022)- Crunchyroll (only "Kaguya-sama: Love is War" (Season 3) and "WIND BREAKER")
- Ocean Productions (only Kiznaiver)
- PCB Productions (only Persona 5: The Animation)
- Pixelogic Media (only "The Elusive Samurai" and "Mono")
- Studio Nano (only "Kaguya-sama: Love is War") (Season 1)
External Links[]
- Official website
- Aniplex of America on the Anime News Networks encyclopedia.