Eleven Arts

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Eleven Arts
Company typeFilm production, distribution, sales agent
IndustryEntertainment
Founded1997
FounderKo Mori
Headquarters
Los Angeles, California
,
United States
Key people
Ko Mori (CEO)
Website www.elevenarts.net

Eleven Arts is a film production and distribution company based in Los Angeles, California. The company has Japanese executives and has "a largely Japanese lineup". [1] It specializes in importing anime from Japan to the United States. [2]

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Company history

Eleven Arts was founded by Ko Mori in 1997.

In 2008, Eleven Arts partnered with Funimation to distribute Love and Honor (2006) in the United States. It also sold Man, Woman and the Wall to TLA Releasing for distribution in the US and the UK. [3] In 2009, Eleven Arts acquired distribution rights to Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl . [4] In 2012, the company partnered with Edlead to produce and distribute several films a year for international audiences. [5]

The company releases Japanese anime films on home video in the United States market, though it has struggled with sales due to the prevalence of illegal downloads. [6] It also filed in 2013 a lawsuit against a DVD distributor for distributing inferior copies of anime films based on poor sales numbers. [7] And in response to piracy, Eleven Arts sought to release anime films in the United States before it is released on home video in Japan. For instance, Eleven Arts released Sword Art Online The Movie: Ordinal Scale in the United States three weeks after it was released in Japan. [8]

On August 11, 2018, it was announced at Otakon 2018 that Eleven Arts had partnered with Right Stuf Inc. to become the exclusive distributor for select Eleven Arts titles on home video. [9] On October 3, 2018, it was announced Eleven Arts and Shout! Factory had signed a distribution deal, whereby Shout! Factory would distribute Eleven Arts' titles for home video. Eleven Arts also clarified that this deal would not affect their partnership with Right Stuf. [10]

Filmography

Films distributed by Eleven Arts in North America
YearFilmNotesRef.
2001 Millennium Actress [11]
2005 What the Snow Brings [3]
2006 Love and Honor Distributed in 2008 [3]
2006 Memories of Tomorrow Distributed in 2007 [12] [3]
2008 Daytime Drinking [13]
2009 The Harimaya Bridge Distributed in 2010 [12]
2014 The Last: Naruto the Movie [12]
2015 Boruto: Naruto the Movie [12]
2017 Haikara-San: Here Comes Miss Modern Part 1 Based on Haikara-San: Here Comes Miss Modern , Part One (of Two) [11]
2017Laughing Under the Clouds: Gaiden Part 3Based on Laughing Under the Clouds [11]
2017 A Silent Voice [11]
2017 Sword Art Online The Movie: Ordinal Scale [8]
2018 Haikara-San: Here Comes Miss Modern Part 2 Based on Haikara-San: Here Comes Miss Modern [11]
2018Laughing Under the Clouds: Gaiden Part 1 & 2Based on Laughing Under the Clouds [11]
2018 Liz and the Blue Bird [11]
2018 Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms [11]
2018 Penguin Highway Based on Penguin Highway [11]
2019 Sound! Euphonium: The Movie – Our Promise: A Brand New Day Based on Sound! Euphonium [11]
2019 The Wonderland [11]
2020 Poupelle of Chimney Town [14]
2021 Deemo: Memorial Keys [15]
2021 Gintama: The Final Based on Gin Tama [16]
2021 The House of the Lost on the Cape [15]
2021Ryoma! The Prince of TennisBased on The Prince of Tennis [17]
2021 Shirobako: The Movie Sequel to Shirobako [18]
2022 Blue Thermal Based on Blue Thermal [19]
Films produced by Eleven Arts
YearFilmNotesRef.
2008 Tokyo Gore Police [20]
2014 Man from Reno [21]
2016 A Bride for Rip Van Winkle [22]
2017 Downrange [22]
2018 Lords of Chaos Produced by Eleven Arts with Vice Films, Insurgent, Scott Free, Kwesi Dickson, Chimney Pot [22] [23]
2020Gift of FireProduced by Eleven Arts with NHK [24]
2021 Prisoners of the Ghostland Produced by Eleven Arts Studios with Untitled Entertainment, Boos Boos Bang Bang, XYZ Films, Patriot Pictures [25]

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  2. ↑ Latchem, John (October 3, 2018). "Shout! Factory Signs Distribution Alliance With Anime Studio Eleven Arts". Media Play News . Retrieved February 19, 2021.
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  15. 1 2 "Eleven Arts Licenses The House of the Lost on the Cape, Deemo Memorial Keys Films". June 4, 2022. Retrieved July 4, 2022.
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