Central Park Media

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Central Park Media Corporation
Company type Private
Industry Multimedia entertainment
Genre Anime, East Asian films, hentai, manga, manhwa, yaoi
FoundedApril 11, 1990
FounderJohn O'Donnell
DefunctApril 27, 2009
Fate Bankruptcy
HeadquartersNew York City, New York
Area served
 United States and Canada
Divisions
  • Asia Pulp Cinema
  • US Manga Corps
  • Software Sculptors
  • CPM Press
  • Anime 18
  • Below the Radar
  • Binary Media Works
Website centralparkmedia.com 2009 archive

Central Park Media Corporation, often abbreviated as CPM, was an American multimedia entertainment company based in New York City, New York and was headquartered in the 250 West 57th Street building in Midtown Manhattan (on the corner of Central Park, hence their name). They were one of the first companies to be active in the distribution of East Asian cinema, television series, anime, manga, and manhwa titles in North America, notably helping to make hentai popular in the region. Over its history, the company licensed several popular titles, such as Slayers , Revolutionary Girl Utena , the Tokyo Babylon OVAs, Project A-ko , and Demon City Shinjuku .

Contents

They had multiple divisions, each of which focused on offering different types of products and services. While a majority of their divisions handled anime and manga distribution, they also offered anime-related software and ran a website for UFO conspiracy theorists.

CPM filed for bankruptcy on April 27, 2009 but remains nominally active as of July 3, 2023 without holding many of its former assets. [1] Since their bankruptcy, many of their former titles have been re-released by other companies.

History

Founding and growth

Central Park Media was founded in 1990 by John O'Donnell as an anime supplier. [2] During its heyday, CPM incorporated MD Geist as part of its U.S. Manga Corps logo. Curiosity by anime fans seeing the "corporate spokes mecha" in CPM's titles resulted in MD Geist becoming one of the company's bestselling titles. In 1996, CPM commissioned MD Geist creator Koichi Ohata to write and direct a sequel; at the same time, Ohata made a director's cut of the first title, adding new scenes and expanding the storyline. [3]

In 1992, CPM – through its Anime 18 division – released Urotsukidōji: Legend of the Overfiend , which became the first animated film to be given the NC-17 rating. Since its release, Urotsukidoji has become a cult classic among fans of anime, science fiction and horror genres, while at the same time, being one of the first anime titles to introduce the western public to the hentai genre. It was released in theaters across the United States in both subtitled and dubbed formats. [4]

In the mid-1990s, CPM expanded to distributing manga and manhwa through CPM Manga and CPM Manhwa, respectively. CPM Manga also featured adaptations of MD Geist, Armored Trooper Votoms , and Project A-ko by American writers and artists. [5]

Central Park Media headquarters was in the Fisk Building, located at 250 West 57th Street in Midtown Manhattan. [6] [7] They started out with just 3,400 square feet, but grew to 7,000 square feet in 1996 and would expand further to 10,000 square feet in January 2000. [8] Through its history, the company has employed numerous figures in the video retail industry like Steven Kramer, [9] Peter Castro, [10] and Tom Reilly. [10] In 2003, John Davis, Allen Rosenberg, and Stacey Santos were hired as account executives. [11]

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 convention Anime Boston. 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. [12]

The previous year, in 2005, CPM had discontinued its CPM Manga and CPM Manhwa line, also due to monetary problems. But CPM representatives have said that they had relaunched their manga and manhwa lines in January 2006. [13]

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 its properties. The titles in question were originally licensed to CPM by Japanese publisher Biblos, which was bought out by Libre in 2006 after a bankruptcy. [14]

Bankruptcy and liquidation

Central Park Media filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy on April 27, 2009, and liquidated with a debt of over US$1.2 million. [15] Officially, the company had plans to re-release some older titles in the future. [16] Right up until their bankruptcy, CPM still licensed their anime titles for North American television and VOD distribution, despite having not released anything on home video for over a year. Many of their titles have been shown on the Sci-Fi Channel, [17] as well as Anime Selects, AZN Television and the Funimation Channel, [18] and were available through iTunes. [19] Some of their titles were also re-licensed by various anime companies, such as ADV Films, Bandai Entertainment, Funimation, Sentai Filmworks, Discotek Media, Nozomi Entertainment, and Media Blasters, [20] and were re-released from 2004 into the present day. Some of their titles were either re-dubbed, such as Here Is Greenwood and Area 88 by Media Blasters and ADV Films, respectively, or have retained the original dub. Grave of the Fireflies was later re-licensed by ADV's successor Sentai Filmworks and was re-released in 2012. [21]

Its website became offline permanently after its closure. The centralparkmedia.com domain was eventually transferred to a New York-based art dealer Atelier VGI several years later.

Distribution

Central Park Media was a key player in popularizing anime, with numerous firsts and promotions designed to introduce various works to American viewers. They were one of the first suppliers to sell anime box sets. [22]

In 2002, the first instance of an anime having the storyboards as an alternate viewing option was released on the Collectors Edition of Grave of the Fireflies , more than 2,700 hand drawings synced to the audio tracks. [23] They also focused on increasing TV airings of shows to capitalize on the International Channel, the Encore Channel and the streaming service Cartoon Network short-lived Toonami Reactor website. [24]

Anime Test Drive was a promotion that started in 2003 which tested the markets and introduced American's to anime at a discounted rate. [25] It was a way to market titles that may have been viewed as to expensive or inconvenience to purchase separately. [8] Anime Test Drive DVDs offer two episodes of the listed anime series and 45 minutes of trailers. [8]

In 2004, Central Park Media introduced Korean animation works into America after the success of the Animatrix, Aeon Flux, and Cubix with the release of Doggy Poo. [26] In 2005, it sub-licensed seven anime titles to the US-based International Channel. [27] It also licensed titles out to the broadband streaming service Movielink. [28] In 2006, Central Park Media licensed some of their works to IGN Entertainment's digital download retail store Direct2Drive. [29]

In 2007, Central Park Media licensed out Revolutionary Girl Utena: The Movie , Roujin Z , the Record of Lodoss War series, the Project A-ko series, Urusei Yatsura: Beautiful Dreamer , and Grave of the Fireflies to the Funimation Channel. [18] These titles aired on the channel in 2007 before ADV Films took over the rights to Grave of the Fireflies [20] and the film was streamed on VOD in the United States and Canada by Anime Network, [30] following their bankruptcy. [15]

Divisions

Asia Pulp Cinema

Asia Pulp Cinema was CPM's East Asian live-action film distribution division that began in 1999. [31] They were most known for carrying Japanese erotic films, mostly starring actress Kei Mizutani, and films targeted at admirers of the otaku subculture, such as the Akihabara Trilogy. [32]

US Manga Corps

US Manga Corps was the main anime distribution division for Central Park Media, catering to middle/high school students and older audiences. [33] The US Manga Corps mascot is from MD Geist , from an OVA from the 1980s. [3]

Software Sculptors

Software Sculptors was founded by John Sirabella, Sam Liebowitz, and Henry Lai in 1993, and specialized in anime-related software, such as screen savers featuring Ranma ½ and Bubblegum Crisis , as well as releasing anime on CD-ROM. [34] [35] They also released several anime titles, most notably Slayers , Revolutionary Girl Utena , and Cat Soup . The company was bought by CPM and was turned into one of their division labels. Sirabella stayed on with CPM until 1997, after which he would go on to form Media Blasters. [36]

CPM Press

CPM Press (originally CPM Comics, then CPM Manga) was the manga and manhwa publication division. [37] [38] Manga titles were published under the label CPM Manga, and manhwa under CPM Manhwa. CPM also had an adult division under CPM Press known as Bear Bear Press, which largely published Americanized versions of some of their Anime 18 releases such as La Blue Girl . This division started in 1996 and folded the same year releasing only La Blue Girl and Demon Beast Invasion . [39] Bear Bear Press was succeeded by Manga 18.

Anime 18

Anime 18 (A18 Corporation) was Central Park Media's distribution division for pornographic anime. [40] Among its releases were Toshio Maeda's Legend of the Overfiend and La Blue Girl . [41] The release of Legend of the Overfiend was the first hentai released in America. [42] Anime 18 released its titles under several labels, with the main label – Anime 18 – used for hentai anime, Manga 18 for manga and manhwa pornography, and Be Beautiful Manga for yaoi manga. When Central Park Media went bankrupt in 2009, the licenses for some of Anime 18's products and movies were transferred to Critical Mass Video and Kitty Media. [43]

Some Anime 18 titles were published under the label Anime HotShots starting February 2005 [44]

Manga 18

Manga 18 was an English-language publisher of pornographic manga and manhwa which was the manga counterpart of Anime 18 and successor to Bare Bear Press. [45]

Be Beautiful Manga

The counterpart of Anime 18 that specialized in yaoi manga. On March 19, 2007, Japanese yaoi publisher Libre announced that Be Beautiful Manga was illegally translating and selling their properties to their original owners. [14]

Below the Radar

Below the Radar was a label that focused on live-action independent and non-mainstream media. Formed in March 2007. [46]

Binary Media Works

Central Park Media's website unit that operated AnimeOne.com, a website that was dedicated to anime fandom, [47] and UFOCity.com, a website that specialized in alien UFO sightings and hosted a community of UFO enthusiasts. It was shut down in 2004. [48]

Productions

Releases are only listed if the subtitling, dubbing, or other production work was handled by Central Park Media; rather than being licensed from prior versions. All of the titles are now published by other companies, if at all, due to Central Park Media's liquidation.

Production list [49]
TitleReleaseMediumDub producerNotes
SubtitleDub
A Wind Named Amnesia 19941994Movie World Wide Group
Adolescence of Utena 20012001Movie TAJ Productions
Adventure Kid 1994Show (3) Audioworks Producers Group
Agent Aika: Naked Missions 19991999Show (4) Skyhigh Productions
Agent Aika: Final Battle 20012001Show (3) Mercury Productions
Alien Nine 20032003Show (4)in-house
Angel Blade 20052005Show (3) Audio Dolce
Angel Sanctuary 20012001Show (3) Mercury Productions
Animated Classics of Japanese Literature 1994Show (34)
Animation Runner Kuromi 20032003Show (1) Mercury Productions
Animation Runner Kuromi 2 20062006Show (1) TripWire Productions
Arcade Gamer Fubuki 20042004Show (4)in-house
Area 88 (OVA) 19931996-1999Show (3) Sound Dimensions (1)

Audioworks Producers Group (2)

Alternate dub

2 episodes dubbed

Ariel Deluxe —Show (2)—
Ariel Visual —Show (2)—
Armored Trooper Votoms 19962006Show (52) Audioworks Producers Group 1 episode dubbed
Art of Fighting 19981997Show (1) TAJ Productions
Ayane's High Kick 19981998Show (2) Skypilot Entertainment
Battle Arena Toshinden 19961997Show (2) National Sound
Battle Skipper 19961996Show (3) National Sound
Beast City19981998Show (3)unknown2 episodes released
Behind Closed Doors20042004Show (3) Audio Dolce
Big Wars 19961997Movie Sound Dimensions
Birdy the Mighty 19991999Show (4) Skyhigh Productions
Black Jack 20041997Show (10) Animaze Joint release with Tezuka Productions
Black Widow20042004Show (2)unknown
Blood Royal20042004Show (2)unknown
BloodShadow20032003Show (3) El Sonido
Cat Soup 2003—Show (1)—
Chains of Lust20062006Show (2) TripWire Productions
City of Sin20042004Show (1)unknown
Crimson Climax 20052005Show (3) Handheld Post
Crystal Triangle 1992—Movie—
Cyber City Oedo 808 19951994Show (3) World Wide Group
Cybernetics Guardian 19961997Show (1) National Sound
Darkside Blues 19971999Movie Matlin Recording
Demon Beast Invasion 19951999Show (6) Audioworks Producers Group
Demon Beast Resurrection 19972003Show (4) Audioworks Producers Group
Demon City Shinjuku 1994Movie World Wide Group
Demon Warrior Koji20012001Show (3) Audioworks Producers Group
Detonator Orgun 2001Show (3) Skyhigh Productions Alternate dub
DNA2 (TV) 20032003Show (15) Audioworks Producers Group
Doggy Poo 20042004Movie Ani100
Domain of Murder19982004Show (1) NYAV Post
Dominion Tank Police 19911992Show (4) World Wide Group
Dog Soldier19921996Show (1) Ocean Studios
Dream Hazard20002000Show (1) Audioworks Producers Group
F-Force20032003Show (3)in-house
Fencer of Minerva 20002000Show (5) Audioworks Producers Group
Fire Tripper 19921996Show (1)
Fobia1998Show (2) Afterdark Audio
Four Play20002000Show (2) Audioworks Producers Group
Gall Force 2: Destruction 19932003Show (1)in-house
Gall Force 3: Stardust War 19932003Show (1)in-house
Gall Force: Eternal Story 19921996Movie TAJ Productions Alternate dub
Gall Force: Earth Chapter 19942003Show (3) Matlin Recording Alternate dub
Gall Force: New Era 19952004Show (2) Matlin Recording Alternate dub
Garaga19962001Movie Audioworks Producers Group
Garzey's Wing 20002000Show (3) Audioworks Producers Group
Genocyber 1994-19951994-1999Show (5) World Wide Group (1-3)

Audioworks Producers Group (4-5)

Grave of the Fireflies 19931998Movie Skypilot Entertainment Alternate dub
Geobreeders 20002000Show (3) Mercury Productions
Geobreeders: Breakthrough 20022002Show (4) Mercury Productions
GoShogun: Le Time Étranger 19952003Movie Mercury Productions Alternate dub
Hades Project Zeorymer 19942003Show (4) Audio Dolce Alternate dub
Hammerboy 20052005Movie Audioworks Producers Group Alternate dub
Harlock Saga 20012001Show (6) TAJ Productions
Harmageddon 19931996Movie Audioworks Producers Group
Here is Greenwood 19961996Show (6) TAJ Productions
Hyper Speed GranDoll 19991999Show (3) Skyhigh Productions
Ichi the Killer: Episode Zero 20042004Show (1) TripWire Productions
Iria: Zeiram the Animation 19961996Show (6) National Sound
Judge 19931993Show (1) World Wide Group
Kakurenbo: Hide and Seek 20052005Show (1) TripWire Productions
Knights of Ramune 19991999Show (6) Matlin Recording
La Blue Girl 19951996Show (6) Audioworks Producers Group
La Blue Girl Returns 20022002Show (4) Audioworks Producers Group
Labyrinth of Flames 20022002Show (2) Audioworks Producers Group
Lady Blue 19981999Show (4) Audioworks Producers Group
Legend of Himiko 20022002Show (12) Matlin Recording
Legend of Lemnear 19961998Show (1) Knight Mediacom
Love Lessons20022002Show (2) Audioworks Producers Group
Lunatic Night19982003Show (2) Audio Dolce
Maetel Legend 20022002Show (2) TAJ Productions
Magic Woman M 20022000Show (2) Audioworks Producers Group
Maison Plesir2004Show (2)unknown
Mama Mia!Show (2) Audioworks Producers Group
Maris the Wondergirl 19921996Show (1) World Wide Group
Mask of Zeguy19952004Show (2) Audioworks Producers Group
Masquerade2000Show (4) Audioworks Producers Group
Maze (OVA) 20002000Show (2) Matlin Recording
Maze (TV) 20002000Show (25) Matlin Recording
M.D. Geist I: Most Dangerous Soldier 19981996Show (1) Audioworks Producers Group
M.D. Geist II: Death Force 19981996Show (1) Audioworks Producers Group
Mermaid Forest 19921996Show (1)
Metal Fighter Miku 1995—Show (13)—
Midnight Panther 19991999Show (2) Mercury Productions
Midnight Strike Force20062006Show (2) Handheld Post
Momone1999Show (1) Audioworks Producers Group
Munto 20042004Show (1) Audioworks Producers Group
Munto 2: Beyond the Walls of Time 20062006Show (1) TripWire Productions
My My Mai 20021996Show (4) National Sound
Mystery of the Necronomicon 20012001Show (4) Matlin Recording
Negadon: The Monster from Mars 20062006Movie TripWire Productions
Night on the Galactic Railroad 19962001Movie Mercury Productions
Night Shift Nurses 20022002Show (10) Audioworks Producers Group
Nightmare Campus19981998Show (5) Matlin Recording
Nightwalker: The Midnight Detective 20012001Show (12) Bang Zoom! Entertainment
Now and Then, Here and There 20022002Show (13) TAJ Productions
Nurse Me!2003Show (2) TripWire Productions
Odin: Starlight Mutiny 19961992Movie World Wide Group
Ogenki Clinic 1999Show Audioworks Producers Group
Outlanders 20062006Show (1) TripWire Productions Alternate dub
Patlabor 19982001Show (47) Matlin Recording
Patlabor: The Mobile Police 19982003Show (7) Matlin Recording
Patlabor: The New Files 19972005Show (16) Matlin Recording
Photon: The Idiot Adventures 20002000Show (6) Mercury Productions
Pianist20002000Show (1) Audioworks Producers Group
Private Psycho Lesson 19972004Show (2)unknown
Professor Pain1998Show (2) Audioworks Producers Group
Project A-ko 19911992Movie World Wide Group
Project A-ko 2: Plot of the Daitokuji Financial Group 19941994Show (1) Ocean Studios
Project A-ko 3: Cinderella Rhapsody 19941994Show (1) Ocean Studios
Project A-ko 4: Final 19941994Show (1) Ocean Studios
Project A-ko: Uncivil Wars 19941994Show (2) Ocean Studios
Pure Love20062006Show (2) Soundz Nu
Record of Lodoss War 19951996Show (13) National Sound
Record of Lodoss War: Chronicles of the Heroic Knight 19991999Show (27) Headline Sound Studios
Revolutionary Girl Utena 19981998Show (39) TAJ Productions
RG Veda 19972001Show (2) Mercury Productions Alternate dub
Rhea Gall Force 19942003Show (1) Matlin Recording
Roots Search 1992—Show (1)—
Roujin Z 19941994Movie World Wide Group
Sacrilege20042004Show (2) Audio Dolce
Secret Desires20042004Show Afterdark Audio
Shadow Star Narutaru 20052005Show (13) Audioworks Producers Group
Shamanic Princess 20002000Show (6) Mercury Productions
Shootfighter Tekken 20042004Show (3) TripWire Productions
Sibling Secret2004Show (3) Afterdark Audio
Silent Service 19981998Show (1) Sound Dimensions
Sin Sorority20042004Show (2)unknown
Sins of the Sisters20002000Show (2) Audioworks Producers Group
Slave Market20042004Show (3) Audio Dolce
Sohryuden: Legend of the Dragon Kings 19952001Show (12) Matlin Recording Alternate dub
Spaceship Agga Rutter 20012000Show (4) Audioworks Producers Group
Space Warriors 1996Show (3)
Spirit Warrior 20031997Show (3) Matlin Recording
Spirit Warrior: Peacock King 20031997Show (2) Matlin Recording
Sprite: Between Two Worlds20002000Show (4) Matlin Recording
Square of the Moon20052005Show (4) TripWire Productions
Stepmother's Sin 20032003Show (2) Afterdark Audio
StepSister20042004Show (2) TripWire Productions
Strange Love 1998Show (2) Skypilot Entertainment
Takegami: Guardian of Darkness 19931997Show (3) TAJ Productions
Tales of Seduction20042004Show (3) Audioworks Producers Group
Teacher's Pet20012001Show (4) Audioworks Producers Group
Temptation20052005Show (2) TripWire Productions
The Boy Who Wanted to Be a Bear20052005Movie TripWire Productions
The Heroic Legend of Arslan 1994-19981998Show (6) World Wide Group (1-4)

Michael Alben Inc. (5-6)

The Humanoid19921996Show (1) Ocean Studios
The Laughing Target 19921996Show (1)
The Ping Pong Club 19982001Show (26) TAJ Productions
The Slayers 19961996Show (26) TAJ Productions
The Slayers NEXT 19991999Show (26) TAJ Productions
The Slayers TRY 20002000Show (26) TAJ Productions
The Ultimate Teacher 19931996Show (1) Ocean Studios Alternate dub
The World of Narue 20042004Show (12)in-house
They Were 11 19961996Movie Animaze
Time Bokan: Royal Revival 20052005Show (2) Matlin Recording
Tokyo Babylon 19941994Show (2) World Wide Group
TriAngle20012001Show (2) Skyhigh Productions
Twin Angels19991997Show (8) Audioworks Producers Group
Urotsukidōji: Legend of the Overfiend 19931993Show (1) Michael Alben Inc.
Urotsukidōji II: Legend of the Demon Womb 19931993Show (1) Michael Alben Inc.
Urotsukidōji III: Return of the Overfiend 1996—Show (1) World Wide Group
Urotsukidōji IV: Inferno Road 20011996Show (3) Audioworks Producers Group
Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer 19961996Movie Matlin Recording
Venus 5 20031997Show (2) Audioworks Producers Group
Venus Wars 19931992Movie World Wide Group
Virgin Fleet 20012000Show (3) Headline Sound Studios
Vixens 19972000Show (5) Audioworks Producers Group
Wanna-Be's 1992—Show (1)—
Wild Cardz 19991999Show (2) Soundz Nu
Wrath of the Ninja: The Yotoden Movie 19991998Movie Skypilot Entertainment
Xpress Train20042004Show (2) Audioworks Producers Group
Xtra Credit20042004Show (2)unknown
Yu Yu Hakusho the Movie: Poltergeist Report 19981998Movie Skypilot Entertainment
Zenki 1995—Show (13)—
Zero Woman: Assassin Lovers 20002002Movie Bang Zoom! Entertainment

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