Madman Entertainment




















































Madman Entertainment Pty. Ltd.
Type
 Private
Industry Entertainment
Founded 1996; 23 years ago (1996)
Founders Tim Anderson
Paul Wiegard
Headquarters

Richmond, Victoria
,
Australia
Area served
 Australia, New Zealand, and East Timor
Key people
 Brett Chenoweth (Chairman)
Tim Anderson (President & CEO)
Paul Wiegard
Adrian Mackenzie
Charbel Nader
Products
DVD, Blu-ray, Digital Video, Manga, Video on demand
Owner Five V Capital
Aniplex (Madman Anime Group only)
Website www.madman.com.au

Madman Entertainment Pty. Ltd. is an independent Australian distribution and rights management company, specialising in feature films, documentaries, television series & anime across theatrical and home entertainment formats in Australia and New Zealand. Its headquarters is in East Melbourne, Victoria.




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 AnimeLab


  • 3 DocPlay


  • 4 Assets


  • 5 Sponsorship


  • 6 References


  • 7 External links





History


Madman launched in 1996 solely as an anime distribution company, but has since expanded. They manage the distribution of live-action titles through their labels Madman Films, Directors Suite, Madman Sports, Madman Laughs, Madman Television, Bollywood Masala and Eastern Eye and also children's entertainment through their Planet Mad and Mad4Kids labels. Madman also has a theatrical distribution arm called Madman Cinema. In addition, the company distributes programmes acquired or produced by Australia's Special Broadcasting Service (and newly, titles from WWE in Australasia, thus replacing Shock Entertainment[1]) on DVD and Blu-ray.[2]


On 1 May 2006, Madman Group was purchased by Funtastic Limited for A$34.5 million, in order to acquire the media rights for titles in which Funtastic held the toy rights for. Madman founders Tim Anderson and Paul Wiegard also signed employment deal upon the acquisition, remaining on Madman's board of directors.[3]


On 23 February 2008, Madman announced that they had reached a distribution deal with Viz Media to distribute Viz Media's manga titles in Australia and New Zealand.[4] The distribution deal ended in April 2016, with Simon & Schuster taking over distribution of Viz's catalogue, and Madman Entertainment ceasing distribution of all manga titles.[5]


At the 2008 Supanova Pop Culture Expo, Madman announced plans to explore new distribution methods. The company now offers online streaming of selected anime episodes, beginning with the first episode of School Rumble.[6] Madman now has a sub-page, Madman Screening Room, dedicated to video streaming.[7] Madman has also begun releasing Blu-ray Disc titles, starting with The Transformers: The Movie in June 2009.[8][9] On 1 June 2009, Madman Entertainment released an English adaption of Tamagotchi: The Movie, a 2007 film based on the Tamagotchi digital pets from Bandai and WiZ. Madman also intended to dub the film's sequel, Tamagotchi: Happiest Story in the Universe!, but the dub was cancelled for unknown reasons.


In April 2008, the company announced a collaboration with British company Warp Films. Warp and Madman plan to make "at least two films together over the next three years, starting with Tyrannosaur."[10]


On 4 March 2014, Funtastic Limited announced its intention to sell Madman Entertainment due to Madman's market value being half of its carrying value.[11] On 31 July 2014, original founders Tim Anderson and Paul Wiegard, along with a small group of investors, purchased Madman Entertainment from Funtastic for an undisclosed sum.[12]


In early 2016, Madman announced Madman Anime Festival, an annual anime convention to celebrate its 20th anniversary. The convention was held in Melbourne on 3–4 September of that year.[13] Madman later announced plans to expand the convention to Perth and Brisbane in 2017. The convention also became the host for the preliminary rounds of the Madman National Cosplay Championship in Perth and Brisbane.


On 17 February 2018, Madman co-founder & CEO Tim Anderson confirmed with Anime News Network that on 15 November 2017, Sony Music Entertainment Japan subsidiary Aniplex became a minority shareholder in Madman's anime business, Madman Anime Group, and was issued an undisclosed number of shares.[14] On 6 February 2019, Madman Entertainment later sold Madman Anime Group to Aniplex for A$35 million.[15][16]


In late 2018, a Madman staff member confirmed that Madman had reached a distribution deal with Funimation, with Madman becoming the local distributors for select Funimation titles in Australia and New Zealand, and Funimation handling licensing and localisation for titles.[17][18]



AnimeLab


















































AnimeLab
Type of site
 Subsidiary
Available in English
Area served Australia and New Zealand
Owner Aniplex
Parent Madman Anime Group
Website animelab.com
Commercial Yes
Registration Required
Users 1 million (2018)[19]
Launched 28 May 2014; 4 years ago (2014-05-28)
Current status Active

AnimeLab is a video on demand service that specialises in the online streaming and simulcasting of Japanese anime series.[20] The service is owned and operated by Madman Anime Group, and serves the Australian and New Zealand markets.[21]


AnimeLab originally launched in beta on 28 May 2014 as a Madman Entertainment skunkworks project with 50 series and 700 episodes, and replaced the Madman Screening Room. During it's beta, AnimeLab streamed its series for free without advertisements.[20] Originally streaming titles exclusively from Madman's catalogue, on 4 September 2014, distributor Siren Visual announced that they would release titles on AnimeLab, starting with The Devil is a Part-Timer!.[22] AnimeLab also simulcasted Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works, despite Hanabee acquiring the distribution license for the series.[23]


On 26 May 2015, AnimeLab announced that the website had exited beta, and introduced a paid subscription, alongside an ad-based free service.[24]


At Madman Anime Festival Melbourne 2018, AnimeLab announced that they had reached one million users.[19]


Shows on the AnimeLab website can be watched using a modern web browser on a range of platforms, as it uses an HTML 5-based video player.[25] AnimeLab also has an iOS app [26][27] and Android app [28] which allow users to stream anime on their mobile devices and tablets.


The AnimeLab app also launched on the PlayStation 3 and 4 on 19 October 2015,[29] the following year it launched on Xbox One on 5 December.,[30] however lacking the Kinect voice functionality. Madman has confirmed they're looking into implementing Kinect support.[31]


In AnimeLab's live-stream panel at Supanova in Perth, two AnimeLab staff members, Jess McCallum and Christine Busby discussed their new mascot 'Violet' who is named after Australian scientist Ruby Payne-Scott and has the personality of Akiho Senomiya from Robotics;Notes mixed with Kurisu Makise from Steins;Gate.[32]



DocPlay


On 1 December 2016 Madman launched DocPlay, a dedicated documentary streaming service.[33] The service has over 130 titles on it at launch, with it currently only available to view via web-browser, Android, Chromecast and iOS.[34] Unlike Animelab, the service is primarily subscription based with only a handful of titles available for free to watch.[35] The service was partly funded by Screen Australia due to the platform's ability to share revenue with local producers.[36]



Assets



  • Madman Films (feature films)

    • Eastern Eye (Asian cinema)

    • Arthouse Films (art films)

    • Directors Suite (classic and contemporary films; similar to The Criterion Collection)

    • Madman Sports (Sports films and some fitness DVDs)

    • Madman Music (music)

    • Madman Laughs (comedy)



  • Children's labels

    • Planet Mad

    • Mad4Kids



  • Madman Television (home video releases of television series, mainly SBS programming)

    • Adult Swim (releases region 4 DVDs of the shows that aired on Cartoon Network Australia mainly the animated shows)



  • AnimeLab

    • AnimeLab On-Air (block on C31 Melbourne)


  • DocPlay

  • Garage Entertainment (rights management and production of action, adventure and extreme sports titles)[37]
    • Garage


  • Madman Production Company



Sponsorship


As of 2016, Madman Entertainment, is the sponsor for New Zealand and Australian Manga/Anime events.[38][39] And their own Madman Anime Festival for Melbourne in Australia.[40]



References





  1. ^ "Madman Entertainment Becomes the New Distributor for WWE in Australasia". Capsule Computers..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ "Madman Entertainment - Anime & Pop Culture Store". Retrieved 26 July 2016.


  3. ^ Hayward, Jon (May 11, 2006). "Madman Acquired by Funtastic for $34.5 Million AUD". Anime News Network. Retrieved February 6, 2019.


  4. ^ "Viz Media Teams With Madman Entertainment on Manga". Anime News Network. Madman Entertainment. 23 February 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2019.


  5. ^ Hayward, Jon (21 April 2016). "Simon & Schuster Australia Takes Over Distribution of Viz Manga in AU/NZ". Anime News Network. Retrieved 11 February 2019.


  6. ^ "Madman News from Supanova Expo". Retrieved 26 July 2016.


  7. ^ http://www.madman.com.au/videos/home


  8. ^ "Madman Entertainment". Retrieved 26 July 2016.


  9. ^ "Blu-Ray Anime, Films, TV and more from Madman Entertainment". Retrieved 26 July 2016.


  10. ^ "Madman Entertainment - Anime & Pop Culture Store". Retrieved 26 July 2016.


  11. ^ Hayward, Jon (March 6, 2014). "Funtastic Limited to sell Australian Distributor Madman Entertainment". Anime News Network. Retrieved February 6, 2019.


  12. ^ Hayward, Jon (July 31, 2014). "Madman Entertainment Completes Buy-Back from Funtastic Limited". Anime News Network. Retrieved February 6, 2019.


  13. ^ "Madman Entertainment Announces Madman Anime Festival 2016". Anime News Network. 23 March 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2017.


  14. ^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (17 February 2018). "Aniplex Invests in Australia's Madman Anime Distribution Company". Anime News Network.


  15. ^ Thompson, Sarah; Macdonald, Anthony (6 February 2019). "Director's cut: MacKenzie's Five V Capital sells Madman anime arm to Sony". The Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 6 February 2019.


  16. ^ Antonio Pineda, Rafael (6 February 2019). "Aniplex Acquires Australian Distributor Madman Media's Anime Division". Anime News Network. Retrieved 6 February 2019.


  17. ^ Slykura (14 December 2018). "Some insights". Madboards. Retrieved 11 February 2019.


  18. ^ Slykura (7 January 2019). "In short, we have a new distribution agreement with Funimation which means that we are their local distributors NOT licensee, but distributor for their products". Madboards. Retrieved 11 February 2019.


  19. ^ ab MyAnimeList [@myanimelist] (15 September 2018). "In celebration of @AnimeLab's recent achievement of 1 million subscribers, a lucky fan won a lifetime subscription to the Australian anime streaming service #MadFest" (Tweet). Retrieved 10 February 2019 – via Twitter.


  20. ^ ab Hayward, Jon (28 May 2014). "Madman Entertainment Launch Anime Streaming Site AnimeLab". Anime News Network. Retrieved 10 February 2019.


  21. ^ "AnimeLab Terms and Conditions of Use". AnimeLab. Madman Entertainment. Retrieved 10 February 2019.


  22. ^ Hayward, Jon (4 September 2014). "Siren Visual to Stream The Devil is a Part-Timer! on AnimeLab". Anime News Network. Retrieved 10 February 2019.


  23. ^ Hayward, Jon (14 October 2014). "Animelab Now Streaming When Supernatural Battles Became Commonplace and Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works". Anime News Network. Retrieved 10 February 2019.


  24. ^ Hayward, Jon (28 May 2015). "AnimeLab Launches AnimeLab Premium Service". Anime News Network. Retrieved 10 February 2019.


  25. ^ Digitally Downloaded - Madman's AnimeLab is going to be one of the best streaming services in Australia


  26. ^ ANN - AnimeLab launches iOS App


  27. ^ Gizmodo - AnimeLab Now Has A (Great) App For iPad And iPhone


  28. ^ ANN - AnimeLab launches Android App


  29. ^ "AnimeLab Is Now Available On PlayStation". Madman Entertainment. 19 October 2015. Retrieved 19 December 2016.


  30. ^ "AnimeLab is Now Available On Xbox One". Madman Entertainment. 14 December 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2016.


  31. ^ "Hey Mark! Our dev team will be looking into this this week. We'll let you know how they go". Facebook. 19 December 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2016.


  32. ^ AnimeLab panel


  33. ^ "About page". Madman Entertainment. Retrieved 7 January 2017.


  34. ^ "Introducing DocPlay". Madman Entertainment. 1 December 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2017.


  35. ^ "Free titles". Madman Entertainment. Retrieved 7 January 2017.


  36. ^ "Screen Australia names recipients of $2.5 million in Enterprise funding". Inside Film. 29 November 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2017.


  37. ^ "Madman Media acquires Garage Entertainment". Mumbrella.


  38. ^ http://www.armageddonexpo.com Armageddon Expo NZ


  39. ^ https://www.avcon.org.au/sponsors/


  40. ^ Entertainment, Madman. "Madman Anime Festival - September 3rd & 4th 2016 - Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre". Retrieved 26 July 2016.




External links



  • Official website


  • Madman Entertainment at Anime News Network's encyclopedia












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