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Media Blasters is a corporation in New York City that was founded by John Sirabella and Andrew Vidal. MB acquires films that they translate, package, and dub. They are most well known for anime and live action Asian films for home video release. With under a half-dozen sublabels, Media Blasters has released on DVD renowned classics and cult obscurities of anime, horror, Asian action, Euro horror, and adult films. Popular animated releases include Invader Zim, Berserk, Knight Hunters, and Rurouni Kenshin. Media Blasters had recently ventured into feature filmmaking with the poorly-received Flesh for the Beast and Shadow: Dead Riot.

AnimeWorks

This division specializes in mainstream anime.

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Kitty Media

This division specializes in hentai anime. Recently, the division began releasing some h-anime titles previously licenced by NuTech Digital, which lost the licenses due to royalties litigation.

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Tokyo Shock

This division features live action movies/series from Japan, including tokusatsu (such as Toho's The Mysterians, Matango and Atragon) and chanbara (the Zatoichi TV series). This division also features Japanese films by Takashi Miike such as Ichi The Killer, One Missed Call, Fudoh, and Visitor Q. The division has recently been moving from all Japanese movie to Asian movies in general. These include Attack the Gas Station from South Korea and Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky from Hong Kong.

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Shriek Show

This division specializes in obscure horror and exploitation films such as Ultimo mondo cannibale, La notte del terrore and Zombi 2. They have been criticized for subpar DVD transfers, poor customer service and hard-matting films in the wrong aspect ratio for the sole purpose of anamorphically calibrating the films to wide-screen televisions, but have been similarly praised for the amount of effort they undergo in tracking down as many supplemental materials as possible for even the rarest films, including interviews with the filmmakers and photo galleries.

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