WManga Entertainment was a producer, licensee, and distributor of anime in the United States, and formerly in the United Kingdom. Originally founded in the UK in 1987, the UK branch later became Funimation UK, while its U.S. branch was absorbed into Starz Inc..
WAD Police Files is a three-part original video animation produced by Youmex and animated by Artmic and AIC. It is a spin-off of the Bubblegum Crisis series. Due to the legal conflict between Artmic and Youmex, the production of the series was stopped with only three complete episodes made.
WAfro Samurai is a Japanese seinen dōjinshi manga series written and illustrated by manga artist Takashi Okazaki. It was originally serialized irregularly in the avant-garde dōjinshi manga magazine Nou Nou Hau from November 1998 to September 2002. Inspired by Okazaki's love of soul and hip hop music and American media, it follows the life of Afro Samurai who witnessed his father, Rokutaro killed by a male gunslinger named Justice while he was a child. As an adult, Afro sets off to kill Justice and avenge his father.
WAkira is a 1988 Japanese animated cyberpunk action film directed by Katsuhiro Otomo, produced by Ryōhei Suzuki and Shunzō Katō, and written by Otomo and Izo Hashimoto, based on Otomo's 1982 manga of the same name. The film had a production budget of ¥700 million, making it the most expensive anime film at the time.
WAngel Blade is part of the Vanilla Series of explicit mature OVA. It was created and directed by Masami Ōbari, who was also responsible for the design of the characters and would also responsible for the development of short anime adaptation of The King of Fighters XV. The anime is a parody of Go Nagai's manga and anime Cutey Honey and Kekko Kamen.
WA Certain Magical Index: The Movie – The Miracle of Endymion is a 2013 Japanese animated film based on A Certain Magical Index light novel series by Kazuma Kamachi. Produced by J.C.Staff, the film was directed by Hiroshi Nishikiori from a script written by Hiroyuki Yoshino and stars Atsushi Abe, Yuka Iguchi, Rina Satō, and Sachika Misawa. In the film, Toma Kamijo and Index meet Arisa Meigo, who has a mysterious past, as magicians target her for being a threat to the balance between the world of magic and science.
WDead Leaves is a 2004 Japanese animated science fiction film based on a manga written and illustrated by Imai Toonz, produced by Manga Entertainment and Production I.G and directed by Hiroyuki Imaishi. It was distributed in Japan by Shochiku, in North America, Canada and the U.K. by Manga Entertainment, and in Australia and New Zealand by Madman Entertainment. The film is notable for its fast pace and energetic visual style.
WThe End of Evangelion is a 1997 Japanese animated science fiction psychological drama film written and co-directed by Hideaki Anno and animated by Gainax and Production I.G. The film serves as a parallel ending to the anime television series Neon Genesis Evangelion, aired until 1996, which ended with two episodes that became a source of controversy. Shortly before its release, Hideaki Anno and the Gainax studio produced a feature film called Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth, consisting of a summary of the first twenty-four episodes of the series and a short preview of the work. Like Death & Rebirth, The End of Evangelion was conceived by the creators to be divided into two parts, called "Episode 25': Love Is Destructive" and "Episode 26': I Need You," remakes of the last two episodes of the original television series. In 1998 the two feature films, partially overlapping, were linked by eliminating the part in common and reissued under the name of Revival of Evangelion.
WGhost in the Shell is a 1995 anime neo-noir cyberpunk thriller film directed by Mamoru Oshii. The film is based on the manga of the same name by Masamune Shirow and was written for the screen by Kazunori Itō. It features the voices of Atsuko Tanaka, Akio Ōtsuka, and Iemasa Kayumi. It is a Japanese-British international co-production, executive produced by Kodansha, Bandai Visual and Manga Entertainment, with animation provided by Production I.G.
WGhost in the Shell 2: Innocence, known in Japan as just Innocence , is a 2004 Japanese animated cyberpunk film written and directed by Mamoru Oshii. The film serves as a standalone sequel to Oshii's 1995 film Ghost in the Shell and is loosely based on the manga by Masamune Shirow.
WMacross Plus is a four-episode anime OVA and theatrical movie in the Macross series. It was the first sequel to the original Macross television series that took place in the official timeline. Plus was a groundbreaking combination of traditional cel and computer-generated animation at the time of its release, paving the way for the incorporation of more computer-generated imagery in Japanese animation.
WMegazone 23 is a four-part Japanese cyberpunk original video animation created by Noboru Ishiguro, written by Hiroyuki Hoshiyama and Emu Arii, and directed by Ishiguro, Ichiro Itano, Kenichi Yatagai, and Shinji Aramaki. The series debuted in 1985. It was originally titled Omega Zone 23 but the title was changed just before release.
WNeon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth , also romanized in Japan as Evangelion:Death and Evangelion:Rebirth, is a 1997 Japanese animated psychological science fiction film. It is the first installment of the Neon Genesis Evangelion feature film project and consists of two parts. The project, whose over-arching title translates literally to New Century Gospel: The Movie, was released in response to the success of the TV series and a strong demand by fans for an alternate ending. Its components have since been re-edited and re-released several times.
WNinja Scroll is a 1993 Japanese animated jidaigeki-chanbara action film written and directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri, starring the voices of Kōichi Yamadera, Emi Shinohara, Takeshi Aono, Daisuke Gōri, Toshihiko Seki and Shūichirō Moriyama. The film was a co-production between JVC, Toho and Movic, with Madhouse serving as the animation studio. Ninja Scroll was theatrically released in Japan on June 5, 1993, and received an English-dubbed release in Western countries through Manga Entertainment in 1995.
WPatlabor 2: The Movie is a 1993 anime film directed by Mamoru Oshii, who also directed Patlabor: The Movie. It was produced by Production I.G, Bandai Visual and Tohokushinsha.
WPatlabor: The Movie is a 1989 anime film directed by Mamoru Oshii, with an original story by Headgear. It was produced by Bandai Visual, Tohokushinsha and animated by Studio Deen, with animation assistance by I.G Tatsunoko. It is part of the Patlabor series.
WSherlock Hound is an Italian-Japanese animated television series produced by RAI and Tokyo Movie Shinsha, based on Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes series where almost all the characters are depicted as anthropomorphic dogs. The show featured regular appearances of Jules Verne-steampunk style technology, adding a 19th-century science-fiction atmosphere to the series. It consists of 26 episodes and aired between 1984 and 1985.
WStreet Fighter II: The Animated Movie, known as Street Fighter II Movie in Japan and Australia, is a 1994 anime film adaptation of the Street Fighter II fighting game written by Kenichi Imai, directed by Gisaburō Sugii and animated by Group TAC. The film, originally released in Japan on August 6, 1994, was released theatrically in the United Kingdom, France, and Spain, and was adapted into English in dubbed and subtitled format by Animaze for Manga Entertainment. It was distributed by Toei Company in Japan, while 20th Century Fox also distributed in other countries.
WUrotsukidōji: Legend of the Overfiend is a Japanese erotic horror manga series written and illustrated by Toshio Maeda.
WWicked City is a 1987 Japanese horror-action dark fantasy OVA/film produced by Video Art and Madhouse for Japan Home Video. Based on Black Guard, the first novel of the Wicked City series by Hideyuki Kikuchi, the film is the solo directorial debut of Yoshiaki Kawajiri, who also served as the character designer, storyboard artist, animation director and a key animator.
WX, also known as X/1999 and X: The Movie, is a 1996 anime film directed by Rintaro and studio Madhouse. Rintaro wrote it alongside Clamp head writer Nanase Ohkawa. It is based on Clamp's manga of the same name. It premiered August 3, 1996, in Japan and had a limited screening in North America during 2000. The supernatural thriller focuses on the roles Kamui Shiro, Kotori Monou, and Fuma Monou play in the Apocalypse. After his mother's death, the young Kamui returns to Tokyo to participate in a Holy War between two groups that will either protect mankind or protect nature at the cost of mankind.