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Kanji name: ソニー・ピクチャーズ エンタテインメント 
Foundation date: 1984-02-10 
Official website:
Sony Pictures Entertainment 
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Anime which this company has licensed:
(The) Grudge (live-action movie) 
(The) Grudge 2 (live-action movie) 
(The) Grudge 3 (live-action movie) 
Wolverine (TV) 

Anime with which this company was otherwise involved:
(Danish version)
Resident Evil: Degeneration (movie) : Distributor 

(German version)
Resident Evil: Damnation (movie) : Distributor (Germany) 
Resident Evil: Degeneration (movie) : Distributor 

(French version)
Nicky Larson et le Parfum de Cupidon (live-action movie) : Distributor 

(Japanese version)
Area 88 (TV) : Production Cooperation 
Artificial Insect Kabuto Borg Victory by Victory (TV) : Production 
Astro Boy (TV 3/2003) : Production 
Bye Bye, Earth (TV 2) : Production Committee 
Death March to The Parallel World Rhapsody (TV) : Production 
Glass Fleet (TV) : Production 
Goblin Slayer (TV) : Production 
Goblin Slayer II (TV 2) : Production 
Goblin Slayer: Goblin's Crown (movie) : Production 
Humanoid Monster Bem (TV 2/2006) : Production 
Idoly Pride (TV) : Production 
Jūsō Kikō Dancouga Nova (TV) : Production 
Kaina of the Great Snow Sea: Star Sage (movie) : Distributor 
Kurozuka (TV) : Production 
Megami Kōrin Before Kōkō Debut-hen / After Proposal-hen (movies) : Distributor , Production 
My Clueless First Friend (TV) : Production 
No Guns Life (TV) : Production 
No Guns Life (TV 2) : Production 
Nyaight of the Living Cat (TV) : Planning , Production 
Priest (live-action movie) : Distributor 
Rurouni Kenshin: The Motion Picture : Distributor 
Samurai 7 (TV) : Production 
Sukiyaki Western Django (live-action movie) : Distributor , Production 
Tokyo Godfathers (movie) : Distributor 
Ultraman Company Kochira Ulkan Tokusō-tai de-su! (movie) : Distributor , Production 
Whisper of the Heart (live-action movie) : Distributor 

(Portuguese version)
Iron Man: Rise of Technovore (OAV) : Distributor 
Resident Evil: Degeneration (movie) : Distributor 

(Swedish version)
Resident Evil: Degeneration (movie) : Distributor 

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