NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan

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NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan
Founded: 1981-03
Merged into: Dentsu (2003) Universal Pictures International Entertainment (2009)
Headquarters: Minato, Tokyo, Japan

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NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan, LLC. (NBCユニバーサル・エンターテイメントジャパン合同会社) is a Japanese music, animation, and entertainment company and subsidiary of US conglomerate NBCUniversal.

The company has a long history, dating back to 1981 when it was formed as LaserDisc Corporation Co., Ltd. (株式会社レーザーディスク), a branch of Pioneer tasked with manufacturing LaserDiscs, a role it would continue throughout the 1980s. In April 1989 its name would be changed to Pioneer LDC Co., Ltd. (株式会社パイオニア エル・ディー・シー), and would begin to branch out into other forms of entertainment media such as music CDs and video games. They also occasionally published software under the name Pioneer Electronic Corp, although this appears to have been used interchangeably with Pioneer LDC.

In October 2003 the company was sold to Dentsu, and so was renamed Geneon Entertainment Inc. (株式会社ジェネオン エンタテインメント). Dentsu would sell stake in the company in 2009 to Universal Pictures International Entertainment, causing a further name change to Geneon Universal Entertainment Japan, LLC. (合同会社ジェネオン・ユニバーサル・エンターテイメントジャパン). The company would adopt its current name in January 2013.

Geneon operated a US branch known as Geneon USA which was shuttered in 2008 following declining sales.

Softography

Mega LD

• Space Berserker (1993) (as Pioneer LDC)
• I Will: The Story of London (1993) (as Pioneer Electronic Corp.)
• The Great Pyramid (1993) (as Pioneer LDC)
• Hi-Roller Battle (1993) (as Pioneer Electronic Corp.)
• 3D Museum (1994) (as Pioneer Electronic Corp.)
• Zapping "Satsui" (1994) (as Pioneer LDC)
• Melon Brains: Exploring The Mind Of The Dolphin (1994) (as Pioneer Electronic Corp.)
• Ghost Rush! (1994) (as Pioneer LDC)
• Back to the Edo (1994) (as Pioneer LDC)
• Don Quixote: A Dream in Seven Crystals (1994) (as Pioneer LDC)
• Goku (1995) (as Pioneer LDC)
• 3D Virtual Australia (1995) (as Pioneer LDC)
• Legacy (unreleased) (as Pioneer LDC)
• Myst (unreleased) (as Pioneer LDC)
• Steel Driver (unreleased) (as Pioneer LDC)
• UFO & ET (unreleased) (as Pioneer LDC)

MSX

• Astron Belt (1984) (as LaserDisc Corporation)

Saturn

• Tenchi Muyou! Ryououki Gokuraku CD-ROM for Sega Saturn (1995) (as Pioneer LDC)
• Shinpi no Sekai El-Hazard (1996) (as Pioneer LDC)
• Tenchi Muyou! Mimiri Onsen: Yukemuri no Tabi (1996) (as Pioneer LDC)
• Tenchi Muyou! Toukou Muyou: Aniraji Collection (1997) (as Pioneer LDC)
• Tenchi Muyou! Rensa Hitsuyou (1997) (as Pioneer LDC)
• Mahou Shoujo Pretty Samy: Osorubeshi Shintaisokutei! Kakubakuhatsu 5 Byou Mae!! (1997) (as Pioneer LDC)
• Noël 3 Taikenban (1998) (as Pioneer LDC)
• Mahou Shoujo Pretty Samy: Heart no Kimochi (1998) (as Pioneer LDC)
• Noël 3 (1998) (as Pioneer LDC)
• Monica no Shiro (unreleased) (as Pioneer LDC)

Discography

CD

• Symphonic Suite Shining Force II (1993) (as Pioneer LDC)
• Sonic Heroes Official Soundtrack (2004) (as Geneon Entertainment)
• World Destruction: Sekai Bokumetsu no Rokunin Original Soundtrack (2008) (as Geneon Entertainment)

Photo gallery

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  LD-ROM LaserDisc manufacturing plant.

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  LD-ROM LaserDisc manufacturing plant.

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  LD-ROM LaserDisc manufacturing plant.

Logos

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  Pioneer LDC

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  Geneon Entertainment

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  Geneon Universal

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  NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan

External links

• Official website (Japanese)