NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan

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NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan LLC

Headquarters at Atago Green Hills in Atago, Minato, Tokyo
Native name	NBCユニバーサル・エンターテイメントジャパン合同会社
Romanized name	EnubīshīYunibāsaru Entāteimento Japan gōdō gaisha
Formerly	LaserDisc Corporation (1981–1989) Pioneer LDC, Inc. (1989–2003) Geneon Entertainment Inc. (2003–2009) Geneon Universal Entertainment Japan, LLC. (2009–2013)
Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Mass media
Founded	March 1981; 43 years ago (1981-03)
Founder	Pioneer Corporation
Headquarters	Minato, Tokyo, Japan
Area served	Japan
Key people	Shoji Doyama (CEO and president)
Products	Anime Film Music
Services	Broadcasting Licensing Publishing
Owner	NBCUniversal
Parent	Pioneer Corporation (1981–2003) Dentsu (2003–2008) Universal Pictures (2008–present)
Website	www.nbcuni.co.jp

NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan LLC (Japanese: NBCユニバーサル・エンターテイメントジャパン合同会社, Hepburn: Enubīshī Yunibāsaru Entāteimento Japan Gōdō gaisha) (abbreviated as NBCUEJ) is a Japanese music, anime, and home entertainment production and distribution enterprise that is a subsidiary of NBCUniversal, owned by American telecommunications/media company Comcast headquartered in Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo. It is primarily involved in the production and distribution of anime within Japan.

The company was founded in March 1981 by Pioneer Corporation as LaserDisc Corporation, a LaserDisc player production company. In 1989, the company was renamed Pioneer LDC, Inc. as it branched into the anime, music, and film industries, and later Geneon Entertainment Inc. (after being acquired by Dentsu in 2003). In 2008, Geneon merged with Universal Pictures Japan to form Geneon Universal Entertainment Japan, LLC; in 2013, the company changed its name to the current NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan. Some of the well-known anime series the company has produced are A Certain Magical Index, The Heroic Legend of Arslan, Danganronpa: The Animation, Golden Kamuy, Seraph of the End, and Is the Order a Rabbit? among many others.

Despite the name, NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan does not distribute Universal Pictures films theatrically in Japan; Toho (through Toho-Towa) exclusively distributes them for Japanese theaters.