Muse Communication
Taiwanese anime licensing company From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Muse Communication Co., Ltd. (also known simply as Muse) is a Taiwanese distributor and licensor that specializes in the distribution of Japanese animation. Based in Xinzhuang District, New Taipei City, the company also distributes Asian and European films in Taiwan. It has licenses for several popular anime series and tokusatsu such as Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest, Attack on Titan, Sword Art Online, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, One-Punch Man, Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World, Spy × Family, Saint Seiya, Hunter × Hunter, Pretty Cure Series, Kamen Rider Series, Super Sentai, and many more.
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| Company type | Joint-stock |
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| Industry | Entertainment |
| Genre | Japanese animation |
| Predecessor | Muse Cultural Enterprise Co., Ltd. |
| Founded | 1992 |
| Headquarters | , Taiwan |
Area served | Southeast Asia, South Asia, East Asia, Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau |
Key people |
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| Products | Anime, motion pictures, merchandise, Asian, American and European cinema |
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| Website | e-muse.com.tw |
History
Summarize
Perspective
Originally founded in 1987, the company was formerly known as Muse Cultural Enterprise Co., Ltd before becoming Muse Communication Co., Ltd. in 1992. Fukang Enterprise is in charge of physical distribution, while Eagle International Communication handles distribution for live-action films from Asia and Europe.
Muse Communication (Hong Kong) was founded in November 1997. Muse Animation (Shanghai) was founded in January 2013. On August 7, 2018, Muse Communications began marketing select titles from their library on YouTube in Taiwan.
| Company type | Private Limited |
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| Industry | Entertainment |
| Genre | Anime |
| Founded | March 2019 |
| Headquarters | |
Key people | Jeff Lee Chien - Fu (general manager / director)[4] |
| Products | Anime, motion pictures, and merchandise |
| Owner | Muse Communication |
| Divisions | Hakken! |
| Website | e-muse.com.tw/en |
Muse Communication Singapore (also known as Muse Asia) was founded in March 2019. In June 2019, it launched Muse Asia, a YouTube channel which provides anime with English and Chinese hard subtitles for audiences in parts of Southeast Asia, East Asia and South Asia.[5] As of April 21, 2024, the channel has around 6.85 million subscribers and amassed around 2.19 billion views.[6] The company has since launched localized YouTube channels for audiences in Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam and India.[7][8][9][10]
Hakken! is a retail brand operated by Muse Communication Singapore which specializes in anime merchandising.[4] On 16 January 2021, it has launched its first retail store in Plaza Singapura, Singapore.[11] The second store is located inside the VivoCity shopping mall, which is also in Singapore; it opened on 17 July 2021.[12] Hakken! later expanded to Malaysia through Shopee on 21 October 2021 as an online shop.[13]
Distribution
Physical distribution
Muse does not directly release its titles on home video outside of Taiwan but instead sub-licenses to other companies such as Dream Express (DEX), and previously Rose Media and Entertainment for the Thai market.[14]
Digital and television distribution
Muse sub-licenses select titles to OTT platforms and TV stations in other served regions. Notable platforms include Netflix, Disney+, iQIYI, CATCHPLAY+, Bilibili, Viu, Tencent Video/WeTV, iflix, JioCinema, CubMu, Sushiroll, Vidio and many more.[14][15][16][17] In 2016, Taiwanese anime streaming service Bahamut Anime Crazy began streaming select anime titles from Muse, marking the first time the company released its catalog of series and films for free on streaming. On 7 August 2018, Muse began distributing full episodes of series on YouTube to combat piracy, starting in Taiwan.[3]
Notable titles distributed by Muse
Anime series
- 86
- A Certain Magical Index
- A Certain Scientific Accelerator
- Aikatsu Planet!
- Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day
- Assassination Classroom
- Attack on Titan
- BanG Dream!
- Classroom of the Elite
- Dandadan
- Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
- Fairy Tail
- Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
- Goblin Slayer
- Golden Kamuy
- Gurren Lagann
- Heaven's Design Team
- Hunter × Hunter
- Hyouka
- Insomniacs After School
- Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?
- Is the Order a Rabbit?
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
- Kaguya-sama: Love Is War
- Love Live!
- Made in Abyss
- Mob Psycho 100
- Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation
- My Dress-Up Darling
- One-Punch Man
- Pretty Cure Series
- Puella Magi Madoka Magica
- Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai
- Rent-A-Girlfriend
- Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World
- Spy × Family
- Sword Art Online
- That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime
- Tokyo Revengers
- Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina
Tokusatsu series
References
External links
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