Editing Enoki Films (section)

{{Short description|Anime production company}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = Enoki Films
| logo = 
| foundation = 1975 <br /> 1980 ([[London, England]])<br /> 1986 (Enoki Films USA)
| defunct = 2010 (Enoki Films USA)
| location = [[Shinjuku, Tokyo]]
| industry = Film, Anime
| key_people = Zen & Yoshi Enoki
| products = 
| homepage = [http://enoki-films.co.jp/ enoki-films.co.jp]
}}

{{nihongo|'''Enoki Films Co., Ltd.'''|エノキフイルム株式会社|''Enokifuirumu [[Kabushiki Kaisha]]''}} is a Japanese studio based in the Enoki Building in [[Shinjuku, Tokyo|Shinjuku]], [[Tokyo]].<ref name="Profile">"[http://www.enokifilmsusa.com/coprofile.htm Company Profile]". {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20010116114600/http://www.enokifilmsusa.com/coprofile.htm |date=January 16, 2001 }} Enoki Films USA. Retrieved on January 20, 2009.</ref><ref>"[http://enoki-films.co.jp/index.html Home]". Enoki Films. Retrieved on March 23, 2014. "Enoki Bldg., No. 2, 1-30-10 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0022 Japan"</ref>

'''Enoki Films''' also had a [[North America]]n division, '''Enoki Films USA, Inc.''', established in 1986,<ref name="RT">[http://biz.yahoo.com/iw/070522/0255865.html ReelTime Is Animated About Agreement With Enoki Films USA, Inc.]{{dead link|date=November 2016}} Press Release, May 22, 2007</ref> and headquartered in the [[Encino, Los Angeles, California|Encino]] area of [[Los Angeles, California]], [[United States]]'''.'''<ref>"[http://www.enokifilmsusa.com/img/bottom.gif bottom.gif]". {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030530205509/http://www.enokifilmsusa.com/img/bottom.gif |date=May 30, 2003 }} [[Enoki Films USA]]. Retrieved on June 17, 2011. "16430 Ventura Blvd. Suite 308 Encino, CA 91436, USA"</ref> Enoki Films USA acted as a middle-man between Japanese companies and American licensees, such as [[4Kids Entertainment]] and [[Saban Entertainment|Saban]]. In May 2007, their content was made available as [[video on demand]] through the internet startup ReelTime.com (worldwide, except Japan).<ref name="RT"/>

As of 2002, Enoki licensed anime but sub-licensed these licenses to various distributors instead of distributing directly. According to [[Anime News Network]], "They generally only license TV shows that they hope to also license to TV broadcasters such as [[Cartoon Network]], [[Freeform (TV channel)|ABC Family]] and [[Fox Kids]]".<ref>"[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2002-08-14/enoki-films-updates-licenses Enoki Films updates Licenses]". [[Anime News Network]]. August 14, 2002. Retrieved on March 26, 2014.</ref>

Some of the anime productions listed on Enoki's website appeared under alternate names, and characters may also have been listed under different names. In many cases, when sub-licensed to anime home video companies, the original titles and character names were restored. Enoki's translations of episode titles and scenarios sometimes differed from those in the official release.

If Enoki's series had a separate movie or direct-to-video production, Enoki usually did not license those. The film or direct-to-video production was often licensed to a separate company, as seen with the ''Slayers'' movies and OVAs, and the ''Utena'' movie.

Enoki Films' North American division ceased operations in 2010 and is now defunct.

In addition to distributing anime, Enoki Films USA also distributed puppet shows, such as ''[[Peppermint Park (TV series)|Peppermint Park]]'' and ''[[X-Bomber|Star Fleet]]''.<ref>https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-LPTV/LPTV-Report/LPTV-Report-1990.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>