SDI Media Group, Inc. is a major provider of subtitling, translation, and language

dubbing Dubbing (re-recording and mixing) is a post-production process used in filmmaking and video production, often in concert with sound design, in which additional or supplementary recordings are lip-synced and "mixed" with original production sou ...

services to the entertainment industry. The headquarters are located in the Westchester district of

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with other offices and facilities located in 37 countries around the world. The company employs more than 1,000 employees worldwide and utilizes a network of more than 4,000 freelance translators.

History

In 1990, the

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media company Modern Times Group acquired the majority shareholding in Svensk Text (SDI Media). SDI Media was sold by MTG to

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for US$60 million in 2004. In 2007 it was acquired by

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, a

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, mainly investing in media and entertainment companies. In 2008, SDI Media Group acquired Visiontext, a competitor in the subtitling industry, from

Ascent Media Ascent Capital Group, Inc. is a public holding company whose primary subsidiary is Monitronics. Ascent Media was a wholly owned subsidiary of the Discovery Holding Company (DHC). DHC spun off Ascent Media as an independent, public company on S ...

. On February 21, 2015, Japanese media parent company

Imagica Robot Holdings is a Japanese post-production company for films, television programmes and commercials, etc., established in 1935 and headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan. It is a subsidiary of Imagica Group. History Imagica was formerly named from 193 ...

partnered with Sumitomo Corporation and the Cool Japan Fund to acquire SDI Media. On January 22, 2021, the localization media company Iyuno Media Group announced they had reached a deal with Imagica Group to acquired 100% of SDI Media. On April 1, 2021, SDI Media was acquired by Iyuno Media Group, forming the new company, Iyuno-SDI Group.

Branches

SDI Media Norway AS is one of SDI Media Group's Nordic branches. It is located in

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, the capital of

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. The company is commissioned to dub material for film distributors and TV channels. The company used to be known as Sun Studio Norge.

Production list

Anime

* '' Ajin: Demi-Human'' (

Polygon Pictures is a Japanese 3DCG animation studio. Polygon has animated a wide variety of content, from commercials for Shiseido featuring the studio's original penguin characters , to the 3D CG anime television series ''Digital Tokoro-san'' and the 3DCG ani ...

Netflix Netflix, Inc. is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service and production company based in Los Gatos, California. Founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph in Scotts Valley, California, it offers a fi ...

) * '' Battle Game in 5 Seconds'' ( Crunchyroll) * ''

Beastars ''Beastars'' (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Paru Itagaki. It was serialized in Akita Shoten's ''Weekly Shōnen Champion'' from September 2016 to October 2020, with its chapters collected in 22 '' ...

'' (

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/Netflix) * '' BNA: Brand New Animal'' (

Studio Trigger , also known as Studio Trigger, is a Japanese animation studio founded by former Gainax employees Hiroyuki Imaishi and Masahiko Ōtsuka in 2011. It has produced anime works including '' Kill la Kill'' (2013), '' Little Witch Academia'' (short f ...

/Netflix) * ''

Children of the Whales is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Abi Umeda. The manga is licensed in North America by Viz Media. An anime television series adaptation by J.C. Staff aired in Japan from October to December 2017, and was released globall ...

'' (

J.C.Staff , is a Japanese animation studio founded in January 1986 by Tomoyuki Miyata, who previously worked at Tatsunoko Production. The studio's first release was ''Yōtōden'' in 1987. They have produced several well-known anime series, such as '' Food ...

/Netflix) * ''

Dorohedoro is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Q Hayashida. It was serialized in Shogakukan's manga magazines ''Monthly Ikki'' (November 2000 to September 2014), ''Hibana'' (March 2015 to August 2017), and ''Monthly Shōnen Sunday'' ...

'' ( MAPPA/Netflix) * ''

Drifting Dragons is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Taku Kuwabara. It has been serialized in Kodansha's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''good! Afternoon'' since June 2016 and has been collected in thirteen ''tankōbon'' volumes as of July 2022. ...

'' (Polygon Pictures/Netflix) * '' Forest of Piano'' ( Gaina/Netflix) * ''

Godzilla Singular Point is a Japanese anime television series co-produced by the animation studios Bones and Orange. Licensed by Netflix and directed by Atsushi Takahashi, the series premiered on March 25, 2021 on Netflix in Japan, and on Tokyo MX and other channels ...

'' (Orange/

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/Netflix) * ''

Hi Score Girl is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rensuke Oshikiri that ran from October 2010 to September 2018. The story revolves around the life of gamer Haruo Yaguchi, the co-op gaming setting (most notably fighting games), his relat ...

'' (J.C.Staff/Netflix) * ''

ID-0 is a 2017 cyberpunk Japanese anime television series produced by Sanzigen. The anime was announced through a teaser video on August 7, 2016. followed by the official website on January 26, 2017. The series is produced by Sanzigen and directed ...

'' (

Sanzigen is a Japanese animation studio specializing in CGI animation. The studio was founded in 2003, later becoming formally incorporated in 2006 by former employees of Gonzo, and has contributed to various anime series and films. Its name is derived f ...

/Netflix) * '' Inazuma Eleven: Ares'' (OLM) * '' Kengan Ashura'' ( Larx Entertainment/Netflix) * ''

Knights of Sidonia is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tsutomu Nihei. It was serialized by Kodansha in their ''seinen'' manga magazine '' Monthly Afternoon'' between April 2009 and September 2015, with its chapters collected in 15 ''tank ...

'' (Polygon Pictures/Netflix ->

Funimation Crunchyroll, LLC, previously known as Funimation from 1994 to 2022, is an American entertainment company owned by Japanese conglomerate Sony as a joint venture between Sony Pictures and Sony Music Entertainment Japan's Aniplex that specializes ...

) * ''

Kuromukuro is a Japanese mecha anime television series produced by P.A. Works, directed by Tensai Okamura and written by Ryō Higaki, with character designs by Yuriko Ishii and music by Hiroaki Tsutsumi. The series was produced to celebrate P.A. Works' ...

'' ( P.A. Works/Netflix) * ''

Pokémon Origins ''Pokémon Origins'', known in Japan as , is a Japanese anime television mini series based on Nintendo's '' Pokémon'' franchise which follows the plot of ''Pokemon Red'' and ''Blue''. Like the television series, it was not owned by Media Fac ...

'' (

Production I.G is a Japanese animation studio and production enterprise, founded on December 15, 1987, by Mitsuhisa Ishikawa and headquartered in Musashino, Tokyo, Japan. The letters I and G derive from the names of the company founders: producer Mitsuhisa Ish ...

Xebec A xebec ( or ), also spelled zebec, was a Mediterranean sailing ship that was used mostly for trading. Xebecs had a long overhanging bowsprit and aft-set mizzen mast. The term can also refer to a small, fast vessel of the sixteenth to nineteenth ...

/OLM) * ''

Record of Ragnarok is a Japanese manga series written by Shinya Umemura and Takumi Fukui and illustrated by Ajichika. It began in Coamix's (formerly also published by Tokuma Shoten) ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Monthly Comic Zenon'' in November 2017. It was l ...

'' (

Graphinica , is a Japanese animation studio founded in April 2009, focused on 3DCG and 2D Animation. History The company was established on April 30, 2009 after studio Gonzo decided to sell its digital video division to Q-TEC, which then established the com ...

/Netflix) * '' Revisions'' ( Shirogumi/Netflix) * '' Ultramarine Magmell'' ( Pierrot+/Netflix) * '' Violet Evergarden'' (

Kyoto Animation , often abbreviated , is a Japanese animation studio and light novel publisher located in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture. Founded in 1985 by Yoko and Hideaki Hatta, it has produced anime works including '' The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya'' (2006), '' ...

/Netflix)

Animation

* ''

Beyblade Burst is a Japanese manga and toyline created by Hiro Morita, originally based on Takara Tomy's ''Beyblade'' franchise. The third incarnation of the franchise after the '' Metal Fight'' series, the ''Beyblade Burst'' toyline launched on ...

'' (seasons 1-2 only;

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) * '' Yo-kai Watch'' (season 2 only; OLM) * '' Suklisbob Kvadratbiksis''

ONA

* ''

Devilman Crybaby ''Devilman Crybaby'' is a 2018 Japanese original net animation (ONA) series based on Go Nagai's manga series ''Devilman''. The web anime is directed by Masaaki Yuasa, produced by Aniplex and Dynamic Planning, animated by Science SARU, and r ...

'' (

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/Netflix) * ''

High-Rise Invasion is a Japanese manga series written by Tsuina Miura and illustrated by Takahiro Oba. The series was serialized online in DeNA's Manga Box app from December 2013 to April 2019, with Kodansha compiling it into twenty-one ''tankōbon'' volumes. T ...

'' (

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/Netflix) * '' Lost Song'' (

Liden Films is a Japanese animation studio and production enterprise headquartered in Kamiogi, Suginami, Tokyo, and has animation studios in Kyoto and Osaka. Establishment Liden Films was founded on February 22, 2012 and, shortly after, joined joint-holding ...

/ DWANGO/Netflix)

Films

* ''

Blame! ''Blame!'' (stylized as ''BLAME!'') is a Japanese science fiction manga series written and illustrated by Tsutomu Nihei. It was published by Kodansha in the Seinen manga, ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Monthly Afternoon'' from 1997 to 2003, ...

'' (Polygon Pictures/Netflix) * ''

Child of Kamiari Month is a 2021 Anime, Japanese animated Supernatural fiction, supernatural Fantasy film, fantasy Adventure film, adventure film produced by Liden Films and directed by Takana Shirai. It premiered in Japanese theaters on October 8, 2021 and in Netflix i ...

'' (

/Netflix) * '' Gantz: O'' ( Digital Frontier) * ''

In This Corner of the World is a manga series written and illustrated by Fumiyo Kōno which ran from 2007 to 2009 in ''Weekly Manga Action''. It follows the life of Suzu Urano, a young bride with her new family living on the outskirts of Kure City during the Secon ...

'' (MAPPA) * '' Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress: The Battle of Unato'' ( Wit Studio) * ''

Penguin Highway is a Japanese science fiction novel written by Tomihiko Morimi, published in 2010. A manga adaptation was serialized in Media Factory's ''Monthly Comic Alive'' from March 2018 to February 2019, and an anime film adaptation by Studio Colorid ...

'' ( Studio Colorido) * '' Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle'' (OLM/Netflix) * '' The Seven Deadly Sins the Movie: Prisoners of the Sky'' (

A-1 Pictures is a Japanese animation studio founded by ex- Sunrise producer Mikihiro Iwata and it is a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Japan's anime production firm Aniplex. History The studio was established by SMEJ's animation production division ...

) * ''

Tales from Earthsea ''Tales from Earthsea'' is a collection of fantasy stories and essays by American author Ursula K. Le Guin, published by Harcourt in 2001. It accompanies five novels (1968 to 2001) set in the fictional archipelago Earthsea. . Retrieved 2012-02 ...

'' (

Studio Ghibli is a Japanese animation studio headquartered in Koganei, Tokyo."Studio Ghibli Collection - Madman Entertainment". ''Studio Ghibli Collection - Madman Entertainment''. Retrieved 2020-12-14. It is best known for its animated feature films, and h ...

) * '' Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll'' (Kyoto Animation) * '' A Whisker Away'' (Studio Colorido/Netflix)

References

External links

SDI Media

Company Overview
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