ZIV International was an American production and distribution company founded in 1971 by Irv Holender. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, it distributed Americanised versions of European

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and Japanese

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series, and produced and distributed celebrity biographies.

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recognises 83 works in 97 publications. Holender sold his company and library to

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in 1982, the library contents were sold to Coral Pictures in 1986.

Shows produced or distributed

The following television shows were distributed and/or produced by ZIV International. Production credits typically involve dubbing a foreign language release into English and/or Spanish, and replacing the soundtrack with one composed by Mark Mercury. * ''

Adventures of Sinbad the Sailor ''Pohádky tisíce a jedné noci'' (literally ''Tales of 1,001 Nights'') is a 1974 Czech Republic animated film directed by Karel Zeman. The film combines the voyages of Sindbad the Sailor with elements of other tales from the Arabian Nights ...

'' — Producer * ''

The Adventures of Spunky and Tadpole ''The Adventures of Spunky and Tadpole'' is an animated television series produced by Beverly Hills Productions and syndicated beginning on September 6, 1958. The show's characters were a boy and a bear who hunted down bad guys. The show was made ...

'' — Distributor * ''

Candy Candy is a Japanese series created by Kyoko Mizuki. The main character, Candice "Candy" White Ardley is a blonde girl with freckles, large emerald green eyes and long hair, worn in pigtails with bows. ''Candy Candy'' first appeared as a mang ...

'' — Producer * ''

Captain Future Captain Future is a pulp science fiction hero — a space-traveling scientist and adventurer —originally published in his namesake pulp magazine from 1940 to 1944. The character was created by editors Mort Weisinger and Leo Margulies. The maj ...

'' — Distributor, Producer * ''

Space Pirate Captain Harlock is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Leiji Matsumoto. It was serialized in ''Play Comic'' from 1977 to 1979, with the chapters collected into five ''tankōbon'' volumes by Akita Shoten. The series follows the titular Capta ...

'' — Producer * ''

Clutch Cargo ''Clutch Cargo'' is an American animated television series created by cartoonist Clark Haas and produced by Cambria Productions, and syndicated beginning on March 9, 1959. The series was notable for its limited animation yet imaginative stories ...

— Distributor'' * ''

Fables of the Green Forest is an anime television series based on a series of books published in the 1910s and 1920s by Thornton W. Burgess which ran on the Japanese network Fuji Television from 7 January 1973 to 30 December 1973. It consists of 52 episodes and was pro ...

'' — Distributor, Producer * ''

Gaiking is a Japanese Super Robot mecha anime series produced by Toei Animation. For distribution purposes, Toei refers to this television series as ''Dino-Mecha Gaiking'' or simply ''Gaiking''. It ran from April 1976 through January 1977 and cons ...

'' — Producer * '' Flower Angel'' — Distributor, Producer * ''

Force Five ''Force Five'' is an American adaptation of five different anime television series. In the United States, this series was primarily shown only in New England, Pennsylvania, and Virginia, though it did make brief appearances in other markets, s ...

'' — Distributor * ''

The Gumby Show ''Gumby'' is an American clay animation franchise, centered on the titular green clay humanoid character created and modeled by Art Clokey. Gumby stars in two television series, the feature-length '' Gumby: The Movie'', and other media. He imm ...

'' — Distributor * '' James Dean: The First American Teenager'' — Distributor * '' King Arthur & the Knights of the Round Table — Distributor * ''

Little Lulu and Her Little Friends is a Japanese anime television series produced by Nippon Animation, based on Little Lulu comic by US cartoonist Marjorie Henderson Buell (Marge). The series was animated and directed by Fumio Kurokawa. Plot The series follows the everyd ...

'' — Distributor, Producer * ''

Little Memole ''Little Memole'' also known as ''Wee Wendy'' or , is a Japanese anime television series produced in the 1980s by Toei Animation. Plot A group of 245 inhabitants from a planet called Riruru make a crash landing onto Earth from their spaceshi ...

'' — Distributor, Producer * '' Magnos the Robot'' — Producer * ''

Nickel Mountain ''Nickel Mountain'' is a 1984 drama film produced in Iceland and the United States written and directed by Drew Denbaum. It stars Michael Cole, Heather Langenkamp, Patrick Cassidy, Grace Zabriskie, and Brian Kerwin. The movie is based on th ...

'' — Distributor * ''

Space Angel ''Space Angel'' is an animated science fiction television series produced in the United States from early 1962 through 1964. It used the same Synchro-Vox lip technique as ''Clutch Cargo'', the first cartoon produced by the same studio, Cambria ...

'' — Distributor * '' Sci-Fi West Saga Starzinger'' — Producer * ''

Zukkoke Knight - Don De La Mancha is a Japanese anime television series based on Miguel de Cervantes' ''Don Quixote''. The 23-episode series was directed by Kunihiko Yuyama and was first broadcast on Tokyo Channel 12 in 1980. The series was dubbed in English by Ziv Internati ...

'' — Distributor

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* {{ann, company, 2339 Mass media companies established in 1971 Television production companies of the United States