Sentai Filmworks

Sentai Filmworks, LLC is an American licensing company based in Houston, Texas, specializing in the dubbing and distribution of anime and Asian cinema. It generally acquires license rights to shows, but does not participate in production. It is the parent company of the HIDIVE anime streaming service.

The company has its origins in A.D. Vision, which was founded in 1992 by video game fan John Ledford and Matt Greenfield. ADV collapsed due to low sales and eventually liquidated their assets in 2009. Ledford founded Sentai in 2008 and acquired the majority of ADV's titles. Its offices are in the International District in southwest Houston.

On January 5, 2022, AMC Networks announced it had acquired Sentai Filmworks' parent company Sentai Holdings, LLC, and all its assets and subsidiaries, including HIDIVE, Anime Network, and "member interests" from the Cool Japan Fund, via its subsidiary Digital Store LLC.

Notable licenses

 * Clannad
 * K-On!
 * Highschool of the Dead
 * Angel Beats!
 * Chūnibyō demo Koi ga Shitai
 * Watashi ga Motenai no wa dou Kangaete mo Omaera ga Warui!
 * Akame ga Kill!
 * Parasyte -the maxim-
 * Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka?
 * Made in Abyss
 * Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise
 * Grave of the Fireflies
 * Ninja Scroll
 * The Garden of Words
 * Children Who Chase Lost Voices