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{{Infobox Company
| company_name    = Media Blasters
| company_type    = Private
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| company_slogan  = 
| foundation      = 
| location        = [[New York City]], [[New York]], [[United States]]
| key_people      = John Sirabella<br>Sam Liebowitz
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| revenue         =
| industry        = Entertainment ([[Anime]])
| products        = Anime, manga Asian cinema
| homepage        = [http://www.media-blasters.com/ Media-Blasters.com] 
}}

'''Media Blasters''' is a corporation in [[New York City]] that was founded by John Sirabella and Sam Liebowitz that acquires films that they translate, package, and dub.  They are most well known for [[anime]] and live action Asian films for home video release.  With fewer than a half-dozen sublabels, Media Blasters has released on DVD renowned classics and cult obscurities of anime, horror, Asian action, Euro horror, and adult films. Popular animated releases include ''[[Invader Zim]]'', ''[[Berserk (manga)|Berserk]]'', ''[[Knight Hunters]]'',  ''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]'', and ''[[Voltron]]''. 

In 2004, Media Blasters began publishing manga. The company attempted to publish [[shonen manga|''shonen'' manga]] titles for older readers, but they were not successful so they increased its ''[[yaoi]]'' manga line.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/new-titles/adult-announcements/article/1918-media-blasters-drops-shonen-adds-yaoi-.html |title=Media Blasters Drops Shonen; Adds Yaoi |last=Cha |first=Kai-Ming |date=March 13, 2007 |work=[[Publishers Weekly]] |accessdate=July 27, 2010 }}</ref>

==Divisions==
===Anime Works===
Anime Works is the label used for the bulk of Media Blaster's [[anime]] titles.

===Kitty Media===
Kitty Media specializes in [[hentai]] anime. Recently, the division began releasing some h-anime titles previously licenced by [[NuTech Digital]], which lost the licenses due to royalties litigation.

===Tokyo Shock===
The Tokyo Shock label covers [[live action]] movies and television series from Japan and other Asian markets, including ''[[tokusatsu]]'' works. 

===Shriek Show===
The "Shriek Show" labels handles obscure horror and exploitation films such as ''[[Ultimo mondo cannibale]]'', ''[[Burial Ground: The Nights of Terror|La notte del terrore]]'' and ''[[Zombi 2]]''.

==See also==
* [[:Category:Media Blasters titles]]

==References==
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==External links==
*{{official|http://www.media-blasters.com/}}

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[[Category:Anime companies]]
[[Category:Home video companies of the United States]]
[[Category:Companies based in New York City]]

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