new distributor. Another North American anime company, Funimation, began negotiating with them to distribute some of the company's licensed titles. In July 2008, a formal arrangement was announced and Funimation acquired the rights to "manufacture, sell, and distribute" various Geneon anime and live-action titles. Afterwards Several of their former titles were re-licensed by other companies, such as Funimation, Sentai Filmworks, Discotek Media, and Nozomi Entertainment. Other ventures The company is also a record label, which means they handle music distribution for multiple musicians, like fripSide and Kotoko. Their first major live event was called the "NBCUniversal Anime x Music festival", and was held in 2018. They also use their music as soundtracks for their anime productions. One example of that is the band fripSide performing the first opening for A Certain Scientific Railgun. As Pioneer LDC, they developed and published several video games for the Sega Saturn and PlayStation, such as games based on Magical Girl Pretty Sammy, Tenchi Muyo!, and Serial Experiments Lain. They also opened an anime cafe in Akihabara, which featured items themed towards their series, such as A Certain Magical Index, Is the Order a Rabbit?, and Yuyushiki. Some examples of these items were a drink with a hand inside, hot chocolate and spaghetti, and curry pizza. References External links 2003 mergers and acquisitions 2008 mergers and acquisitions 2016 mergers and acquisitions Entertainment companies of Japan Mass media companies based in Tokyo Anime companies Entertainment companies established in 1981 Mass media companies established in 1981 Japanese companies established in 1981 Former Vivendi subsidiaries NBCUniversal Japanese subsidiaries of foreign companies Universal Pictures subsidiaries Japanese record labels