Not anymore that, that USED to be TRUE but NO LONGER.


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Lionsgate is the CURRENT name used for the Studio, Lion's Gate is the OLD name. They made this change late in 2006.

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Hmmm, their website states Lionsgate on top, but Lions Gate Entertainment near the copyright logo at the bottom (although it's dated 2006).

Well, since it was only changed recently, only their upcoming movies will show the new name.

PolyGram Pictures or PolyGram Filmed Entertainment or PolyGram Films

It is not Polygram, it has a capital G in it.

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PolyGram Pictures or Polygram Filmed Entertainment or PolyGram Films

It is not Polygram, it has a capital G in it.

All three are correct dependent on the film.

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Bump.  Any thoughts on some easy filters to add to cut down on clearly incorrect studios?

Did anyone actually respond to Ken on this? I can't help but notice the significant number of easy wins to this request, so can't help but think I must have missed the response somehow. If not, I'm willing to do a list of obvious x -> y in studio names as a starter for ten.

Okay, I said I'd do something, so here it is. If sourced the info from this thread and my own work on anime-related production.

From what I can tell, either some filters have already been added or a lot of this bad information has not come across from the 2.x database (from which much of the prior work was based). Because of this, I've split this list in two; one for the still active list entries, and the second for those I can not find in v3.x but existed in 2.x.

Studios in 3.x:

2 entertain Video      ->    2 Entertain
20th Century Fox Home Ent      ->    20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
A.D. Vision      ->    ADV Films
A.P.P.P. Co., Ltd.      ->    A.P.P.P.
Animeigo      ->    AnimEigo
Aniplex Inc.      ->    Aniplex
BBC Worldwide Ltd.      ->    BBC Worldwide
Central Park Media Corporation      ->    Central Park Media
Daiei Co., Ltd.      ->    Daiei Studios
Disney Enterprises, Inc.    ->    Disney Enterprises
Fuji-TV      ->    Fuji TV
FUNimation Productions      ->    FUNimation
Geneon      ->    Geneon Entertainment (USA)
GoFish      ->    Go Fish Pictures
Golden Harvest Company      ->    Golden Harvest
Gonzo Digimation      ->    Gonzo
Japan Victor Company      ->    JVC
JC Staff      ->    J.C. Staff
Kadakawa Shoten      ->    Kadokawa Shoten
Kitty Films      ->    Kitty Film
Mad House      ->    Madhouse
Manga      ->    Manga Entertainment
Manga Video      ->    Manga Entertainment
Media Asia      ->    Media Asia Distribution
Media Asia Distribution Ltd.      ->    Media Asia Distribution
Miramax      ->    Miramax Films
Optimum Asia      ->    Optimum Releasing
Optimum Entertainment      ->    Optimum Releasing
Optimum Home Entertainment      ->    Optimum Releasing
Phoenix      ->    Phoenix Animation
Pioneer Animation      ->    Pioneer Entertainment (USA)
Pioneer Entertainment (USA) Inc.      ->    Pioneer Entertainment (USA)
Polygram Filmed Entertain      ->    PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
Sega Enterprices      ->    Sega Enterprises
Shonen Gahosha      ->    ShonenGahosha
Shonengahosha      ->    ShonenGahosha
Tatsunoko Productions      ->    Tatsunoko Production
TBS Animation      ->    TBS
TMS      ->    TMS Entertainment
TMS Entertainment Ltd.      ->    TMS Entertainment
Toei Company    ->    Toei Animation
Toei Company, Ltd.    ->    Toei Animation
Toei Video      ->    Toei Animation
Toho Co.      ->    Toho
Toho Co., Ltd      ->    Toho
Toho Company Limited      ->    Toho
Toho International    ->    Toho
Tokyo TV      ->    TV Tokyo


Studios in 2.x:

A.D.V. Films      ->    ADV Films
A.I.C., Inc.      ->    AIC
AD Vision      ->    ADV Films
Anchor Bay      ->    Anchor Bay Entertainment
Anchor Bay (UK)      ->    Anchor Bay Entertainment UK
Anchor Bay UK      ->    Anchor Bay Entertainment UK
Anime Works      ->    AnimeWorks
AnimEigo, Inc.      ->    AnimEigo
AnimEigo/M2K      ->    AnimEigo
Bandai      ->    Bandai Entertainment
Bandai Home Video      ->    Bandai Entertainment
Bandai Visual Co Ltd.      ->    Bandai Visual
Bandai Visual Co Ltd.:      ->    Bandai Visual
Bandai/Emotion      ->    Bandai Visual
Bang Zoom!      ->    Bang Zoom! Entertainment
BBC Worldwide Ltd      ->    BBC Worldwide
Buena Vista      ->    Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Buena Vista H. E.    ->    Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Dimension Home Entertainment    ->    Dimension Films
Dimension Home Video    ->    Dimension Films
Dreamworks    ->    DreamWorks Pictures
DreamWorks    ->    DreamWorks Pictures
Dreamworks H. E.    ->    DreamWorks Home Entertainment
Dreamworks Home Ent.    ->    DreamWorks Home Entertainment
Dreamworks Pictures    ->    DreamWorks Pictures
Film Four      ->    FilmFour
Geneon Entertainment (USA) Inc.      ->    Geneon Entertainment (USA)
Geneon/Pioneer      ->    Geneon Entertainment (USA)
Hand Made Films      ->    HandMade Films
Handmade Films      ->    HandMade Films
Handmade Films Ltd      ->    HandMade Films
Handmade Films Ltd.    ->    HandMade Films
Harmony Gold U.S.A. Inc.      ->    Harmony Gold
Hollywood      ->    Hollywood Pictures
Hollywood Pictures Home Entertainment    ->    Hollywood Pictures
Kodansha Ltd.      ->    Kodansha
Manga Film      ->    Manga Entertainment
Miramax Home Entertainment    ->    Miramax Films
Miramax Home Video    ->    Miramax Films
Pioneer Laser      ->    Pioneer LDC
Pioneer LDCA Karaoke      ->    Pioneer LDC
Sony Music Entertainment      ->    SME Visual Works
Sony Pictures Entertainment      ->    SPE Visual Works
Star Child      ->    Starchild
Studio 4C      ->    Studio 4°C
TOEI ANIMATION CO. LTD.      ->    Toei Animation
Tokuma Japan Communicatio      ->    Tokuma Shoten
Tokyo Broadcasting System      ->    TBS
Touchstone    ->    Touchstone Pictures
Touchstone Home Entertainment    ->    Touchstone Pictures
Touchstone Home Video    ->    Touchstone Pictures
Tristar      ->    TriStar Pictures
Tristar Pictures    ->    TriStar Pictures
Victor Entertainment      ->    JVC
Warner Bros. Entertainment    ->    Warner Bros.


I'm not claiming infallibility, so speak up if you think I've made any mistakes.

Also, I would suggest removing all of the following suffixes from studios upon submission (for any combination of cases - e.g. "co" vs "Co") and running again if it fails once to ensure that all of the irrelevant suffixes are fully removed:

[Space]
.
,
Co
Ltd
Inc
Company
Limited

E.g. "Toho Co., Ltd" would fail this check six times before finally passing with "Toho". The fails would be (in sequence):
- Ltd
- [Space]
- ,
- .
- Co
- [Space]

I hope this is of some actual benefit - it's alway nice to help.

Stuart

Quoting CubbyUps:

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Ok, I contributed Three's Company: Season 1 with updated studios & crew.

I got 11 Yes votes and 1 no vote.

I just want to make sure whether or not this needs to be corrected or not.




The NRW Company
T.T.C. Productions, Inc.
Don Taffner's Entertainment Ltd


The Don Taffner's studio was already credited in the existing profile, I added the NRW and TTC studios to the profile.

If they are incorrect, what should they be?

Thanks.

I'm pretty sure it's the legal stuff at the end of the names that's caused the no vote. we don't add the "ltd" or "inc". So it should be:

The NRW Company
T.T.C. Productions
Don Taffner's Entertainment