areaseven Posted September 27, 2003 Posted September 27, 2003 From the Anime News Network: On October 1st, Pioneer LDC and Pioneer Entertainment, the Pioneer subsidiaries recently acquired from Pioneer by Dentsu, will officially change their names. October 1st is the date when all shares of the companies are officially transferred to Dentsu.Pioneer Entertainment (USA) Inc. will, will henceforth be known as Geneon Entertainment (USA) Inc. , while Pioneer LDC will have its name changed to Geneon Entertainment Inc. The new name, Geneon, is derived from the words generate and eon (Eternity or a Billion years), and is meant to signify innovation and longevity. The name change signifies a transfer of company shares to Dentsu. Geneon Entertainment (USA) Inc. new websites will be at geneonanimation.com and geneonmusic.com (replacing pioneeranimation.com and pioneermusic.com) , Geneon Entertainment Inc. will have a new domain name as well, geneon-ent.co.jp (replacing pldc.co.jp). North American company president, Mr. Yosuke Kobayashi, is stated to be remaining with the company and will be the president of Geneon Entertainment (USA) Inc. In a statement, Mr Kobayashi said, "We have built a solid and respected reputation as a licensee among publishers, rights holders and anime producers in Japan." Adding "With Dentsu as our new parent, we anticipate tapping into its global resources as well as our own to expand our anime offerings to the growing North American audience." Quote
JsARCLIGHT Posted September 27, 2003 Posted September 27, 2003 Actually that article has mispronounced the new name of Pioneer entertainment... they are actually changing their name to Genom and plan to release a new line of robots to help mankind into the next century. Quote
BoBe-Patt Posted September 27, 2003 Posted September 27, 2003 dang, I don't know if I can get used to that name! I'm so use to seeing pioneer. Oh wellz, guess I better start getting use to it. Quote
Druna Skass Posted September 27, 2003 Posted September 27, 2003 Actually that article has mispronounced the new name of Pioneer entertainment... they are actually changing their name to Genom and plan to release a new line of robots to help mankind into the next century. OK I'm going to need a custom red motorcycle with a grenade launcher... Quote
gnollman Posted September 27, 2003 Posted September 27, 2003 Bah! I liked Pioneer better.... But I guess that means my Pioneer electronics won't match anything new I buy... Quote
Yohsho Posted September 27, 2003 Posted September 27, 2003 It'll still be Pioneer to me. Means I can screw around with ppl more. Quote
areaseven Posted September 27, 2003 Author Posted September 27, 2003 It looks like http://www.geneon-ent.com/ will be the official site, as Last Exile is on the screen. Quote
Dangard Ace Posted September 27, 2003 Posted September 27, 2003 Actually that article has mispronounced the new name of Pioneer entertainment... they are actually changing their name to Genom and plan to release a new line of robots to help mankind into the next century. LMAO!!! Gotta have Mad Machine playing in the background. Quote
Gunbuster Posted September 27, 2003 Posted September 27, 2003 Actually that article has mispronounced the new name of Pioneer entertainment... they are actually changing their name to Genom and plan to release a new line of robots to help mankind into the next century. LMAO!!! Gotta have Mad Machine playing in the background. I was going to say that! Quote
eriku Posted September 27, 2003 Posted September 27, 2003 The new name, Geneon, is derived from the words generate and eon (Eternity or a Billion years), and is meant to signify innovation and longevity. Sure, sure....we all know that they just want some sort of abstract connection with NEON GENEsis Evangelion. Quote
Yohsho Posted October 4, 2003 Posted October 4, 2003 Can we start taking bets on how long it'll take before they change their name back to Pioneer? Quote
zeta Posted October 5, 2003 Posted October 5, 2003 Philip Morris still has that stupid name of theres... So I say we're screwed... *Summons an army of laser tarantulas to assasinate the idiot who comes up with these names... Quote
Capt Hungry Posted October 5, 2003 Posted October 5, 2003 Actually that article has mispronounced the new name of Pioneer entertainment... they are actually changing their name to Genom and plan to release a new line of robots to help mankind into the next century. OK I'm going to need a custom red motorcycle with a grenade launcher... Make sure it's transformable! And maybe a semi to carry it about and launch while it's moving? Quote
1st Border Red Devil Posted October 5, 2003 Posted October 5, 2003 Actually that article has mispronounced the new name of Pioneer entertainment... they are actually changing their name to Genom and plan to release a new line of robots to help mankind into the next century. Heh... that was my thought as well. Geneon sounds strange. Quote
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