SMG Holdings (Korean translation: 에스엠지홀딩스) is a distribution and localization company involved in Kamiwaza Wanda. They are based in Seoul, South Korea.
Biography[]
SMG Holdings was first founded, under the name Duel Entertainment (Korean translation: 듀엘엔터테인먼트), on October 20, 2013. Their name was later changed to SMG Holdings in June 2015.
In July 2015, one month later after the name change, SMG Holdings won the 2015 Asian Lisensing Awards. In December 2019, SMG Holdings attacted an additional investment from Japan's distribution company Dentsu.
SMG Holdings provided South Korean distributions and localizations of franchises outside South Korea as well as providing distributions of franchises that were first originated from South Korea itself. For example: Starting in 2016, SMG Holdings took over the South Korean distributions for the UK-introduced franchise 'Thomas & Friends'.
For the Japanese distributions and dubbings for the South Korean cartoon 'Bread Barber Shop', SMG Holdings is credited for the cartoon's original distribution.
Kamiwaza Wanda[]
See: Kamiwaza Wanda in South Korea
Starting in 2016 with the original Kamiwaza Wanda anime season, SMG Holdings distributes and localises the Kamiwaza Wanda franchise in South Korea with CIC Media doing the Kamiwaza Wanda anime series' Korean dub.
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- SMG Holdings is the first localization company to distribute the Kamiwaza Wanda franchise outside Japan.
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- SMG Holdings' official website (Korean)
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