Sentai Filmworks
 | |
| Type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Entertainment |
| Genre | Anime |
| Predecessor | A.D. Vision |
| Founded | June 4, 2008 |
| Founder | John Ledford |
| Headquarters | 10114 West Sam Houston Parkway Alief, Houston, Texas 77099, U.S. |
Area served | North America, United Kingdom, Ireland, and Oceania |
| Key people | John Ledford (CEO) |
| Products | |
| Services | |
| Parent | AMC Global Media |
| Divisions | Sentai Studios |
| Website | www |
Sentai Filmworks, LLC (or simply as just Sentai) is an American entertainment company. Based in Houston, the company specializes in the dubbing and distribution of Japanese animation and Asian cinema and is one of five successors to ADV Films, others being Section23, Switchblade Pictures, Maiden Japan, and AEsir Holdings. It also runs its own post-production arm Sentai Studios.
The company's origins can be traced back to its predecessor A.D. Vision, which was founded in 1992 by video game fan John Ledford and Matt Greenfield. ADV collapsed due to low sales and eventually liquidated their assets in 2009. Ledford founded Sentai in 2008 and acquired the majority of ADV's titles. It was then acquired by New York City-based AMC Global Media in December 2021 and has been a subsidiary since then. Its offices are in the International District in Southwest Houston.
Despite its name, the company has no relation to and therefore has no involvement in any international distribution of the Super Sentai media franchise.