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Youmex (ユーメックス株式会社, Yūmekkusu Kabushiki Kaisha) was an anime production company and record label (under their label Futureland) established in 1985 as a subsidiary of Toshiba EMI and founded by Junji Fujita (formerly of King Records).[1] The company was absorbed back into Toshiba EMI in 1998,[1] after taking on debt defaulted on by Artmic.[2]
Some of the more well-known works for which Youmex released soundtracks and other CDs (under its Futureland label) include Kimagure Orange Road (Sound Color 1–3, Loving Heart, etc.),[3][4] Bubblegum Crisis (Complete Vocal Collections 1–2),[5] and Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water (Vocal Collection).[6]
In 1995, Youmex worked with Adam Warren through Dark Horse Comics and Artmic to come up with the original concept for Bubblegum Crisis: Grand Mal, an original English-language manga series.
As of 2024, The back catalog of Futureland label is being re-released by Universal Music Group.
- ^ a b ユーメックス (in Japanese). Retrieved 2008-01-01.
- ^ "AnimeCentral 1999". EX.org. 1999. Retrieved 2008-01-01.
Artmic went bankrupt; it no longer exists. AIC and others like Youmex, they were loan cosigners, so they got stuck with the bills for the loans that Artmic defaulted on.
- ^ Jerry Hsu. "Anime CD Information: Kimagure Orange Road". Retrieved 2008-01-04.
- ^ Hitoshi Doi. "Kimagure Orange ☆ Road Loving Heart". Retrieved 2008-01-04.
- ^ "Bubblegum Crisis Complete Vocal Collection vol. 1". Archived from the original on 2007-12-20. Retrieved 2008-01-03.
- ^ "Nadia, Vocal Collection 1". 2000-12-23. Retrieved 2008-01-04.