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[[File: | [[File:The Walt Disney Company.png|thumb|right|250 px|The Walt Disney Company logo]] | ||
The '''Walt Disney Company''' is an American media and entertainment corporation formed by brothers {{wp|Walt Disney|Walt}} and {{wp|Roy O. Disney}} on October 16, 1923, as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio. | The '''Walt Disney Company''' is an American media and entertainment corporation formed by brothers {{wp|Walt Disney|Walt}} and {{wp|Roy O. Disney}} on October 16, 1923, as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio. | ||
Disney formerly owned the [[Miramax]] | Disney formerly owned the [[Miramax Films]] studio, owners of the American rights to the Pokémon movies ''[[M04|Celebi: Voice of the Forest]]'', ''[[M05|Pokémon Heroes]]'', ''[[M06|Jirachi: Wish Maker]]'', and ''[[M07|Destiny Deoxys]]''. The now-defunct [[Toon Disney]] cable channel, as well as the [[Disney XD]] family of cable channels that succeeded Toon Disney in the United States, occasionally showed those four Pokémon movies. The British version of Disney XD currently shows ''[[Pokémon Diamond & Pearl: Battle Dimension]]''. | ||
In terms of non-Pokémon anime, Disney also holds the outside-of-Japan worldwide rights to the majority of the films of noted anime studio {{wp|Studio Ghibli}} and co-produces {{wp|Stitch!|a Japanese-only anime series}} based on its {{wp|Lilo & Stitch|''Lilo & Stitch'' franchise}}. | In terms of non-Pokémon anime, Disney also holds the outside-of-Japan worldwide rights to the majority of the films of noted anime studio {{wp|Studio Ghibli}} and co-produces {{wp|Stitch!|a Japanese-only anime series}} based on its {{wp|Lilo & Stitch|''Lilo & Stitch'' franchise}}. | ||