Endeavour House and Manga Entertainment

Contents 1 History 1.1 Russell House 1.2 Owners 1.3 Current Tenants 2 Location 3 Design 3.1 Interior Design 3.2 Awards 4 References

History Russell Road with Endeavour house pictured on the right.

The American company TXU had originally wanted to build a corporate office in England however in November 2002, 4 months before the building was complete TXU Corporation went into administration. TXU Corporation quickly put the uncompleted building up for sale. In 2003 Suffolk County Council were able to buy the 60% completed building for only £16. They made some alterations, the main change being the addition of a 90 desk chamber for 125 councilors on the second floor. The original plan for this was an indoor garden. Despite this the building has adapted well to its new role showing this to be an attractive building that is a good workplace. TXU Energy Logo Suffolk County Council coat of arms

Suffolk County Council have energy bills of £422,000 a year, around 75% of this money goes straight back to the council. In 2014 Babergh and Mid Suffolk district councils could be relocated to Endeavour House to lower costs on the council. All 83 members of these 2 district councils would be forced in the headquarters for Suffolk County Council. Russell House

Endeavour House is situated on the site of the now demolished Russell House. Russell House was once an Eastern Electricity Central Accounting Office but was demolished in 2001 to make way for the first stage of the Ipswich Village Development, Endeavour House. Owners TXU Corporation (original owners of the building but never moved in) Suffolk County Council 2003-present Current Tenants

The main tenant is Suffolk County Council with every department including their NHS(National Health Service (England)) division being located in Endeavour House. The former planning and architecture division, Concertus Design and Property Consultants are also based in the the building. Location

The site is in the heart of the Ipswich Village Development and is situated opposite Grafton House (Ipswich Borough Council HQ) located on 8 Russell Road. Portman Road Stadium is situated behind the building. There is limited underground parking for permit holders with access from Constantine Road. There is also a large multi-storey car park shared with Ipswich Borough Council with access from Constantine Road. Design Endeavour House as seen from Constantine Road showing the rear of the building.

The five-storey building was designed as a corporate office building for TXU and consisted of some very energy efficient features. The building is an architectural achievement as it has 50,000 photovoltaic cells incorporated into the glass curtain walls, this being the largest instillation of any office building in Europe. At peak sunlight these cells provide 57% of the buildings energy demand and also create a dark pattern of the glass. There is also rain collecting reservoirs underground which will recycle the water and pump it around the building to use in toilets.

Features of Endeavour House: 11,000 m2 of floor space An occupation Density of 1:12 m2 The largest instillation of photovoltaic cells in any office building in Europe 50,000 photovoltaic cells satisfy 57% of buildings energy demand Underground rain collecting reservoirs 8 large meeting rooms all can hold 10+ people 1 Council Chamber that holds 125 councilors Small meeting rooms spread around the building 5 lifts 14 accessible unisex toilets Restaurant and coffee shop Wheelchair access Computer controlled lighting system

The building has a design suited to a corporate business and is not a regular county council hall with its glass curtain walls, cantilever walkways and offices with windows that look into the concourse. This building is the complete opposite of their old headquarters at the East Suffolk County Hall hall which consisted of dark corridors circulating a hap hazard floor plan of a building that was built in 1837. So the building had to adapt to a workers who have been settled in a Victorian hall. The building has adapted well and has received good comments. Endeavour House is proof that a office buildings can be externally stylish and adaptable to change.

The building is split into two with a long concourse leading from the side to side with natural sunlight from a huge glass roof. The floor is pale white limestone with stairs hanging of the edge of each floor over the concourse. The main entrance hall is in the corner of the building where a large angled glass hall, of which allows tons of natural light to flood the building. In the other corner there is a smaller 2 storey cafe nestled into the open glass section, both corners are connected by the central concourse with a continuous glass roof allowing for a very large, modern and bright building. Interior Design

The interior is clean and very open planned, each department have a large, sleek open planned office which stretches the length of the building. Managing directors do not have their own office but share work space with the rest of the department, there is however many private meeting rooms per office. Each large open planned office has a small kitchen at the entrance to the office with a sitting area viewing over the concourse. Every office also has a set of toilets adjacent to the entrance.As the building is practically split into 2 separate buildings, there can be at least 2 departments per floor. M&S contractors were called in by Bovis Lend Lease to design and build the timber structural supports to hold the stairs that they also built. The cantilever stairs had to hang onto the concourse. Awards Distinction/Ipswich society award Commendation/Civic Trust award

Manga Entertainment and Endeavour House

They have licensing and distribution deals with Funimation, Sentai Filmworks, Viz Media and Zodiak Media in the UK, however unlike previous licensing agreements they do not bring titles from Funimation, Sentai, and Viz to Australia under their brand as Manga's Australian distributor, Madman Entertainment has the licenses from these companies.

Manga Entertainment, especially Manga UK has had a special relationship with Madman Entertainment since Madman's founding in 1996. Manga is credited by many as the major force behind turning Anime into mainstream entertainment in Australia during the 1990s and early 2000s. Manga's latest DVD & Blu-ray masters are encoded and provided by Madman Entertainment because of Madman's extremely large and modern DVD & Blu-ray authoring division.

Despite its name, the company's principal business is the distribution of anime rather than manga, although they have published some manga, such as Crying Freeman, in the United Kingdom under the Manga Books imprint.

Contents 1 Divisions 1.1 Manga Entertainment in Australia 2 Manga Entertainment UK 3 US broadcast on Xbox TV 4 References 5 External links

Divisions Manga Entertainment in Australia

Manga Entertainment expanded into Australia in late 1993 when Manga's main headquarters were still based in London. Although initially Manga's titles were to be released in Australia by PolyGram who owned Island and Manga, they decided to sub-license their properties to Siren Entertainment. In late 1996, Manga Entertainment UK gave the sub-distribution license to the newly founded Madman Entertainment who in turn were distributed by Siren. This meant that both Siren and Madman has equal rights to Manga's properties.

In 1997, PolyGram Australia gained the rights to some of Manga's more recent additions to its catalogue. This included Lupin the 3rd properties except The Castle of Cagliostro and Violence Jack. Violence Jack: Evil Town was banned in Australia even when PolyGram submitted the UK cut to the Australian Government for classification. The other 2 OVAs in the series submitted were the uncut dubbed versions that were released in the USA by Critical Mass however due to Evil Town's banning PolyGram scrapped the release of Violence Jack in Australia. PolyGram already had the UK cut of Evil Town in circulation despite its banning. Manga Entertainment's original logo and initial imprint.

In late 1996, Madman Entertainment was founded by former employees of Siren. They were given exclusive sub-license rights to Manga UK's catalogue, including Part 4 of Macross Plus, which was released in 1997. Despite this, Madman didn't take on some titles e.g. RG Veda & Shadow Skill and let PolyGram Australia distribute them.

Siren decided to license Street Fighter II V from Manga USA in 1997 and released the series without input from Madman, as Madman also had an exclusive licensing deal with ADV Films who had licensed Street Fighter II V in the UK and re-dubbed it. This property was taken over by Madman in 1999. In this same time period Manga Entertainment had licensed Voltron exclusively for the Australian market and was released by Siren instead of Polygram Australia.

In 1998, after Manga was purchased by former Island CEO Chris Blackwell, Madman Entertainment was given the rights to the entire Manga catalogue from Manga's UK & USA subsidiaries except Street Fighter II V, which was still licensed by Siren.

In 1999, Siren relinquished its licensing deal with Manga UK and its separate deal for SFII: V from Manga USA as Madman had become big enough for Siren to make same amount of profit distributing for them as it was when it was the sole distributor of Manga products in Australia.

In 2001, Siren Entertainment restructured itself and split the company into 2 separate entities: Siren Visual & The AV Channel. Madman's founders who were former employees of the company and owned shares of Siren decided to take The AV Channel and turn it into Madman's distribution arm which was absorbed into Madman in 2008.

Madman Entertainment in the mid 00's decided to align itself with Manga USA, but since the dawn of Blu-ray & Manga USA turning into an online and television distributor of Anime, Madman has re-aligned itself with Manga UK. Both companies funded and co-produced the PAL region dub of Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence and co-produce DVD & Blu-rays. Madman provides Manga UK with PAL DVD & some Blu-ray masters due to Madman's larger and more sophisticated authoring division. Manga & Madman co-license properties such as the Rebuild of Evangelion movies, Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood & the Ghost In The Shell franchise amongst others. Manga Entertainment UK See also: Manga Force: The Ultimate Collection

In January 2007, the company's United Kingdom division began releasing a fortnightly magazine aimed at promoting both the company itself through the use of some of its more revered titles. Issue one, for example, used Ghost in the Shell. The magazine had published 102 issues. US broadcast on Xbox TV

It was announced early in October 2011 that Microsoft formed partnerships with over 50 content providers worldwide, including Manga Entertainment. This feature was to be available at no extra cost to US subscribers after the new Xbox dashboard update due sometime December 2011.
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