Firebasket Media Publishing & Distribution

Comet Foreign Licensing & Distribution is an American licensing company owned by Comet Holdings. The company focuses on licensing anime, video games, and foreign live-action titles. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan, and Stamford, Connecticut. Starting in 2021, they will mainly focus on international animation (including East Asian animation, and European animation), foreign live action titles, manga/graphic novels, and music.

History
In 2020, NBCUniversal Japan bought half of the operational company, and now co-operates the company with Firebasket Studios, and starting in 2020, home media of all television and film media will be distributed by Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. In 2021, Firebasket Licensing's operation company, Firebasket Studios, bought out Creation Entertainment, which includes their licensing division. Anime and manga licenses was be transferred to Firebasket Entertainment.

In 2023, it was announced that Comet Holdings will restructure the licensing division and move it to the direct control of Comet Holdings, with the division renamed Comet Foreign Licensing & Distribution. Studio Distribution Services will take over NBCUniversal Japan's stake in the company with SDS continuing being the primary distribution partner for the division. Comet Holdings further signed Alliance Entertainment as a mass distribution partner for the division, as well as the primary Manufacture on Demand partner for Comet Holdings for select titles.

The restructure happened in late March 2023, with the company officially rebranding as Comet Foreign Licensing & Distribution on April 3, 2023.

List of works licensed
Main article: List of titles distributed by Firebasket Media Publishing & Distribution

Distribution Deals
From 2015 to 2017, Right Stuf Anime was the main distributor for the group, being the exclusive vendor for titles. From 2017 to 2019, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment was the distributor for the group, a vendor that was more widely available to stores. 2020 and for the first six months of 2021 was a deal under Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Starting with the second half of 2021, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment will be the distributor for the group, with a deal linked up with Disney's Movies Anywhere program, so that anime may be streamed onto the platform. In April 2021, Studio Distribution Services (a joint venture that merged UPHE and WBHE) took over as the distribution partner, with UPHE still being labeled.

In 2023, Comet Holdings and Studio Distribution Services announced that they have inked a new five year distribution deal for domestic distribution. Comet Foreign Licensing will be the main label for the releases starting in January 2024, taking over from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment.

In 2023, Comet Holdings announced a further five year deal with Alliance Entertainment, who will be a mass distribution partner and primary Manufacture on Demand partner for select titles. Alliance Entertainment, via NCircle Entertainment, will also be the home media distribution partner for edited for content productions.