Bandai Visual
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| Bandai Visual Co., Ltd | |
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| Type | Business corporation (TYO: 4325) |
| Founded | August 23, 1983 |
| Headquarters | Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan |
| Key people | Kazumi Kawashiro, President and CEO |
| Industry | Anime production, animation and distribution Film production and distribution Software & programming |
| Owner | Namco Bandai Holdings, Inc. |
| Employees | 162 |
| Website | Bandai Visual Co., Ltd. Official Website |
Bandai Visual Co., Ltd (バンダイビジュアル株式会社 Bandai Bijuaru Kabushiki Gaisha?), is a Japanese anime, film production and distribution enterprise, established by Bandai Co., Ltd. and a subsidiary of Namco Bandai Holdings, Inc.,[1][2][3] which is based in Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan.[4] Since the reorganisation of Namco Bandai Holdings in 2006, Bandai Visual now heads the group's Visual and Music Content Strategic Business Unit. Its subsidiaries include the Emotion Music Co. Ltd, (whose logos also include the Moai from Easter Island), and Lantis Co., Ltd music publishing labels.
It is involved in the production and distribution of several anime titles, including those it has directly produced itself and anime series produced by the anime studio Sunrise, a subsidiary of Bandai.
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[edit] History
Bandai Visual is part of Namco Bandai Holdings, which holds a majority of the voting shares of the company (93.63% as of December 18, 2007).[5][6] Namco Bandai announced on November 8, 2007 that it plans to buy the voting shares it doesn't own between that date and December 10, 2007 and turn the company into a wholly owned subsidiary.[7][8] On December 18, 2007, Bandai Namco announced that it owned 93.63%[9] of Bandai Visual's shares since the end of November.[7] The remaining shares were delisted from the Tokyo Stock Exchange on February 15, 2008 after Namco Bandai acquired the remaining 10% of the shares.
[edit] Subsidiaries
[edit] Bandai Entertainment
Bandai Entertainment is a North American based subsidiary of Bandai Visual. Originally separate from Bandai Visual USA, Namco Holdings announced that Bandai Visual would absorb Bandai Visual USA in 2008.[10]
[edit] Bandai Visual USA
Bandai Visual USA was established in 2005 to distribute and market Bandai Visual's productions in North America. Bandai Visual's anime and manga productions are also distributed in North America by Bandai Entertainment and in Europe by Beez Entertainment. On May 23, 2008, Bandai Namco Holdings announced that Bandai Visual USA would be merged into Bandai Entertainment.[10]
[edit] References
- ^ Bandai Visual. Retrieved on 2007-03-07.
- ^ NAMCO BANDAI Holdings Inc.. Retrieved on 2007-03-07.
- ^ IR information : Press release Third Medium-Term Plan. Retrieved on 2007-03-07.
- ^ About us : History BANDAI VISUAL CO.,Ltd. Retrieved on 2007-03-07.
- ^ NAMCO BANDAI Holdings Inc. to Fully Acquire Bandai Visual Co., Ltd. and Bandai Networks Co., Ltd.. Reuters (2008-01-15). Retrieved on 2008-01-19.
- ^ Bandai Visual Co. Ltd.: Private Company Information. BusinessWeek (2008-01-19). Retrieved on 2008-01-20.
- ^ a b Variety.com: Bandai Namco buys up subsidiaries
- ^ Variety.com: Bandai taking over subsidiaries
- ^ KatanaXtreme.com: NAMCO BANDAI Holdings announces complete takeover of BANDAI VISUAL
- ^ a b Bandai Visual USA to be Liquidated by September. Anime News Network date=2008-05-23. Retrieved on 2008-05-23.
