Satelight
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| SATELIGHT Inc. 株式会社サテライト |
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| Type | Business corporation |
| Founded | December 1995 in Sapporo, Hokkaidō |
| Headquarters |  Suginami-ku, Tokyo, Japan |
| Key people | Michiaki Satō (President) Shōji Kawamori (Executive Director)[1] |
| Industry | Animation studio and production enterprise |
| Parent | Sankyo |
| Website | Satelight official site |
Satelight Inc. (株式会社サテライト Kabushiki-gaisha Sateraito?) is a Japanese animation studio.
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[edit] History
The studio was founded on December 1995, in Sapporo, Hokkaidō, their first project animating Bit the Cupid, the world's first fully digitally-animated television series.[2] The name Satelight consists of S for Sapporo, A for Animate, T for Technology and E for Entertainment. The company's president is Michiaki Satō. Noted anime director and creator Shōji Kawamori is an executive director at the studio.[1]
In 1996, the studio's next project was producing the CG animation for Group TAC's Īhatōbu Gensō: Kenji no Haru. It soon established a production studio in 1998 in Suginami, Tokyo. The studio soon produced their first television series, Kawamori's Chikyū Shōjo Arjuna in 2001. In 2006, the studio changed its headquarters from Sapporo to Tokyo.
[edit] Works
[edit] Productions
- Chikyū Shōjo Arjuna (2001, TV series)
- Geneshaft (2001, TV series, co-production with Studio Gazelle)
- Heat Guy J (2002, TV series)
- Macross Zero (2004, OVA series)
- Genesis of Aquarion (2005, TV series)
- Noein (2005, TV series)
- Glass no Kantai (2006, TV series, co-production with GONZO)
- Hellsing (2006, OVA series)
- Koi suru Tenshi Angelique ~Kokoro no Mezameru Toki~ (2006, TV series)
- Galaxy Angel Rune (2006, TV series)
- Baldr Force EXE: Resolution (2006, TV series)
- Koi suru Tenshi Angelique ~Kagayaki no Ashita~ (2007, TV series)
- Kamichama Karin (2007, TV series)
- Engage Planet Kiss Dum (2007, TV series)
- Shugo Chara! (2007, TV series)
- Time Jam: Valerian & Laureline (2007, TV series, co-production with Europacorp)
- Macross Frontier (2008, TV series)
[edit] Games
- Heavy Metal Thunder (2005, Cell Animation Production)
[edit] Other involvement
- Bit the Cupid (1995)
- Īhatōbu Gensō: Kenji no Haru (1996)
- Saber Marionette J (1997)
- Perfect Blue (1997)
- St. Luminous Mission High School (1998)
- Brain Powerd (1998)
- Escaflowne (film) (2000)
- Angel Sanctuary (2000)
- Boys Be... (2000)
- Vampire Hunter D (2001)
- Metropolis (2001)
- Kakyūsei 2: Hitomi no Naka no Shōjo-tachi (2004)
- Romeo x Juliet (2007)
[edit] References
- ^ a b SATELIGHT Inc. : AboutUs Corporate Profile. Retrieved on 2007-04-13.
- ^ SATELIGHT Inc. : AboutUs Corporate history. Retrieved on 2007-04-13.
