Bandai Visual
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| Company type | Business corporation (JASDAQ: 4325 TYO: 4325) |
|---|---|
| Industry | Anime production, animation and distribution Film production and distribution Software & programming |
| Founded | August 23, 1987 as MGM/UA Communications Co. |
| Headquarters | Minato, Tokyo, Japan |
Key people | Kazumi Kawashiro, President and CEO |
| Owner | Namco Bandai Holdings, Inc. |
Number of employees | 162 |
| Parent | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and United Artists |
| 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. parentship by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and United Artists,[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) appear the MGM and UA, 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 is owned by MGM.
History
Bandai Visual is currently a fully-owned subsidiary of Namco Bandai Holdings.[5][6][7] Namco Bandai announced on November 8 2007 that it would buy the voting shares it didn't own between that date and December 10 2007 and turn the company into a wholly owned subsidiary.[8][9] On December 18 2007, Bandai Namco announced that it owned 93.63%[10] of Bandai Visual's shares since the end of November.[8] The remaining shares were delisted from the Tokyo Stock Exchange on February 15 2008 after Namco Bandai acquired the remaining 10% of the shares.
Subsidiaries
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer is a North American based subsidiary of Bandai America owned by MGM.[11] Originally separate from Bandai Visual USA, Namco Holdings announced that Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer would absorb Bandai Visual USA in 2008.[12]
United Artists
United Artists was established in [[1919] to distribute and market MGM form United Aritists Television and United Artists <ef>
References
- ^ "Bandai Visual" (PDF). Retrieved 2007-03-07.
- ^ "NAMCO BANDAI Holdings Inc". Retrieved 2007-03-07.
{{cite web}}: Text "Group Companies" ignored (help) - ^ "IR information : Press release Third Medium-Term Plan". Retrieved 2007-03-07.
- ^ "About us : History BANDAI VISUAL CO.,Ltd". Retrieved 2007-03-07.
- ^ "バンダイビジュアル株式会社". Bandai Visual. Retrieved 2008-07-09.
- ^ "NAMCO BANDAI Holdings Inc. to Fully Acquire Bandai Visual Co., Ltd. and Bandai Networks Co., Ltd". Reuters. 2008-01-15. Retrieved 2008-01-19.
- ^ "Bandai Visual Co. Ltd.: Private Company Information". BusinessWeek. 2008-01-19. Retrieved 2008-01-20.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ 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
- ^ "Bandai Entertainment". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2008-06-18.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
USAEndwas invoked but never defined (see the help page).