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Not to be confused with Satellite.
SATELIGHT Inc.
株式会社サテライト
Company typeBusiness corporation
IndustryAnimation studio and production enterprise
FoundedDecember 1995 in Sapporo, Hokkaidō
HeadquartersSuginami, Tokyo, Japan
Key people
Michiaki Satō (President)
Shōji Kawamori (Executive Director)[1]
Number of employees
110 (April 2013)
ParentSankyo Group
WebsiteSatelight official site

Satelight Inc. (株式会社サテライト, Kabushiki-gaisha Sateraito) is a Japanese animation studio which serves as a division of pachinko operator Sankyo Group. Aside from several stand alone projects, the studio is also known for producing the Aquarion and Symphogear franchises, and later installments of the Macross franchise.

History

The studio was founded in December 1995, in Sapporo, Hokkaidō, their first project being 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.

Works

Productions

Games

Other involvement

References

  1. ^ a b {{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111205000458/http://www.satelight.co.jp/english/company/index.html%7Carchivedate=December 5, 2011|url=http://www.satelight.co.jp/english/company/index.html%7Ctitle=SATELIGHT Inc. : AboutUs　Corporate Profile|accessdate=2015-11-16}}
  2. ^ "SATELIGHT Inc. : AboutUs　Corporate history". Archived from the original on September 30, 2011. Retrieved 2015-11-16.
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