Xebec (studio)
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Native name | error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) |
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Romanized name | Kabushiki-gaisha Jībekku |
Company type | Kabushiki-gaisha |
Industry | Animation studio |
Founded | May 1, 1995[1] |
Defunct | 1 June 2019 ![]() |
Headquarters | 3-22-31 Minami-cho, Kokubunji, Tokyo, Japan 〒 185-0021 Southern Building 5F[1] |
Key people | Yukinao Shimoji (President)[2] |
Products | Anime (Television, Film, OVA) |
Total equity | ¥ 10,000,000[1] |
Number of employees | 100 |
Parent | IG Port |
Divisions | XEBEC M2 (2003-2010; defunct) XEBECzwei (active) |
Website | www |
Xebec, Inc. (Pronounced Zebec) (Japanese: 株式会社ジーベック, Hepburn: Kabushiki-gaisha Jībekku) is a subsidiary of IG Port (the holding company of studio Production I.G) that specialises in the production of anime. They have worked on many popular series such as Martian Successor Nadesico, Love Hina, Shaman King, and To Love-Ru. Their sound effects department uses sound effects similar to those distinctly identified with Sunrise and other Japanese animation studios.
The company logotype is unique in the fact that it includes the phonetic transcription: [zíːbek].
Works
TV
- Sorcerer Hunters (1995–1996)
- Martian Successor Nadesico (1996–1997)
- Bakusō Kyōdai Let's & Go!! (1996–1998)
- Super Yo-Yo (1998–1999)
- Steam Detectives (1998–1999)
- Shogun Recuts (1998–2000)
- Burst Ball Barrage!! Super B-Daman (1999)
- Dai-Guard (1999–2000)
- Zoids: Chaotic Century (1999–2000)
- Love Hina (2000)
- Pilot Candidate (2000)
- Tales of Eternia: The Animation (2001)
- Shaman King (2001–2002)
- Ground Defense Force! Mao-chan (2002)
- Rockman.EXE (2002–2006)
- Bottle Fairy (2003)
- D.N.Angel (2003)
- Stellvia (2003)
- Fafner in the Azure (2004)
- D.I.C.E. (2005)
- Elemental Gelade (2005)
- Petopeto-san (2005; XEBEC M2)
- Negima! Magister Negi Magi (2005)
- Saru Get You -On Air- (2006)
- The Third (2006)
- Buso Renkin (2006–2007)
- Shooting Star Rockman (2006–2008)
- Heroic Age (2007)
- Over Drive (2007)
- Hitohira (2007; XEBEC M2)
- Zombie-Loan (2007; XEBEC M2)
- Kanokon (2008)
- Mnemosyne (2008)
- To Love-Ru (2008)
- Kyō no Go no Ni (2008)
- Pandora Hearts (2009)
- Ladies versus Butlers! (2010)
- MM! (2010)
- Motto To Love-Ru (2010)
- Hanakappa (2010–present; taken over from Group TAC with OLM)
- Rio: Rainbow Gate! (2011)
- Hen Semi (2011)
- Softenni (2011)
- Lagrange: The Flower of Rin-ne (2012)
- Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2199 (2012–2013; with AIC on episodes 1–10)
- Nyaruko: Crawling with Love (2012)
- Upotte!! (2012)
- To Love-Ru Darkness (2012)
- Haiyore! Nyaruko-san W (2013)
- Pokémon Origins (2013; episodes 2–3)
- Maken-ki! Tsū (2014)
- Future Card Buddyfight (2014–2015; with OLM)
- Argevollen (2014)
- Tokyo ESP (2014)
- Broken Blade TV (2014)
- Fafner in the Azure: -EXODUS- (2015; XEBECzwei)
- Triage X (2015)
- To Love-Ru Darkness 2nd (2015)
- Future Card Buddyfight 100 (2015–2016; with OLM)
- Future Card Buddyfight Triple D (2016–2017; with OLM)
- Keijo!!!!!!!! (2016)
- BanG Dream! (2017; with ISSEN)
- Clockwork Planet (2017)
- Tomica Hyper Rescue Drive Head Kidō Kyūkyū Keisatsu (2017)
- Future Card Buddyfight X (2017–2018; with OLM)
- Future Card Buddyfight X: All-Star Fight (2018; with OLM)
- Future Card Buddyfight Ace (2018; with OLM)
- Full Metal Panic! Invisible Victory (2018)
- Brillant World 2nd Season (2018)
- Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs (2018)
- Space Battleship Yamato 2202 (2018–TBA)
- Fafner in the Azure: The Beyond (2019; XEBECzwei)
OVA
- Sorcerer Hunters (1996–1997)
- Blue Seed Beyond (1996–1998; with Production I.G)
- Gekiganger III (1998)
- Love Hina: Christmas Special (2000)
- Love Hina: Spring Special (2001)
- Love Hina Again (2002)
- Special Curriculum: The Candidate for Goddess (2002)
- Mahō Sensei Negima! Introduction Film (2004–2005)
- Majokko Tsukune-chan (2005–2006)
- Fafner in the Azure: Right of Left (2005)
- Petit Eva: Evangelion@School (2007; episodes 10–24)
- To Love-Ru (2009–2010)
- Kanokon: Manatsu no Daishanikusai (2009)
- Kyō no Go no Ni (2009)
- Pandora Hearts Omake (2009–2010)
- Hen Semi (2010–2011)
- Rinne no Lagrange: Kamogawa Days (2012)
- To Love-Ru Darkness (2012–2015)
- Maken-ki! (2013)
- Haiyore! Nyaruko-san F (2015)
- Black Clover (2015)
- Triage X (2015)
- To Love-Ru Darkness 2nd (2016–2017)
- Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs (2018)
- Tomica Hyper Rescue Drive Head Kidō Kyūkyū Keisatsu (2018–present; with OLM)
Movies
- Let's & Go (1997)
- Martian Successor Nadesico: The Motion Picture – Prince of Darkness (1998; with Production I.G)
- Cyber Team in Akihabara: Summer Vacation of 2011 (1999; with Production I.G)
- Rockman EXE Hikari to Yami no Program (2005)
- Major: Yūjō no Winning Shot (2008)
- Fafner in the Azure: Heaven and Earth (2010)
- Broken Blade (2010–2011; with Production I.G)
- Pokémon the Movie: Black—Victini and Reshiram and White—Victini and Zekrom (2011; with Production I.G and OLM)
- Space Battleship Yamato 2199 (2012–2013; with AIC)
- Space Battleship Yamato 2199: A Voyage to Remember (2014)
- Space Battleship Yamato 2199: Odyssey of the Celestial Ark (2014)
- Space Battleship Yamato 2202 (2017–present)
- Eiga Drive Head: Tomica Hyper Rescue Kidō Kyūkyū Keisatsu (2018; with OLM)
Game animation
- Martian Successor Nadesico
- Macross VFX
- Mega Man 8
- Mega Man X4
- Mega Man Maverick Hunter X
- Sorcerer Hunters
- killer7
- Shaman King: Spirit of Shamans (PSX)
Divisions
In 2003 the subsidiary XEBEC M2 was established, which focuses in providing animation assistance for their main studio and other companies (including OLM, as in Pokémon: Destiny Deoxys). It has also produced three full series: Petopeto-san, ZOMBIE LOAN and Hitohira. Its last activity was in 2009/2010.[3]
In 2012 it was followed by XEBECzwei, which handles in-between, key, and 2nd key animation for their main studio and other anime studios. It later produced the full series Fafner in the Azure: Exodus, which ran throughout 2015.[4]
References
- ^ a b c "Xebec Company, Inc" (in Japanese). Xebec. Retrieved 2009-09-30.
- ^ "Message from the President Xebec Corporation "fun" is what the main theme" (in Japanese). Xebec. Archived from the original on February 13, 2010. Retrieved 2009-09-30.
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- ^ "蒼穹のファフナー EXODUS". XEBECzwei (in Japanese). XEBEC. Retrieved 2014-09-22.
External links
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- Official website Template:Jp icon
- Xebec at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Xebec M2 at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- XEBEC zwei at Anime News Network's encyclopedia