Bandai Namco Filmworks
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Not to be confused with Shōeisha.
For the Japanese publishing company, see Shueisha. For the video game publisher, see Bandai Namco Entertainment.
Bandai Namco Filmworks Inc. (Japanese: 株式会社バンダイナムコフィルムワークス, Hepburn: Kabushiki gaisha Bandai Namuko Firumuwākusu), previously and still famously known as Sunrise Inc., is a Japanese company owned by Bandai Namco Holdings with its business focused on production, planning and management for anime, founded in September 1972 by former Mushi Production employees.
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Native name | 株式会社バンダイナムコフィルムワークス |
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Romanized name | Kabushiki gaisha Bandai Namuko Firumuwākusu |
Formerly | Sunrise Studio YK (1972-1976) Nippon Sunrise Inc. (1976-1987) Sunrise Inc. (1987-2022) |
Company type | Subsidiary (kabushiki gaisha, formerly yūgen gaisha) |
Industry | Production enterprise, anime and home video |
Founded | September 1972; 51 years ago (1972-09) (as Sunrise) April 1, 2022; 2 years ago (2022-04-01) (as Bandai Namco Filmworks) |
Headquarters | , Japan |
Key people | Makoto Asanuma (president and CEO) Satoshi Kawano (executive vice-president) Yoshitaka Tao (managing director) |
Number of employees | 646 (as of April 1, 2024)[1] |
Parent | Bandai Namco Holdings |
Divisions | Sunrise Bandai Visual Emotion Bandai Channel |
Subsidiaries | Bandai Namco Pictures Actas Sotsu Evolving GUNDAM Eight Bit |
Website | bnfw.co.jp (BN Filmworks) sunrise-inc.co.jp (Sunrise) |
Footnotes / references [2][3] |
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