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Bandai Visual Co., Ltd
Type	Business corporation; (JASDAQ: 4325; TYO: 4325)
Founded	August 23, 1983
Headquarters	Minato, Tokyo, Japan
Key people	Kazumi Kawashiro, President and CEO
Industry	Anime production, animation and distribution; Film production and distribution; Software & programming
Owner(s)	Namco Bandai
Employees	162
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.,^[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), 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Subsidiaries

[edit] Bandai Entertainment

Bandai Entertainment is the North American based subsidiary of Bandai America.^[11]^[12]Originally separate from Bandai Visual USA, Namco Holdings announced that Bandai Entertainment would absorb Bandai Visual USA in 2008.^[13] Headquartered in Cypress, California, it licenses anime properties from various Japanese companies for North American distribution, those most of licenses come from Bandai and its sister company Sunrise. The company also licenses manga series for release with English translation, and publishes American-made graphic novels.^[14] As with many North American anime distributors, Bandai Entertainment offers a 'fan support' program to facilitate public screenings of licensed content at anime clubs and anime conventions.^[15]

[edit] Bandai Visual USA

Bandai Visual USA was established in 2005 to distribute and market Bandai Visual's productions in North America. Bandai Visual's anime and manga productions are also distributed in North America by Bandai Entertainment and in Europe by Beez Entertainment. On May 23, 2008, Namco Bandai Holdings announced that Bandai Visual USA would be merged into Bandai Entertainment.^[13] Bandai Visual USA was dissolved on July 1, 2008 and absorbed by Bandai Entertainment.

[edit] Music

In August 2009, Bandai Visual had their first music release on US iTunes with Lantis Sounds. In September 2009, Banda Visual teamed up with NAMCO for their periodic release of game sounds (classic and new) to iTunes USA.^[16]^[17]

[edit] References

^ "Bandai Visual" (PDF). http://www.bandaivisual.co.jp/e/ir/FY06%202Q.pdf. Retrieved 2007-03-07.
^ "NAMCO BANDAI Holdings Inc.". http://www.bandainamco.co.jp/en/about/group/index.html. Retrieved 2007-03-07.
^ "IR information : Press release Third Medium-Term Plan". http://www.bandaivisual.co.jp/e/ir/press_2006/epress060627-2.html. Retrieved 2007-03-07.
^ "About us : History BANDAI VISUAL CO.,Ltd". http://www.bandaivisual.co.jp/e/about/history.html. Retrieved 2007-03-07.
^ "バンダイビジュアル株式会社". Bandai Visual. http://www.bandaivisual.co.jp/company/history.html. Retrieved 2008-07-09.
^ "NAMCO BANDAI Holdings Inc. to Fully Acquire Bandai Visual Co., Ltd. and Bandai Networks Co., Ltd.". Reuters. 2008-01-15. http://www.reuters.com/finance/industries/significant?industryCode=53215&categoryId=207. Retrieved 2008-01-19.
^ "Bandai Visual Co. Ltd.: Private Company Information". BusinessWeek. 2008-01-19. http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=5556744. Retrieved 2008-01-20.
^ ^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 Inc.". Goliath. http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/product-compint-0001127396-page.html. Retrieved 2007-07-22.
^ "Bandai Entertainment". http://www.bandai-ent.com/about/. Retrieved 2007-07-22.
^ ^a ^b "Bandai Visual USA to be Liquidated by September". Anime News Network. 2008-05-23. http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-05-23/bandai-visual-usa-to-be-liquidated-by-september. Retrieved 2008-05-23.
^ "Bandai Entertainment". http://www.bandai-ent.com/products/manga.cfm. Retrieved 2007-07-22.
^ Bandai announces anime club support program
^ "Bandai Visual’s new project – game sounds on iTunes". J!-ENT. http://www.nt2099.com/J-ENT/news/music-entertainment-news/bandai-visuals-new-project-game-sounds-on-itunes/. Retrieved 2009-09-02.
^ "Bandai Visual and Namco Games partner up for Game Sounds (Japanese)". Bandai Visual. http://www.bandaivisual.co.jp/pdf/2009/pr090902.pdf. Retrieved 2009-09-02.

[edit] External links

Bandai Visual website (Japanese)
Bandai Entertainment website

[bandaivisualcorporate-0] "Bandai Visual" (PDF). http://www.bandaivisual.co.jp/e/ir/FY06%202Q.pdf. Retrieved 2007-03-07.

[namcobandaiofficialsite-1] "NAMCO BANDAI Holdings Inc.". http://www.bandainamco.co.jp/en/about/group/index.html. Retrieved 2007-03-07.

[bandaivisual-bandaichannel-2] "IR information : Press release Third Medium-Term Plan". http://www.bandaivisual.co.jp/e/ir/press_2006/epress060627-2.html. Retrieved 2007-03-07.

[bandaivisualoff-3] "About us : History BANDAI VISUAL CO.,Ltd". http://www.bandaivisual.co.jp/e/about/history.html. Retrieved 2007-03-07.

[bandai-visual-history-4] "バンダイビジュアル株式会社". Bandai Visual. http://www.bandaivisual.co.jp/company/history.html. Retrieved 2008-07-09.

[reuters-5] "NAMCO BANDAI Holdings Inc. to Fully Acquire Bandai Visual Co., Ltd. and Bandai Networks Co., Ltd.". Reuters. 2008-01-15. http://www.reuters.com/finance/industries/significant?industryCode=53215&categoryId=207. Retrieved 2008-01-19.

[bizweek-6] "Bandai Visual Co. Ltd.: Private Company Information". BusinessWeek. 2008-01-19. http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=5556744. Retrieved 2008-01-20.

[variety-7] Variety.com: Bandai Namco buys up subsidiaries

[8] Variety.com: Bandai taking over subsidiaries

[9] KatanaXtreme.com: NAMCO BANDAI Holdings announces complete takeover of BANDAI VISUAL

[goliath-10] "Bandai Entertainment Inc.". Goliath. http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/product-compint-0001127396-page.html. Retrieved 2007-07-22.

[bei-about-11] "Bandai Entertainment". http://www.bandai-ent.com/about/. Retrieved 2007-07-22.

[USAEnd-12] "Bandai Visual USA to be Liquidated by September". Anime News Network. 2008-05-23. http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-05-23/bandai-visual-usa-to-be-liquidated-by-september. Retrieved 2008-05-23.

[bei-manga-13] "Bandai Entertainment". http://www.bandai-ent.com/products/manga.cfm. Retrieved 2007-07-22.

[14] Bandai announces anime club support program

[15] "Bandai Visual’s new project – game sounds on iTunes". J!-ENT. http://www.nt2099.com/J-ENT/news/music-entertainment-news/bandai-visuals-new-project-game-sounds-on-itunes/. Retrieved 2009-09-02.

[16] "Bandai Visual and Namco Games partner up for Game Sounds (Japanese)". Bandai Visual. http://www.bandaivisual.co.jp/pdf/2009/pr090902.pdf. Retrieved 2009-09-02.

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