Actas Inc.
Native name
株式会社アクタス
Kabushiki gaisha Akutasu
Company type
IndustryAnime
FoundedJuly 6, 1998; 25 years ago (1998-07-06)
Founder
  • Hiroshi Katō
  • Jūtarō Ōba
HeadquartersMitaka, Tokyo, Japan
Key people
Kenji Hamada
(President)[1]
Number of employees
22 regular
26 contract[1]
ParentBandai Namco Filmworks
Websiteactas-inc.co.jp

Actas Inc.[a] is a Japanese animation studio founded in 1998. It is currently a subsidiary of Bandai Namco Filmworks, which in turn is a subsidiary to Bandai Namco Holdings.[2]

History

Actas was founded on July 6, 1998, by Hiroshi Katō and Jūtarō Ōba, who previously worked for Tatsunoko Production and Ashi Productions.[3]

Following Katō's death in 2009, Shunpei Maruyama was named the new company president. The studio also had a subsidiary animation studio Karaku, but Actas merged it with the main company in July 2017.

In September 2017, Bandai Visual has announced that it had acquired Actas.[4]

In August 2023, it was announced that former president and animation producer Shunpei Maruyama had died.[5]

Works

TV series

OVA/ONAs

Films

Notes

  1. ^ Japanese: 株式会社アクタス, Hepburn: Kabushiki gaisha Akutasu

References

  1. ^ a b 会社概要 [Company Profile]. Actus Co., Ltd. (in Japanese). Retrieved August 16, 2023.
  2. ^ History page http://www.actas-inc.co.jp/corporation Archived 2014-04-07 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ 実写版映画ヤッターマン (in Japanese). ytv. 2009-02-17. Archived from the original on 2013-08-04. Retrieved 2014-04-04.
  4. ^ "Bandai Visual Acquires Girls & Panzer Anime Studio Actas". Anime News Network. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  5. ^ "Girls & Panzer, Princess Principal Producer Shunpei Maruyama Passes Away". Anime News Network. August 16, 2023. Retrieved August 16, 2023.

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