Bandai Namco Music Live Inc.
Native name
株式会社バンダイナムコミュージックライブ
Kabushiki gaisha Bandai Namuko Myujikku Raibu
FormerlyBandai Namco Arts
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryMusic
Anime
PredecessorBandai Visual
Lantis
FoundedApril 1, 2018; 5 years ago (2018-04-01)
HeadquartersShibuya, Tokyo
Key people
Yoshitaka Tao (president)
Revenue¥2.182 billion (2020)
Number of employees
213 (as of April 2023)
ParentBandai Namco Holdings
Subsidiaries
  • Highway Star
  • Bandai Namco Live Creative
Websitebandainamcomusiclive.co.jp

Bandai Namco Music Live Inc.,[a] formerly Bandai Namco Arts, is a Japanese company formed by the merger of Bandai Visual and its subsidiary Lantis by its owner Bandai Namco Holdings in February 2018. The company is responsible for the same area of its predecessors, which those being anime production and distribution and music production and distribution.[1]

History

Previous logo used from 2018–2022

In February 2018, Bandai Namco Holdings announced that Lantis and its parent company Bandai Visual would merge to turn into a company called Bandai Namco Arts on April 1, 2018, doing the same business as the past two companies but being more related to each other as one entire company.[2]

In October 2021, Bandai Namco Holdings announced the reorganization of the group. Sunrise will handle the newly combined visual business company, which will consist of Sunrise, Bandai Namco Arts' video contents, and Bandai Namco Rights Marketing. Bandai Namco Arts will focus on the music and live events company, which will consist of Bandai Namco Arts' music contents, Bandai Namco Live Creative, and Sunrise Music.

Labels

Video Label (now part of Bandai Namco Filmworks)

Music Label

Notes

  1. ^ Japanese: 株式会社バンダイナムコミュージックライブ, Hepburn: Kabushiki gaisha Bandai Namuko Myujikku Raibu

References

  1. ^ "Main Group Companies｜About Company｜BANDAI NAMCO Holdings Inc". BANDAI NAMCO Holdings Inc. (in Japanese). Retrieved August 4, 2018.
  2. ^ "Bandai Namco Holdings Merges Lantis With Bandai Visual, Launches New Subsidiaries". Anime News Network. Retrieved August 4, 2018.

External links

Bandai Namco Holdings
Japanese animation studios
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