Bandai Namco Music Live
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Native name | 株式会社バンダイナムコミュージックライブ |
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Romanized name | Kabushiki gaisha Bandai Namuko Myujikku Raibu |
| Formerly | Bandai Namco Arts |
| Company type | Subsidiary |
| Industry | Music Anime |
| Predecessor | Bandai Visual Lantis |
| Founded | April 1, 2018 |
| Headquarters | Shibuya, Tokyo |
Key people | Yoshitaka Tao (president) |
| Revenue | ¥2.182 billion (2020) |
Number of employees | 213 (as of April 2023) |
| Parent | Bandai Namco Holdings |
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| Website | bandainamcomusiclive.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
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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
[edit]Video Label (now part of Bandai Namco Filmworks)
[edit]- Bandai Visual - Movies for children, live-action films and dramas
- Emotion - Anime and tokusatsu
Music Label
[edit]- Lantis - Main label
- Kiramune - Male voice actor label
- GloryHeaven - Label related to Sony Music Solutions
- Sunrise Music Label - Label related to Sunrise and Bandai Namco Pictures, distributed by The Orchard
- Purple One Star - Label established in collaboration with bluesofa
- MoooD Records - Label focusing on creating smash hits with global perspective
Notes
[edit]- ^ 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
[edit]- ^ "Main Group Companies｜About Company｜BANDAI NAMCO Holdings Inc". BANDAI NAMCO Holdings Inc. (in Japanese). Retrieved August 4, 2018.
- ^ "Bandai Namco Holdings Merges Lantis With Bandai Visual, Launches New Subsidiaries". Anime News Network. Retrieved August 4, 2018.
External links
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- Official website (in Japanese)
- Bandai Namco Music Live at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
