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 Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 2:18 pm
Aniplex Inc. (アニプレックス, Aniplex Inc.?), known until 2001 as Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) Visual Works Inc. and until April 2003 as Sony Music Entertainment (SME) Visual Works Inc., is a Japanese anime and music production and distribution enterprise, owned by Sony Music Entertainment Japan, and established on January, 1997. They have been involved in the production and distribution of several anime series, such as Fullmetal Alchemist, Blood: The Last Vampire, Rurouni Kenshin, and many others, and have also been involved in the production and distribution of music and soundtrack records, including producing the original soundtracks for all of Sony Computer Entertainment's computer and video games.
Originally known as Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) Visual Works Inc., it was established on September 1995 as a joint-venture between Sony Pictures Entertainment and Sony Music Entertainment Japan, and changed its name in 2001 to Sony Music Entertainment (SME) Visual Works Inc. after becoming a subsidiary completely owned by Sony Music Entertainment Japan. In April 2003, it changed its name to Aniplex Inc.
In 2005, the company established the animation studio A-1 Pictures.
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Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 2:22 pm
Type: Subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Japan
Founded: January, 1997
Headquarters: Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
Key people: Shigekazu Takeuchi, President
Industry: Anime and music production
Products: Fullmetal Alchemist
Blood: The Last Vampire
Rurouni Kenshin
Revenue: ¥2,280,000,000
Employees: 50
Parent: Sony Music Entertainment Japan (100%)
Subsidiaries: A-1 Pictures Inc. (100%)
Bancho Inc. (100%)
Voice & Heart Inc. (70%)
Website: www.aniplex.co.jp
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Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 2:24 pm
Anime productions
Aniplex have produced the following anime series:
Alice Academy
Ayakashi ayashi
Blood+
Blood: The Last Vampire
Cyborg Kurochan
D.Gray-man
Demashita! Powerpuff Girls Z
FLAG
Fullmetal Alchemist
Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa
Gakkou no Kaidan
Ginban Kaleidoscope
I'll CKBC
Idaten Jump
Jagainu-kun
Jigoku Shoujo
Jing: King of Bandits
Kage Kara Mamoru!
Kamichu
Kiba
Kikaider-01 - The Animation - Guitar wo Motta Shonen
King of Bandit Jing in Seventh Heaven
Maiking Break-Through Gurren-Lagann
Mezame No Hakobune (aka Open Your Mind)
Mirage of Blaze: Rebels of the River Edge
Naruto
Nerima Daikon Brothers
Otohime Connection
Petite Cossette
R.O.D the TV
Read or Die
Roujin Z
Rurouni Kenshin
Samurai X: Trust and Betrayal
Submarine 707R
Tekkon Kinkreet
Yakitate!! Japan
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Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 2:27 pm
Music and sound productions
Aniplex have produced the soundtracks for several anime series, including those which it has produced and conceptualized, and has also produced the original soundtracks for all of Sony Computer Entertainment's computer and video games.
Apart from producing the soundtracks of its anime productions, as noted above, Aniplex have been also involved in the production for the music and sound of the following anime series:
Angel Heart
Bleach
Gintama
Gravitation
Harukanaru Toki no Naka de ~Maihitoyo~
Honey and Clover
Paradise Kiss
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