Bandai Namco Filmworks

Bandai Namco Filmworks Inc.
Native name
株式会社バンダイナムコフィルムワークス
Kabushiki gaisha Bandai Namuko Firumuwākusu
FormerlySoeisha
(1972–1976)
Nippon Sunrise Inc. (1976–1987)
Sunrise Inc. (1987–2022)
Company typeSubsidiary (kabushiki gaisha, formerly yūgen gaisha)
IndustryProduction enterprise, anime and home video
FoundedSeptember 1972; 52 years ago (1972-09) (as Sunrise)
April 1, 2022; 2 years ago (2022-04-01) (as Bandai Namco Filmworks)
Headquarters,
Japan
Key people
Makoto Asanuma
(president and CEO)
Satoshi Kawano
(executive vice-president)
Yoshitaka Tao
(managing director)
Number of employees
646 (as of April 1, 2024)[1]
ParentBandai Namco Holdings
DivisionsSunrise (IP Production Group)
Bandai Visual
Emotion
Bandai Channel
SubsidiariesBandai Namco Pictures
Actas
Sotsu
Evolving GUNDAM
Eight Bit
Websitebnfw.co.jp (BN Filmworks)
sunrise-inc.co.jp (Sunrise)
Footnotes / references
[2][3]

Bandai Namco Filmworks Inc. (Japanese: 株式会社バンダイナムコフィルムワークス, Hepburn: Kabushiki gaisha Bandai Namuko Firumuwākusu), formerly and still famously known as Sunrise Inc., is a Japanese entertainment company owned by Bandai Namco Holdings with its business focused on production, planning and management for anime, founded in September 1972 by former Mushi Production employees.

  1. ^ 会社概要 / バンダイナムコフィルムワークス [Company Profile]. Bandai Namco Filmworks INC. (in Japanese). Retrieved August 3, 2023.
  2. ^ "Sunrise Official Site" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on January 5, 2006. Retrieved February 6, 2006.
  3. ^ "SUNRISE INTERNATIONAL Information". Retrieved February 6, 2006.