Native name | 株式会社バンダイナムコフィルムワークス |
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Romanized name | Kabushiki gaisha Bandai Namuko Firumuwākusu |
Formerly | Soeisha (1972–1976) Nippon Sunrise Inc. (1976–1987) Sunrise Inc. (1987–2022) |
Company type | Subsidiary (kabushiki gaisha, formerly yūgen gaisha) |
Industry | Production enterprise, anime and home video |
Founded | September 1972 April 1, 2022 (as Bandai Namco Filmworks) | (as Sunrise)
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] |
Parent | Bandai Namco Holdings |
Divisions | Sunrise (IP Production Group) Bandai Visual Emotion Bandai Channel |
Subsidiaries | Bandai Namco Pictures Actas Sotsu Evolving GUNDAM Eight Bit |
Website | bnfw.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.