Xebec (studio)

Xebec, Inc.

Native name	株式会社ジーベック
Romanized name	Kabushiki-gaisha Jībekku
Company type	Kabushiki gaisha
Industry	Japanese animation
Founded	May 1, 1995; 29 years ago (1995-05-01)[1]
Defunct	May 31, 2019; 5 years ago (2019-05-31)
Fate	Xebec: Sold to Sunrise and Production I.G in 2019.[a] Xebec M2: Went defunct in 2009.[b] Xebec Zwei: Sold to Production I.G in 2019.[c]
Successor	Xebec: Sunrise Beyond[a] Studio Mother[d] Xebec Zwei: I.G. Zwei[c]
Headquarters	3-22-31 Minami-cho, Kokubunji, Tokyo, Japan 〒 185-0021 Southern Building 5F[1]
Key people	Xebec: Tooru Satou[e] Yukinao Shimoji[f] Ryuuji Mitsumoto[g] Nobuyoshi Habara[h] Mitsuhisa Ishikawa[i] Xebec M2: Hideyuki Motohashi[j]
Total equity	¥10,000,000[1]
Owner	Production I.G (1995–2007) IG Port (2007–2019)
Number of employees	100
Divisions	Photography Dept.[k] Fukuoka Studio (2018–2019)
Subsidiaries	Triple A (2002–2005) Xebec M2 (2003–2009) Xebec Zwei (2010–2019)
Website	www.production-ig.co.jp/xebec/

Xebec, Inc. (Japanese: 株式会社ジーベック, Hepburn: Kabushiki-gaisha Jībekku, stylized in all caps) was a Japanese animation studio based in Kokubunji, Tokyo, founded by former Tatsunoko Production animators on May 1, 1995. They worked on many popular series, such as Nadesico, Love Hina, Keijo, Shaman King, Fafner, To Love Ru, and Space Battleship Yamato remakes 2199 and 2202.

The company logotype includes the International Phonetic Alphabet transcription [zíːbek], which represents not the Japanese pronunciation using syllabification for Hepburn romanization but rather a presumed "English" pronunciation.

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