Aniplex
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| Type | Subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Japan |
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| 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 | Aniplex official website |
Aniplex Inc. (アニプレックス?), 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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[edit] 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
[edit] 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
