Bandai Namco Pictures

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Bandai Namco Pictures Inc.
Native name
株式会社バンダイナムコピクチャーズ
Romanized name
 Kabushiki gaisha Bandai Namuko Pikuchāzu
Company type Subsidiary
Industry Anime
FoundedApril 2015;9 years ago (2015-04)
Headquarters Nerima, Tokyo
Key people
  • Masayuki Ozaki
  • (president)
  • Hiroyuki Sato
  • (director)
ProductsAnime, films, DVDs
Revenue¥10 million
Owner Bandai Namco Holdings
Number of employees
130 (December 2021)
Parent Bandai Namco Filmworks
Divisions Bandai Namco Pictures Osaka Studio
Bandai Namco Pictures Iwaki
Website www.bn-pictures.co.jp
Footnotes /references
"Corporate Profile". www.bn-pictures.co.jp (in Japanese). Bandai Namco Pictures. Archived from the original on April 28, 2020. Retrieved July 2, 2020.

Bandai Namco Pictures Inc. [lower-alpha 1] , also known as BN Pictures, is a Japanese animation studio and production company. It is a spinoff of Sunrise, a subsidiary of Bandai Namco Filmworks which is owned by Bandai Namco Holdings. The company was formed as a part of the medium-term management plan of Bandai Namco Holdings on restructuring itself. All the anime intellectual property and production divisions of Sunrise that aims at children and family were transferred to Bandai Namco Pictures. The company began its operations in April 2015.

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History

The secondary logo of the studio, which's used in commercials, credits, and the official channel on YouTube alongside the 2022 logo. Bandai Namco Pictures logo.svg
The secondary logo of the studio, which's used in commercials, credits, and the official channel on YouTube alongside the 2022 logo.

On February 12, 2015, Bandai Namco Holdings announced plans to restructure itself through the usage of a three-year medium-management plan. [1] The company sought to focus its resources on creating new intellectual properties (IPs) and marketable characters, and required faster planning and development time to satisfy these demands. [1] [2] Bandai Namco executives also believed it was necessary for its IP Creation content area to strengthen ties with its Toy and Hobby area, as it would lead to both strong relationships between the two divisions and allow for future product collaborations. [2]

As part of its efforts to fulfill these obligations, Bandai Namco Pictures was established in April 2015 in Nerima, Tokyo. [2] [3] Headed by Masayuki Ozaki, the representative director of animation studio Sunrise, the company was to lead its parent's "Strengthen IP Creation Output" project and focus on the creation of new characters and franchises, specifically those targeted towards children and families. [1] [3] Bandai Namco Pictures would also work together with the Toy and Hobby division of Bandai Namco Holdings to strengthen the linkage between the two areas of the latter company. [1] [2] [3] Pictures absorbed Sunrise's production departments relating to children-oriented IPs, becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of Sunrise and part of Bandai Namco's IP Creation department. [4] [5]

The company's first project was Aikatsu! , an anime based on the Bandai trading card arcade game of the same name which had been produced by Sunrise until that point. [3] In addition to working on pre-established franchises, Bandai Namco Pictures would produce several original projects, such as the stop-motion animation series Milpom! [6] Pictures focused primarily on series and characters targeted towards children and families, though some, such as Tiger & Bunny and the Gintama series, were aimed at older audiences. The company regularly collaborates with other subsidiaries within Bandai Namco Holdings; in 2016, it partnered with Bandai Namco Entertainment to produce Dream Festival! , a multimedia franchise centered around video games and original net animations.

In August 2018, Bandai Namco Pictures opened a division in Osaka, the Bandai Namco Pictures Osaka Studio, for the purpose of digitally transferring animation to decrease production times. [7] The company hoped the success and productivity from the Osaka Studio could allow for additional offices to be opened in Japan and eventually overseas. [7] A year later in October, Pictures absorbed Studio Dub, an animation subcontractor established by former Sunrise animators. The acquisition renamed the company Bandai Namco Pictures Iwaki, though it continues using the name Studio Dub for its projects.

Works

Television series

TitleDirector(s)First run
start date		First run
end date		Eps.Ref.
Battle Spirits: Burning Soul Kunihisa Sugishima April 1, 2015March 30, 201651 [8]
Aikatsu! Ryūichi KimuraApril 2, 2015 [lower-alpha 2] March 31, 201652 [lower-alpha 3] [3]
Tribe Cool Crew Masaya FujimoriApril 5, 2015 [lower-alpha 2] October 4, 201526 [lower-alpha 3] [9]
Gintama° Chizuru MiyawakiApril 8, 2015March 30, 201651 [10]
Brave Beats Yūta MuranoOctober 6, 2015March 27, 201622
Battle Spirits: Double Drive Kunihisa SugishimaApril 6, 2016March 29, 201751 [8]
Aikatsu Stars! Teruo SatōApril 7, 2016March 29, 2018100 [11]
Heybot! Shinji Ishihira September 18, 2016September 24, 201750 [8]
Gintama. Chizuru MiyawakiJanuary 8, 2017March 26, 201713 [8]
Gintama. Porori-hen Chizuru MiyawakiOctober 1, 2017December 24, 201713 [8]
Gintama. Shirogane no Tamashii-hen Chizuru MiyawakiJanuary 7, 2018October 7, 201826 [10]
Aikatsu Friends! Shishō IgarashiApril 5, 2018September 26, 201976 [12]
B-PROJECT～Zecchō＊Emotion～ Makoto Moriwaki January 11, 2019March 29, 201912 [10]
Aikatsu on Parade! Shishō IgarashiOctober 5, 2019March 28, 202025 [13]
Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun Makoto MoriwakiOctober 5, 2019March 7, 202023 [14]
Motto! Majime ni Fumajime Kaiketsu Zorori Takahide OgataApril 5, 2020November 8, 202025 [15]
Saikyō KamizmodeMitsutoshi SatōOctober 9, 2020April 9, 202126 [16]
Aikatsu Planet! Ryūichi KimuraJanuary 10, 2021June 27, 202125 [17]
Motto! Majime ni Fumajime Kaiketsu Zorori 2nd Season Takahide OgataApril 2, 2021October 22, 202125 [18]
Cestvs: The Roman Fighter [lower-alpha 4]
April 15, 2021June 24, 202111 [19]
Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun Season 2 Makoto MoriwakiApril 17, 2021September 11, 202121 [20]
Birdie Wing: Golf Girls' Story Takayuki InagakiApril 6, 2022June 29, 202213 [21]
Motto! Majime ni Fumajime Kaiketsu Zorori 3rd Season Takahide OgataApril 6, 2022September 21, 202225 [22]
Raven of the Inner Palace Chizuru MiyawakiOctober 1, 2022December 24, 202213 [23]
Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun Season 3 Makoto MoriwakiOctober 8, 2022March 4, 202321 [24]
Malevolent Spirits: Mononogatari Ryūichi KimuraJanuary 10, 2023September 19, 202324 [25]
Birdie Wing: Golf Girls' Story Season 2 Takayuki InagakiApril 8, 2023June 24, 202312 [26]
Wistoria: Wand and Sword [lower-alpha 6] Tatsuya YoshiharaJuly 2024TBATBA [27]

Films

TitleDirector(s)Release dateNotes
Kaiketsu Zorori: Uchū no Yūsha-tachi Tomoko IwasakiSeptember 12, 2015Co-produced with Ajia-do Animation Works [28]
Aikatsu! Music Awards - The Show Where Everyone Gets an Award! Shinya WatadaAugust 22, 2015
Aikatsu Stars! The Movie Shinya WatadaAugust 13, 2016
Aikatsu! The Targeted Magical Aikatsu Card Ryūichi KimuraAugust 13, 2016Double-billed with Aikatsu Stars! The Movie
Kaiketsu Zorori: ZZ no Himitsu Masaya FujimoriNovember 22, 2017Co-produced with Ajia-do Animation Works
Gintama: The Very Final Chizuru MiyawakiJanuary 8, 2021
Hula Fulla Dance December 3, 2021 [29]
Aikatsu Planet! The Movie Ryūichi KimuraJuly 15, 2022
Aikatsu! 10th Story ~Starway to the Future~ Ryūichi KimuraJuly 15, 2022 (short film)
January 20, 2023 (feature film)		The short-film version was double-billed with Aikatsu Planet! The Movie
Kaiketsu Zorori: Lalala Star Tanjō Takahide OgataDecember 9, 2022Co-produced with Ajia-do Animation Works

OVA/ONAs

TitleDirector(s)First run
start date		First run
end date		Eps.Notes
Milpom! (Pilot)N/AMarch 20, 2015N/A1 [8]
Milpom!N/ASeptember 5, 2015September 29, 20176 [8]
Dream Festival! Yūta MuranoSeptember 23, 2016December 16, 201612Co-produced with Ajia-do Animation Works
Gintama°: Love Incense Arc Chizuru Miyawaki
Youichi Fujita		April 8, 2015March 30, 20162
Dream Festival! RYūta MuranoAugust 23, 2017November 8, 201712Co-produced with Ajia-do Animation Works
Gintama: Monster Strike-henN/AAugust 29, 2019September 4, 20192
Fight League: Gear Gadget GeneratorsDaisuke NakajimaFebruary 14, 2019August 8, 201926Co-Produced by XFLAG [30]
Battle Spirits: Kakumei no Galette Masaki WatanabeAugust 28, 2020April 23, 20215
Aikatsu on Parade! Dream Story Shishō IgarashiMarch 28, 2020July 11, 20206
Tiger & Bunny 2 Mitsuko KaseApril 8, 2022October 7, 202225 [31]

Notes

  1. ↑ Japanese: 株式会社バンダイナムコピクチャーズ, Hepburn: Kabushiki gaisha Bandai Namuko Pikuchāzu
  2. 1 2 First episode under BN Pictures
  3. 1 2 Total number of episodes under BN Pictures
  4. ↑ BN Pictures is producing the series and is responsible for the 2D animation work, whereas Logic&Magic is responsible for the 3D animation work.
  5. 1 2 Credited as Chief Director.
  6. ↑ With Actas

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