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Native name | 株式会社アクタス |
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Romanized name | Kabushiki gaisha Akutasu |
Company type | Subsidiary |
Industry | Anime |
Founded | July 6, 1998 |
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Headquarters | Ogikubo, , Japan |
Key people | Kenji Hamada (CEO) [1] Board members: Masakazu Yoshimoto Jun Yukawa Takanobu Murata |
Number of employees | 22 (regular) 26 (contract) [1] |
Parent | Bandai Visual (2017–2018) Bandai Namco Filmworks (2018–present) |
Website | actas-inc |
Actas Inc. [a] is a Japanese animation studio founded in 1998. It is currently a subsidiary of Bandai Namco Filmworks, which in turn is a subsidiary to Bandai Namco Holdings. [2]
Actas was founded on July 6, 1998, by Hiroshi Katō and Jūtarō Ōba, who previously worked for Tatsunoko Production and Ashi Productions. [3]
Following Katō's death in 2009, Shunpei Maruyama was named the new company president. The studio also had a subsidiary animation studio Karaku, but Actas merged it with the main company in July 2017.
In September 2017, Bandai Visual has announced that it had acquired Actas. [4]
In August 2023, it was announced that former president and animation producer Shunpei Maruyama had died. [5]