Bandai Namco Music Live Inc.,[a] formerly Bandai Namco Arts, is a Japanese company formed in 1983 as AE Planning Inc. The company was rebranded to Bandai Namco Arts in February 2018 by the merger of Bandai Visual and its subsidiary Lantis as part of a major group restructuring of its parent company, Bandai Namco Holdings. The company was responsible for anime production and distribution, and music production and distribution.[1]
In 2022, the anime division was spun-off to Bandai Namco Filmworks and the company rebranded itself to Bandai Namco Music Live, solely focusing on music production and artist management.
History
Previous logo used from 2018–2022
In February 2018, Bandai Namco Holdings announced that Lantis and its parent company Bandai Visual would merge to turn into a company called Bandai Namco Arts on April 1, 2018, doing the same business as the past two companies but being more related to each other as one entire company.[2]
In October 2021, Bandai Namco Holdings announced the reorganization of the group. Sunrise will handle the newly combined visual business company, which will consist of Sunrise, Bandai Namco Arts' video contents, and Bandai Namco Rights Marketing. Bandai Namco Arts will focus on the music and live events company, which will consist of Bandai Namco Arts' music contents, Bandai Namco Live Creative, and Sunrise Music.
In March 2024, Bandai Namco Music Arts announced it would open up an concert hall based in Shibuya named Shibuya LOVEZ with Bandai Namco Music Arts launching a new division named Bandai Namco BASE with Shibuya LOVEZ became part of the new unit and would be launched in 2026.[3]
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