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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 | |
| Industry | Anime |
| Founded | July 6, 1998 |
| Founder |
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| Headquarters | Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan |
Key people | Kenji Hamada (President) [1] |
Number of employees | 22 regular 26 contract [1] |
| Parent | Bandai Namco Filmworks |
| Website | actas-inc |
Actas Inc. [lower-alpha 1] 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]
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