Bandai Namco Music Live
{{Short description|Anime and music producer and distributor}}
{{Use American English|date=December 2022}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2022}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Bandai Namco Music Live Inc.
| logo = Bandai Namco logo (2022).svg
| logo_size =
| image = バリュークリエーション外観.png
| image_size = 250px
| image_caption = Headquarters in Shibuya, Tokyo
| native_name = {{lang|ja|株式会社バンダイナムコミュージックライブ}}
| romanized_name = Kabushiki gaisha Bandai Namuko Myujikku Raibu
| former_name = Bandai Namco Arts (2018–2022)
| type = Subsidiary
| foundation = {{start date and age|2018|04|01}}
| predecessors = Bandai Visual
Lantis
| key_people = Yoshitaka Tao (president)
| location = Ebisu
| location_city = Shibuya, Tokyo
| location_country = Japan
| revenue = {{yen}}2.182 billion (2020)
| num_employees = 213 (as of April 2023)
| parent = Bandai Namco Holdings
| subsid = {{ubl|Bandai Namco Live Creative}}
| homepage = {{url|https://www.bandainamcomusiclive.co.jp/|bandainamcomusiclive.co.jp}}
}}
{{Nihongo foot|Bandai Namco Music Live Inc.,|株式会社バンダイナムコミュージックライブ|Kabushiki gaisha Bandai Namuko Myujikku Raibu|lead=yes|group=lower-alpha}} formerly Bandai Namco Arts, is a Japanese company formed by the merger of Bandai Visual and its subsidiary Lantis by its owner Bandai Namco Holdings in February 2018. The company is responsible for the same area of its predecessors, which those being anime production and distribution and music production and distribution.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bandainamco.co.jp/en/about/grouplink.html|title=Main Group Companies｜About Company｜BANDAI NAMCO Holdings Inc.|website=BANDAI NAMCO Holdings Inc.|language=ja|access-date=August 4, 2018}}
History
File:Bandai Namco Arts logo.svg
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.{{Cite news|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-02-09/bandai-namco-holdings-merges-lantis-with-bandai-visual-launches-new-subsidiaries/.127609|title=Bandai Namco Holdings Merges Lantis With Bandai Visual, Launches New Subsidiaries|work=Anime News Network|access-date=August 4, 2018|language=en}}
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.
Labels
= Video Label (now part of [[Bandai Namco Filmworks]]) =
- Bandai Visual - Movies for children, live-action films and dramas
- Emotion - Anime and tokusatsu
= Music Label =
- Lantis - Main label
- Kiramune - Male voice actor label
- GloryHeaven - Label related to Sony Music Solutions
- Sunrise Music Label - Label related to Sunrise and Bandai Namco Pictures, distributed by The Orchard
- Purple One Star - Label established in collaboration with bluesofa
- MoooD Records - Label focusing on creating smash hits with global perspective
Notes
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References
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External links
{{Portal|Tokyo|Companies|Anime and manga}}
- {{Official website|https://www.bandainamcomusiclive.co.jp/}} {{in lang|ja}}
- {{anime News Network|company|16951}}
{{Bandai Namco Holdings}}
{{Japanese animation studios}}
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Category:Mass media companies established in 2018
Category:Mass media companies based in Tokyo
Category:Entertainment companies of Japan