Aniplex

Aniplex (株式会社アニプレックス, Kabushiki-gaisha Anipurekkusu) is a Japanese mixed-media company owned by the Sony-owned Sony Music Entertainment Japan. The company was founded in September of 1995 as Sony Pictures Entertainment Visual Works as a joint venture of SMEJ and SPE, before the former fully owns it and renames it to SPE Visual Works and later Aniplex.

Aniplex is known for producing anime such as Persona 4: The Animation, Blue Exorcist, Naruto, Gintama, Fullmetal Alchemist, Rurouni Kenshin, Guilty Crown, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baccano! Baccano!], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durarara!! Durarara!], Madoka Magica, Read or Die, Kill la Kill, Powerpuff Girls Z, Sword Art Online, and every plethora of anime. They also get participated on games and merchandising, as well as music from anime series as well as songs by Toshiyuki Toyonaga, Kana Hanazawa or LiSA. In 2005, they established an american branch, Aniplex of America, founded by former Geneon USA members Hideki "Henry" Goto and Hiroe Tsukamoto and animation studio A-1 Pictures founded by former Sunrise staff.

Aniplex, alongside Kadokawa, Hollowfox Entertainment, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Entertainment One co-producing Transformers: CrossAnthrophy as part of the Humanoidverse Production Committee. Aniplex of America is involved in the American production staff for the animated series and films.

Production Committee Staff

 * Shu Nishimoto - Co-executive producer
 * Hiroe Tsukamoto - Series producer
 * Atsuhiro Iwakami - Japanese version exec. producer
 * Shinichiro Kashiwada - Japanese producer