Kabushiki gaisha | |
Industry | Animation studio and production company |
Founded | September 1972 |
Headquarters | Suginami, Tokyo, Japan |
Key people
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Takayuki Yoshii (chairman and CEO) Kenji Uchida (president) |
Number of employees
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224 |
Parent | Bandai Namco Holdings |
Subsidiaries | Sunrise Music Publishing Bandai Namco Pictures |
Website | sunrise-inc.co.jp |
Footnotes / references |
Sunrise (株式会社サンライズ Kabushiki gaisha Sanraizu) is a Japanese animation studio and production company which is a subsidiary of Bandai Namco Holdings. Its former name was Nippon Sunrise and, before that, Sunrise Studios. Its headquarters is in Suginami, Tokyo.
One of Japan's largest and best-known studios, Sunrise is renowned for critically praised and popular original anime series such as Gundam, Cowboy Bebop, Space Runaway Ideon, Armored Trooper Votoms, Yoroiden Samurai Troopers, Future GPX Cyber Formula, Crush Gear Turbo, The Vision of Escaflowne, Love Live School Idol Project, Witch Hunter Robin, My-HiME, My-Otome, Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion, Tiger & Bunny, Cross Ange: Rondo of Angel and Dragon, as well as its numerous adaptations of acclaimed light novels including Dirty Pair, Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere and Accel World, and manga such as City Hunter, InuYasha, Outlaw Star, Yakitate!! Japan, Planetes, Keroro Gunso, Gin Tama, and Kekkaishi. Many of Sunrise's original anime have similar themes, including mecha and masked identities, accompanied by fluid animation.