Xebec (studio)

Xebec, Inc.
Native name
株式会社ジーベック
Kabushiki-gaisha Jībekku
Company typeKabushiki gaisha
IndustryJapanese animation
FoundedMay 1, 1995; 29 years ago (1995-05-01)[1]
DefunctMay 31, 2019; 5 years ago (2019-05-31)
Fate
  • Xebec:
  • Sold to Sunrise and Production I.G in 2019.[a]
  • Triple A:
  • Became independent in 2005.
  • Xebec M2:
  • Went defunct in 2009.[b]
  • Xebec Zwei:
  • Sold to Production I.G in 2019.[c]
Successor
  • Xebec:
  • Sunrise Beyond[a]
  • Studio Mother[d]
  • Xebec Zwei:
  • I.G. Zwei[c]
Headquarters3-22-31 Minami-cho, Kokubunji, Tokyo, Japan 〒 185-0021 Southern Building 5F
Key people
  • Xebec:
  • Tooru Satou (CEO)
  • Nobuyoshi Habara (CEO)
  • Yukinao Shimoji (CEO)
  • Triple A:
  • Takeshi Yamazaki (CEO)
  • Xebec M2:
  • Hideyuki Motohashi (CEO)
Total equity¥10,000,000[1]
Owner
  • Production I.G (1995–2007)
  • IG Port (2007–2019)
Number of employees
100
Divisions
  • Photography Dept.[e]
  • Fukuoka Studio (2018–2019)
Subsidiaries
  • Triple A (2002–2005)
  • Xebec M2 (2003–2009)
  • Xebec Zwei (2010–2019)
Websitewww.production-ig.co.jp/xebec/

Xebec, Inc. (Japanese: 株式会社ジーベック, Hepburn: Kabushiki-gaisha Jībekku, stylized as XEBEC) was a Japanese animation studio based in Kokubunji, Tokyo, founded by former Tatsunoko Production animators on May 1, 1995.

Works

Television series

1990s

2000s

2010s

Original video animations

Movies

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sunrise took over most of Xebec's assets, which included the building which the studio operated. In its place, Sunrise established a new subsidiary, Sunrise Beyond, which retains a number of former Xebec staff, including former Xebec CEO Nobuyoshi Habara, who is one of Sunrise Beyond's board members. Xebec's Fukuouka Studio was rebranded to Sunrise Beyond Fukuouka, and a few other assets remained under Production I.G.
  2. ↑ The Xebec M2 substudio was dissolved following the departure of its representative director, Hideyuki Motohashi, in 2009.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Xebec Zwei was a part of the assets that Xebec owned which were given to Production I.G after its dissolution, and its name was subsequently changed to I.G. Zwei.
  4. ↑ Former Xebec CEO Yukinao Shimoji founded Studio Mother in 2019 after Xebec's dissolution.
  5. ↑ Xebec Photography Department (XEBEC撮影部), the studio's in-house compositing division.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Xebec Company, Inc" (in Japanese). Xebec. Archived from the original on 2017-06-22. Retrieved 2009-09-30.

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