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Aniplex
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| Type | Subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Japan |
| Founded | January, 1997 |
| Headquarters | Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan |
| Key people | Shigekazu Takeuchi, President |
| Industry | Anime and music production |
| Products | Fullmetal Alchemist Blood: The Last Vampire Rurouni Kenshin |
| Revenue | ¥2,280,000,000 |
| Employees | 50 |
| Parent | Sony Music Entertainment Japan (100%) |
| Subsidiaries | A-1 Pictures Inc. (100%) Bancho Inc. (100%) Voice & Heart Inc. (70%) |
| Website | Aniplex official website |
Aniplex Inc. (株式会社アニプレックス Kabushiki Kaisha Anipurekkusu?), known until 2001 as Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) Visual Works Inc. and until April 2003 as Sony Music Entertainment (SME) Visual Works Inc., is a Japanese anime and music production and distribution enterprise, owned by Sony Music Entertainment Japan, and established on January, 1997. They have been involved in the production and distribution of several anime series, such as Fullmetal Alchemist, Blood: The Last Vampire, Rurouni Kenshin, and many others, and have also been involved in the production and distribution of music and soundtrack records, including producing the original soundtracks for all of Sony Computer Entertainment's computer and video games.
Originally known as Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) Visual Works Inc., it was established on September 1995 as a joint-venture between Sony Pictures Entertainment and Sony Music Entertainment Japan, and changed its name in 2001 to Sony Music Entertainment (SME) Visual Works Inc. after becoming a subsidiary completely owned by Sony Music Entertainment Japan. In April 2003, it changed its name to Aniplex Inc.
In 2005, the company established the animation studio A-1 Pictures.
Aniplex have produced the following anime series:
- Alice Academy
- Angel Heart
- Ayakashi Ayashi
- Baccano!
- Bleach
- Blood+
- Blood: The Last Vampire
- Cyborg Kurochan
- D.Gray-man
- Demashita! Powerpuff Girls Z
- FLAG
- Fullmetal Alchemist
- Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa
- Gakkou no Kaidan (Ghost Stories)
- Ginban Kaleidoscope
- Gintama
- Gravitation
- Great Teacher Onizuka (GTO)
- Harukanaru Toki no Naka de ~Maihitoyo~
- Honey and Clover
- I'll CKBC
- Idaten Jump
- Jagainu-kun
- Jigoku Shoujo
- Jing: King of Bandits
- Kage Kara Mamoru!
- Kamichu
- Kenichi
- Kiba
- Kikaider-01 - The Animation - Guitar wo Motta Shonen
- King of Bandit Jing in Seventh Heaven
- Le Portrait de Petit Cossette
- Mezame No Hakobune (aka Open Your Mind)
- Mirage of Blaze: Rebels of the River Edge
- Naruto
- Nerima Daikon Brothers
- Otohime Connection
- Paradise Kiss
- Petite Cossette
- R.O.D the TV
- Read or Die
- Roujin Z
- Rurouni Kenshin
- Samurai X: Trust and Betrayal
- Shijou Saikyou no deshi Kenichi
- Submarine 707R
- Tekkon Kinkreet
- Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
- Yakitate!! Japan
- Aniplex official website (Japanese)
- Aniplex/Animation (Japanese)
- Aniplex Corporate Profile - English - Official Website (English)
- Aniplex at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia