13 Facts About Bandai Visual

1.

In February 2018, it was announced Bandai Visual would be merged with Lantis into a new branch of BNH, called Bandai Namco Arts.

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Bandai Visual created AE Planning following the success of Emotion, its film distribution division, in 1982, and was part of Bandai Visual's corporate reorganization and alteration of its business strategies.

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3.

Alongside its publishing and distribution of VHS releases for television series such as Ultraman and Mobile Suit Gundam, Visual Sales operated the Emotion Theater movie theater in Bandai's B-Club Shop in Takadanobaba until its closure in 1997.

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4.

In 1996, Bandai Visual began publishing video games under the Emotion Digital Software brand, releasing titles such as Return to Zork, MechWarrior 2: Arcade Combat Edition and Choujikuu Yousai Macross: Ai Oboete Imasu ka.

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5.

Bandai Visual Entertainment published English-translated manga series and American graphic novels, in addition to offering a "fan support" program to facilitate public screenings of licensed content at anime clubs and anime conventions.

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6.

Bandai Visual was listed on JASDAQ market in November 2001; by that time, the company was worth over 2.

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7.

Bandai Visual began supplying content for broadband distribution networks, such as the Bandai Channel television station.

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8.

Bandai Visual was a wholly owned subsidiary of Bandai Namco Holdings.

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9.

In February 2018, it was announced Bandai Visual would be merged with Lantis into a new branch of BNH, called Bandai Namco Arts.

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10.

Bandai Visual USA was established in 2005 in Cypress, California to license anime properties from various Japanese companies for North American distribution; most of those licenses coming from Bandai and its sister company Sunrise.

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11.

Bandai Visual licensed manga series for release with English translation, and published American-made graphic novels.

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12.

Bandai Visual Entertainment was restructured to focus on licensing anime to other companies.

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13.

In September 2009, Bandai Visual teamed up with Namco Bandai Games for their periodic release of game sounds to iTunes USA.

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