WORKS

SERVICE

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SUNRISE WORLD toBiz
Licenses Transferred
from Sotsu
(Non-Gundam Titles)

COMPANY PROFILE

Name

Bandai Namco Filmworks Inc.

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CORPORATE
PROFILE

Foundation November 1976
Capital fund 300 million yen
Business Outline

Planning, producing and marketing of film & video content and related services as well as managing and licensing of the copyrights and literary properties.

Personnel 770 employees
*as of April 1st, 2026
Executive Officers
Chairman and CEO
Makoto Asanuma
President and CEO
Satoshi Kono
Managing Director
Shin Sasaki
Director
Kazunori Goka
Director
Naohiro Ogata
Director
Tomohiro Hattori
Director (Part-time)
Kimikazu Ueyama
Director (Part-time)
Hiroshi Sakakibara
Director (Part-time)
Yoshiyuki Kaneko
Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Genta Yokokura
Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Part-time, Outside)
Toshiya Ishihara
Operating Officer
Osamu Taniguchi
Operating Officer
Haruhito Nakayoshi
Operating Officer
Koji Tezuka
Operating Officer
Ai Takai
Operating Officer
Hideaki Yoshida
Office addresses
White Base

White Base, Fujisawa Bldg,4-30-16, Ogikubo,
Suginami-ku, Tokyo, 167-0051 Japan

BUSINESS

We at Bandai Namco Filmworks develop and produce film&video titles. We not only distribute them through various media such as television, movie theaters and Internet streaming but also bring them to fans throughout the world by licensing and managing their copyrights, developing and marketing film&video-related merchandise and other services. As a comprehensive entertainment enterprise handling the A to Z of film&video business, we continue to create “Awesome works" and make them readily available to everyone.

Development & production of film & video titles

ORGANIZATION

Organizational Structure

AFFILIATES

BANDAI NAMCO Fun for All into the Future
Bandai Namco Group A corporate group that conducts business operations in a wide range of entertainment fields such as toys, plastic models, games, amusement facilities, film&video productions, music, live events and others under its holding company, Bandai Namco Holdings Inc.
Its corporate philosophy is to provide people through the world with "dreams, plays, excitements" and become "the most eagerly-anticipated entertainment business group in the world." For those goals, IP-Axis Strategy is its strongest tool.
According to the IP-Axis Strategy, the group makes the most of the worldviews of its IPs (*) and offers their optimal products and services at the optimal locations when the timing is optimal. This is the strategy only the Bandai Namco Group can carry out because it includes a great variety of entertainment business fields and utilizes an abandunce of know-hows accumulated for so many years.
Then in order for the Bandai Namco Group to grow and evolve permanently, it has to keep trying to create and nurture its IPs, which are the core of the IP-Axis Strategy. We at Bandai Namco Filmworks assume this very important role within the Bandai Namco Group since our main activity is to produce film & video titles. * IPs = intellectual properties including our characters
Group Organization Chart
Bandai Namco Music Live Inc.

Bandai Namco Music Live develops, produces and manages music contents. It also talent-spots and trains new artists as well as produces live events.

Bandai Namco Pictures Inc.

Planning and production of animations and other visual content; management and administration of copyrights and other rights

Actas Inc.

Actas develops and produces animated shows.

Eightbit Co., Ltd.

Planning and production of animation products;product development

Bandai Namco Base Inc.

Management and operation of concert halls

SOTSU CO., LTD.

Broadcasting agency business, sports advertising business

echoes Inc.

Echoes produce digital contents such as vertical scrolling comics and develop marketing services for the entertainment industry.

Bandai Namco Music Frontier Inc.

Music copyright management and the development of usage for managed musical works

INQUIRIES

Below are the forms for business inquiries regarding Bandai Namco Filmworks’ titles and merchanidises.

  • Inquiries for character licensing
  • Inquiries for streaming, Screening and other usage of video footage
  • Inquiries for usage of footage and other materials for press reports

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