Sunrise and Bandai Namco Merging

Sunrise will be merging into Bandai Namco this April. Both are known for amazing anime, so hopefully they stay the same.

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and announced an organizational change that will take effect on April 1, 2022. The holding company will merge its movie-producing subsidiaries — including Sunrise — to form a new company named Bandai Namco Filmworks Inc. While Sunrise will lose its name, Bandai Namco promised that it will retain its individuality as a brand.

This merger will be part of a larger reorganization that produces two new companies. Bandai Namco Rights Marketing and Bandai Namco Arts’ movie division will also merge into Bandai Namco Filmworks Inc. At the same time, the holding company will combine Sunrise Music with Bandai Namco Music Creative and Bandai Namco Arts’ music division to form Bandai Namco Music Live Inc.

Sunrise is a Japanese anime studio best known for creating the Gundam, Code Geass, and Love Live! franchises. It originally appeared as a standalone limited company named Sunrise Studio in 1972. It then became a Bandai subsidiary in April 1994. After fully acquiring Sotsu in March 2020, Bandai Namco now has complete ownership of the Gundam franchise.

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Director Takamatsu has some harsher words about the move:

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(02-11-2022, 06:28 PM)Oni Wrote:

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Director Takamatsu has some harsher words about the move:

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It sounds like the company has already undergone quite an internal culture change if that many member of management left. This impacts a company in a huge way, especially if it's a smaller-style company as Takamatsu describes it was in the 90s.

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(02-11-2022, 06:28 PM)Oni Wrote:

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Director Takamatsu has some harsher words about the move:

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It sounds like the company has already undergone quite an internal culture change if that many member of management left. This impacts a company in a huge way, especially if it's a smaller-style company as Takamatsu describes it was in the 90s.

It's bizarre these stories are popping up more now, but it does seem like there were a fair share of internal issues during the 90's.

Masuo Ueda also had some words about it:

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(02-16-2022, 10:14 AM)Oni Wrote:

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(02-12-2022, 08:36 AM)Jiggly Wrote:

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(02-11-2022, 06:28 PM)Oni Wrote:

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Director Takamatsu has some harsher words about the move:

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It sounds like the company has already undergone quite an internal culture change if that many member of management left. This impacts a company in a huge way, especially if it's a smaller-style company as Takamatsu describes it was in the 90s.

It's bizarre these stories are popping up more now, but it does seem like there were a fair share of internal issues during the 90's.

Masuo Ueda also had some words about it:

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It's so odd how nobody is surprised about this, based on the big shift back in the 90s.

People often think about companies as these big entities, when in reality they are a grouping of a bunch of people. If the people change, the company changes. It's simple.