Bandai Namco Pictures

Bandai Namco Pictures Inc.[lower-alpha 1], also known as BN Pictures, is a Japanese animation studio and production company. It is a spinoff of Bandai Namco Filmworks (formerly known as Sunrise), a subsidiary of Bandai Namco Holdings. The company was formed as a part of the medium-term management plan of Bandai Namco Holdings on restructuring itself. All the anime intellectual property and production divisions of Sunrise that aims at children and family were transferred to Bandai Namco Pictures. The company began its operations in April 2015.

Bandai Namco Pictures Inc.
Native name
株式会社バンダイナムコピクチャーズ
Kabushiki gaisha Bandai Namuko Pikuchāzu
TypeSubsidiary
IndustryAnime
FoundedApril 2015 (2015-04)
HeadquartersNerima, Tokyo
Key people
  • Masayuki Ozaki
  • (president)
  • Hiroyuki Sato
  • (director)
ProductsAnime, films, DVDs
Revenue¥10 million
OwnerBandai Namco Holdings
Number of employees
130 (December 2021)
ParentBandai Namco Filmworks
Websitewww.bn-pictures.co.jp
Footnotes / references
"Corporate Profile". www.bn-pictures.co.jp (in Japanese). Bandai Namco Pictures. Archived from the original on April 28, 2020. Retrieved July 2, 2020.

History
The secondary logo of the studio, which's used in commercials, credits, and the official channel on YouTube alongside the 2022 logo.

On February 12, 2015, Bandai Namco Holdings announced plans to restructure itself through the usage of a three-year medium-management plan.[1] The company sought to focus its resources on creating new intellectual properties (IPs) and marketable characters, and required faster planning and development time to satisfy these demands.[1][2] Bandai Namco executives also believed it was necessary for its IP Creation content area to strengthen ties with its Toy and Hobby area, as it would lead to both strong relationships between the two divisions and allow for future product collaborations.[2]

As part of its efforts to fulfill these obligations, Bandai Namco Pictures was established in April 2015 in Nerima, Tokyo.[2][3] Headed by Masayuki Ozaki, the representative director of animation studio Sunrise, the company was to lead its parent's "Strengthen IP Creation Output" project and focus on the creation of new characters and franchises, specifically those targeted towards children and families.[1][3] Bandai Namco Pictures would also work together with the Toy and Hobby division of Bandai Namco Holdings to strengthen the linkage between the two areas of the latter company.[1][2][3] Pictures absorbed Sunrise's production departments relating to children-oriented IPs, becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of Sunrise and part of Bandai Namco's IP Creation department.[4][5]

The company's first project was Aikatsu!, an anime based on the Bandai trading card arcade game of the same name which had been produced by Sunrise until that point.[3] In addition to working on pre-established franchises, Bandai Namco Pictures would produce several original projects, such as the stop-motion animation series Milpom![6] Pictures focused primarily on series and characters targeted towards children and families, though some, such as Tiger & Bunny and the Gintama series, were aimed at older audiences. The company regularly collaborates with other subsidiaries within Bandai Namco Holdings; in 2016, it partnered with Bandai Namco Entertainment to produce Dream Festival!, a multimedia franchise centered around video games and original net animations.

In August 2018, Bandai Namco Pictures opened a division in Osaka, the Bandai Namco Pictures Osaka Studio, for the purpose of digitally transferring animation to decrease production times.[7] The company hoped the success and productivity from the Osaka Studio could allow for additional offices to be opened in Japan and eventually overseas.[7] A year later in October, Pictures absorbed Studio Dub, an animation subcontractor established by former Sunrise animators. The acquisition renamed the company Bandai Namco Pictures Iwaki, though it continues using the name Studio Dub for its projects.

Works

Television series
Title Director(s) First run
start date		 First run
end date		 Eps. Ref.
Battle Spirits: Burning Soul Kunihisa Sugishima April 1, 2015 March 30, 2016 51 [8]
Aikatsu! Ryūichi Kimura April 2, 2015[lower-alpha 2] March 31, 2016 52[lower-alpha 3] [3]
Tribe Cool Crew Masaya Fujimori April 5, 2015[lower-alpha 2] October 4, 2015 26[lower-alpha 3] [9]
Gintama° Chizuru Miyawaki April 8, 2015 March 30, 2016 51 [10]
Brave Beats Yūta Murano October 6, 2015 March 27, 2016 22
Battle Spirits: Double Drive Kunihisa Sugishima April 6, 2016 March 29, 2017 51 [8]
Aikatsu Stars! Teruo Satō April 7, 2016 March 29, 2018 100 [11]
Heybot! Shinji Ishihira September 18, 2016 September 24, 2017 50 [8]
Gintama. Chizuru Miyawaki January 8, 2017 March 26, 2017 13 [8]
Gintama. Porori-hen Chizuru Miyawaki October 1, 2017 December 24, 2017 13 [8]
Gintama. Shirogane no Tamashii-hen Chizuru Miyawaki January 7, 2018 October 7, 2018 26 [10]
Aikatsu Friends! Shishō Igarashi April 5, 2018 September 26, 2019 76 [12]
B-PROJECT～Zecchō＊Emotion～ Makoto Moriwaki January 11, 2019 March 29, 2019 12 [10]
Aikatsu on Parade! Shishō Igarashi October 5, 2019 March 28, 2020 25 [13]
Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun Makoto Moriwaki October 5, 2019 March 7, 2020 23 [14]
Motto! Majime ni Fumajime Kaiketsu Zorori Takahide Ogata April 5, 2020 November 8, 2020 25 [15]
Saikyō Kamizmode Mitsutoshi Satō October 9, 2020 April 9, 2021 26 [16]
Aikatsu Planet! Ryūichi Kimura January 10, 2021 June 27, 2021 25 [17]
Motto! Majime ni Fumajime Kaiketsu Zorori 2nd Season Takahide Ogata April 2, 2021 October 22, 2021 25 [18]
Cestvs: The Roman Fighter[lower-alpha 4]
April 15, 2021 June 24, 2021 11 [19]
Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun Season 2 Makoto Moriwaki April 17, 2021 September 11, 2021 21 [20]
Birdie Wing: Golf Girls' Story Takayuki Inagaki April 6, 2022 June 29, 2022 13 [21]
Motto! Majime ni Fumajime Kaiketsu Zorori 3rd Season Takahide Ogata April 6, 2022 TBA TBA [22]
Raven of the Inner Palace Chizuru Miyawaki October 1, 2022 December 24, 2022 13 [23]
Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun Season 3 Makoto Moriwaki October 8, 2022 March 4, 2023 21 [24]
Malevolent Spirits: Mononogatari Ryūichi Kimura January 10, 2023 September 19, 2023 24 [25]
Birdie Wing: Golf Girls' Story Season 2 Takayuki Inagaki April 8, 2023 June 24, 2023 12 [26]

Films
Title Director(s) Release date Notes
Kaiketsu Zorori: Uchū no Yūsha-tachi Tomoko Iwasaki September 12, 2015 Co-produced with Ajia-do Animation Works[27]
Aikatsu! Music Awards - The Show Where Everyone Gets an Award! Shinya Watada August 22, 2015
Aikatsu Stars! The Movie Shinya Watada August 13, 2016
Aikatsu! The Targeted Magical Aikatsu Card Ryūichi Kimura August 13, 2016 Double-billed with Aikatsu Stars! The Movie
Kaiketsu Zorori: ZZ no Himitsu Masaya Fujimori November 22, 2017 Co-produced with Ajia-do Animation Works
Gintama: The Very Final Chizuru Miyawaki January 8, 2021
Hula Fulla Dance
December 3, 2021 [28]
Aikatsu Planet! The Movie Ryūichi Kimura July 15, 2022
Aikatsu! 10th Story ~Starway to the Future~ Ryūichi Kimura July 15, 2022 (short film)
January 20, 2023 (feature film)		 The short-film version was double-billed with Aikatsu Planet! The Movie
Kaiketsu Zorori: Lalala Star Tanjō Takahide Ogata December 9, 2022 Co-produced with Ajia-do Animation Works

OVA/ONAs
Title Director(s) First run
start date		 First run
end date		 Eps. Notes
Milpom! (Pilot) N/A March 20, 2015 N/A 1 [8]
Milpom! N/A September 5, 2015 September 29, 2017 6 [8]
Dream Festival! Yūta Murano September 23, 2016 December 16, 2016 12 Co-produced with Ajia-do Animation Works
Gintama°: Love Incense Arc Chizuru Miyawaki
Youichi Fujita		 April 8, 2015 March 30, 2016 2
Dream Festival! R Yūta Murano August 23, 2017 November 8, 2017 12 Co-produced with Ajia-do Animation Works
Gintama: Monster Strike-hen N/A August 29, 2019 September 4, 2019 2
Fight League: Gear Gadget Generators Daisuke Nakajima February 14, 2019 August 8, 2019 26 Co-Produced by XFLAG[29]
Battle Spirits: Kakumei no Galette Masaki Watanabe August 28, 2020 April 23, 2021 5
Aikatsu on Parade! Dream Story Shishō Igarashi March 28, 2020 July 11, 2020 6
Tiger & Bunny 2 Mitsuko Kase April 8, 2022 October 7, 2022 25 [30]

Notes
  1. Japanese: 株式会社バンダイナムコピクチャーズ, Hepburn: Kabushiki gaisha Bandai Namuko Pikuchāzu
  2. First episode under BN Pictures
  3. Total number of episodes under BN Pictures
  4. BN Pictures is producing the series and is responsible for the 2D animation work, whereas Logic&Magic is responsible for the 3D animation work.
  5. Credited as Chief Director.

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