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Bandai Namco Filmworks Makes Anime Studio 8-Bit Into Wholly Owned Subsidiary
posted on by Crystalyn Hodgkins
2 companies had announced business partnership in June 2020
8-Bit into a wholly owned subsidiary as of April 1. The management structure at 8-Bit will remain unchanged.
8-Bit was founded in September 2008 and has its main studio in Tokyo. The studio has produced such anime as: The magic at irregular high school: Reminiscence Arc, among others.
8-Bit and anime spinoff as their first project. Bandai Namco Arts' plan at the time with the partnership was to take advantage of 8-Bit's animation production pipeline to produce "high quality hit content," while 8-Bit's plan was to take advantage of Bandai Namco Arts' continuous production planning capability and networking ability.
8-Bit established a new studio in Niigata prefecture in November 2021 as its first regional office.
Sources: 8-Bit, Comic Natalie
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