Xebec (studio)

Xebec, Inc.
Native name
株式会社ジーベック
Kabushiki-gaisha Jībekku
Company typeKabushiki gaisha
IndustryJapanese animation
FoundedMay 1, 1995 (1995-05-01)[1]
DefunctMay 31, 2019 (2019-05-31)
Fate
  • Xebec:
  • Sold to Sunrise and Production I.G in 2019.[a]
  • Triple A:
  • Became independent in 2005.
  • Xebec M2:
  • Went defunct in 2009.[b]
  • Xebec Zwei:
  • Sold to Production I.G in 2019.[c]
Successor
  • Xebec:
  • Sunrise Beyond[a]
  • Studio Mother[d]
  • Xebec Zwei:
  • I.G. Zwei[c]
Headquarters3-22-31 Minami-cho, Kokubunji, Tokyo, Japan 〒 185-0021 Southern Building 5F
Key people
  • Xebec:
  • Tooru Satou (CEO)
  • Nobuyoshi Habara (CEO)
  • Yukinao Shimoji (CEO)
  • Triple A:
  • Takeshi Yamazaki (CEO)
  • Xebec M2:
  • Hideyuki Motohashi (CEO)
Total equity¥10,000,000[1]
Owner
  • Production I.G (1995–2007)
  • IG Port (2007–2019)
Number of employees
100
Divisions
  • Photography Dept.[e]
  • Fukuoka Studio (2018–2019)
Subsidiaries
  • Triple A (2002–2005)
  • Xebec M2 (2003–2009)
  • Xebec Zwei (2010–2019)
Websitewww.production-ig.co.jp/xebec/

Xebec, Inc. (Japanese: 株式会社ジーベック, Hepburn: Kabushiki-gaisha Jībekku; stylized as XEBEC) was a Japanese animation studio based in Kokubunji, Tokyo, founded by former Tatsunoko Production animators on May 1, 1995.

Works

1990s

  • Sorcerer Hunters (TV Tokyo) (October, 1995 – March, 1996)
  • Bakusō Kyōdai Let's & Go!! (TV Tokyo) (January, 1996 – December, 1996)
  • Martian Successor Nadesico (TV Tokyo) (March, 1996 – March, 1997)
  • Bakusō Kyōdai Let's & Go!! WGP (TV Tokyo) (January, 1997 – December, 1997)
  • Bakusō Kyōdai Let's & Go!! MAX (TV Tokyo) (January, 1998 – December, 1998)
  • Steam Detectives (TV Tokyo) (October, 1998 – March, 1999)
  • Super Yo-Yo (TV Tokyo) (November, 1998 – September, 1999)
  • Burst Ball Barrage!! Super B-Daman (TV Tokyo) (January, 1999 – October, 1999)
  • Susie-chan to Marvy (NHK BS2) (April, 1999 – February, 2000)
  • Zoids: Chaotic Century (MBS/TBS/JNN) (September, 1999 – December, 2000)
  • Dai-Guard (TV Tokyo) (October, 1999 – March, 2000)

2000s

  • Pilot Candidate (NHK BS2) (January, 2000 – March, 2000)
  • Love Hina (TV Tokyo) (April, 2000 – September, 2000)
  • Zoids: New Century (MBS/TBS) (January, 2001 – June, 2001)
  • Tales of Eternia: The Animation (WOWOW) (January, 2001 – March, 2001)
  • Shaman King (TV Tokyo) (July, 2001 – September, 2002)
  • Rockman.EXE (TV Tokyo) (March, 2002 – September, 2006)
  • Ground Defense Force! Mao-chan (TV Tokyo) (July,2002 – December, 2002)
  • Stellvia (TV Tokyo) (April, 2003 – September, 2003)
  • D.N.Angel (TV Tokyo) (April, 2003 – September, 2003)
  • Bottle Fairy (TVK) (October, 2003 – December, 2003)
  • Fafner in the Azure (TV Tokyo) (July, 2004 – December, 2004)
  • D.I.C.E. (Animax) (January, 2005 – December, 2005)
  • Negima! Magister Negi Magi (TV Tokyo) (January, 2005 – June, 2005)
  • Elemental Gelade (TV Tokyo) (April, 2005 – September, 2005)
  • Petopeto-san (CTC) (July, 2005 – September, 2005) (XEBEC M2)
  • Saru Get You -On Air- (TV Tokyo) (April, 2006 – September, 2007)
  • The Third (WOWOW) (April, 2006 – October, 2006)
  • Buso Renkin (TV Tokyo) (October, 2006 – March, 2007)
  • Shooting Star Rockman (TV Tokyo) (October, 2006 – October, 2007)
  • Hitohira (CTC) (March, 2007 – June, 2007) (XEBEC M2)
  • Heroic Age (TVO/TV Tokyo) (April, 2007 – September, 2007)
  • Over Drive (AT-X/TV Aichi/TVO) (April, 2007 – September, 2007)
  • Zombie-Loan (TV Asahi) (July, 2007 – September, 2007) (XEBEC M2)
  • Shooting Star Rockman Tribe (TV Tokyo) (October, 2007 – March, 2008)
  • Mnemosyne (AT-X) (February, 2008 – July, 2008)
  • To Love Ru (MBS/TBS) (April, 2008 – September, 2008)
  • Kanokon: The Girl Who Cried Fox (AT-X) (April, 2008 – June, 2008)
  • Kyō no Go no Ni (TV Tokyo) (October, 2008 – December, 2008)
  • Pandora Hearts (MBS/TBS) (April, 2009 – September, 2009)

2010s

  • Ladies versus Butlers! (AT-X) (January, 2010 – March, 2010)
  • Jewelpet Twinkle☆ (TVO/TV Tokyo) (April, 2010 – April, 2011)
  • MM! (AT-X) (October, 2010 – December, 2010)
  • Motto To Love Ru (Tokyo MX) (October, 2010 – December, 2010)
  • Rio: Rainbow Gate! (AT-X/Tokyo MX) (January, 2011 – March, 2011)
  • Hen Semi (AT-X/Tokyo MX/MBS) (April, 2011 – July, 2011)
  • Softenni (AT-X/Tokyo MX) (April, 2011 – June, 2011)
  • Jewelpet Sunshine (TVO/TV Tokyo) (April, 2011 – March, 2012)
  • Lagrange: The Flower of Rin-ne (Tokyo MX/YTV) (January, 2012 – September, 2012)
  • Jewelpet Kira☆Deco! (TVO/TV Tokyo) (April, 2012 – March, 2013)
  • Upotte!! (Sentai Filmworks) (April, 2012 – June, 2012)
  • Haiyore! Nyaruko-san (AT-X/TV Tokyo) (April, 2012 – June, 2012)
  • To Love Ru Darkness (MBS/TBS) (October, 2012 – December, 2012)
  • Space Battleship Yamato 2199 (JNN/MBS) (April, 2013 – September, 2013) (animation cooperation with AIC)
  • Jewelpet Happiness (TVO/TV Tokyo) (April, 2013 – March, 2014)
  • Haiyore! Nyaruko-san W (April, 2013 – July, 2013)
  • Future Card Buddyfight (TV Aichi) (January, 2014 – April, 2015) (animation cooperation with OLM)
  • Maken-Ki! Two (AT-X) (January, 2014 – March, 2014) (animation cooperation with AIC)
  • Broken Blade (Tokyo MX/BS11) (April, 2014 – June, 2014) (animation cooperation with Production IG)
  • Monster Retsuden Oreca Battle (TXN/TV Tokyo) (April, 2014 – March, 2015) (animation cooperation with OLM)
  • Argevollen (AT-X/Tokyo MX) (July, 2014 – December, 2014)
  • Tokyo ESP (Tokyo MX/BS11) (July, 2014 – September, 2014)
  • Fafner in the Azure: Exodus (MBS/TBS) (January, 2015 – December, 2015) (XEBECzwei)
  • Triage X (Tokyo MX/TVS/CTC) (April, 2015 – June, 2015)
  • Future Card Buddyfight 100 (TV Aichi) (April, 2015 – March, 2016) (animation cooperation with OLM)
  • To Love Ru Darkness 2nd (AT-X/Tokyo MX) (July, 2015 – October, 2015)
  • Future Card Buddyfight Triple D (TV Aichi) (April, 2016 – March, 2017) (animation cooperation with OLM)
  • Keijo!!!!!!!! (AT-X/Tokyo MX) (October, 2016 – December, 2016)
  • BanG Dream! (AT-X/Tokyo MX) (January, 2017 – April, 2017) (animation cooperation with ISSEN)
  • Future Card Buddyfight X (TV Aichi) (April, 2017 – May, 2018) (animation cooperation with OLM)
  • Clockwork Planet (TBS) (April, 2017 – June, 2017)
  • Tomica Hyper Rescue Drive Head Kidō Kyūkyū Keisatsu (TBS) (April, 2017 – December, 2017) (animation cooperation with OLM)
  • Future Card Buddyfight X: All-Star Fight (TV Aichi) (April, 2018 – May, 2018) (animation cooperation with OLM)
  • Full Metal Panic! Invisible Victory (AT-X/Tokyo MX) (April, 2018 – July, 2018)
  • Future Card Buddyfight Ace (TV Aichi) (June, 2018 – April, 2019) (animation cooperation with OLM)
  • Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs (AT-X/Tokyo MX) (July, 2018 – September, 2018)
  • Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2202 (TV Tokyo) (October, 2018 – March, 2019)

Original video animations

  • Blue Seed Beyond (1996–1998)
  • Sorcerer Hunters (1996–1997)
  • Gekiganger III (1998)
  • Love Hina: Christmas Special (2000)
  • Love Hina: Spring Special (2001)
  • Love Hina Again (2002)
  • Special Curriculum: The Candidate for Goddess (2002)
  • Mahō Sensei Negima! Introduction Film (2004–2005)
  • Majokko Tsukune-chan (2005–2006)
  • Fafner in the Azure: Right of Left (2005)
  • Petit Eva: Evangelion@School (2007)
  • To Love Ru (2009–2010)
  • Pandora Hearts Omake (2009–2010)
  • Kanokon: Manatsu no Daishanikusai (2009)
  • Kyō no Go no Ni (2009)
  • Hen Semi (2010–2011)
  • To Love Ru Darkness (2012–2015)
  • Rinne no Lagrange: Kamogawa Days (2012)
  • Maken-ki! (2013)
  • Pokémon Origins (2013) (animation cooperation with Production IG and OLM)
  • Haiyore! Nyaruko-san F (2015)
  • Triage X (2015)
  • Fantasista Stella (2015)
  • To Love Ru Darkness 2nd (2016–2017)
  • Black Clover (2017) (XEBECzwei)
  • Tomica Hyper Rescue Drive Head Kidō Kyūkyū Keisatsu (2018)
  • Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs (2018)

Movies

  • Bakusō Kyōdai Let's & Go!! WGP Bōsō Mini Yonku Dai Tsuiseki! (1997)
  • Nadesico: Prince of Darkness (1998) (animation cooperation with Production IG)
  • Cyber Team in Akihabara: Summer Vacation of 2011 (1999)
  • Rockman EXE Hikari to Yami no Program (2005)
  • Major: Yūjō no Winning Shot (2008)
  • Fafner in the Azure: Heaven and Earth (2010)
  • Broken Blade (2010–2011)
  • Pokémon the Movie: Black—Victini and Reshiram and White—Victini and Zekrom (2011) (animation cooperation with Production IG and OLM)
  • Space Battleship Yamato 2199 (2012–2013)
  • Space Battleship Yamato 2199: A Voyage to Remember (2014)
  • Space Battleship Yamato 2199: Odyssey of the Celestial Ark (2014)
  • Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2202 (2017–2019)
  • Eiga Drive Head: Tomica Hyper Rescue Kidō Kyūkyū Keisatsu (2018)
  • Fafner in the Azure: The Beyond (2019)

Notes

  1. 1 2 Sunrise took over most of Xebec's assets, which included the building which the studio operated. In its place, Sunrise established a new subsidiary, Sunrise Beyond, which retains a number of former Xebec staff, including former Xebec CEO Nobuyoshi Habara, who is one of Sunrise Beyond's board members. Xebec's Fukuouka Studio was rebranded to Sunrise Beyond Fukuouka, and a few other assets remained under Production I.G.
  2. ↑ The Xebec M2 substudio was dissolved following the departure of its representative director, Hideyuki Motohashi, in 2009.
  3. 1 2 Xebec Zwei was a part of the assets that Xebec owned which were given to Production I.G after its dissolution, and its name was subsequently changed to I.G. Zwei.
  4. ↑ Former Xebec CEO Yukinao Shimoji founded Studio Mother in 2019 after Xebec's dissolution.
  5. ↑ Xebec Photography Department (XEBEC撮影部), the studio's in-house compositing division.

References

  1. 1 2 "Xebec Company, Inc" (in Japanese). Xebec. Archived from the original on 2017-06-22. Retrieved 2009-09-30.

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