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Bandai Namco Holdings Inc. [a] (commonly known as Bandai Namco [b] and formerly Namco Bandai until 2015, also known as Bandai Namco Group, [4]) is a Japanese mass media and entertainment conglomerate founded in 2005 by the merger of Namco and Bandai. The company specializes in toys, video games, arcades, anime, restaurants, and amusement parks. [5]
Bandai is a wholly owned subsidiary of Bandai Namco Holdings and heads its parent's Toy and Hobby Content Strategic Business Unit (CSBU). Bandai is among the largest and most profitable toy companies worldwide, alongside Hasbro and Mattel. The company focuses on creating unique and innovative products for its consumers, and to bend established ...
Namco Bandai Studios' headquarters in Shinagawa, Tokyo from April 2012 to 2015. It shared the building with both Namco Bandai Games and Namco Bandai Holdings.. Established on March 31, 2006, Namco Bandai Games was the amalgamation of Namco and Bandai's video game development operations being merged and consolidated into one company.
Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc. [a] is a Japanese multinational video game publisher, and the video game branch of the wider Bandai Namco Holdings group. Founded in 2006 as Namco Bandai Games Inc., [b] it is the successor to Namco's home and arcade video game business, as well as Bandai's former equivalent division. [3]
Bandai Spirits Co., Ltd. [a] is a Japanese toy manufacturer based in Minato, Tokyo, owned by Bandai, a subsidiary of Bandai Namco Holdings.The company manufactures and distributes toys and collectibles mainly aimed at adults, such as the Banpresto and Tamashii Nations brands, B-Train and plastic models such as Gunpla among others, which before 2018, were previously handled by Bandai as well as ...
Bandai Channel (Japanese: バンダイチャンネル, Hepburn: Bandai Chan'neru) is a subscription video on-demand streaming service and anime distributor. It was established on March 1, 2002, by Bandai in coordination with Sunrise, Bandai Visual, and Bandai Networks. [2] Its headquarters is located in Kajicho, Chiyoda, Tokyo. [1]
In February 1968, Hiroshi Kawai left Bandai to establish his own toy business. Kawai founded Tōshō Co., Ltd. ( 有限会社トウショウ , Yūgen-gaisha Tōshō ) on June 7, 1969. In September 1972, it changed its name to Tōshō Corporation ( 株式会社トウショウ , Kabushiki-gaisha Tōshō ) .
At the time, Bandai was suffering from numerous financial difficulties as a result of the slumping Japanese toy market affecting the demand for its products. Coreland's positive track record was the primary reason for the partnership, as Bandai hoped it would allow itself to secure a stronghold in the coin-op industry. [ 10 ]