Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan
Native name | 株式会社ソニー・ピクチャーズ エンタテインメント |
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Romanized name | Kabushiki gaisha Sonī Pikuchāzu Entateinmento |
Company type | Joint venture (KK) |
Industry | Entertainment |
Founded | February 10, 1984 (as RCA/Columbia Pictures Video Co., Ltd.) August 7, 1991 (as Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan Inc.) |
Headquarters | 〒105-8415 No. 28, 4-chome, Toranomon, Minato Tokyo Toranomon Towers Office Japan |
Key people | Midori Tomita (CEO) |
Products | Motion pictures Television programs Anime |
Owner | Sony Group Corporation |
Number of employees | 149 (as of July 1, 2023) |
Parent | Sony Pictures Entertainment (62.1%) Sony Group Corporation (33.3%) CPE Holdings Inc. (4.6%) |
Subsidiaries | Animax Broadcast Japan Kids Station Music On! TV (with SMEJ) Madhouse (5%, with Nippon TV) |
Website | sonypictures.jp |
Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan Inc. (株式会社ソニー・ピクチャーズ エンタテインメント, Kabushiki gaisha Sonī Pikuchāzu Entateinmento), abbreviated SPE or SPEJ, is a Japanese film studio, based in Minato-ku, Tokyo. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Japanese conglomerate Sony Group Corporation, with the majority of SPEJ's shares held by Sony Pictures Entertainment.[1][2]
Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan and Mitsui & Co.'s joint venture AK Holdings is the majority shareholder of Japanese anime satellite television company Animax Broadcast Japan and Kids Station.
They have also distributed most of Sony Pictures films for Japan, as well as producing some anime and anime films as well.[3]
Anime production[edit]
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- Astro Boy (2003–2004)
- Tokyo Godfathers (2003)
- Paprika (2006)
- Ultraviolet: Code 044 (2008)
- Kurozuka (2008)
- Viper's Creed (2009)
- Marvel Anime (2010–2011)
- Iron Man: Rise of Technovore (2013)
- Avengers Confidential: Black Widow & Punisher (2014)
- The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. (2016)
- The Violence Action (2022)
- Whisper of the Heart (2022)
References[edit]
External links[edit]
- Official Website
- Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan at Anime News Network's encyclopedia