Aniplex

Aniplex (株式会社アニプレックス, Kabushiki-gaisha Anipurekkusu) is a Japanese mixed-media company owned by the Sony-owned Sony Music Entertainment Japan. The company was founded in September of 1995 as Sony Pictures Entertainment Visual Works as a joint venture of SMEJ and SPE, before the former fully owns it and renames it to SPE Visual Works and later Aniplex.

Aniplex is known for producing anime such as Persona 4: The Animation, Blue Exorcist, Naruto, Gintama, Fullmetal Alchemist, Rurouni Kenshin, Guilty Crown, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baccano! Baccano!], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durarara!! Durarara!], Madoka Magica, Read or Die, Kill la Kill, Powerpuff Girls Z, Sword Art Online, and every plethora of anime. They also get participated on games and merchandising, as well as music from anime series as well as songs by Toshiyuki Toyonaga, Kana Hanazawa or LiSA (before moving to SMEJ's Sacra Music). In 2005, they established an american branch, Aniplex of America, founded by former Geneon USA members Hideki "Henry" Goto and Hiroe Tsukamoto and animation studio A-1 Pictures founded by former Sunrise staff. (Which later in 2018, its Koenji studio became independent from A-1 to become CloverWorks, which still is a part of Aniplex.)

Aniplex, alongside Kadokawa, Hollowfox Entertainment, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Entertainment One, will distribute and produce the japanese version of the Equestria Campus Supremacy animated series and films as part of the Humanoidverse Production Committee. Aniplex of America is involved in the American production staff for the animated series and films.

As of June 2017, Goto was appointed as Head of International Business Development at Aniplex in Tokyo, despite still being attached as the series' executive producer for Season 3, as well as the feature film. Shu Nishimoto is appointed as president of the American branch, and will replace Goto as executive producer for the final 4 episode event of Season 3 in 2018. Goto will be involved as executive producer for the Japanese versions alongside Atsuhiro Iwakami.

Production Committee Staff

 * Hideki "Henry" Goto - Co-executive producer (Season 1-3) Japanese ver. Co-exec. producer (Season 3-present)
 * Shu Nishimoto - Co-executive producer (Season 3 4-part finale)
 * Hiroe Tsukamoto - Series producer
 * Atsuhiro Iwakami - Japanese version exec. producer
 * Masuo Ueda - Japanese producer