Xebec (studio)

Xebec, Inc.
Xebec, Inc.
Native name	株式会社ジーベック
Romanized name	Kabushiki-gaisha Jībekku
Type	Kabushiki gaisha
Industry	Japanese animation
Defunct	May 31, 2019; 7 years ago
Fate	Xebec:; Sold to Sunrise and Production I.G in 2019.; Triple A:; Became independent in 2005.; Xebec M2:; Went defunct in 2009.; Xebec Zwei:; Sold to Production I.G in 2019.;
Successor	Xebec:; Sunrise Beyond; Studio Mother; Xebec Zwei:; I.G. Zwei;
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
Owner	Production I.G (1995–2007); IG Port (2007–2019);
Number of employees	100
Divisions	Photography Dept.; Fukuoka Studio (2018–2019);

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

Television series

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 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.
↑ The Xebec M2 substudio was dissolved following the departure of its representative director, Hideyuki Motohashi, in 2009.
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.
↑ Former Xebec CEO Yukinao Shimoji founded Studio Mother in 2019 after Xebec's dissolution.
↑ Xebec Photography Department (XEBEC撮影部), the studio's in-house compositing division.

References

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Other websites

Official website
Xebec at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
Xebec M2 at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
XEBECzwei at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

[snbeyond-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.

[i.gzwei-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.

[6] Xebec Photography Department (XEBEC撮影部), the studio's in-house compositing division.

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