Satelight

Infobox Company
company_name = SATELIGHT Inc.
株式会社サテライト
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company_type = Business corporation
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foundation = December 1995 in Sapporo, Hokkaidō
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location = flagicon|Japan Suginami, Tokyo, Japan
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key_people = Michiaki Satō (President)
Shōji Kawamori (Executive Director)cite web|url=http://www.satelight.co.jp/english/company/index.html|title=SATELIGHT Inc. : AboutUs　Corporate Profile|accessdate=2007-04-13]
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industry = Animation studio and production enterprise
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parent = Sankyo
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homepage = [http://www.satelight.co.jp/ Satelight official site]
footnotes = nihongo|Satelight Inc.|株式会社サテライト|Kabushiki-gaisha Sateraito is a Japanese animation studio.

History

The studio was founded on December 1995, in Sapporo, Hokkaidō, their first project animating "Bit the Cupid", the world's first fully digitally-animated television series.cite web|url=http://www.satelight.co.jp/english/company/enkaku.html|title=SATELIGHT Inc. : AboutUs　Corporate history|accessdate=2007-04-13] The name Satelight consists of "S" for Sapporo, "A" for Animate, "T" for Technology and "E" for Entertainment. The company's president is Michiaki Satō. Noted anime director and creator Shōji Kawamori is an executive director at the studio.

In 1996, the studio's next project was producing the CG animation for Group TAC's "". It soon established a production studio in 1998 in Suginami, Tokyo. The studio soon produced their first television series, Kawamori's "Chikyū Shōjo Arjuna" in 2001. In 2006, the studio changed its headquarters from Sapporo to Tokyo.

Works

Productions

*"Chikyū Shōjo Arjuna" (2001, TV series)
*"Geneshaft" (2001, TV series, co-production with Studio Gazelle)
*"Heat Guy J" (2002, TV series)
*"Macross Zero" (2004, OVA series)
*"Genesis of Aquarion" (2005, TV series)
*"Noein" (2005, TV series)
*"Glass no Kantai" (2006, TV series, co-production with GONZO)
*"Hellsing" (2006, OVA series)
*"Koi suru Tenshi Angelique ~Kokoro no Mezameru Toki~" (2006, TV series)
*"Galaxy Angel Rune" (2006, TV series)
*"" (2006, TV series)
*"Koi suru Tenshi Angelique ~Kagayaki no Ashita~" (2007, TV series)
*"Kamichama Karin" (2007, TV series)
*"Engage Planet Kiss Dum" (2007, TV series)
*"Shugo Chara!" (2007, TV series)
*"" (2007, TV series, co-production with Europacorp)
*"Macross Frontier" (2008, TV series)

Games

*"Heavy Metal Thunder" (2005, Cell Animation Production)

Other involvement

*"Bit the Cupid" (1995)
*"Īhatōbu Gensō: Kenji no Haru" (1996)
*"Saber Marionette J" (1997)
*"Perfect Blue" (1997)
*"St. Luminous Mission High School" (1998)
*"Brain Powerd" (1998)
*"Escaflowne (film)" (2000)
*"Angel Sanctuary" (2000)
*"Boys Be..." (2000)
*"Vampire Hunter D" (2001)
*"Metropolis" (2001)
*"" (2004)
*"Romeo x Juliet" (2007)
*"Aria Origination" (2008)

References

External links

* [http://www.satelight.co.jp/ Satelight official site]
* [http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/company.php?id=415 Anime News Network]