was a Japanese company that served as a music publisher label for Japanese

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anime soundtrack In Japan, music includes a wide array of distinct genres, both traditional and modern. The word for "music" in Japanese is 音楽 (''ongaku''), combining the kanji 音 ''on'' (sound) with the kanji 楽 ''gaku'' (music, comfort). Japan is the w ...

s and video game soundtracks. It was established on November 26, 1999, and became a subsidiary of

Bandai Visual was a Japanese anime, film production, and distribution enterprise, established by Bandai and a subsidiary of Bandai Namco Holdings. They focused mainly in international distribution of anime properties in North America. Most of the anime and f ...

in May 2006, itself a subsidiary of

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. In February 2018, it was announced Lantis would be merged with Bandai Visual into a new company called Bandai Namco Arts. The reorganizing took effect on April 1, 2018. Lantis only remains as a label from the new company.

Lantis merger with Bandai Visual

In February 2018, it was announced Bandai Visual would be merged with Lantis into a new branch of BNH, called Bandai Namco Arts. The reorganizing took effect as of April 1, 2018. Bandai Visual remains only as a label of the new company.

Sublabels

Lantis is composed of four labels: * Lantis (main label, formerly distributed by King Records, currently self-distributed) * Glory Heaven (distributed by

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) * Kiramune (self-distributed) * Mellow Head (distributed by

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, defunct)

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External links

Lantis.jp
official website * {{Authority control Anime industry Bandai Visual Japanese companies established in 1999 Japanese companies disestablished in 2018 Record labels established in 1999 Record labels disestablished in 2018 Japanese record labels