is a Japanese
animation studio
An animation studio is a company producing animation, animated media. The broadest such companies conceive of products to produce, own the physical equipment for production, employ operators for that equipment, and hold a major stake in the sales ...
. Aside from several stand-alone projects, the studio is well known for producing the ''
Aquarion'' and ''
Symphogear'' franchises, as well as later installments of the ''
Macross'' franchise. The company's
Representative Director is Michiaki Satō. The noted anime director and creator
Shōji Kawamori is a special adviser at the studio. The name Satelight consists of ''S'' for Sapporo, ''A'' for Animate, ''T'' for Technology, and ''E'' for Entertainment.
History
The studio was founded in late 1995, in
Sapporo
is a Cities designated by government ordinance of Japan, designated city in Hokkaido, Japan. Located in the southwest of Hokkaido, it lies within the alluvial fan of the Toyohira River, a tributary of the Ishikari River. Sapporo is the capital ...
,
Hokkaidō, their first project being ''Bit the Cupid'', the world's first fully digitally-animated television series.
In August 2006, Satelight was acquired by pachinko maker
Sankyo and served as its subsidiary until July 2020, when the capital alliance between Sankyo and the studio ended. In October that same year, Satelight announced a capital and business alliance with
NetEase
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.
In November 2022, Satelight and audio production company
Dax Production jointly announced the establishment of audio production studio Studio Sound Bee.
Works
Television series
OVAs/ONAs
Anime films
Games
*''
Heavy Metal Thunder'' (2005, Cell Animation Production)
*''
Persona 2: Innocent Sin'' (2011, Opening Animation Production)
*''
Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers'' (2012, ''
Nintendo 3DS'' Opening Animation Production)
*''
E.X. Troopers'' (2013, Promotional Anime)
*''
Time and Eternity'' (2012, 2013 animation movies and characters)
*''Aquarion Evol'' (
PlayStation VR)
*''
Daemon X Machina
''Daemon X Machina'' is a 2019 action game developed and published by Marvelous (company), Marvelous for the Nintendo Switch. A Windows port was released in 2020. A sequel, ''Daemon X Machina: Titanic Scion'' is in development.
Gameplay
In the g ...
'' (2019, "Order Zero" prologue animation & in-game opening animation production)
Related studios
* Debris Sapporo - A studio founded by former members.
*
GoHands - A studio founded by the staff of Satelight's former Osaka branch.
*
Eight Bit - A studio founded by former members.
Notes
References
External links
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Satelight
Japanese animation studios
Animation studios in Tokyo
Mass media companies established in 1995
Japanese companies established in 1995
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