Xebec (studio)
Xebec, Inc. was a Japanese animation studio based in Kokubunji, Tokyo, founded by former Tatsunoko Production animators on May 1, 1995. They worked on the anime series, such as Nadesico, Love Hina, D.N.Angel, Keijo, Shaman King, Fafner, To Love Ru, and Space Battleship Yamato remakes.
The company logotype includes the International Phonetic Alphabet transcription, which represents not the Japanese pronunciation using syllabification for Hepburn romanization but rather a presumed "English" pronunciation.
Closure
On November 20, 2018, Xebec's parent company, IG Port, sold the studio to Sunrise after constant deficits that the subsidiary had in different years.On January 12, 2019, Xebec Zwei, a subsidiary of Xebec, was transferred to Production I.G, becoming a subsidiary and changing its name to IG Zwei accordingly.
On March 5, 2019, Sunrise announced that they established a new company, Sunrise Beyond, at Xebec's address, with Xebec's operations being transferred to it.
Xebec ceased to exist as a business entity on May 31, 2019. Its post-production teams, which were not part of the sale to Sunrise, were broken up and consolidated into several IG Port companies, but Production I.G inherited the company's assets. Copyright of Xebec's past works reverted to the IG Port group as a whole.
Works
Television series
Sorcerer Hunters Martian Successor Nadesico Bakusō Kyōdai Let's & Go!! Super Yo-Yo Steam Detectives Shogun Recuts Burst Ball Barrage!! Super B-Daman Dai-Guard Zoids: Chaotic Century Love Hina Pilot Candidate Tales of Eternia: The Animation Shaman King Ground Defense Force! Mao-chan Rockman.EXE Bottle Fairy D.N.Angel Stellvia Fafner in the Azure D.I.C.E. Elemental Gelade Petopeto-san Negima! Magister Negi Magi Saru Get You -On Air- The Third Buso Renkin Shooting Star Rockman Heroic Age Over Drive Hitohira Zombie-Loan Mnemosyne To Love Ru Kanokon Kyō no Go no Ni Pandora Hearts Ladies versus Butlers! MM! Motto To Love Ru Hanakappa Rio: Rainbow Gate! Hen Semi Softenni Lagrange: The Flower of Rin-ne Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2199 Nyaruko: Crawling with Love Upotte!! To Love Ru Darkness Haiyore! Nyaruko-san W Pokémon Origins Future Card Buddyfight Maken-ki! Tsū Broken Blade TV Argevollen Tokyo ESP Fafner in the Azure: -EXODUS- Triage X Future Card Buddyfight 100 To Love Ru Darkness 2nd Future Card Buddyfight Triple D Keijo!!!!!!!!! BanG Dream! Future Card Buddyfight X Clockwork Planet Tomica Hyper Rescue Drive Head Kidō Kyūkyū Keisatsu Future Card Buddyfight X: All-Star Fight Full Metal Panic! Invisible Victory Future Card Buddyfight Ace Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs Space Battleship Yamato 2202Original video animation
Sorcerer Hunters Blue Seed Beyond Gekiganger III Love Hina: Christmas Special Love Hina: Spring Special Love Hina Again Special Curriculum: The Candidate for Goddess Mahō Sensei Negima! Introduction Film Majokko Tsukune-chan Fafner in the Azure: Right of Left Petit Eva: Evangelion@School To Love Ru Kanokon: Manatsu no Daishanikusai Kyō no Go no Ni Pandora Hearts Omake Hen Semi Rinne no Lagrange: Kamogawa Days To Love Ru Darkness Maken-ki! Haiyore! Nyaruko-san F Triage X Fantasista Stella To Love Ru Darkness 2nd Black Clover BanG Dream! Yuuna and the Haunted Hot SpringsFilms
Let's & Go Martian Successor Nadesico: The Motion Picture – Prince of Darkness Cyber Team in Akihabara: Summer Vacation of 2011 Rockman EXE Hikari to Yami no Program Major: Yūjō no Winning Shot Fafner in the Azure: Heaven and Earth Broken Blade Pokémon the Movie: Black—Victini and Reshiram and White—Victini and Zekrom Space Battleship Yamato 2199 Space Battleship Yamato 2199: A Voyage to Remember Space Battleship Yamato 2199: Odyssey of the Celestial Ark Space Battleship Yamato 2202Game animation
Martian Successor NadesicoMacross VFXMega Man 8Mega Man X3Mega Man X4Mega Man Maverick Hunter XSorcerer Hunterskiller7Divisions
In 2003, the subsidiary Xebec M2 was established, which focuses in providing animation assistance for their main studio and other companies. It has also produced three full series: Petopeto-san, ZOMBIE LOAN and Hitohira. Its last activity was in 2009/2010.In 2010, it was followed by Xebeczwei, which handled in-between, key, and 2nd key animation for Xebec's main studio and other anime studios. It later produced the full series Fafner in the Azure: Exodus, which ran throughout 2015.
In late 2018, it was announced the coloring department of Xebec would be transferred to Signal.MD following the release of the former from IG Port. In addition, Xebeczwei would be transferred to Production I.G as a subsidiary and subsequently be renamed IGzwei.