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Xebec, Inc.(JP) was a Japanese animation studio based in Kokubunji, Tokyo, founded by former Tatsunoko Production animators on May 1, 1995. They have worked on many anime series such as Fafner, Martian Successor Nadesico, Love Hina, Shaman King, To Love Ru, and Space Battleship Yamato.
History
In 2003, they established a subsidiary called Xebec M2, which provided animation assistance for both the main studio and other companies such as OLM. This studio was renamed to Xebeczwei in 2010.
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 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.
- Mega Man X3
- Mega Man NT Warrior
- Killer7
- Pokémon the Series: Black and White - Key Animation
- Pokémon the Movie: Black—Victini and Reshiram & White—Victini and Zekrom (with Production I.G and OLM, Inc.)
- Pokémon Origins - Episodes 2 and 3