Lantis (company)
| Lantis | |
|---|---|
| Parent company | Bandai Namco Music Live | 
| Founded | 1999 | 
| Distributor(s) | Bandai Namco Filmworks | 
| Genre | Anisong | 
| Country of origin | Japan | 
| Location | Tokyo, Japan | 
![]() Lantis' former headquarters in Shibuya, Tokyo  | |
Native name  | 株式会社ランティス | 
|---|---|
Romanized name  | Kabushiki gaisha Rantisu | 
| Company type | Music publisher | 
| Industry | Japanese music | 
| Founded | November 26, 1999 | 
| Defunct | April 1, 2018 | 
| Fate | Merged with Bandai Visual | 
| Successor | Bandai Namco Music Live | 
| Headquarters | Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan | 
Key people  | Shunji Inoue | 
| Revenue | ¥420.5 million | 
| Website | lantis.jp | 
Lantis Co., Ltd.[a] is a Japanese music label owned by Bandai Namco Music Live. Originally a company, it was established on November 26, 1999, and became a subsidiary of Bandai Visual in May 2006,[1] itself a subsidiary of Bandai Namco Holdings. 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.[2]
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 Music Live. The reorganizing took effect as of April 1. Bandai Visual remains only as a label of the new company.[2]
Sublabels
Lantis is composed of five labels:
- Lantis (main label, formerly distributed by King Records, currently self-distributed)
 - Glory Heaven (distributed by Sony Music Entertainment Japan)
 - Kiramune (self-distributed)
 - Purple One Star (distributed by Sony Music Entertainment Japan, defunct)
 - MoooD Records (distributed by Sony Music Entertainment Japan)
 - UNIERA
 - Mellow Head (distributed by NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan, defunct)
 
Artists
- 2Hearts
 - Ai Furihata (under Purple One Star)
 - AiRI
 - Ai Shimizu
 - Aikatsu☆Stars!
 - Aira Yūki
 - Aki Hata
 - Aki Misato
 - Ali Project (transferred from Mellow Head, also work on other recording labels)
 - Annabel
 - Aqours
 - ASH DA HERO (under MoooD Records)
 - Aya Hirano
 - Best Friends!
 - Blood Stain Child
 - Ceui
 - Choucho
 - CooRie
 - Dai-ni Bun'gei-bu
 - Daisuke Hirakawa
 - Daisuke Ono
 - Deardrops
 - Eufonius
 - Faylan
 - Fhána
 - G.Addict
 - Granrodeo
 - Hekiru Shiina
 - Hiromi Satō
 - Hironobu Kageyama
 - Hiroshi Kitadani
 - Hyadain
 - Idolish7
 - Ika Musume
 - JAM Project
 - Kanae Itō
 - Kazuma Kawamura (under the name L.E.I through MoooD Records)
 - Kenichi Suzumura
 - Kenshō Ono
 - Konirata
 - Koutaro Nishiyama
 - Larval Stage Planning
 - Lazy
 - Liella!
 - Mai Fuchigami
 - Mai Nakahara
 - Makoto Furukawa
 - Marble
 - Masaaki Endoh
 - Masami Okui
 - Masumi Itō
 - Megu Sakuragawa
 - Megumi Ogata
 - Mia Regina
 - Milktub
 - Minami Kuribayashi
 - MindaRyn
 - Minori Chihara
 - Minoru Shiraishi
 - Mitsuo Iwata
 - Miyavi (under MoooD Records)
 - Miyuki Hashimoto
 - Nano Ripe
 - Natsuko Aso
 - Nijigasaki High School Idol Club
 - Nomico
 - Nowlu
 - Oldcodex
 - Oranges & Lemons
 - Oresama
 - Outer-Tribe
 - Passcode (under MoooD Records)
 - Reina Ueda
 - Rin
 - Rionos
 - Ririko
 - Rita
 - R.O.N (also under the name "Stereo Dive Foundation")
 - Ryoko Shintani
 - Sakura Nogawa
 - Saori Atsumi
 - Sayaka Sasaki
 - Screen mode
 - Sena
 - SERRA (transferred from Purple One Star)
 - Shizuka Itō
 - Shō Hayami
 - Shōjobyō
 - Showtaro Morikubo
 - Shugo Nakamura
 - Snow*
 - Sphere
 - Star☆Anis
 - StylipS
 - Suara
 - Shuuhei Kita
 - SV Tribe
 - SZNO
 - Takashi Utsunomiya (also under the name "U_Wave")
 - Takuma Terashima
 - Tasuku Hatanaka
 - Tatsuhisa Suzuki
 - Tetsuya Kakihara
 - Toshiyuki Morikawa
 - True
 - Ui Miyazaki
 - Ultra-Prism
 - Wild San-nin Musume
 - Yousei Teikoku
 - Yozuca*
 - Yūmao
 - Yūki Kaji
 - Yuko Goto
 - Yuria
 - Zaq
 - μ's
 - Fo'xTails
 
Notes
- ^ Japanese: 株式会社ランティス, Hepburn: Kabushiki gaisha Rantisu
 
References
- ^ "History of Bandai Visual". Archived from the original on February 17, 2007. Retrieved April 2, 2007.
 - ^ a b "Bandai Namco Holdings Merges Lantis With Bandai Visual, Launches New Subsidiaries". Anime News Network. February 9, 2018. Retrieved February 9, 2018.
 
External links
- Lantis.jp, official website (in Japanese)
 - Lantis's channel on YouTube
 
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