Xebec (studio)

Xebec, Inc.
Native name	株式会社ジーベック
Romanized name	Kabushiki-gaisha Jībekku
Company type	Kabushiki gaisha
Industry	Japanese animation
Founded	May 1, 1995; 28 years ago
Defunct	May 31, 2019; 4 years ago
Fate	Xebec:; Sold to Sunrise and Production I.G in 2019.; Triple A:; Became independent in 2005.; Xebec M2:; Went defunct in 2009.; Xebec Zwei:; Sold to Production I.G in 2019.;
Successor	Xebec:; Sunrise Beyond; Studio Mother; Xebec Zwei:; I.G. Zwei;
Headquarters	3-22-31 Minami-cho, Kokubunji, Tokyo, Japan 〒 185-0021 Southern Building 5F
Key people	Xebec:; Tooru Satou (CEO); Nobuyoshi Habara (CEO); Yukinao Shimoji (CEO); Triple A:; Takeshi Yamazaki (CEO); Xebec M2:; Hideyuki Motohashi (CEO);
Total equity	¥10,000,000
Owner	Production I.G (1995–2007); IG Port (2007–2019);
Number of employees	100
Divisions	Photography Dept.; Fukuoka Studio (2018–2019);
Subsidiaries	Triple A (2002–2005); Xebec M2 (2003–2009); Xebec Zwei (2010–2019);
Website	www.production-ig.co.jp/xebec/

Xebec, Inc. (Japanese: 株式会社ジーベック, Hepburn: Kabushiki-gaisha Jībekku, stylized as XEBEC) was a Japanese animation studio based in Kokubunji, Tokyo, founded by former Tatsunoko Production animators on May 1, 1995.

Works[change | change source]

Television series[change | change source]

1990s[change | change source]

Sorcerer Hunters (TV Tokyo) (October, 1995 – March, 1996)
Bakusō Kyōdai Let's & Go!! (TV Tokyo) (January, 1996 – December, 1996)
Martian Successor Nadesico (TV Tokyo) (March, 1996 – March, 1997)
Bakusō Kyōdai Let's & Go!! WGP (TV Tokyo) (January, 1997 – December, 1997)
Bakusō Kyōdai Let's & Go!! MAX (TV Tokyo) (January, 1998 – December, 1998)
Steam Detectives (TV Tokyo) (October, 1998 – March, 1999)
Super Yo-Yo (TV Tokyo) (November, 1998 – September, 1999)
Burst Ball Barrage!! Super B-Daman (TV Tokyo) (January, 1999 – October, 1999)
Susie-chan to Marvy (NHK BS2) (April, 1999 – February, 2000)
Zoids: Chaotic Century (MBS/TBS/JNN) (September, 1999 – December, 2000)
Dai-Guard (TV Tokyo) (October, 1999 – March, 2000)

2000s[change | change source]

Pilot Candidate (NHK BS2) (January, 2000 – March, 2000)
Love Hina (TV Tokyo) (April, 2000 – September, 2000)
Zoids: New Century (MBS/TBS) (January, 2001 – June, 2001)
Tales of Eternia: The Animation (WOWOW) (January, 2001 – March, 2001)
Shaman King (TV Tokyo) (July, 2001 – September, 2002)
Rockman.EXE (TV Tokyo) (March, 2002 – September, 2006)
Ground Defense Force! Mao-chan (TV Tokyo) (July,2002 – December, 2002)
Stellvia (TV Tokyo) (April, 2003 – September, 2003)
D.N.Angel (TV Tokyo) (April, 2003 – September, 2003)
Bottle Fairy (TVK) (October, 2003 – December, 2003)
Fafner in the Azure (TV Tokyo) (July, 2004 – December, 2004)
D.I.C.E. (Animax) (January, 2005 – December, 2005)
Negima! Magister Negi Magi (TV Tokyo) (January, 2005 – June, 2005)
Elemental Gelade (TV Tokyo) (April, 2005 – September, 2005)
Petopeto-san (CTC) (July, 2005 – September, 2005) (XEBEC M2)
Saru Get You -On Air- (TV Tokyo) (April, 2006 – September, 2007)
The Third (WOWOW) (April, 2006 – October, 2006)
Buso Renkin (TV Tokyo) (October, 2006 – March, 2007)
Shooting Star Rockman (TV Tokyo) (October, 2006 – October, 2007)
Hitohira (CTC) (March, 2007 – June, 2007) (XEBEC M2)
Heroic Age (TVO/TV Tokyo) (April, 2007 – September, 2007)
Over Drive (AT-X/TV Aichi/TVO) (April, 2007 – September, 2007)
Zombie-Loan (TV Asahi) (July, 2007 – September, 2007) (XEBEC M2)
Shooting Star Rockman Tribe (TV Tokyo) (October, 2007 – March, 2008)
Mnemosyne (AT-X) (February, 2008 – July, 2008)
To Love Ru (MBS/TBS) (April, 2008 – September, 2008)
Kanokon: The Girl Who Cried Fox (AT-X) (April, 2008 – June, 2008)
Kyō no Go no Ni (TV Tokyo) (October, 2008 – December, 2008)
Pandora Hearts (MBS/TBS) (April, 2009 – September, 2009)

2010s[change | change source]

Ladies versus Butlers! (AT-X) (January, 2010 – March, 2010)
Jewelpet Twinkle☆ (TVO/TV Tokyo) (April, 2010 – April, 2011)
MM! (AT-X) (October, 2010 – December, 2010)
Motto To Love Ru (Tokyo MX) (October, 2010 – December, 2010)
Rio: Rainbow Gate! (AT-X/Tokyo MX) (January, 2011 – March, 2011)
Hen Semi (AT-X/Tokyo MX/MBS) (April, 2011 – July, 2011)
Softenni (AT-X/Tokyo MX) (April, 2011 – June, 2011)
Jewelpet Sunshine (TVO/TV Tokyo) (April, 2011 – March, 2012)
Lagrange: The Flower of Rin-ne (Tokyo MX/YTV) (January, 2012 – September, 2012)
Jewelpet Kira☆Deco! (TVO/TV Tokyo) (April, 2012 – March, 2013)
Upotte!! (Sentai Filmworks) (April, 2012 – June, 2012)
Haiyore! Nyaruko-san (AT-X/TV Tokyo) (April, 2012 – June, 2012)
To Love Ru Darkness (MBS/TBS) (October, 2012 – December, 2012)
Space Battleship Yamato 2199 (JNN/MBS) (April, 2013 – September, 2013) (animation cooperation with AIC)
Jewelpet Happiness (TVO/TV Tokyo) (April, 2013 – March, 2014)
Haiyore! Nyaruko-san W (April, 2013 – July, 2013)
Future Card Buddyfight (TV Aichi) (January, 2014 – April, 2015) (animation cooperation with OLM)
Maken-Ki! Two (AT-X) (January, 2014 – March, 2014) (animation cooperation with AIC)
Broken Blade (Tokyo MX/BS11) (April, 2014 – June, 2014) (animation cooperation with Production IG)
Monster Retsuden Oreca Battle (TXN/TV Tokyo) (April, 2014 – March, 2015) (animation cooperation with OLM)
Argevollen (AT-X/Tokyo MX) (July, 2014 – December, 2014)
Tokyo ESP (Tokyo MX/BS11) (July, 2014 – September, 2014)
Fafner in the Azure: Exodus (MBS/TBS) (January, 2015 – December, 2015) (XEBECzwei)
Triage X (Tokyo MX/TVS/CTC) (April, 2015 – June, 2015)
Future Card Buddyfight 100 (TV Aichi) (April, 2015 – March, 2016) (animation cooperation with OLM)
To Love Ru Darkness 2nd (AT-X/Tokyo MX) (July, 2015 – October, 2015)
Future Card Buddyfight Triple D (TV Aichi) (April, 2016 – March, 2017) (animation cooperation with OLM)
Keijo!!!!!!!! (AT-X/Tokyo MX) (October, 2016 – December, 2016)
BanG Dream! (AT-X/Tokyo MX) (January, 2017 – April, 2017) (animation cooperation with ISSEN)
Future Card Buddyfight X (TV Aichi) (April, 2017 – May, 2018) (animation cooperation with OLM)
Clockwork Planet (TBS) (April, 2017 – June, 2017)
Tomica Hyper Rescue Drive Head Kidō Kyūkyū Keisatsu (TBS) (April, 2017 – December, 2017) (animation cooperation with OLM)
Future Card Buddyfight X: All-Star Fight (TV Aichi) (April, 2018 – May, 2018) (animation cooperation with OLM)
Full Metal Panic! Invisible Victory (AT-X/Tokyo MX) (April, 2018 – July, 2018)
Future Card Buddyfight Ace (TV Aichi) (June, 2018 – April, 2019) (animation cooperation with OLM)
Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs (AT-X/Tokyo MX) (July, 2018 – September, 2018)
Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2202 (TV Tokyo) (October, 2018 – March, 2019)

Original video animations[change | change source]

Blue Seed Beyond (1996–1998)
Sorcerer Hunters (1996–1997)
Gekiganger III (1998)
Love Hina: Christmas Special (2000)
Love Hina: Spring Special (2001)
Love Hina Again (2002)
Special Curriculum: The Candidate for Goddess (2002)
Mahō Sensei Negima! Introduction Film (2004–2005)
Majokko Tsukune-chan (2005–2006)
Fafner in the Azure: Right of Left (2005)
Petit Eva: Evangelion@School (2007)
To Love Ru (2009–2010)
Pandora Hearts Omake (2009–2010)
Kanokon: Manatsu no Daishanikusai (2009)
Kyō no Go no Ni (2009)
Hen Semi (2010–2011)
To Love Ru Darkness (2012–2015)
Rinne no Lagrange: Kamogawa Days (2012)
Maken-ki! (2013)
Pokémon Origins (2013) (animation cooperation with Production IG and OLM)
Haiyore! Nyaruko-san F (2015)
Triage X (2015)
Fantasista Stella (2015)
To Love Ru Darkness 2nd (2016–2017)
Black Clover (2017) (XEBECzwei)
Tomica Hyper Rescue Drive Head Kidō Kyūkyū Keisatsu (2018)
Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs (2018)

Movies[change | change source]

Bakusō Kyōdai Let's & Go!! WGP Bōsō Mini Yonku Dai Tsuiseki! (1997)
Nadesico: Prince of Darkness (1998) (animation cooperation with Production IG)
Cyber Team in Akihabara: Summer Vacation of 2011 (1999)
Rockman EXE Hikari to Yami no Program (2005)
Major: Yūjō no Winning Shot (2008)
Fafner in the Azure: Heaven and Earth (2010)
Broken Blade (2010–2011)
Pokémon the Movie: Black—Victini and Reshiram and White—Victini and Zekrom (2011) (animation cooperation with Production IG and OLM)
Space Battleship Yamato 2199 (2012–2013)
Space Battleship Yamato 2199: A Voyage to Remember (2014)
Space Battleship Yamato 2199: Odyssey of the Celestial Ark (2014)
Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2202 (2017–2019)
Eiga Drive Head: Tomica Hyper Rescue Kidō Kyūkyū Keisatsu (2018)
Fafner in the Azure: The Beyond (2019)

Notes[change | change source]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Sunrise took over most of Xebec's assets, which included the building which the studio operated. In its place, Sunrise established a new subsidiary, Sunrise Beyond, which retains a number of former Xebec staff, including former Xebec CEO Nobuyoshi Habara, who is one of Sunrise Beyond's board members. Xebec's Fukuouka Studio was rebranded to Sunrise Beyond Fukuouka, and a few other assets remained under Production I.G.
↑ The Xebec M2 substudio was dissolved following the departure of its representative director, Hideyuki Motohashi, in 2009.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Xebec Zwei was a part of the assets that Xebec owned which were given to Production I.G after its dissolution, and its name was subsequently changed to I.G. Zwei.
↑ Former Xebec CEO Yukinao Shimoji founded Studio Mother in 2019 after Xebec's dissolution.
↑ Xebec Photography Department (XEBEC撮影部), the studio's in-house compositing division.

References[change | change source]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "Xebec Company, Inc" (in Japanese). Xebec. Archived from the original on 2017-06-22. Retrieved 2009-09-30.

Other websites[change | change source]

Official website
Xebec at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
Xebec M2 at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
XEBECzwei at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

[snbeyond-2] 1.0 ^1.1 Sunrise took over most of Xebec's assets, which included the building which the studio operated. In its place, Sunrise established a new subsidiary, Sunrise Beyond, which retains a number of former Xebec staff, including former Xebec CEO Nobuyoshi Habara, who is one of Sunrise Beyond's board members. Xebec's Fukuouka Studio was rebranded to Sunrise Beyond Fukuouka, and a few other assets remained under Production I.G.

[3] The Xebec M2 substudio was dissolved following the departure of its representative director, Hideyuki Motohashi, in 2009.

[i.gzwei-4] 3.0 ^3.1 Xebec Zwei was a part of the assets that Xebec owned which were given to Production I.G after its dissolution, and its name was subsequently changed to I.G. Zwei.

[5] Former Xebec CEO Yukinao Shimoji founded Studio Mother in 2019 after Xebec's dissolution.

[6] Xebec Photography Department (XEBEC撮影部), the studio's in-house compositing division.

[corporate-1] 1.0 ^1.1 "Xebec Company, Inc" (in Japanese). Xebec. Archived from the original on 2017-06-22. Retrieved 2009-09-30.

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