Lantis Co., Ltd.[a] was a Japanese company that served as a music publisher label for Japanese musicians, anime soundtracks and video game soundtracks. 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)
- Mellow Head (distributed by NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan, defunct)
Artists
- 2Hearts
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Miyuki Hashimoto
- Nano Ripe
- Natsuko Aso
- Nijigasaki High School Idol Club
- Nomico
- Nowlu
- Oldcodex
- Oranges & Lemons
- Oresama
- Outer-Tribe
- 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
- Shizuka Itō
- Shō Hayami
- Shōjobyō
- Showtaro Morikubo
- Shugo Nakamura
- Snow*
- Sphere
- Star☆Anis
- StylipS
- Suara
- Shuuhei Kita
- SV Tribe
- 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". 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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