Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan Explained

Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan Inc.
Image Caption:Headquarters in Toranomon, Minato, Tokyo
Native Name:株式会社ソニー・ピクチャーズ エンタテインメント
Native Name Lang:ja
Romanized Name:Kabushiki gaisha Sonī Pikuchāzu Entateinmento
Type:Joint venture (KK)
Foundation:
(as RCA/Columbia Pictures Video K.K.)

(as Sony Pictures Entertainment (Japan) Inc.)
Location:〒105-8415
No. 28, 4-chome, Toranomon, Minato
Tokyo
Toranomon Towers Office
Japan
Key People:Naomi Nakazawa
(Representative Director)
Soichi Sagawa
(Statutory Auditor)
Industry:Entertainment
Products:Motion pictures
Television programs
Anime
Num Employees:75 (as of April 1, 2024)
Owner:Sony Group Corporation
Subsid:Music On! TV (with SMEJ)
Madhouse, Inc. (5%, with Nippon Television)
Parent:Sony Pictures Entertainment (66.7%)
Sony Group Corporation (33.3%)

, abbreviated SPE or SPEJ, is a Japanese film studio, based in Minato-ku, Tokyo. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Japanese conglomerate Sony Group Corporation, with the majority of SPEJ's shares held by Sony Pictures Entertainment.[1] [2]

They have also distributed most of Sony Pictures films for Japan, as well as producing some anime and anime films as well.[3]

On March 22, 2024, Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan made an agreement to outsource its home media distribution operations to Happinet through its Media Marketing unit.

Anime production

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Notes and References

  1. http://sonypictures.jp/corp/about/en/ About Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan
  2. https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=22636854 Company Overview of Sony Pictures Entertainment (Japan) Inc.
  3. Web site: Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan Archives. Animation Magazine.