is a Japanese music label owned by

Bandai Namco Music Live formerly Bandai Namco Arts, is a Japanese company formed by the merger of Bandai Visual and its subsidiary Lantis (company), Lantis by its owner Bandai Namco Holdings in February 2018. The company is responsible for the same area of its predece ...

. Originally a company, it was established on November 26, 1999, and became a subsidiary of

Bandai Visual was a Japanese anime, film production, and distribution company, established by Bandai and a subsidiary of Bandai Namco Holdings. They focused mainly in international distribution of anime properties in North America. Most of the anime and ...

in May 2006, itself a subsidiary of

Bandai Namco Holdings (commonly known as and formerly Namco Bandai until 2015, also known as Bandai Namco Group,) is a Japanese mass media and entertainment Conglomerate (company), conglomerate founded in 2005 by the merger of Namco and Bandai. The company specia ...

. 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.

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

. The reorganizing took effect as of April 1. Bandai Visual remains only as a label of the new company.

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 , often abbreviated as SMEJ or simply SME, and also known as Sony Music Japan for short (stylized as ''SonyMusic''), is a Japanese music arm for Sony. Founded in 1968 as CBS/Sony, SMEJ is directly owned by Sony, Sony Group Corporation and is ...

) * Kiramune (self-distributed) * Purple One Star (distributed by

, defunct) * MoooD Records (distributed by

) * Mellow Head (distributed by NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan, defunct)

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External links

Lantis.jp
official website * {{Authority control Anime industry Bandai Visual Japanese companies established in 1999 Japanese companies disestablished in 2018 Record labels established in 1999 Record labels disestablished in 2018 Japanese record labels