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was a Japanese company that served as a music publisher label for Japanese musicians,
anime soundtrack In Japan, music includes a wide array of distinct genres, both traditional and modern. The word for "music" in Japanese is 音楽 (''ongaku''), combining the kanji 音 ''on'' (sound) with the kanji 楽 ''gaku'' (music, comfort). Japan is the wor ...
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video game soundtrack Video game music (or VGM) is the soundtrack that accompanies video games. Early video game music was once limited to sounds of early sound chips, such as programmable sound generators (PSG) or FM synthesis chips. These limitations have led to ...
s. It was established on November 26, 1999, and became a subsidiary of
Bandai Visual was a Japanese anime, film production, and distribution enterprise, 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 f ...
in May 2006, 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.


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 Arts. The reorganizing took effect as of April 1, 2018. Bandai Visual remains only as a label of the new company.


Sublabels

Lantis is composed of four labels: * Lantis (main label, formerly distributed by King Records, currently self-distributed) * Glory Heaven (distributed by Sony Music Entertainment Japan) * Kiramune (self-distributed) * Mellow Head (distributed by
NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan (abbreviated as NBCUEJ) is a Japanese music, anime, and home entertainment production and distribution enterprise headquartered in Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo. It is primarily involved in the production and distribution of anime within Japan. The ...
, defunct)


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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