Namco Bandai

This article is about the holding company and the group of companies it owns. For the game developer, see Namco Bandai Games. is the Japan holding company for Namco Bandai Group, formed from the merger of Namco and Bandai. It has interests in toys, video and arcade games and amusement facilities. The new entity was founded on September 29 2005. Officially, Bandai purchased Namco; however, both companies have equal power in group decisions. Namco Bandai Group companies are organised under five strategic business unit (SBUs) and the Affiliated Business Group. Bandai is currently the world's third largest producer of toys. Prior to the merger, Bandai owned Sunrise, a Japanese animation company, which became a subsidiary of NBHD following the merger. NBHD also fully acquired developers Banpresto (which was absorbed into Namco Bandai Games on April 1 2008) and Namco Tales Studio since the merger. Formerly, both were partially owned by Bandai and Namco respectively. On March 31,... full article at wikipedia