 Xebec, the West Tokyo-based anime production company known for titles such as Kidou Senkan Nadesico (Martian Successor Nadesico), Soukyuu no Fafner (Fafner of the Blue Sky), and To LOVE-Ru, will be broken up after 24 years in business. The decision, which was announced on Friday, comes just months after the company's core animation business was sold to Sunrise in November.According to a press release published by parent company IG Port, Xebec will cease to exist as a business entity on May 31, 2019. Xebec's post-production teams, which were not part of the sale to Sunrise, will be broken up and consolidated into several IG Port companies, but Production I.G will inherit the company's assets. Copyright of Xebec's past works will revert to the IG Port group as a whole. Xebec Zwei, the company's Nerima-based studio which is responsible for photography and compositing of Soukyuu no Fafner: The Beyond, was transferred to the ownership of Production I.G and renamed IG Zwei in December. Xebec's coloring and finishing department was consolidated into anime production company Signal.MD. Industry insiders have also reported that about half of Xebec's original staff have moved to Tatsunoko Production. Xebec was founded in 1995 as a subsidiary of Production I.G. Prior to its dissolution, the company had been incurring constant deficits. In the fiscal year ending May 31, 2018, it reported a net loss of ¥126.54 million (US$1.13 million). Most recently, Xebec was responsible for leading the production of Uchuu Senkan Yamato 2202: Ai no Senshi-tachi. Source: Animation Business Journal |
mta_pnFeb 17, 2022 5:38 PM
| Damn, this is not great news. I didn’t watch much of their shows in the first place but it’s sad to see yet another Studio bite the dust. Goodbye Xebec! On a positive note though, I hope Production I.G. now takes the initiative for FullMetal Panic Season V. |
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| Never heard of that studio and wasn't a fan of anyone of those shows, nothing of value was lost. Edit: Just check the list of anime they animated and I don't like not a single one of them, this may sound harsh, but on a business perspective your business is bound to fail when all the titles you create is basically trash. |
| Now give us third season of TLR Darkness with Production IG budget. |
 Kickstarter for Rokujouma is fully funded. Good work everyone. Lets wait for the result of our hard work together. |
| another studio bites the dust |
| Never really liked Xebec, most of their more known mainstream titles have all been ecchi trash. Still sad to see a studio go, but it is what it is, just move away and let BASED NETFLIX keep making fighting manly shows, ecchi BTFO. |
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| I thought they just got renamed Sunrise Beyond? Now they're gone? lol |
| good news i hope the same happen to jc staff |
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| Damn, one of the few last studious still making actual mecha series is gone. Their track record is a mixed bag but when they did good, it was very good. USY2199 alone is enough for me to forgive them all these crappy rom coms they made. I wonder what will happen with USY remakes now. |
Ii tenki desu ne... |
Antanaru said: Damn, one of the few last studious still making actual mecha series is gone. Their track record is a mixed bag but when they did good, it was very good. USY2199 alone is enough for me to forgive them all these crappy rom coms they made. I wonder what will happen with USY remakes now. It's said on the news "Copyright of Xebec's past works will revert to the IG Port group as a whole." |
Calm down now, we can't just go losing all of the largest studios. |
| kind of weird since they have lot of successful titles under their name yet still get huge net loss.. seems like very bad management. |
 "If taking responsibility for a mistake that cannot be undone means death, it's not that hard to die. At least, not as hard as to live on." |
Kuma said: kind of weird since they have lot of successful titles under their name yet still get huge net loss.. seems like very bad management. It's actually just the nature of the industry. The studios have it pretty rough. Though they don't all have net losses such as Xebec. |
| This is unfortunate but all the best to the various staff members joining the other giants such as Sunrise and Tatsunoko! Nyaruko was a big hit during its airing season while it lasted. |
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| oh fuck..... then who will adapt the next to love ru series? |
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| This is a big loss for the industry. They made Busou Renkin, Mnemosyne, Yamato and Kaiketsu Jouki Tanteidan. |
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caio_brb said: That doesn't say anything that isn't obvious. I'm talking about whether they will continue, and if so, if the quality won't drop.Antanaru said: Damn, one of the few last studious still making actual mecha series is gone. Their track record is a mixed bag but when they did good, it was very good. USY2199 alone is enough for me to forgive them all these crappy rom coms they made. I wonder what will happen with USY remakes now. It's said on the news "Copyright of Xebec's past works will revert to the IG Port group as a whole." |
Ii tenki desu ne... |
| This is supposed to be a sad piece of news, but looking back at some of their works, all I can say is one thing. Good riddance. |
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| I like how the comments are acting like this is a huge deal when everything of value at Xebec already moved over to Sunrise Beyond. |
_MushiRock11_ said: You mean season 4 haha. I'd like to see that too tbh, love that show.Damn, this is not great news. I didn’t watch much of their shows in the first place but it’s sad to see yet another Studio bite the dust. Goodbye Xebec! On a positive note though, I hope Production I.G. now takes the initiative for FullMetal Panic Season V. |
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WaterLord said: _MushiRock11_ said: You mean season 4 haha. I'd like to see that too tbh, love that show.Damn, this is not great news. I didn’t watch much of their shows in the first place but it’s sad to see yet another Studio bite the dust. Goodbye Xebec! On a positive note though, I hope Production I.G. now takes the initiative for FullMetal Panic Season V. Well, Invisible Victory abbreviates to ‘IV’ which is 4 in Roman Numerals and Japanese refer to it as the 4th Season too, if I’m not wrong, by counting the Fumoffu Season as the 2nd Season rather than a Spin-Off. |
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_MushiRock11_ said: Makes sense, but it's still a spin-off season tho since they are just funny side stories featuring the daily lives of the protagonists at school. But yeah, what you said is correct too, i totally forgot about the Fumoffu season👍Well, Invisible Victory abbreviates to ‘IV’ which is 4 in Roman Numerals and Japanese refer to it as the 4th Season too, if I’m not wrong, by counting the Fumoffu Season as the 2nd Season rather than a Spin-Off. |
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WaterLord said: _MushiRock11_ said: Makes sense, but it's still a spin-off season tho since they are just funny side stories featuring the daily lives of the protagonists at school. But yeah, what you said is correct too, i totally forgot about the Fumoffu season👍Well, Invisible Victory abbreviates to ‘IV’ which is 4 in Roman Numerals and Japanese refer to it as the 4th Season too, if I’m not wrong, by counting the Fumoffu Season as the 2nd Season rather than a Spin-Off. 👍 I agree, it’s pretty much a Spin-Off with little to nothing to do with the Canon overarching plot. But it is what it is, I suppose. |
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| Nadessico, To Love-RU and Yuuragi-sou were some of my favorite titles in the last few years (that I watched then), we'll miss you Xebec, R.I.P. ... |
keragamming said: How many shows have you seen from them?Never heard of that studio and wasn't a fan of anyone of those shows, nothing of value was lost. Edit: Just check the list of anime they animated and I don't like not a single one of them, this may sound harsh, but on a business perspective your business is bound to fail when all the titles you create is basically trash. |
Please learn about cel animation and its technical process. Learn how special effects and backlighting were done without computers. |
| I'm really sorry for this news, its productions have ranged through many genres, keeping the one for the robotic genre constant. I hope this does not cancel the projects that were in the pipeline before the company was dissolved. |
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| Oh well, there goes the Uchuu No Stellvia 2nd season |
| Looking at the bright side, we'll get Yamato with glorious I.G animation. anyway, I'm sad for them. |
| ok :p |
| It's a shame to lose a good studio, especially one that puts out ecchi stuff. |
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| Last year's Full Metal Panic! Invisible Victory was pretty good so I'm glad they went out with a bang. |
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| That's really terrible. RIP Xebec. So many great series :( So, we will never see TLR continuation I guess :| And Production IG nothing but 3D trash nowadays... |
| Dub = fake crap. Always. |
| Wow...er, this is really sad news, because Xebec is one of those studios who really tried hard at almost EVERY genre they can do. When it fails, it fails hard (e.g. Clockwork Planet) but when it succeeds, it succeeds best (e.g. their early works of the late 90s and 2000s + some memorable series such as Fullmetal Panic, Yamato) R.I.P Xebec. You will be dearly missed. |
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| I did not watch many of their series but the ones I did watch were all very good. Well, except for Pandora Hearts. Now I'm kinda worried about the final season of FMP... |
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| This sucks to hear. Now there's no studio to rise up to occasion and just constantly make ecchi/harem shows most of the time. |
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Ramkec said: LMAO just because you like muscles doesn't mean sh*tflix is good.Never really liked Xebec, most of their more known mainstream titles have all been ecchi trash. Still sad to see a studio go, but it is what it is, just move away and let BASED NETFLIX keep making fighting manly shows, ecchi BTFO. |
HamazuraApr 7, 2019 11:20 AM
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| Xebec was huge at the beginning with Nadesico which was the AOTY of 1996 in Japan. Same in 2000 with Love Hina but then it failed to became one of the mains studios of the 2000's ... It's a shame as Yamato 2199 was one of the best post-2010 productions but I think the studio had a lot of issues even before that date ... |
Eterna71Apr 7, 2019 11:51 AM
| RIP Makers of Keijo, the masterpiece. Gone but never forgotten. |
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| A studio that made a lot of fun ecchi titles and a fav of mine, Zombie Loan. I'll miss you. |
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Why? There are worse studios out there than JC Staff. |
| Never heard of them but from what I have read here they seem to have made a lot of ecchi, which explains my lack of knowledge. |
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