Sunrise (company)

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Founded in 1972, Sunrise Inc. is a Japanese company strongly devoted to Japanese animation and (since 1994) is a division of Bandai, the biggest toy company in Japan. Its former name was Nippon Sunrise, and prior to that, Sunrise Studios.

They have produced (among many others):

Argentosoma (also "Argento Soma, and "Argent Soma")
(The)Big O
Blue Comet SPT Layzner
Brain Powerd (also "Brain Powered")
Brave Raideen (勇者ライディーン; Yuusha Raidiin) (co-production with Tohoku Shinsha)
City Hunter
Cowboy Bebop (Co-production with Tokyo Movie Shinsha)
Cyborg 009 (1979 color series; co-production with Toei Animation)
Crest of the Stars (星界の紋章; Seikai no Monshō)
Dirty Pair
Future GPX Cyber Formula (新世紀ＧＰＸサイバーフォーミュラ; Shin Seiki GPX Saibaa Fohmyura) (literally "New Century GPX Cyber Formula")
Gasaraki
Infinite Ryvius (無限のリヴァイアス; Mugen no Ryvius)
InuYasha (犬夜叉)
My-HiME (舞-HiME)
My-Otome
Mobile Suit Gundam (機動戦士ガンダム; Kidō Senshi Gandamu)
Outlaw Star
Overman King Gainer
Planetes
Scryed
Space Runaway Ideon
The Ultraman (co-production with Tsuburaya Productions)
Uchû no Senshi (Anime Adaption of Robert Henlein's novel Starship Troopers)
The Vision of Escaflowne (天空のエスカフローネ; Tenkuu no Esukaforohne) (literally "Escaflowne of the Heavens")
Witch Hunter Robin
Yakitate!! Japan (焼きたて!! ジャぱん)
Yoroiden Samurai Troopers (鎧伝サムライトールパー) (Ronin Warriors)

Many fans of Sunrise series may notice that a person named "Hajime Yatate" appears in the credits of all their series. This is not a name of a Sunrise staff member, but is actually a pen name for the Sunrise staff as a whole.

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