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'''Bandai Namco Filmworks''' (formerly known as '''Sunrise Studio''', '''Nippon Sunrise''' and '''Sunrise''', the latter is currently used as a brand name) was founded in 1972 by former Mushi Production animators according to an interview with members of the studio. They later grew into one of the biggest animation studios in Japan, having worked on the ''Gundam'' franchise, ''Cowboy Bebop'', ''Code Geass'', ''Love Live'', ''Armored Trooper Votoms'', ''Space Runaway Ideon'', ''Keroro Gunso'' (''Sgt. Frog''), ''Dirty Pair'', ''Tiger & Bunny'', and many more. They've also co-produced stuff with other companies such as [[Toei (Japan)|Toei]] (Robot Romance Trilogy (''Combattler V'', ''Voltes V'', and ''Daimos'') and ''Cyborg 009'' (1979)), [[Toho Co., Ltd. (Japan)|Toho]] (''Gunhed''), and Tsuburaya (''The Ultraman''). They have been a part of [[Bandai Visual (Japan)|Bandai]] since 1993, who would later merge with [[Namco (Japan)|Namco]] to form [[Bandai Namco Entertainment|Bandai Namco Holdings]] in 2005.