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Native name | 株式会社Seven Arcs |
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Romanized name | Kabushiki-gaisha Sebun Ākusu |
| Company type | Kabushiki kaisha |
| Industry | Anime (Television,Film,OVA) |
| Founded | May 31, 2002; 23 years ago (2002-05-31) |
| Headquarters | Nakano, Tokyo, Japan |
Key people | Yuuji Yoshida[a] Tatsuya Tanaka[b] Jun Shinozuka[c] Tomoyuki Saitou[d] Eiji Takayuki[e] Jun Nasuda[f] Shinjirou Watanabe[f] Kazuhiko Akatsu[f] |
| Parent | TBS Holdings |
| Subsidiaries | Arcturus(2002–2012) Seven Arcs Pictures(2012–2019) |
| Website | 7arcs.co.jp |
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Native name | 有限会社アークトゥールス |
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Romanized name | Yūgen gaisha Arcturus |
| Company type | Kabushiki kaisha |
| Industry | Anime (OVA) |
| Founded | April 7, 2000; 25 years ago (2000-04-07) |
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| Defunct | October 1, 2019; 6 years ago (2019-10-01) |
| Fate | Merged into Seven Arcs |
| Headquarters | Suginami, Toko, Japan |
Key people | Osamu Kamimura (CEO) |
| Parent | Seven Arcs(2002–2019) |
Seven Arcs Co., Ltd. (Japanese:株式会社Seven Arcs,Hepburn:Kabushiki-gaisha Sebun Ākusu) is a Japaneseanime production company and former studio, established on May 31, 2002, by formerPierrot andStudio Kikan-affiliated staff who had established studio Arcturus prior in 2000 with the intent of making animated series. The studio made its first animated television series,Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha, in 2004. Since then, the company has produced a number of other animated television series and movies.
In 2012, the animation section was split off by formingSeven Arcs Pictures Co., Ltd. (Japanese:株式会社Seven Arcs Pictures,Hepburn:Kabushiki-gaisha Sebun Ākusu Pikuchāzu) as a subsidiary company.[2] Since then, Seven Arcs has had its business in animation planning and licence management.[3] On December 26, 2017, the company was acquired byTokyo Broadcasting System Holdings.[4] Seven Arcs Pictures, Seven Arcs, and Arcturus merged on October 1, 2019, reforming as the single company Seven Arcs.
The title of the studio refers to the 7th of the 12 principles of animation.
