Editing Bandai Visual (section)

=== Namco Bandai takeover and merge with Lantis (2005–2018) ===
Bandai Visual was a wholly owned subsidiary of Namco Bandai Holdings.<ref name="reuters">{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/finance/industries/significant?industryCode=53215&categoryId=207|title=NAMCO BANDAI Holdings Inc. to Fully Acquire Bandai Visual Co., Ltd. and Bandai Networks Co., Ltd.|work=Reuters  |date=January 15, 2008|access-date=January 19, 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080213055059/https://www.reuters.com/finance/industries/significant?industryCode=53215&categoryId=207| archive-date= February 13, 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref><ref name="bizweek">{{cite web|url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=5556744|title=Bandai Visual Co. Ltd.: Private Company Information|work=BusinessWeek |date=January 19, 2008|access-date=January 20, 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080222192827/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=5556744| archive-date= February 22, 2008 | url-status= dead}}</ref> Namco Bandai announced on November 8, 2007, that it would buy the voting shares it did not own between that date and December 10, 2007, and turn the company into a wholly owned subsidiary.<ref name="variety">{{Cite news |url=https://variety.com/2007/biz/news/bandai-namco-buys-up-subsidiaries-1117977875/|title=Bandai Namco buys up subsidiaries|work=Variety  | first=Mark|last=Schilling |author-link=Mark Schilling |date=December 17, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2007/biz/news/bandai-taking-over-subsidiaries-1117975604/|title=Bandai taking over subsidiaries |work=Variety | first=Mark |last=Schilling |author-link=Mark Schilling |date=November 8, 2007}}</ref> On December 18, 2007, Namco Bandai announced that it had owned 93.63%<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.katanaxtreme.com/anime_news/details.aspx?id=ETsFjgzchU65OknwxiRimw|title=NAMCO BANDAI Holdings announces complete takeover of BANDAI VISUAL|publisher=KatanaXtreme.com|access-date=December 25, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713140501/http://www.katanaxtreme.com/anime_news/details.aspx?id=ETsFjgzchU65OknwxiRimw|archive-date=July 13, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> of Bandai Visual's shares since the end of November.<ref name="variety"/> The remaining shares were delisted from the Tokyo Stock Exchange on February 15, 2008, after Namco Bandai acquired the remaining 10% of the shares.

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In February 2018, it was announced Bandai Visual would be merged with Lantis into a new branch of BNH, called [[Bandai Namco Arts]]. The reorganizing took effect as of April 1, 2018. Bandai Visual remains only as a label of the new company.<ref name="New Bandai Visual">{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-02-09/bandai-namco-holdings-merges-lantis-with-bandai-visual-launches-new-subsidiaries/.127609|title=Bandai Namco Holdings Merges Lantis With Bandai Visual, Launches New Subsidiaries|publisher=Anime News Network|date=February 9, 2018|access-date=August 13, 2018}}</ref>