Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan

For the American film company within the Sony corporation, see Sony Pictures Entertainment.

Sony Pictures Entertainment (Japan) lnc.
株式会社ソニー・ピクチャーズ エンタテインメント

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Type	Subsidiary of Sony
Industry	Entertainment
Founded	February 10, 1984 (Found as: Earl Sea Columbia Pictures Corporation Alternative Video Co., Ltd.) August 7, 1991 (Found as: Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan Inc.)
Headquarters	〒105-8415 No. 28, 4-chome, Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo Toranomon Towers Office Japan
Key people	Masao Morita (Representative Director & CEO) Ron McNair (Representative Director & CEO) Masao Takiyama (Executive Officer and SVP)
Products	Motion pictures Television Production Anime
Owner	Sony Pictures Entertainment (62.1%) Sony (33.3%) CPE Holdings (4.6%)
Number of employees	214 (as of April 30, 2009)
Subsidiaries	Animax AXN Japan Mystery Channel
Website	www.sonypictures.jp

Sony Pictures Entertainment (Japan) lnc. (株式会社ソニー・ピクチャーズ エンタテインメント Kabushiki-Gaisha Sonī Pikuchāzu Entateinmento) is a Japanese film studio, based in Minato-ku, Tokyo. It also uses the as abbreviations: SPE or SPEJ for operations.

SPEJ is the majority shareholder of Japanese anime satellite television company Animax Broadcasat Japan.

They have also distributed most of Sony Pictures Entertainment's films for Japan, as well as producing some Anime and Anime films as well.

Anime Production

• Astro Boy (2003)
• Tokyo Godfathers (2003)
• Paprika (2006)
• Ultraviolet: Code 044 (2008)
• Kurozuka (2008)
• Viper's Creed (2009)
• Marvel Anime (2010–11)
• Iron Man: Rise of Technovore (2013)
• Avengers Confidential: Black Widow & Punisher (2014)

External links

• Official Website
• Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan at Anime News Network's encyclopedia