Xebec, Inc. was a Japanese animation studio known primarily for the anime of Love Hina, To Love Ru's anime adaptations, Shaman King and the Zoids franchise.
It was founded by former Ashi Productions producer Yukinao Shimoji, literary manager Toru Sato and animator Nobuyoshi Habara on May 1, 1995, as a subsidiary of Production I.G. As such, they had a tendency to use CG in some of their animation. They also utilized similar sound effects to the ones that Sunrise use.
In 2002, the company established Triple A as a subsidiary. Triple A became independent in 2005.
In 2003, the company re-organized Studio Z5 as a subsidiary under the name XEBEC M2. It was disbanded in 2009, with some of its staff transferred to XEBEC zwei.
In 2018, the studio's parent company, IG Port, sold XEBEC to Sunrise after constant deficits that the subsidiary had in different years. In March 2019, the studio was rebranded Sunrise Beyond; while its paint and photography divisions were absorbed into Signal.MD and I.G itself, respectively. The studio was officially shut down on May 31 of that year, with the copyrights to its works reverting to IG Port. Their final completed project, Fafner: The Beyond, premiered on May 17, two weeks before Xebec's shuttering.
See also Toon City, Rough Draft Studios, DR Movie, Digital eMation & GONZO, other studios that use CG in their animation.
Anime Xebec animated:
- Avenger (With Bee Train)
- Baku Tech! Bakugan (Replacing TMS Entertainment and Japan Vistec)
- Bakusou Kyoudai! Let's & Go!!
- BanG Dream!
- Bottle Fairy
- Blue Seed Beyond (with Production I.G)
- Buso Renkin (with Studio DEEN)
- Clockwork Planet
- Cubix: Robots for Everyone (with Cinepix and Dai Won; also produced the Japanese Dub)
- Cyber Team in Akihabara: The Movie
- Dai-Guard
- D.I.C.E. (2005) (with CGCG, Studio Bihou and Studio Galapagos)
- D.N.Angel
- Elemental Gelade
- éX-Driver (With Actas; episode 1 only)
- Fafner in the Azure: Dead Aggressor
- Full Metal Panic! Invisible Victory
- Future Card Buddyfight (all series, with OLM Incorporated)
- Hen Zemi
- Heroic Age
- Kanokon
- Keijo!!!!!!!!
- Ladies versus Butlers!
- Lagrange: The Flower of Rin-ne
- Love Hina
- Mao-chan
- Martian Successor Nadesico
- Gekiganger 3 (even in the Nadesico universe, the show is credited to them!)
- MegaMan NT Warrior (2002)
- MM!
- Mnemosyne
- Negima! Magister Negi Magi (first series only. The second series, Negima!? (second season), is done by Studio Shaft)
- Occult Academy (with A-1 Pictures)
- Outlaw Star (with Sunrise, episodes 2, 3, 6, 9, 10, 13 & 22*)
- PandoraHearts
- Pilot Candidate
- Pokémon Origins (Episodes 2 & 3 with Studio Izena)
- Rio -Rainbow Gate!-
- Shaman King (2001)
- Softenni
- Sorcerer Hunters - their first series
- Space Battleship Yamato 2199 (With AIC)
- Steam Detectives
- Stellvia of the Universe
- The Third: The Girl with the Blue Eye
- To Love Ru, Motto To Love-Ru and To Love-Ru Darkness
- Triage X
- Upotte!!
- Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs (their last series under the Xebec name)
- Zoids (all series sans Fuzors, Production Assistance on Genesis)
- Zombie Loan
Other Projects Xebec worked on include:
- A Certain Scientific Railgun (2nd Key Animation)
- Aikatsu! (In-Between Animation)
- AKB0048 (In-Between Animation)
- Akikan! (In-Between Animation)
- Arc the Lad (Animation)
- Asura Cryin' (Key & In-Between Animation; Production Cooperation)
- Batman: Gotham Knight (In-Between Animation)
- Bleach (Animation)
- Basilisk (Photography Assistance)
- BackGuiner (In-Between Animation)
- Birdy the Mighty Decode:02 (Paint)
- Blade of the Immortal (Paint)
- Blood-C (In-Between Animation)
- Blood+ (In-Between Animation; Production Assistance)
- Broken Blade (In-Between Animation)
- Case Closed (Key & In-Between Animation; Animation Production Cooperation - series and four movies, including Lupin III vs. Detective Conan)
- Le Chevalier d'Eon (In-Between Animation)
- Children of Ether
(Complimentary Animation) - Code Geass (In-Between Animation)
- Coyote Ragtime Show (In-Between Animation)
- Darker than Black (In-Between Animation - all seasons)
- Eden of the East (In-Between Animation)
- El Cazador de la Bruja (In-Between Animation)
- Eureka Seven AO (2nd Key Animation)
- Fairy Tail (In-Between Animation)
- Fancy Lala (In-Between Animation)
- Fractale (2nd Key Animation)
- Full Moon (Animation Cooperation)
- Ga-Rei -Zero- (2nd Key Animation; Animation Cooperation; Effects)
- Gatchaman Crowds (Photography)
- Genesis of Aquarion (In-Between Animation)
- Gintama (In-Between & 2nd Key Animation)
- Guilty Crown (In-Between Animation)
- Gundam
- Mobile Suit Gundam 00 (In-Between Animation)
- Gundam 00: A Wakening of the Trailblazer (In-Between Animation)
- Mobile Suit Gundam AGE (In-Between Animation)
- ∀ Gundam (In-Between Animation; Production Cooperation)
- GUN×SWORD (In-Between Animation)
- Gunparade Orchestra (Finish & In-Between Animation; Production Cooperation)
- Heroic Age (Production Cooperation)
- Heroman (In-Between Animation; Production Assistance)
- House of Five Leaves (2nd Key Animation)
- Hayate the Combat Butler (In-Between Animation, Can't Take My Eyes Off You and Cuties; Digital Paint for the former)
- Idol Janshi Suchie-Pai (In-Between Animation; Dreamcast version)
- Idolmaster: Xenoglossia (In-Between Animation)
- Karin (Finish & In-Between Animation)
- Kiddy GiRL-AND (Key Animation)
- Kikaider (Production Assistance)
- Little Busters! (In-Between Animation Assistance)
- Lupin III
- Lupin III Elusiveness Of The Fog (In-Between Animation)
- Lupin III Sweet Lost Night (Key Animation)
- Lupin III vs. Detective Conan (Key & In-Between Animation, Digital Paint and Animation Production Cooperation)
- Kuroko's Basketball (Key & In-Between Animation; Production Cooperation)
- Macross Frontier (2nd Key, Finish & In-Between Animation)
- Madlax (In-Between Animation)
- Mega Man
- Mega Man 8 (Cutscenes)
- Mega Man X4 (Cutscenes)
- Mega Man: Maverick Hunter X (Cutscenes)
- Michiko & Hatchin (Production Cooperation; episodes 7 & 9)
- Natsuyuki Rendezvous (Finish & In-Between Animation)
- Neon Genesis Evangelion (Animation for End of Evangelion and Finish & In-Between Animation for Death and Rebirth. Also produced the later episodes of Petit Eva)
- Noein (In-Between Animation)
- Noir (In-Between Animation)
- Nyaruko: Crawling with Love!
- Oreimo (In-Between Animation)
- Persona 4: The Animation (In-Between Animation)
- Phantasy Star Generation 1 (Animation art)
- Psycho-Pass (In-Between Animation)
- Puella Magi Madoka Magica (2nd Key Animation)
- Pumpkin Scissors (In-Between Animation)
- Real Drive (In-Between Animation)
- Robotics;Notes (In-Between Animation)
- R.O.D the TV (In-Between Animation)
- Rurouni Kenshin (In-Between Animation)
- Sakura Wars: The Movie (Animation Assistance)
- Sands of Destruction (2nd Key Animation)
- School Rumble (In-Between Animation, 2nd Semester)
- Shakugan no Shana (In-Between Animation, series; Key Animation, movie)
- Shining Hearts (2nd Key Animation)
- Sket Dance (In-Between Animation)
- Sky Surfer Strikeforce (Photography; through Katsutoshi Hirose)
- Slayers: The Motion Picture (Production Assistance)
- Space Brothers (2nd Key Animation)
- Squid Girl (In-Between Animation)
- Star Driver (In-Between Animation)
- Sword Art Online (2nd Key, Finish & In-Between Animation)
- Tari Tari (Finish Animation)
- Tegami Bachi: Letter Bee (In-Between Animation)
- Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann (In-Between Animation; Animation Assistance)
- The Transformers (Illustration work for the Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers Autobot Collection DVD set; through Nobuyoshi Habara)
- Unlimited Psychic Squad (2nd Key, Key & In-Between Animation)
- Uta∽Kata (In-Between Animation)
- Valvrave the Liberator (2nd Key & In-Between Animation)
- Wario Land: Shake It! (In-Between Animation; Cutscenes)
Tropes associated with Xebec:
- Fanservice: See Kanokon, Ladies versus Butlers!, Love Hina, Negima! Magister Negi Magi, Rio -Rainbow Gate!-, Softenni, and To Love Ru.
- Pronouncing My Name for You: It's even in the company's logo.
