Libre Publishing : Originally part of Biblos Co., Ltd. Following the bankruptcy of Biblos on 5 April 2006 caused by the chain bankruptcy started by its parent company Hekitensha, animate, MOVIC, Frontier Works Inc. funded the company allowing Biblos Co., Ltd., to continue operation. On 1 May 2006, the company was renamed Libre Publishing and became a subsidiary of animate Ltd. However, the company was still registered as established on 28 December 2000.
Animate Oversea Co., Ltd. : A join venture of animate Ltd., Kadokawa Taiwan Corporation, and Nongxueshe. The company acts as an operator of Animate branches in Taiwan and Hong Kong. In 2000, the first overseas store was established in Ximending, Taipei.
Animate-GyaO Corporation /animate Bookstore : An electronic book store.
USA Animate Online Shop: An online store for the United States market for Animate North AMERICA, Ltd., established in Jan 2013. The online store was closed on 2016-02-29, and re-opened on 2018-07-14.
Group companies
Movic Co. Ltd.
Movic Promote Service
Marine ENTERTAINMENT Inc.
coade : The company name was derived from its own slogan 'Code Anime Design'.
Frontier Works Inc.
ANIBRO Ltd. : On January 23, 2008, Animate's rival company, Broccoli, announced that they collaborated with Animate and made a new company "AniBro", with Animate holds 70% of the company, while Broccoli holds 30%. The president of the company will be the CEO of Animate, although he will continue to manage Animate along with AniBro. AniBro plans to expand using the AniBro brand to many places in Japan.
SHOSEN : Became part of animate Ltd. on 2011-06-29.
Former subsidiaries
Wanwan plus : Established in 2004, and was later closed.
Chikyuu ya : Operated by animate since 2008, and was later closed in 2014-12-22.
coade Rakuten branch: Established in 2010-12-01, and was later closed in 2013.
Marketing
Meito Anisawa is Animate's mascot character, affectionately known as the Anime Tenchō. He is depicted as a wild anime character with spiky hair and rippling muscles, clad with the Animate uniform, going to extreme measures to promote Animate's goods. An original video animation based on the character was produced by Gainax and released in 2002. Another OVA was released in 2010. An animation project which crosses over Anime Tencho with the Touhou Project was produced by ufotable and aired on November 20, 2010 at the Animate Ichioshi Bishojo Anime Matsuri to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Animate's mascot character. Meito has also made various appearances in other media, such as the Lucky Staranime series and video games such as Disgaea 4 and Touch My Katamari. Meito is voiced by Tomokazu Seki in his anime appearances, and is voiced by Lex Lang in the English dub of Lucky Star.
