What is Xebec (studio)?
{{redlinks|date=April 2023}} {{Infobox company | name = Xebec, Inc. | logo = Xebec studio logo.svg | native_name = {{lang|ja|株式会社ジーベック}} | romanized_name = Kabushiki-gaisha Jībekku | type = [[Kabushiki gaisha]] | industry = [[anime|Japanese animation]] | fate = {{ubl|'''Xebec:'''|Sold to [[Sunrise (company)|Sunrise]] and [[Production I.G]] in 2019.{{efn|name=snbeyond}}|'''Triple A:'''|Became independent in 2005.|'''Xebec M2:'''|Went defunct in 2009.{{efn|The Xebec M2 substudio was dissolved following the departure of its representative director, Hideyuki Motohashi, in 2009.}}|'''Xebec Zwei:'''|Sold to Production I.G in 2019.{{efn|name=i.gzwei|Xebec Zwei was a part of the assets that Xebec owned which were given to Production I.G after its dissolution, and its name was subsequently changed to I.G. Zwei.}}}} | successor = {{ubl|'''Xebec:'''|Sunrise Beyond{{efn|name=snbeyond|Sunrise took over most of Xebec's assets, which included the building which the studio operated. In its place, Sunrise established a new subsidiary, Sunrise Beyond, which retains a number of former Xebec staff, including former Xebec CEO Nobuyoshi Habara, who is one of Sunrise Beyond's board members. Xebec's Fukuouka Studio was rebranded to Sunrise Beyond Fukuouka, and a few other assets remained under Production I.G.}}|Studio Mother{{efn|Former Xebec CEO Yukinao Shimoji founded Studio Mother in 2019 after Xebec's dissolution.}}|'''Xebec Zwei:'''|I.G. Zwei{{efn|name=i.gzwei}}}} | foundation = {{start date and age|1995|05|01}}<ref name=corporate>{{cite web|url=http://www.xebec-inc.co.jp/info/corporate/|title=Xebec Company, Inc.|publisher=Xebec|access-date=2009-09-30|language=ja|archive-date=2017-06-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170622071608/http://www.xebec-inc.co.jp/info/corporate/|url-status=dead}}</ref> | defunct = {{start date and age|2019|05|31}} | location = 3-22-31 Minami-cho, [[Kokubunji, Tokyo]], Japan 〒 185-0021 Southern Building 5F | locations = | key_people = {{ubl|'''Xebec:'''|Tooru Satou (CEO)|Nobuyoshi Habara (CEO)|