Sony Music Entertainment Japan
Its subsidiaries include the Japanese animation production enterprise, Aniplex, which was established in September 1995 as a joint-venture between Sony Music Entertainment Japan and Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan, but which in 2001 became a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Japan. It was prominent in the early to mid '90s producing and licensing music for animated series such as "Roujin Z" from acclaimed Japanese comic artist Katsuhiro Otomo and Capcom's "Street Fighter" animated series.