Bandai

Bandai Co., Ltd. (Japanese: 株式会社バンダイ) is a Japanese toy company and a former video game company, founded on July 5, 1950 by Naoharu Yamashina in Taitō, Tokyo. It is the largest producer of toys in Japan, and fourth in the world after Lego, Mattel and Hasbro. The company also serves as a sponsor for many anime and television shows that Bandai has the licenses to.
==1950–1959==
==1959–1975==
==1975–1983==
==1983–present==
In 2005, Bandai merged with Namco to become Namco Bandai Holdings. In 2006, Namco and Bandai's video game operations merged into Namco Bandai Games (later known as Bandai Namco Entertainment). It is still used on the official website, toy box packagings, and in-screen credits in audiovisual materials.
==External links==
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