Tokyo, Japan, July 3, 2009 – Bandai Visual Co., Ltd., a leader in the development and production of Japanese animation, teamed up with Lantis Co., Ltd., a music production company concentrating on anime and game songs, today and announced at Anime Expo 2009 that they are working on a new project to deliver downloadable J-pop and anime songs on iTunes Store.

This service is scheduled to start this summer on iTunes Store and the first major songs to be available include Meikyu no Prisoner, VOYAGER and No Border by JAM Project. Meikyu no Prisoner is an opening song for the renowned anime “Super Robot Wars: Original Generation—The Animation” that was released in North America in 2007. “JAM” in JAM Project is an abbreviation for “JAPAN ANIMATIONSONG MAKERS” and as their group name indicates, they dedicate themselves to mainly anime songs. Since the group was formed in 2000, they have performed not only in Japan but also all over the world including U.S., Brazil, Spain and China. Their powerful and harmonized music cannot stop fascinating anime fans without borders.

Bandai Visual has recently launched a MySpace page www.myspace.com/j_anisong to introduce available songs on iTunes Stores. The site will be updated frequently and a variety of songs are to be added on iTunes every a few weeks.

Since Lantis was established in 1999, their artist's list has been growing. Besides JAM Project, their list includes many other recognized artists such as Aya Hirano, ALI PROJECT, Minori Chihara, Minami Kuribayashi, CooRie, and yozuca*. Over a decade, they released approx. 900 album and 700 single CDs. Such as songs for “The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya”, “Lucky Star”, “Galaxy Angel” series, “Shuffe!” and “Phantom – Requiem for the Phantom”. Bandai Visual will examine the music catalog, choose and deliver songs that are in high demand by anime fans in North America.

Bandai Visual Co., Ltd,. founded in August 1983, is a Japanese company that develops, produce and distributes film, TV and home entertainment media. As a pioneer of the Japanese animation scene Bandai Visual has constantly held the top market share in the genre and continues to lead thmarket. Bandai Visual has also proven its expertise in creating and delivering quality home entertainment media packaging in Japan. Using such key strategies, Bandai Visual hopes to eand emulate its success in North American and other international markets. Bandai Visual Co., Ltd is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Namco Bandai Holdings.

Image: JAM Poject © Lantis