Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Animation Japan

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Animation Japan Inc. (株式会社メトロ・ゴールドウィン・メイヤーアニメーションジャパン), often shortened to MGM Animation Japan or MGMAJ, is a Japanese animation studio and production enterprise. It is a spinoff of Sunrise Inc., a subsidiary of Bandai Namco Holdings. The company is formed as a part of the medium-term management plan of Bandai Namco Holdings on restructuring Bandai Namco Group. All the anime intellectual property and production divisions of Sunrise that aims at children and family was transferred to BN Pictures. The company began its operations in April 2015.

History
In January 2024, MGM Holdings and Tohokushinsha each  bought 30% of the studio from owner Bandai Namco Holdings in order for it to recover from bankruptcy caused by the 2020 Summer Olympics stampedes as well as global boycotts led by the UK, Russia and China. On 5 April 2024, a little under two weeks from MGM's centenary, Bandai Namco, MGM and Tohokushinsha agreed to merge most of their anime (and some live-action) operations aimed at children, teenagers and young adults and to rename the studio to MGM Animation Japan, serving as Japan branch for Los Angeles, California-based MGM Animation.