About the studio
Sammy Corporation was founded November 1, 1975 as Sammy Industry, a spin-off of Satomi Corporation's arcade division led by Hajime Satomi. Based in Shinagawa, Tokyo, Sammy built its business on pachislot and pachinko machines through the 1980s and 1990s, and it's shown up in anime credits as a producer or production committee investor, often connected to titles tied to its pachinko and pachislot machine adaptations, alongside broader entertainment investments like Golden Kamuy and Akudama Drive. *A pachinko machine company financing prestige anime is a genuinely Japanese kind of business synergy.* In 2004, Sammy merged with Sega to form Sega Sammy Holdings, one of Japan's larger entertainment conglomerates. Half a century after starting in arcade machines, Sammy's fingerprints on anime funding are a reminder of just how many different kinds of businesses end up quietly bankrolling the medium.