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Intro text. Honest.

Credits

Unknown Relation

Add if you're absolutely sure the company had something to do with the making of the anime, but the correct credit isn't available, or you don't know what.

English Only

Use when only english is given.

Animation Co-Production
Animation Production
Financial Production
Music Production
Original Story

Japanese

Use when you have the exact japanese credit given, in the video or on an official website.

Animation (アニメーション)
Animation Work (アニメーション制作)
Animation Work Assistance (アニメーション制作協力)
Music Work (音楽制作)
Original Work (原作)
Photography (撮影)
Production (製作)
Production Assistance (製作協力)
Production Studio (製作スタジオ)
Work (制作)
Work Assistance (制作協力)
Work Studio (制作スタジオ)

Categories that should be added

Animation Assistance (アニメーション協力)
Publication (著作)
Music Assistance (音楽協力)
Assistance/Cooperation (協力) (warning though, often used as a generic credit for anyone or anything)

Other Japanese not currently listed

For interest.

Direction (監督) Kantoku
Assistant/Episode Direction (副監督) Fuku Kantoku
Overview/Direction (演出) Enshutsu
Animation Direction (作画監督) Sakuga Kantoku
Art Direction (美術監督) Bijutsu Kantoku
Sound Direction (音響監督) Onkyou Kantoku
Photographic Direction (撮影監督) Satsuei Kantoku
Script/Screenplay (脚本) Kyakuhon
Character Design (キャラクターデザイン)
Colour Specification (色指定) Iro Shitei
Storyboard (絵コンテ) E Conte lit. 'picture continuity'
Key Animation (原画) Genga, lit. 'original picture'
Animation (動画) Douga
Animation Check (動画チェック) Douga Check
Original Plan (原案) Gen'an
Planning (企画) Kikaku
Music (音楽) Ongaku
Sponsor (提供) Teikyou

Can be companies, products, other tv shows (in an advertising exchange deal), or anything else that provides some cash in exchange for a short advert.

Major Companies

Some big names. Not exhastive, see the producer list in anidb for everything.

Animation Studios

The companies that employ the people who draw.

AIC
A.P.P.P.
Gainax (ガイナックス)
Gonzo (formerly Gonzo Digimation)
Group Tac (グループ・タック)
J.C.Staff
Madhouse (マッドハウス)
OLM (オー・エル・エム)
Production I.G (プロダクション I .G)
Studio 4°C
Studio Deen (スタジオディーン)
Studio Ghibli (スタジオジブリ)
Studio Pierrot (スタジオぴえろ)
Sunrise (サンライズ)
Tōei (東映)

Broadcasters

Involved in the prodution of most anime made for television, and key players in the financing of anime in general.

CBC (中部日本放送)
NTV
TBS
TV Asahi (テレビ朝日)
TV Osaka (テレビ大阪)
TV Tōkyō (テレビ東京)
WOWOW
Yomiuri TV (よみうりテレビ)

Distributors

Retailers and manufacturers, involved in production, finance and cashing in on the toys.

Bandai Visual (バンダイビジュアル)
KSS
Tōhō (東宝)
SME Visual Works (formerly Pioneer LDC)

Publishers

As owners of copyright on most manga, involved at least nominally in the production of a large proportion of anime, and often provide finance and planning as well.

Kōdansha (講談社)
Hakusensha (白泉社)
Shogakukan (小学館)
Shueisha (集英社)

Record labels

They make and license the music, and often provide some cash as well.

BeSTACK
KingRecords (キングレコード)
Victor Entertainment (ビクターエンタテインメント)

Other tricky ones

Companies with fun kanji names.

Asatsu (旭通信社)
Dentsu (電通)
Doumu (童夢)
Shinkuukan (真空間)
Shōchiku (松竹)
Yomiko Advertising (読売広告社)

Company relations

Prior to making exp code something into anidb, a collection of relations between companies.

Bandai Group

Source

Bandai (founded 1950)

Bandai Visual (バンダイビジュアル) (Visual branch, founded 1983)
Sunrise (サンライズ) (Visual branch, founded 1976, acquired... a few years later)
Ashi Productions (葦プロダクション) (Visual branch, founded 1975)
Happinet (ハピネット) (Sales branch, founded 1969)
Bandai Entertainment (World branch, in CA, US, founded 1995)

Animate Group

Formed by merger of several companies, source

Animate (アニメイト)
MOVIC (ムービック)
MOVIC Promote Service (ムービックプロモートサービス)
Animate Film (アニメイトフィルム)
Coade (コアデ)
Frontier Works (フロンティアワークス)

Other subsidiaries

Production I.G (owns) XEBEC
KingRecords ( キングレコード) (owns) Starchild (すたちゃまにあ)

Renamings

Sony Music Entertainment (renamed?) SME Visual Works (renamed) Aniplex
Pioneer LDC (renamed) Geneon Enterntainment
GONZO Digimation (renamed) GONZO plus other stuff

Further info

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 *Bandai (founded 1950)
 :*{{Producer2l|34|Bandai Visual|バンダイビジュアル}} (Visual branch, founded 1983)
-:*{{Producer2l|34|Sunrise|サンライズ}} (Visual branch, founded 1983, acquired... a few years later)
+:*{{Producer2l|34|Sunrise|サンライズ}} (Visual branch, founded 1976, acquired... a few years later)
 :*{{Producer2l|63|Ashi Productions|葦プロダクション}} (Visual branch, founded 1975)
 :*{{Producer2l|209|Happinet|ハピネット}} (Sales branch, founded 1969)
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 *Production I.G (owns) XEBEC
+*{{Producer2l|187|KingRecords| キングレコード}} (owns) {{Producer2l|140|Starchild|すたちゃまにあ}}
 ===Renamings===