Bandai Namco Holdings Inc, commonly known as Bandai Namco and formerly Namco Bandai until 2015, also known as Bandai Namco Group, is a Japanese entertainment holding company founded in 2005 by the merger of Namco and Bandai. The company specializes in toys, video games, arcades, anime, restaurants, and amusement parks. They are also unofficially nicknamed as "Bamco" by some. The conglomerate is made up of: Bandai, toy company; includes Bandai Spirits Bandai Namco Entertainment, video game publisher; includes Bandai Namco Studios Bandai Namco Amusement, amusement parks and machine developer and operator Bandai Namco Filmworks, film/anime production; includes Bandai Namco Pictures Bandai Namco Music Live, film/anime and music production Wikipedia