Xebec
Xebec is an anime studio known primarily for the Zoids franchise and Love Hina.
First established in May 1995, the studio is a subsidiary of Production I.G. As such, they has a tendency to use CG in their animation.
Side note: The company's sound effects are similar to the ones Sunrise use.
See also Toon City, Rough Draft Studios, DR Movie, Digital E Mation & GONZO, other studios that use CG in their animation.
Anime animated by Xebec include:
- Bottle Fairy
- Busou Renkin
- Dino Breaker (with CGCG and Studio Galapagos)
- D.N.Angel
- Elemental Gelade
- éX-Driver (With Actas)
- Fafner in The Azure Dead Aggressor
- Nyaruko: Crawling with Love
- Kanokon
- Ladies versus Butlers!
- Love Hina
- Mahou Sensei Negima (first series, the second series *Negima Second Season* is done by Studio Shaft)
- Martian Successor Nadesico
- Gekiganger 3 (even in the Nadesico universe, the show is credited to them!)
- Mega Man NT Warrior
- MM!
- Pandora Hearts
- Pilot Candidate
- Rinne no Lagrange
- Rio -Rainbow Gate!-
- Shaman King
- Softenni
- Sorcerer Hunters
- Steam Detectives
- The Third: The Girl with the Blue Eye
- To LOVE-Ru and Motto To LOVE-Ru
- Upotte!!
- Zoids
- Zombie Loan
Xebec provides examples of the following tropes:
- Conspicuous CG: Almost all of their shows. Dino Breaker's (as mentioned above) was animated by CGCG, a CGI company owned by Taiwan's Wang Film Productions and Studio Galapagos (who also did CG for IGPX: Immortal Grand Prix).
- Fan Service: See Kanokon, Ladies Versus Butlers, Love Hina, Mahou Sensei Negima, Rio -Rainbow Gate!-, Softenni, To LOVE-Ru.
- Merchandise-Driven: Zoids