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{{quote|''[[Memetic Mutation|Gee, that Hajime Yatate guy's made a lot of stuff.]]''}}

One of the biggest anime makers in all of Japan. If you are thinking "[[Real Robot]]", you probably mean Sunrise's production. Between decades-spanning [[Gundam]] franchise and one-shot gems like ''[[Vision of Escaflowne]]'' and ''[[Code Geass]]'', Sunrise has long since cemented its reputation of one of the [[Humongous Mecha]] market trend makers. Also, being a subsidiary of Bandai Entertainment (since 1994), many of its works (the ones involving [[Humongous Mecha]], of course) end up in ''[[Super Robot Wars]]'' sooner or later.

Several of Sunrise's original series credit "[[Hajime Yatate]]" as their original creator; that's a collective pseudonym for Sunrise and its animation staff. Yatate is depicted as an actual person in ''[[Gundam Sousei]]'', a comedy ''loosely'' depicting the making of the original ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam]]''. Apparently he's a loudmouth who wears a cowboy hat everywhere. Who knew?

[[Studio DEEN]], [[Studio BONES]], and [[Manglobe]] were formed by former Sunrise staff members.

They also animated several episodes of ''[[Batman: The Animated Series]]'' to rather mixed results and eventually became one of the two animation studios -along with Korea's [[AKOM]]- that were taken off the series. Nevertheless, Sunrise later created''[[The Big O]]'', a Batman-influenced project with a considerably more positive reception in the West.

Sunrise were also responsible for an aborted attempt to create an Americanized Gundam series, long before dubbing any of the actual anime, though nothing was made beyond a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8um1N78AhY rather hilariously misguided pilot].

For the [[Academy Award]]-winning, classic 1927 silent film, see ''[[Sunrise (film)|Sunrise]]''.
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* ''[[Armored Trooper VOTOMS]]''
* ''[[Aura Battler Dunbine]]''
* ''[[Betterman]]''
* ''[[The Big O]]''
* ''[[Brigadoon Marin and Melan]]''
* ''[[Code Geass]]''
* ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]''
* ''[[Future GPX Cyber Formula]]''
* ''[[GaoGaiGar]]'' (and the rest of the [[Brave Series]])
* ''[[Gasaraki]]''
* ''[[Idolmaster: Xenoglossia]]''
* ''[[Infinite Ryvius]]''
* The [[Mai Franchise]] (''[[My-HiME]]'', etc.)
* '''''The [[Gundam]] Franchise'''''
* ''[[Overman King Gainer]]''
* [[Phi Brain: Kami no Puzzle]]
* ''[[Ronin Warriors]]''
* ''[[Sacred Seven]]''
* ''[[S-Cry-ed]]''
* ''[[Sora wo Kakeru Shoujo]]''
* ''[[Space Runaway Ideon]]''
* ''[[Tiger and Bunny]]''
* ''[[Vision of Escaflowne]]''
* [[Wild Knights Gulkeeva]]
* ''[[Witch Hunter Robin]]''

=== Sunrise also adapted the following into anime versions: ===

* ''[[City Hunter]]''
* ''[[Crest of the Stars]]''
* ''[[Cyborg 009]]'' (second series with Toei Animation and third series with Japan Vistic)
* ''[[Daily Lives of High School Boys]]''
* ''[[Dinosaur King]]''
* ''[[Dirty Pair]]''
* ''[[Gintama]]''
* ''[[Inuyasha]]''
* ''[[Kekkaishi]]''
* ''[[Keroro Gunsou]]''
* ''[[Kurokami]]''
* ''[[Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon]]''
* ''[[Outlaw Star]]''
* ''[[Planetes]]''
* ''[[Starship Troopers]]'' (A 6-episode [[OVA]] in 1988)
* ''[[Tales of the Abyss]]''
* ''[[The Ultraman]]'' (a.k.a. "Ultraman Joeneus", 1979 anime installment of the [[Ultra Series]] co-produced with Tsuburaya)
* ''[[Yakitate!! Japan]]''
* ''[[Zone of the Enders]]'' (''IDOLO'' and ''Dolores, i'' spinoffs)

=== Aside from Batman, Sunrise also worked on the following American Cartoons: ===

* ''[[Centurions]]''
* ''[[Inspector Gadget]]'' (Ink & Paint for season one)
* ''[[Street Fighter (animation)|Street Fighter]]'' (together with [[Madhouse]])
* ''[[Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors]]''

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* [[Animation Bump]]: Used often to the point where their animation is referred to as "Sunrise Smooth" to many (unfortunately, [[Off-Model|it sacrifices consistency]]).
* [[Asskicking Pose]]: Called the [[Fan Nickname|Brave Perspective]] in Japan due to [[Brave Series|recurring use]], the pose is performed by [[Sword Pointing]] a [[BFS]] diagonally upwards in [[Sean Connery Is About to Shoot You|extreme foreshortening]]. Also known as the Sunrise Stance much like the [[Gainax|Gaina Stance]], it has become [[Shout-Out|referenced]] endlessly even in professional works.
* [[Conspicuous CG]]: Whenever they use CG, generally speaking, but the examples include shows like [[Code Geass]], recent Gundam series and [[Keroro Gunsou]]...'''ESPECIALLY''' ''Keroro Gunsou''. This is largely due to trying to make the models photo-realistic and cartoonish at the same time, with varying degrees of success. Nevertheless, integration has admittedly improved over the years.
* [[Defector From Decadence]]: After a fashion. Like [[Kyoto Animation]], Sunrise was founded by former Mushi Production<ref>An anime studio founded by [[Osamu Tezuka]].</ref> staff who were dissatisfied with how anime was being made there.
* [[Enhanced on DVD]]: Sunrise is also known for improving the quality of its works after their TV broadcasts. Among the most notable being ''[[Code Geass]]'', whose DVD/Blu-Ray visuals are substantially better than the broadcast versions.
* [[Humongous Mecha]]: The Kings of this trope, at least in the [[Real Robot]] genre (though [[Toei Animation]] was one of the originators).
* [[Long Runners]]: Sunrise itself has been around since 1972 and has since grown into one of the largest anime studios in Japan. Which is further helped along by its status as a subsidiary of Bandai Entertainment/Bandai Namco Holdings. This is also in addition to a number of its franchises,  most notably ''[[Gundam]]'' (since 1979).
* [[Mascot]]: While they don't have an official one, one could argue that the [[Mobile Suit Gundam|RX-78 Gundam, Haro]] or Keroro might count.
* [[Merchandise-Driven]]: The '''Entire''' Gundam Franchise is built around this trope (The sales of the models actually saved it). Some of their other shows also fall into this category.
* [[Mythology Gag]]: Occasionally, there's a nod or reference to the Gundam franchise inserted in other Sunrise shows. This can range from similar themes to blatant [[Shout Out]]s.
* [[Off-Model]]: This occurs from time to time in several of their anime, especially in the original [[Mobile Suit Gundam|Gundam series]] and its sequels or spin-offs.
** A similar issue the company has become to be noted for is the fact that some of their characters are often given fatter-than-usual fingers in certain scenes (aptly [[Fan Nickname|nicknamed]] "Sausage Fingers").
* [[Trading Card Lame]]: Bandai produces ''Sunrise Crusade'', a TCG that includes ''Dunbine'', ''Daitarn 3'', ''Brain Powerd'', ''Galient'', ''Mightgain'', ''King Gainer'', ''Ryu Knight'', ''Xabungle'', ''Layzner'', ''Cowboy Bebop'', ''Wataru'', ''Zegapain'', ''Cyber Formula GPX'', ''J-Decker'', ''Votoms'', ''Dragonar'', ''Ideon'', ''Mai-HiME'' (and ''Otome''), ''s-CRY-ed'', ''L-Gaim'', ''Zambot 3'', ''Code Geass'', ''Dendoh'', and ''Tiger and Bunny''.

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