Bandai Namco Holdings Inc. (Japanese: 株式会社バンダイナムコホールディングス | Hepburn: Kabushiki-gaisha Bandai Namuko Hōrudingusu | also known as the Bandai Namco Group and generally Bandai Namco) is a Japanese multinational holding company, production enterprise, and entertainment conglomerate headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, formed from the merger of Bandai and Namco on September 29, 2005. The company specializes in toys, video games, arcades, anime, restaurants, and amusement parks. The company's headquarters are in Minato, Tokyo. Their US branch, Bandai Namco Holdings USA, was officially formed on January 6, 2008, and handles the US operations of the company from its headquarters in Irvine, California. As of 2017, Bandai Namco is the world's largest toy company, earning $6.4 billion in annual revenue.