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Japan
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animation studio
An animation studio is a company producing animated media. The broadest such companies conceive of products to produce, own the physical equipment for production, employ operators for that equipment, and hold a major stake in the sales or rentals ...
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Bandai Namco Pictures
, also known as BN Pictures, is a Japanese animation studio and production company. It is a spinoff of Bandai Namco Filmworks (formerly known as Sunrise), a subsidiary of Bandai Namco Holdings. The company was formed as a part of the medium-term ...
(株式会社バンダイナムコピクチャーズ)
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Bibury Animation Studios
is a Japanese animation studio founded on May 1, 2017.
History
Bibury Animation Studios was founded on May 1, 2017 by Tensho, an animation director and director of ''Kin-iro Mosaic'', the '' Grisaia'' series, and '' Rewrite'', both for the anim ...
(合同会社バイブリーアニメーションスタジオ)
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Blue Lynx
is a Japanese anime label and subsidiary of Fuji TV. Founded in 2019, the label produces boys' love (''yaoi'') anime films exclusively.
History
Development of Blue Lynx began in 2017 through the efforts of Yuka Okayasu, a producer at Fuji TV w ...
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Bones
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C-Station
is a Japanese animation studio established in 2009 as an extension of Bee Train Production and chaired by Ryoji Maru, a former producer and production manager for Bee Train.
In 2012, C-Station split from Bee Train and in 2013, it was announced t ...
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Chaos Project
is a Japanese animation studio
An animation studio is a company producing animated media. The broadest such companies conceive of products to produce, own the physical equipment for production, employ operators for that equipment, and hold a m ...
(カオスプロジェクト)
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CloverWorks
is a Japanese animation studio that was rebranded from A-1 Pictures' Kōenji Studio. It is a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Japan's anime production firm Aniplex.
Establishment
On April 1, 2018, A-1 Pictures rebranded its Kōenji Studio ...
(株式会社CloverWorks)
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CoMix Wave Films
is a Japanese animation film studio and distribution company based in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The studio is known for its anime feature films, short films, and television commercials, particularly those made by director Makoto Shinkai. It was fou ...
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Connect
Connect may refer to:
Music Albums
*Connect (album), ''Connect'' (album), an album by Australian rock band Sick Puppies
*''Connect'', album by Mark Farina
*''Tha Connect'', a 2009 album by Willy Northpole
*''Connect'', a 2009 album by Dave Schu ...
(コネクト)
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Creators in Pack
is a Japanese animation studio founded in 2013.
Works Anime television series
*'' Miritari!'' (2015)
*'' Danchigai'' (2015)
*''Hacka Doll the Animation'' (2015)
*''Ojisan and Marshmallow'' (2016)
*''Ozmafia!!'' (2016)
*''Bloodivores'' (2016)
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CygamesPictures
is a Japanese animation studio subsidiary of Cygames.
Establishment
In 2015, Cygames announced that created its own anime production division to produce anime for their gaming IP but also anime originals. A year later in 2016, Cygames announced ...
(株式会社CygamesPictures)
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Daume
is a Japanese animation studio that was founded in 1986.
Productions
TV series
* ''What's Michael?'' (1988-1989)
* '' D4 Princess'' (1999)
* ''Bubu Chacha'' (1999)
* '' I Love Bubu Chacha!'' (2001)
* ''Hanaukyo Maid Team'' series (2001–20 ...
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David Production
is a Japanese animation studio founded in September 2007 and is based in Nishitōkyō, Tokyo. Notable works from the studio include ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'', ''Cells at Work!'', and '' Fire Force''.
Establishment
The company was founded b ...
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Digital Frontier
, also called as is a motion picture production company in Japan with a distinguished large scale CG production department. The company is equipped with motion capture studio called "OPAKIS" in Odaiba, Tokyo.
The company started producing CG wo ...
(デジタルフロンティア)
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Diomedéa
, previously known as , is a Japanese animation studio located in Nerima, Tokyo, Japan. The company was founded on October 5, 2005 after a split from Group TAC.
Productions Television series
Original video animations
Films
See also
* Group ...
(ディオメディア)
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DLE (株式会社ディー・エル・イー)
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Doga Kobo
is a Japanese animation studio formed by former Toei Animation members Hideo Furusawa and Megumu Ishiguro, located in Nerima, Tokyo, Japan. The studio was established on July 11, 1973, and has been involved in the production of a large number of ...
(動画工房)
* Drive (株式会社ドライブ)
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Eiken
Eiken may refer to:
Places Norway
* Eiken, Norway, a former municipality in the old Vest-Agder county
* Eiken, Agder, a village in Hægebostad municipality in Agder county
** Eiken Church, a church in Hægebostad municipality in Agder county
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Ekachi Epilka'' (株式会社エカチエピルカ)
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EMT Squared (株式会社EMTスクエアード)
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Encourage Films
is a Japanese animation studio established on August 5, 2008. The studio is based in Nerima, Tokyo
Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, la ...
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ENGI
, also known as Entertainment Graphic Innovation, or Studio ENGI, is a Japanese animation studio founded by Kadokawa, Sammy Corporation, and Ultra Super Pictures, and is a subsidiary of Kadokawa Corporation.
History
On April 4, 2018, Kadokawa e ...
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Ezo'la (株式会社Ezo'la)
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Fanworks (株式会社ファンワークス)
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Feel
Feel may refer to:
*Feeling
Music Bands
* Feel (New York band), a dance and R&B band
* Feel (Polish band), a pop rock band
Songs
* "Feel" (Kendrick Lamar song), 2017
* "Feel", by Phora, 2018
*"Feel", by Mahmut Orhan, 2016
* "Feel" (Kumi Koda so ...
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Felix Film
is a Japanese 3DCG-focused animation studio founded on May 14, 2014 in Mitaka, Tokyo
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(株式会社FelixFilm)
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Gaina (株式会社ガイナ)
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Gainax
Gainax Co., Ltd. (stylized as GAINAX; ja, 株式会社ガイナックス, Hepburn romanization, Hepburn: ) is a Japanese anime studio famous for productions such as ''Neon Genesis Evangelion'', ''Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise, Roya ...
(ガイナックス)
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Gallop
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(ぎゃろっぷ)
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Gathering
Gather, gatherer, or gathering may refer to:
Anthropology and sociology
* Hunter-gatherer, a person or a society whose subsistence depends on hunting and gathering of wild foods
*Intensive gathering, the practice of cultivating wild plants as a s ...
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Geek Toys
is a Japanese animation studio based in Nakano, Tokyo.
Establishment
The studio was founded in South Kōenji, Tokyo in October 2017 by Tamotsu Kosano, serving a subsidiary of Japanese mass media
Mass media refers to a diverse array of ...
(株式会社ギークトイズ)
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GEMBA
is a Japanese term meaning "the actual place". Japanese detectives call the crime scene ''genba,'' and Japanese TV reporters may refer to themselves as reporting from ''genba.'' In business, ''genba'' refers to the place where value is create ...
(株式会社ゲンバ)
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Geno Studio
is a Japanese animation studio subsidiary of animation production company Twin Engine.
Establishment
In 2015, previous Fuji TV's Noitamina producer Kōji Yamamoto established the studio after he founded his own production company, Twin Engine ...
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GoHands
is a Japanese animation studio established by Satelight's former Osaka studio in 2008.
Animation production Television
* '' Princess Lover!'' (2009)
* ''Cheburashka Arere?'' (2009)
* '' Seitokai Yakuindomo'' (2010)
* '' K'' (2012)
* ''Coppelion ...
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Gonzo
Gonzo may refer to:
People
* Gonzo (nickname), a list of people with the nickname
* Radislav Jovanov Gonzo (born 1964), Croatian music video director Radislav Jovanov, also known as Gonzo
* Matthias Röhr (born 1962), German musician whose sta ...
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Graphinica
, is a Japanese animation studio founded in April 2009, focused on 3DCG and 2D Animation.
History
The company was established on April 30, 2009 after studio Gonzo decided to sell its digital video division to Q-TEC, which then established the com ...
(グラフィニカ)
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Grizzly
The grizzly bear (''Ursus arctos horribilis''), also known as the North American brown bear or simply grizzly, is a population or subspecies of the brown bear inhabiting North America.
In addition to the mainland grizzly (''Ursus arctos horri ...
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Group TAC
was a Japanese animation and computer graphics studio located in Shibuya, Tokyo, and founded in 1968 from former Mushi Pro staff. They worked on movies, videos, TV shows, and commercials, and contributed to all stages of the process, including p ...
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Hal Film Maker
was a Japanese animation studio founded in August 1993 by former Toei Animation staff.
Hal Film Maker's parent company, TYO Inc., merged its two anime studio subsidiaries—Yumeta Company
, known as from 2009 to 2017, is a Japanese animati ...
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Hoods Entertainment
is a Japanese animation studio that was established in February 2009.
Works Television series
*''The Qwaser of Stigmata'' (2010)
*''The Qwaser of Stigmata II'' (2011)
*'' Manyū Hiken-chō'' (2011)
*''Mysterious Girlfriend X'' (2012)
*''Fantas ...
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Imagin
is the seventeenth installment in the popular Kamen Rider Series of tokusatsu programs. It is a joint collaboration between Ishimori Productions and Toei. It premiered January 28, 2007 on TV Asahi, and concluded airing on January 20, 2008. Its le ...
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J.C.Staff
, is a Japanese animation studio founded in January 1986 by Tomoyuki Miyata, who previously worked at Tatsunoko Production. The studio's first release was ''Yōtōden'' in 1987. They have produced several well-known anime series, such as '' Food ...
(ジェー・シー・スタッフ)
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Khara (株式会社カラ)
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Kinema Citrus
is a Japanese animation studio, founded on March 3, 2008, by former Production I.G and Bones members and based in Suginami, Tokyo. Its business directors are Muneki Ogasawara, Yuichiro Matsuka and Masaki Tachibana. Notable works include '' Tokyo ...
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Kitty Films (キティ・フィルム)
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Knack Productions
, formerly known as or simply until August 2008, is a Japanese anime and film production company.
History
Knack Productions was founded on September 25, 1967, by a group of former employees of Toei Animation and Osamu Tezuka's Mushi Production ...
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Kokusai Eiga-sha
, also known as Movie International Company Ltd. (MIC), was a former Japanese animation production company known for the '' J9 Series''. It was originally established in 1974 by Tsubota as Shigezu Ukuda founded as a video distribution company. It ...
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Kyoto Animation
, often abbreviated , is a Japanese animation studio and light novel publisher located in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture. Founded in 1985 by Yoko and Hideaki Hatta, it has produced anime works including ''The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya'' (2006), ''Cla ...
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Lapin Track
is a Japanese animation studio based in Nishiogikubo, Tokyo.
History
Lapin Track was established on June 30, 2014 by former members of the animation studio Brain's Base
is a Japanese animation studio founded in 1996 by former Tokyo Movie ...
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Larx Entertainment
is a Japanese animation studio founded in June 2006. The studio is based in Nerima, Tokyo and is a subsidiary of Studio Hibari
is a Japanese animation studio founded in July 1979 by Hiroyoshi Mitsunobu and his wife Sachiko. In 1985 Hiroyoshi M ...
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Lay-duce
is a Japanese animation studio formed by former Bones
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Lerche (株式会社ラルケ)
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Lesprit (株式会社レスプリ)
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Liden Films
is a Japanese animation studio and production enterprise headquartered in Kamiogi, Suginami, Tokyo, and has animation studios in Kyoto and Osaka.
Establishment
Liden Films was founded on February 22, 2012 and, shortly after, joined joint-holding ...
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Madhouse (マッドハウス)
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Magic Bus (マジックバス)
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Maho Film (株式会社Maho Film)
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Manglobe
was a Japanese animation studio based in Suginami, Tokyo and active from 2002 to 2015. The studio was formed on February 7, 2002 by Sunrise producers Shinichirō Kobayashi and Takashi Kochiyama. Manglobe filed for bankruptcy in September 2015 af ...
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MAPPA
is a Japanese animation studio headquartered in Suginami, Tokyo. Founded in 2011 by Madhouse co-founder and producer Masao Maruyama, it has produced anime works including ''Terror in Resonance'', ''Yuri!!! on Ice'', ''In This Corner of the Wo ...
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Millepensee
is a Japanese animation studio founded in 2013 and based in Nishitōkyō, Tokyo.
On February 10, 2020, it was announced that Millepensee had formed a partnership with Sanzigen to form 3DCG
3D computer graphics, or “3D graphics,” somet ...
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Mook Animation
is an animation studio based in Japan and started in 1986. Mook Animation formed a business alliance with DLE (company), DLE in 2006 and was known as Mook DLE; however they ended their partnership in 2008. Mook has created animation services for ...
(ムークアニメーション)
* M.S.C (エム・エス・シー)
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Mushi Production
or Mushi Pro for short, is a Japanese animation studio headquartered in Fujimidai, Nerima, Tokyo, Japan. It previously had a headquarters elsewhere in Nerima.
The studio was headed by manga artist Osamu Tezuka. Tezuka started it as a rivalry wit ...
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NAZ (株式会社NAZ)
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Nexus
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Nippon Animation
is a Japanese animation studio. The company is headquartered in Tokyo, with chief offices in the Ginza district of Chūō and production facilities in Tama City.
Nippon Animation is known for producing numerous anime series based on works of ...
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Nomad
A nomad is a member of a community without fixed habitation who regularly moves to and from the same areas. Such groups include hunter-gatherers, pastoral nomads (owning livestock), tinkers and trader nomads. In the twentieth century, the popu ...
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NUT
Nut often refers to:
* Nut (fruit), fruit composed of a hard shell and a seed, or a collective noun for dry and edible fruits or seeds
* Nut (hardware), fastener used with a bolt
Nut or Nuts may also refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Co ...
(株式会社ナット)
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Oh! Production
, sometimes credited as Oh! Pro or Oh-Pro, is an anime production studio in Amanuma, Suginami, Tokyo, Japan. It was established in May 1970 by animators Norio Shioyama, Kōichi Murata, Kazuo Komatsubara, and Kōshin Yonekawa.
Former members
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Okuruto Noboru (株式会社オクルトノボル)
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OLM
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Orange
Orange most often refers to:
*Orange (fruit), the fruit of the tree species '' Citrus'' × ''sinensis''
** Orange blossom, its fragrant flower
*Orange (colour), from the color of an orange, occurs between red and yellow in the visible spectrum
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Ordet
''Ordet'' (, meaning " The Word" and originally released as ''The Word'' in English), is a 1955 Danish drama film, directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer. It is based on a play by Kaj Munk, a Danish Lutheran priest, first performed in 1932. The film w ...
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P.A. Works (ピーエーワークス)
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Palm Studio
was a Japanese animation studio located in Suginami, Tokyo.
History
The studio was founded in March 1999 by Triangle Staff former member Katsumi Yamaguchi and its first production was the film ''A Tree of Palme'' in 2001. Directed by Takashi N ...
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Passione (パッショーネ)
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Pierrot
Pierrot ( , , ) is a stock character of pantomime and '' commedia dell'arte'', whose origins are in the late seventeenth-century Italian troupe of players performing in Paris and known as the Comédie-Italienne. The name is a diminutive of ''Pi ...
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Pine Jam
is a Japanese animation studio
An animation studio is a company producing animated media. The broadest such companies conceive of products to produce, own the physical equipment for production, employ operators for that equipment, and hold a maj ...
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Platinum Vision
is a anime, Japanese animation studio founded in Mitaka, Tokyo.
Works Television series
Films
Original video animation
References
External links
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(プラチナビジョン株式会社)
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Polygon Pictures
is a Japanese 3DCG animation studio.
Polygon has animated a wide variety of content, from commercials for Shiseido featuring the studio's original penguin characters , to the 3D CG anime television series ''Digital Tokoro-san'' and the 3DCG ani ...
(株式会社ポリゴン・ピクチュアズ)
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Production I.G
is a Japanese animation studio and production enterprise, founded on December 15, 1987, by Mitsuhisa Ishikawa and headquartered in Musashino, Tokyo, Japan. The letters I and G derive from the names of the company founders: producer Mitsuhisa Ish ...
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Production IMS
, or Production IMS, was a Japanese animation studio established on February 14, 2013, by former staff members from AIC Spirits. Its headquarters were located in Nerima, Tokyo, Japan.
Financial problems
On December 20, 2017, animator Teru Miyaza ...
(株式会社プロダクションアイムズ)
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Project No.9
, is a Japanese animation studio
An animation studio is a company producing animated media. The broadest such companies conceive of products to produce, own the physical equipment for production, employ operators for that equipment, and hold a ma ...
(株式会社project No.9)
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Radix
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Revoroot (株式会社レヴォルト)
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Sanzigen
is a Japanese animation studio specializing in CGI animation. The studio was founded in 2003, later becoming formally incorporated in 2006 by former employees of Gonzo, and has contributed to various anime series and films. Its name is derived f ...
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Satelight
is a Japanese animation studio. Aside from several stand-alone projects, the studio is well known for producing the '' Aquarion'' and '' Symphogear'' franchises, as well as later installments of the ''Macross'' franchise. The company's Represen ...
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Science SARU
Science is a systematic endeavor that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe.
Science may be as old as the human species, and some of the earliest archeological evidence for ...
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Seven
7 is a number, numeral, and glyph.
7 or seven may also refer to:
* AD 7, the seventh year of the AD era
* 7 BC, the seventh year before the AD era
* The month of
July
Music Artists
* Seven (Swiss singer) (born 1978), a Swiss recording artist ...
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Seven Arcs
is a Japanese anime production company and former studio, established on May 31, 2002, by former Pierrot (company), Pierrot staff. The studio made its first animated television series, ''Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha'', in 2004. Since then, the com ...
(株式会社Seven Arcs)
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Shaft (シャフト)
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Shin-Ei Animation
is a Japanese animation studio owned by TV Asahi and founded in Tokyo in 1965 as A-Production by Daikichirō Kusube, who was previously an animator for Toei Animation. Shin-Ei is known for being the animation studio behind two of the anime tele ...
(シンエイ動画)
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Shirogumi
, member of The Association of Japanese Animations, is a company centralized in the production of animated series and feature films, as well as the making and adjusting of visual effects.
History
In 1973, Tatsuo Shimamura established . To expan ...
(株式会社白組)
* Shogakukan Music & Digital Entertainment (小学館ミュージック&デジタル エンタテイメント)
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Shuka
Shuka ( sa, शुक , also Shukadeva ) is a rishi (sage) in Hinduism. He is the son of the sage Vyasa and the main narrator of the scripture ''Bhagavata Purana''. Most of the ''Bhagavata Purana'' consists of Shuka reciting the story to the ...
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Signal.MD
is a Japanese animation studio founded in October 2014 by Production I.G holding company IG Port.
Establishment
In 2014, IG Port announced it was forming a new animation studio named SIGNAL.MD. Production I.G board member Katsuji Morishita ...
(株式会社シグナル・エムディ)
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Silver Link
is a Japanese animation studio. It was founded by ex-Frontline animation producer Hayato Kaneko in December 2007 and is based in Tokyo.
History
After the company's establishment in 2007, Shin Oonuma, who was previously a director alongside S ...
(株式会社SILVER LINK.)
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Sola Digital Arts (株式会社 SOLA DIGITAL ARTS)
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Studio 3Hz (株式会社3Hz)
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Studio 4°C
is a Japanese animation studio founded by Eiko Tanaka and Koji Morimoto in 1986. The name comes from the temperature at which water is most dense.
History
Studio 4 °C has produced numerous feature films, OVAs, and shorts. Early film t ...
(株式会社STUDIO 4℃)
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Studio A-Cat (株式会社studio A-CAT)
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Studio Bind
, is a Japanese animation studio founded in November 2018 as a joint venture by White Fox and Egg Firm.
History
The company was founded in November 2018 as a joint venture between animation studio White Fox and production, planning and managem ...
(株式会社スタジオバインド)
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Studio Blanc (株式会社スタジオブラン)
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Studio Chizu (スタジオ地図)
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Studio Colorido (株式会社スタジオコロリド)
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Studio Comet
is an animation studio with its headquarters in Toyotamanaka, Nerima, Tokyo
Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Fo ...
(スタジオコメット)
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Studio Deen
is a Japanese animation studio founded in 1975 by Sunrise producer Hiroshi Hasegawa and ex-Sunrise animators. The studio owns three subsidiaries: Danny Donghua (丹尼動画), a Chinese sub-contracting studio; Megumi (め組), a digital work sub-c ...
(スタジオディーン)
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Studio Fantasia (スタジオ・ファンタジア)
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Studio Ghibli
is a Japanese animation studio headquartered in Koganei, Tokyo."Studio Ghibli Collection - Madman Entertainment". ''Studio Ghibli Collection - Madman Entertainment''. Retrieved 2020-12-14. It is best known for its animated feature films, and ha ...
(スタジオジブリ)
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Studio Gokumi (Studio五組)
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Studio Hibari
is a Japanese animation studio founded in July 1979 by Hiroyoshi Mitsunobu and his wife Sachiko. In 1985 Hiroyoshi Mitsunobu fell ill and Sachiko Mitsunobu was appointed president. During that time Seiji Mitsunobu (Hiroyoshi and Sachiko's son) wa ...
(スタジオ雲雀)
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Studio Kai (スタジオKAI)
* Studio Live (スタジオ・ライブ)
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Studio Nue
Studio Nue, Inc. ( ja, スタジオぬえ) is a Japanese design studio formed in 1972 (as Crystal Art Studio) by Naoyuki Kato, Kenichi Matsuzaki, Kazutaka Miyatake, and Haruka Takachiho. Crystal Art Studio would change their name to Studio Nue ...
(スタジオぬえ)
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Studio Ponoc
is a Japanese animation studio based in Musashino, Tokyo, Japan. The company was founded in April 2015 by Yoshiaki Nishimura, former lead film producer of Studio Ghibli. Its first feature film, ''Mary and The Witch's Flower'', was released on Ju ...
(スタジオポノック)
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Studio Puyukai
is a Japanese animation studio that specializes in chibi-style anime
is hand-drawn and computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan ...
(スタジオぷYUKAI)
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Studio Signpost
is an animation studio subsidiary of Pierrot. The studio is an associate-member of The Association of Japanese Animations.
History
The company was founded in 1959 as an advertising agency by Keiji Kusano and stepped into the anime industry in ...
(株式会社スタジオ サインポスト)
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Studio Trigger
, also known as Studio Trigger, is a Japanese animation studio founded by former Gainax employees Hiroyuki Imaishi and Masahiko Ōtsuka in 2011. It has produced anime works including '' Kill la Kill'' (2013), '' Little Witch Academia'' (short f ...
(トリガー)
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Studio VOLN (株式会社studio VOLN)
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Sunrise
Sunrise (or sunup) is the moment when the upper rim of the Sun appears on the horizon in the morning. The term can also refer to the entire process of the solar disk crossing the horizon and its accompanying atmospheric effects.
Terminology
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(サンライズ)
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SynergySP
is a Japanese animation studio founded on September 24, 1998, as ''Synergy Japan'' which originally split off from Studio Junio (which itself was founded by Toei Animation staff). In 2005, the company became associated with Shogakukan-Shueisha Pr ...
(有限会社SynergySP)
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Tatsunoko Production
and often shortened to , is a Japanese animation company. The studio's name has a double meaning in Japanese: "Tatsu's child" (Tatsu is a nickname for Tatsuo) and " sea dragon", the inspiration for its seahorse logo. Tatsunoko's headquarters are ...
(竜の子プロダクション )
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Tear Studio
Tear, tears or tearing may refer to:
* Tearing, the act of breaking apart a material by force
* Tears, a clear liquid secreted by the tear gland in the eyes of land mammals
Arts and entertainment Literature
* "Tears", a poem by Edward Thomas
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(株式会社ティアスタジオ)
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Telecom Animation Film
is a Japanese animation studio founded on May 19, 1975 and currently affiliated with TMS Entertainment. The company produces television series, films, and original video animations (OVA).
Works Television series and original video animations ...
(テレコムアニメーションフィルム)
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Tezuka Productions
is a Japanese animation studio founded by Osamu Tezuka in 1968. It is known for animating notable works such as '' Marvelous Melmo'', the 1980 and 2003 ''Astro Boy'' series, and '' Black Jack''. It is also the holder of the intellectual propert ...
(手塚プロダクション)
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TMS Entertainment
, formerly known as the , also known as or , is a Japanese animation studio established on October 22, 1946.
TMS is one of the oldest and most famous anime studios in Japan, best known for numerous anime franchises such as ''Lupin the Third'', ...
(トムス・エンタテインメント)
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TNK (ティー・エヌ・ケー)
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Toei Animation
() is a Japanese animation studio primarily controlled by its namesake Toei Company. It has produced numerous series, including ''Sally the Witch,'' ''GeGeGe no Kitarō,'' ''Mazinger Z'', ''Galaxy Express 999'', ''Cutie Honey'', ''Dr. Slump'', ' ...
(東映アニメーション)
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Top Craft (トップクラフト)
* Trans Arts (トランス・アーツ)
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Triangle Staff
was a Japanese animation studio established in 1987 from former Madhouse staff, producing series such as '' Macross Plus'', '' Serial Experiments Lain'', and ''NieA_7''. The studio ceased operations in 2000, when they were set to do the animat ...
(トライアングルスタッフ)
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Troyca
(from russian: тройка - troika, “team of three”) is a Japanese animation studio founded by former AIC producer Toshiyuki Nagano, photography director Tomonori Katou, and anime director Ei Aoki
is a Japanese storyboard artist and ...
(トロイカ)
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Tsuchida Production (土田プロダクション)
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Typhoon Graphics (株式会社颱風グラフィックス)
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Ufotable
is a Japanese animation studio founded in October 2000 by former staff of the TMS Entertainment subsidiary Telecom Animation Film and located in Suginami, Tokyo. A unique hallmark seen in many of their works ('' Ninja Nonsense'', ''Futakoi Altern ...
(ユーフォーテーブル)
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* Vega Entertainment (ベガエンタテイメント)
* Video Tokyo Productions (ビデオ東京プロダクション)
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Walt Disney Animation Japan
The Walt Disney Company has owned and operated several animation studios since the company's founding on October 16, 1923, by Walt and Roy Disney as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio; the current Walt Disney Animation Studios in Burbank, Ca ...
(ウォルト ・ ディズニー ・ アニメーション日本)
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Walt Disney Television International Japan (ウォルト ・ ディズニー ・ テレビジョンインターナショナル ・ ジャパン)
* WAO World (ワオワールド)
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White Fox
, is a Japanese animation studio founded in April 2007 by Gaku Iwasa. The studio's most successful productions include adaptations of '' Steins;Gate'', and '' Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World'', and ''Akame ga Kill!''.
History
The stud ...
(株式会社WHITE FOX)
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Wit Studio
(stylised as WIT STUDIO) is a Japanese animation studio founded on June 1, 2012, by producers at Production I.G as a subsidiary of IG Port. It is headquartered in Musashino, Tokyo, with Production I.G producer George Wada as president and Te ...
(ウィットスタジオ)
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Xebec
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(ジーベック)
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Yaoyorozu
was a Japanese animation studio producing anime using cel shading and 3D computer graphics technology.
History
The company was founded in Minato, Tokyo
Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label ...
(ヤオヨロズ株式会社)
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Yokohama Animation Laboratory
is a Japanese animation studio based in Naka-ku, Yokohama
is one of the 18 wards of the city of Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. In 2010, the ward had an estimated population of 146,563 and a population density of 7,080 persons per k ...
(株式会社横浜アニメーションラボ)
* Yostar Pictures (株式会社)
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Yumeta Company
, known as from 2009 to 2017, is a Japanese animation studio
An animation studio is a company producing animated media. The broadest such companies conceive of products to produce, own the physical equipment for production, employ operators fo ...
(ユメタカンパニー)
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Zero-G
Weightlessness is the complete or near-complete absence of the sensation of weight. It is also termed zero gravity, zero G-force, or zero-G.
Weight is a measurement of the force on an object at rest in a relatively strong gravitational fie ...
(株式会社ゼロジー)
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Zexcs
is a Japanese animation studio located in Koganei, Tokyo, Japan. It was established on January 23, 1998 by former J.C.Staff producer Tomoko Kawasaki and is known for doing the animation production of series such as ''Sister Princess'' and ''Diab ...
(ゼクシズ)
See also
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List of anime directors
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List of animation studios
The following lists of animation studios presents current and former organizations similar to artists studios but principally dedicated to the production and distribution of animated films. Such studios may be actual production facilities or cor ...
References
External links
Searchable database of Japanese anime companies
{{Japanese animation studios