(stylised as WIT STUDIO) 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 major stake in the sales or rentals ...

founded on June 1, 2012, by producers at

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as a subsidiary of

IG Port is a Japanese holding company that was established on December 1, 2007, as a result of a merger between the Japanese anime studio Production I.G and manga publisher Mag Garden. History The merger between Production I.G and Mag Garden was ann ...

. It is headquartered in

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, with Production I.G producer

George Wada is a Japanese anime producer at Production I.G and the president of IG Port subsidiary Wit Studio. He is known for his work on the series ''Guilty Crown'', ''Attack on Titan'', and ''Psycho Pass ''Psycho-Pass'' (stylized as ''PSYCHO-PA ...

as president and Tetsuya Nakatake, also a producer at Production I.G., as a director of the studio. The studio gained notability for producing the first three seasons of ''

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'' and is also famous for the production of other anime series such as ''

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'', '' Vinland Saga'', ''

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'' and ''

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''.

Establishment

The studio was founded by

, a former employee of

, in 2012. After its founding, Tetsuya Nakatake was placed as the representative director of the studio. Several other former Production I.G staff members joined Wit after its founding, including animation directors Kyōji Asano and Satoshi Kadowaki, and director

Tetsurō Araki is a Japanese animator, storyboard artist, and director. He goes by the alias when working as an episode director and key animator. His most notable direction titles include '' Death Note'' and the first three seasons of '' Attack on Titan''. ...

, all of whom worked together on ''Attack on Titan''. Wit Studio was funded with an initial investment of in capital from IG Port, Wada and Nakatake, who are reported to own 66.6%, 21.6% and 10.0% equity in the studio respectively.

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Television series

Films

OVA/ONAs

Video games

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