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* Bandai Namco Pictures (株式会社バンダイナムコピクチャーズ) * * Bibury Animation Studios (合同会社バイブリーアニメーションスタジオ) * Blue Lynx (ブルーリンクス) * Bones (ボンズ) * *

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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 ...

(シーステイション株式会社) *

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Chaos Project is a Japanese animation studio that specializes in the production of anime. The studio's main jobs are as a sub-contracting company. Establishment After working with Tsuchida Production, Ayumi Enomoto joined Studio Fantasia was a Japanese a ...

(カオスプロジェクト) *

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) *

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 fo ...

(コミックス・ウェーブ・フィル) * Connect (コネクト) *

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 ...

(株式会社クリエイターズインパック) * CygamesPictures (株式会社CygamesPictures)

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* Daume (童夢) * David Production (デイヴィッドプロダクション ) *

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) *

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 * Grou ...

(ディオメディア) * DLE (株式会社ディー・エル・イー) * Doga Kobo (動画工房) * Drive (株式会社ドライブ)

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* * Eiken (エイケン) *

Ekachi Epilka is a Japanese animation studio based in Hokkaido is Japan's second largest island and comprises the largest and northernmost prefecture, making up its own region. The Tsugaru Strait separates Hokkaidō from Honshu; the two islands are conn ...

'' (株式会社エカチエピルカ) *

EMT Squared , also referred to as EMT², 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 t ...

(株式会社EMTスクエアード) * Encourage Films (株式会社エンカレッジフィルムズ) * ENGI (株式会社エンギ) * Ezo'la (株式会社Ezo'la)

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* Fanworks (株式会社ファンワークス) * Feel (フィール) *

Felix Film is a Japanese 3DCG-focused animation studio founded on May 14, 2014 in Mitaka, Tokyo 260px, Inokashira Park in Mitaka is a city in the western portion of Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 190,403, and a popul ...

(株式会社FelixFilm)

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* Gaina (株式会社ガイナ) *

Gainax Gainax Co., Ltd. (stylized as GAINAX; ja, 株式会社ガイナックス, Hepburn: ) is a Japanese anime studio famous for productions such as '' Neon Genesis Evangelion'', '' Royal Space Force'', '' Gunbuster'', '' Nadia: The Secret of Blue Wa ...

(ガイナックス) *

Gallop The canter and gallop are variations on the fastest gait that can be performed by a horse or other equine. The canter is a controlled three-beat gait, while the gallop is a faster, four-beat variation of the same gait. It is a natural gait pos ...

(ぎゃろっぷ) *

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 st ...

(ギャザリング株式会社) *

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 corporation Geek Pictures, before moving to Nakan ...

(株式会社ギークトイズ) * GEMBA (株式会社ゲンバ) *

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 ...

'' (ジェノスタジオ) * GoHands (株式会社GoHands) *

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 ...

(ゴンゾ) * Graphinica (グラフィニカ) *

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 ...

(株式会社 GRIZZLY) * Group TAC (グループ・タック)

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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 animatio ...

(ハルフィルムメーカー) *

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) *'' Fant ...

(フッズエンタテインメント)

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* Imagin (イマジン)

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* J.C.Staff (ジェー・シー・スタッフ)

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Khara Khara can refer to Places * Khara, Iran, a village in Isfahan Province, Iran * Khara-Khoto, the ruins of a medieval city in western Mongolia * Khara, Pakistan, a town in Punjab, Pakistan * Khara, Nepal, a village in Nepal * Khara, Raebareli, a vil ...

(株式会社カラ) *

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 ''Tok ...

(キネマシトラス) *

Kitty Films Kitty Films (キティフィルム ''Kiti Firumu'') was a production company established in 1972 in Japan. History The company was first established in 1972 as Kitty Music Corporation under Hidenori Taga. It was a subsidiary of Polydor and ...

(キティ・フィルム) *

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, ...

(ナック) * Kokusai Eiga-sha (国際映画社) * Kyoto Animation (京都アニメーション)

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* Lapin Track (ラパントラック) *

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 ...

(株式会社ラークスエンタテインメント) * Lay-duce (株式会社Lay-duce) *

Lerche Lerche is surname of: * Jacob Lerche Johansen (1818–1900), Norwegian naval officer and politician * Julius Lerche (1836-1914), German politician * Peter Lerche (1928-2016), German jurist * Sondre Lerche (born 1982), Norwegian singer, songwriter ...

(株式会社ラルケ) * Lesprit (株式会社レスプリ) *

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-holdi ...

(株式会社ライデンフィルム)

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* Madhouse (マッドハウス) * Magia Doraglier (マギア・ドラグリエ) * Magic Bus (マジックバス) * Maho Film (株式会社Maho Film) * Manglobe (マングローブ) *

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 th ...

(株式会社MAPPA) *

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 animation studio IXIXI. Establishment The studio was ...

(ミルパンセ) * Mook Animation (ムークアニメーション) * M.S.C (エム・エス・シー) *

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 wi ...

(虫プロダクション)

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* NAZ (株式会社NAZ) *

Nexus NEXUS is a joint Canada Border Services Agency and U.S. Customs and Border Protection-operated Trusted Traveler and expedited border control program designed for pre-approved, low-risk travelers. Members of the program can avoid waits at border ...

(株式会社Nexus) *

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 ...

(日本アニメーション) *

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 po ...

(ノーマッド) * NUT (株式会社ナット)

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* Oh! Production (OH!プロダクション or オープロダクション) *

Okuruto Noboru 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 ...

(株式会社オクルトノボル) * OLM (オー・エル・エム) * Orange (有限会社オレンジ) *

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 ...

(株式会社Ordet)

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P.A. Works is a Japanese animation studio founded on November 10, 2000 in Nanto, Toyama. The company's president and founder Kenji Horikawa once worked for Tatsunoko Production, Production I.G and Bee Train Production, before forming P.A. Works Corporation. ...

(ピーエーワークス) * Pacific Animation Corporation *

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 ...

(有限会社パルムスタジオ) * Passione (パッショーネ) * Pierrot (ぴえろ) *

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 ma ...

(パインジャム PINE JAM) *

Platinum Vision is a Japanese animation studio founded in Mitaka, Tokyo 260px, Inokashira Park in Mitaka is a city in the western portion of Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 190,403, and a population density of 12,000 perso ...

(プラチナビジョン株式会社) * Polygon Pictures (株式会社ポリゴン・ピクチュアズ) * Production I.G (プロダクション・アイジー) * Production IMS (株式会社プロダクションアイムズ) * Project No.9 (株式会社project No.9)

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Radix In a positional numeral system, the radix or base is the number of unique digits, including the digit zero, used to represent numbers. For example, for the decimal/denary system (the most common system in use today) the radix (base number) is ...

(ラディクス) *

Revoroot is a Japanese animation studio based in Nishitōkyō () is a city located in the western portion of Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 206,047, and a population density of 13,000 persons per km2. The total ar ...

(株式会社レヴォルト)

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* Sanzigen (株式会社サンジゲン) * Satelight (サテライト) * Science SARU (サイエンスSARU) * Seven (セブン) *

Seven Arcs is a Japanese anime production company and former studio, established on May 31, 2002, by former Pierrot staff. The studio made its first animated television series, ''Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha'', in 2004. Since then, the company has produced a ...

(株式会社Seven Arcs) *

Shaft Shaft may refer to: Rotating machine elements * Shaft (mechanical engineering), a rotating machine element used to transmit power * Line shaft, a power transmission system * Drive shaft, a shaft for transferring torque * Axle, a shaft around whi ...

(シャフト) *

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) *

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) *

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 ...

(朱夏) *

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 was ...

(株式会社シグナル・エムディ) *

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 ...

(株式会社SILVER LINK.) *

Sola Digital Arts is a Japanese animation studio founded in 2009. The studio specializes in CGI. The studio became an asset of the newly formed Sola Entertainment production management company in 2017. Works Television series OVAs/ONAs *'' Evangelion:Anothe ...

(株式会社 SOLA DIGITAL ARTS) *

Studio 3Hz is a Japanese animation studio established by ex-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, Y ...

(株式会社3Hz) * Studio 4°C (株式会社STUDIO 4℃) *

Studio A-Cat is a Japanese animation studio based in Tachikawa, Tokyo 250px, Showa Memorial Park is a city located in the western portion of Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 184,383 in 93,428 households, and a popul ...

(株式会社studio A-CAT) *

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) *

Studio Blanc is a Japanese animation studio based in Sekimachi-kita, Nerima-ku is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. The ward refers to itself as Nerima City. , the ward has an estimated population of 721,858, with 323,296 households and a population de ...

(株式会社スタジオブラン) *

Studio Chizu A studio is an artist or worker's workroom. This can be for the purpose of acting, architecture, painting, pottery ( ceramics), sculpture, origami, woodworking, scrapbooking, photography, graphic design, filmmaking, animation, industria ...

(スタジオ地図) *

Studio Colorido is a Japanese animation studio subsidiary of Twin Engine. History The company was established by producer Hideo Uda in 2011. The studio follows a principle of "making a place where people involved in anime can continue to work peacefully and ...

(株式会社スタジオコロリド) * Studio Comet (スタジオコメット) *

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 ...

(スタジオディーン) *

Studio Fantasia was a Japanese animation studio. It was founded on October 12, 1983, by Tomohisa Iizuka, then an employee of Tsuchida Production, as its CEO. On November 16, 2016, the company filed for bankruptcy. Productions TV series *''Najica Blitz Tactic ...

(スタジオ・ファンタジア) *

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 h ...

(スタジオジブリ) *

Studio Gokumi is a Japanese animation studio established by former Gonzo members. History Studio Gokumi, literally meaning "Studio Group 5", was founded in May 2010 after members of Gonzo's Studio Number 5 left the company to start one of their own. Studio N ...

(Studio五組) * Studio Hibari (スタジオ雲雀) *

Studio Kai is a Japanese animation studio based in Suginami-ku. It was founded by ADK Emotions in June 2019. History Studio Kai was founded by ADK Emotions in June 2019. In July 2019, Gonzo transferred some of its anime production, intellectual property ...

(スタジオKAI) * Studio Live (スタジオ・ライブ) * Studio Nue (スタジオぬえ) * Studio Ponoc (スタジオポノック) * Studio Puyukai (スタジオぷYUKAI) * Studio Signpost (株式会社スタジオサインポスト) * Studio Trigger (トリガー) *

Studio VOLN A studio is an artist or worker's workroom. This can be for the purpose of acting, architecture, painting, pottery ( ceramics), sculpture, origami, woodworking, scrapbooking, photography, graphic design, filmmaking, animation, industrial design ...

(株式会社studio VOLN) *

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 A ...

(サンライズ) * SynergySP (有限会社SynergySP)

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* Tatsunoko Production (竜の子プロダクション ) *

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 * ...

(株式会社ティアスタジオ) *

Telecom Animation Film 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 ...

(テレコムアニメーションフィルム) *

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 property ...

(手塚プロダクション) *

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) * TNK (ティー・エヌ・ケー) *

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. Slu ...

(東映アニメーション) * Top Craft (トップクラフト) * Trans Arts (トランス・アーツ) * Triangle Staff (トライアングルスタッフ) * Troyca (トロイカ) *

Tsuchida Production was an anime production company in Japan. After Osamu Tsuchida (originally of Hōsō Dōga) left Studio Yuni (not to be confused with the anime background art company of the same name), he founded Tsuchida Production in 1976 to do animation, produ ...

(土田プロダクション) * Typhoon Graphics (株式会社颱風グラフィックス)

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* Ufotable (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 (ウォルト・ディズニー・アニメーション日本) * 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) *

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 stu ...

(株式会社WHITE FOX) *

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 (studio), Xebec (ジーベック)

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* Yaoyorozu (ヤオヨロズ株式会社) * Yokohama Animation Laboratory (株式会社横浜アニメーションラボ) * Yostar Pictures (株式会社) * Yumeta Company (ユメタカンパニー)

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* Zero-G (studio), Zero-G (株式会社ゼロジー) * Zexcs (ゼクシズ)

References

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