Reference pages on the studios, publishers, and economic structures of the anime and manga industries.
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- A-1 Pictures β A-1 Pictures is a Tokyo studio founded in 2005 as a subsidiary of Aniplex, itself part of Sony Music Entertainment Japan. Its output is unusually broad β Sw
- Bones β Bones is a Tokyo studio founded in 1998 by Masahiko Minami, Hiroshi Εsaka, and Toshihiro Kawamoto, all ex-Sunrise. The studio is known for high-budget, technica
- CoMix Wave Films β CoMix Wave Films, founded in 1998, is the production company for nearly all of Makoto Shinkai's features from 5 Centimeters per Second (2007) onward. T
- Gainax β Gainax, founded in 1984 by a group of doujin and fan-film makers including Hideaki Anno, Toshio Okada, Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, and Hiroyuki Yamaga, is a studio whos
- Kyoto Animation β Kyoto Animation, often shortened to KyoAni, is a production company based in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture. Among Japan's anime studios it is distinctive for hiring ani
- MAPPA β MAPPA (Maruyama Animation Produce Project Association) is a Tokyo studio founded in 2011 by Masao Maruyama, formerly of Madhouse. Since the mid-2010s it has pro
- Madhouse β Madhouse is one of the oldest and most consistently respected anime studios in Tokyo. Founded in 1972 by Masao Maruyama, Osamu Dezaki, Rintaro, and Yoshiaki Kaw
- Mushi Production β Mushi Production was the anime studio founded by Osamu Tezuka in 1961 (initially as Tezuka Osamu Production Animation Department). Its 1963 production Astro
- Polygon Pictures β Polygon Pictures, founded in 1983, is among Japan's oldest 3D-CG animation studios. Most of its output is full-CG rather than hybrid: Ajin: Demi-Human
- Production I.G β Production I.G, founded in 1987 by Mitsuhisa Ishikawa and Takayuki Goto, is a Tokyo studio whose catalogue is dominated by feature animation, ambitious technica
- Studio Ghibli β Studio Ghibli is the most internationally recognised anime production company. Founded in 1985 by directors Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata together with produ
- Studio Pierrot β Studio Pierrot is one of the largest anime studios in Tokyo, founded in 1979 by Yuji Nunokawa, a former Tatsunoko Production animator. Its long-running shΕnen a
- Studio Shaft β Studio Shaft, founded in 1975 and substantially reorganised under director Akiyuki Shinbo from the mid-2000s onward, is a Tokyo studio whose identity is closely
- Studio Trigger β Studio Trigger is a Tokyo anime studio founded in 2011 by ex-Gainax staff including Hiroyuki Imaishi and Masahiko Otsuka. Its output is unified by a distinctive
- Sunrise (Bandai Namco Filmworks) β Sunrise, founded in 1972 by ex-Mushi Production staff, is the studio responsible for the Gundam franchise and many of the most commercially central mec
- Tatsunoko Production β Tatsunoko Production, founded in 1962 by manga artist Tatsuo Yoshida and his brothers, is a Tokyo studio whose 1960s and 1970s television work β Speed Racer
- Toei Animation β Toei Animation, founded in 1948 as Japan Animated Films (Nihon DΕga Eiga) and renamed in 1956 after its acquisition by Toei Company, is Japan's oldest continuou
- Wit Studio β Wit Studio is a Tokyo studio established in 2012 as a subsidiary of Production I.G. It produced the first three seasons of Attack on Titan and the firs
- ufotable β ufotable, founded in 2000 by Hikaru Kondo, is a Tokyo studio whose Demon Slayer production made it one of the most commercially central studios in the