This is a list of Japanese animation studios .
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This is a list of Japanese animation studios .
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Bandai Namco Filmworks Inc., previously and still famously known as Sunrise Inc., is a Japanese company owned by Bandai Namco Holdings with its business focused on production, planning and management for anime.
Animate Ltd. is the retailing arm of MOVIC and is the largest retailer of anime, video games and manga in Japan. The first and flagship store of Animate was opened in 1983 in Ikebukuro, a district in Tokyo, Japan.
NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan LLC is a Japanese music, anime, and home entertainment production and distribution enterprise that is a subsidiary of NBCUniversal, owned by American telecommunications/media company Comcast headquartered in Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo. It is primarily involved in the production and distribution of anime within Japan.
JVCKenwood Victor Entertainment Corporation, also known as Victor Entertainment in Japan, is a subsidiary of JVCKenwood that produces and distributes music, movies and other entertainment products such as anime and television shows in Japan. It is known as JVC Entertainment in countries where Sony Music Entertainment operates the RCA Victor label.
Artland Inc. is a Japanese animation studio. It has produced numerous noted anime series, including the award-winning Mushishi and epic Legend of the Galactic Heroes. It is also well known for producing the anime adaptation of Katekyō Hitman Reborn!.
Studio Hibari, Inc. is a Japanese animation studio founded in 1979, in Ōizumi, Gunma Prefecture.
Masao Maruyama is a Japanese anime producer and entrepreneur. He is the co-founder of Madhouse, as well as the founder of MAPPA and Studio M2 animation studios. He is the current Chairman of MAPPA and President of Studio M2 and Board member of N LITE Japan.
Diomedéa, Inc., previously known as Studio Barcelona, is a Japanese animation studio located in Nerima, Tokyo, Japan. The company was founded on November 28, 2007, following an earlier foundation of its predecessor Studio Barcelona on October 5, 2007.
Odessa Entertainment Co., Ltd. is a Japanese film distributor. It was founded as Taki Corporation Inc.. Some of their adult anime productions were released under their Cherry Lips label.
Jerome Charles White Jr., better known by his stage name Jero (ジェロ), is an American enka singer of African-American and Japanese descent who is the first black enka singer in Japanese music history. In 2018, Jero announced that he was taking an indefinite hiatus from his music career to focus on a career in computers.
Radix Ace Entertainment Co., Ltd was a Japanese animation studio closed on October 1, 2006. The studio was formed on September 3, 2001 from a merger between Radix and Zero-G Room. Much of the staff from Radix Ace joined Seven or merged with Mobanimation to become Radix Mobanimation in 2007.
Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan Inc., abbreviated SPE or SPEJ, is a Japanese film studio, based in Minato-ku, Tokyo. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Japanese conglomerate Sony Group Corporation, with the majority of SPEJ's shares held by Sony Pictures Entertainment.
Larx Entertainment Co., Ltd. is a Japanese animation studio founded in June 2006 as a subsidiary of Studio Hibari. It is based in Nerima, Tokyo.
Hoods Entertainment Inc. is a Japanese animation studio that was established in February 2009.
TMS Entertainment Co., Ltd., formerly known as the Tokyo Movie Shinsha Co., Ltd., also known as Tokyo Movie or Kyokuichi Tokyo Movie, is a Japanese animation studio established on October 22, 1946.
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 July 8, 2017, throughout Japan with the film's main character Mary Smith serving as the company's mascot in their logo, similar to Studio Ghibli's mascot, Totoro.
Hinata Satō is a Japanese actress, voice actress, singer, and model affiliated with Amuse. She is a former member of Sakura Gakuin and is best known for voicing Junna Hoshimi in Revue Starlight, Leah Kazuno in Love Live! Sunshine!!, Noa Fukushima in D4DJ, and Mizuki Akiyama in Hatsune Miku: Colorful Stage!.
Studio Blanc. Co., Ltd. is a Japanese animation studio based in Sekimachi-kita, Nerima-ku, Tokyo. The studio was founded on September 3, 2008, by Takeshi Eriguchi. Between 2018 and 2020, the studio collaborated with Diomedéa under the brand name Ezóla.
Lapone Entertainment Co., Ltd. is a Japanese management and entertainment company, established in May 2019 as a joint venture between South Korean CJ ENM and Japanese Yoshimoto Kogyo. The company operates as a talent agency, entertainment company, and record label under Yoshimoto Music. It produces the reality competition series Produce 101 Japan and manages the series' winning groups as well as graduates from the company's trainee program Lapone Boys & Girls.
