Founded in 2005 by Mikihiro Iwata, A-1 Pictures is a modern anime studio known for its stunning visuals. Operating primarily off free-lance and outsourced production, A-1 Pictures have created over 200 memorable anime over the years and are still going strong in the current season. A-1 Pictures has released anime across a wide variety of genres.
Operating primarily off free-lance and outsourced production, A-1 Pictures have created over 200 memorable anime over the years and are still going strong in the current season. A-1 Pictures has released anime across a wide variety of genres.
The studio was established by SMEJ's animation production division, Aniplex, on May 9, 2005, to animate its anime series and productions. In 2006, it co-produced the original production Zenmai Zamurai, and in October of the same year, established a studio in Asagaya.
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Three anime series were produced that year for the project: Sound of the Sky, Night Raid 1931 and Occult Academy.
On April 1, 2018, A-1 Pictures rebranded its Kōenji Studio as CloverWorks, which has a unique brand identity, distinguishable from its main Asagaya Studio.
Hikaru Kondo is the founder of Ufotable, an animation studio based out of Japan. The production company is responsible for animating titles such as Demon Slayer as well the Fate series.
4 days agoA-1 Pictures is an animation studio that's slowly building an impressive reputation thanks to their work on acclaimed series like Sword Art Online. However, A-1 Pictures is responsible for many other quality anime series and their reputation is only getting better.
Although separated from A-1 Pictures, CloverWorks is still a subsidiary of Aniplex Inc. A-1 Pictures and CloverWorks will contribute to expand the animation market with their unique production system and characteristics.
Studio Ghibli Headed by the legendary Hayao Miyazaki, this studio has produced some of the most spectacular films ever created—in any medium, not just anime.
Tax evasion scandal In March 2019, it was reported that a search was performed on Ufotable's offices due to alleged tax evasion. The next month, it was reported that Ufotable owed ¥400 million in taxes.
The Tokyo District Court handed a guilty verdict and sentence to anime studio ufotable 's founder, representative director, and president Hikaru Kondo on the charge of violating the Corporation Tax Act and Consumption Tax Act by failing to pay 138 million yen (about US$1.25 million) in taxes.
This means Aniplex and Shueisha made an estimated 6.30 billion yen each, while Ufotable made an estimated total of 2.52 billion yen (22.8 million USD) as pure profit on the film.
Arguably the greatest anime studio out there, Studio Bones have brought many great series to screens. Founded in 1998 by Masahiko Minami, Hiroshi Osaka and Toshihiro Kawamoto, Studio Bones is known for having some of the best received anime series out there.
BONES(株式会社 ボンズ, Kabushiki Kaisha Bonzu?) often romanized as BONES in Japan, is a Japanese animation studio based in Tokyo that is responsible for co-producing and providing the animation for the My Hero Academia anime. They have also produced the three released movies.
Example : A cel written "A1" is the first one of the sequence. A cel written "B34 end" is the 34th cel of the sequence and the last one. The "B" usually mean that it's the second layer of a multi-layer cel.
A-1 Pictures Inc. (株式会社エー・ワン・ピクチャーズ Kabushiki-gaisha Ē Wan Pikuchāzu?) is a Japanese animation studio, a subsidiary of Sony 's anime production firm Aniplex.
The studio was established by Sony 's animation production division, Aniplex, on May 9, 2005, to animate its anime series and productions. In 2006, it co-produced the original production Zenmai Zamurai, and in October of the same year, established a studio in Asagaya.