is a Japanese

animation studio An animation studio is a company producing animation, 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 ...

founded on November 10, 2000, in

Nanto, Toyama is a city in Toyama Prefecture, Japan. It is in a mountainous area in the south-west corner of the prefecture just north of Gifu Prefecture. It is home to the Gokayama UNESCO World Heritage site. , the city had an estimated population of 51,669 ...

. The company's founder and president Kenji Horikawa once worked for

Tatsunoko Production and often shortened to , is a Japanese animation company. The studio's name has a double meaning in Japanese: "Tatsu's child" (Tatsu is a nickname for Tatsuo) and " sea dragon", the inspiration for its seahorse logo. Tatsunoko Production was e ...

, Production I.G, and Bee Train Production, before forming P.A. Works Corporation. The studio changed its name to P.A. Works in 2002. The main office is located in

Toyama Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Toyama Prefecture has a population of 993,848 (1 January 2025) and has a geographic area of 4,247.61 km2 (1,640.01 sq mi). Toyama Prefecture borders Ishikawa Prefecture to the ...

, where drawings and digital photography take place, and production and direction in the studio. The company is also involved with video games, as well as collaborating in the past with Production I.G and Bee Train for anime. In January 2008, P.A. Works produced ''

True Tears ''True Tears'' (stylized as ''true tears'') is a Japanese popular culture, Japanese visual novel developed by La'cryma, a collaboration between Broccoli (company), Broccoli, Circus (company), Circus, GameCrab and Rei Izumi, and was originall ...

'', their first anime series as the main animation studio involved in the production process. On April 20, 2018, P.A. Works announced a new e-book label named P.A. Books, with the first release being a novel adaptation of their first anime, ''True Tears''.

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Professor Layton and the Curious Village ''Professor Layton and the Curious Village'' is a puzzle video game, puzzle adventure game, adventure video game for the Nintendo DS system. It was developed and published by Level-5 (company), Level-5 in Japan and published by Nintendo worldwide. ...

'' *'' Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box'' *'' Professor Layton and the Unwound Future'' *'' Professor Layton and the Last Specter'' *'' Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask'' *'' Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy'' *'' Triggerheart Exelica -Enhanced-'' *'' Wild Arms 3'' with Bee Train *''

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'' Season 2019 / Season 9: A New Journey

Others

*Anime project tourism Toyama: Animation part **''Longing for a Tear Bringing Sky "Lovers in Tateyama"'' **''Longing for a Tear Bringing Sea "A Friendship on the Beach"'' **''Longing for a Tear Bringing Cuisine "Grandpa in Gokayama"''

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