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 major stake in the sales or rentals ...
based in
Suginami
is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. The ward refers to itself as Suginami City in English.
As of June 1, 2022, Suginami has an estimated population of 588,354 and a population density of 17,274 persons per km2. The total area is 34.06 k ...
,
Tokyo
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. The studio was founded in 2019 and is composed of many staff from the former
Xebec
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studio which the majority of its assets was sold off by its parent
IG Port
is a Japanese holding company that was established on December 1, 2007, as a result of a merger
Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are business transactions in which the ownership of companies, other business organizations, or their operating ...
to
Sunrise
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Terminology ...
.
Establishment
The studio was founded in
Suginami
is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. The ward refers to itself as Suginami City in English.
As of June 1, 2022, Suginami has an estimated population of 588,354 and a population density of 17,274 persons per km2. The total area is 34.06 k ...
in May 2019, when it got invested by
Bandai Namco Arts
formerly Bandai Namco Arts, is a Japanese company formed by the merger of Bandai Visual and its subsidiary Lantis by its owner Bandai Namco Holdings in February 2018. The company is responsible for the same area of its predecessors, which tho ...
, currently under the legal entity
Bandai Namco Music Live
formerly Bandai Namco Arts, is a Japanese company formed by the merger of Bandai Visual and its subsidiary Lantis by its owner Bandai Namco Holdings in February 2018. The company is responsible for the same area of its predecessors, which tho ...
and financed by
Bandai Namco Filmworks
, previously and still famously known as Sunrise Inc., is a Japanese animation studio founded in September 1972 and is based in Ogikubo, Tokyo. Its former names were also Soeisha, Nippon Sunrise and Sunrise Studio.
Its primary division, , is re ...
.
Studio Mother is led by Yukinao Shimoji, who was formerly a producer (and later CEO) of
Xebec
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, whose studio was sold off to
Sunrise
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Terminology ...
, which's owned by Bandai Namco, by
IG Port
is a Japanese holding company that was established on December 1, 2007, as a result of a merger
Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are business transactions in which the ownership of companies, other business organizations, or their operating ...
and many of its staff members migrated to the new company.
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