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 ...
established in 1987 from former Madhouse staff, producing series such as ''
Macross Plus
is a four-episode anime Original video animation, OVA and theatrical movie in the ''The Super Dimension Fortress Macross, Macross'' series. It was the first sequel to the original ''Macross'' television series that took place in the official ...
Triangle Staff was established in 1987 from Yoshimi Asari in
Ogikubo, Tokyo
is a suburban, residential area of Tokyo in Suginami-ku, Tokyo, Suginami ward, approximately 8 km west of Shinjuku. Ogikubo has the Ogikubo Station on the East Japan Railway Company, JR Chūō Line (Rapid), the JR Chūō-Sōbu Line, the Toky ...
. The company initially produced OVA, and later began producing anime television series in collaboration with
TV Tokyo
JOTX-DTV (channel 7), branded as is a Japanese television station that serves as the flagship of the TX Network.Serial Experiments Lain'' receiving the Excellent Award from the animation division of the Japan Media Arts Festival.
In March 1999, Katsumi Yamaguchi, an animator from the company, established his own animation studio, Palm Studio. Later in December 2000, animators Shojiro Abe and Takeshi Baba established A.C.G.T, a subsidiary of OB Planning Co., Ltd.
Triangle Staff ceased all operations in December 2000, though the exact reason and time of it shutting down remain unknown. After the discontinuation, the name of the company was still shown on the copyright trademark and the staff list embedded in the studios' productions.
The company was still producing '' WXIII: Patlabor the Movie 3'' at the time it went defunct. Production was later taken over by Madhouse and was released in theaters on March 30, 2002 (though Triangle Staff's involvement would be acknowledged in the film's end credits).
Macross Plus
is a four-episode anime Original video animation, OVA and theatrical movie in the ''The Super Dimension Fortress Macross, Macross'' series. It was the first sequel to the original ''Macross'' television series that took place in the official ...
* アニメーション制作会社・トライアングルスタッフ (English: Triangle Staff, the Animation Production Company) Archived from the original on Sep 25, 2001, before the website is shut down. The domain now belongs to TECHNO-Staff Co., Ltd., a Saitama-based cleaning service provider.)
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Japanese animation studios