is a Japanese

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production company established in October 2014 by former

Fuji TV JOCX-DTV (channel 8), branded as and colloquially known as CX, is a Japanese television station based in Odaiba, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Owned and operated by the it is the key station of the Fuji News Network (FNN) and the Fuji Network S ...

's ''

Noitamina is a Japanese programming block on Fuji TV devoted to anime, originally broadcast every Thursday late night/Friday morning from 00:45 to 1:15. It was launched with the intention of expanding the target audience beyond the typical young male demo ...

'' Executive Editor Kōji Yamamoto.

History

In September 2014, Kōji Yamamoto left

after 14 years of working in the company and 10 years as Executive Editor in the late-night anime programming block

. Two months later, he established Twin Engine to work in the planning and production of anime and to also act as a network of animation studios, both in partnership and ownership. In November 2015, Yamamoto established

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with the former

Manglobe was a Japanese animation studio based in Suginami, Tokyo and active from 2002 to 2015. The studio was formed on February 7, 2002 by Sunrise producers Shinichirō Kobayashi and Takashi Kochiyama. Manglobe filed for bankruptcy in September 2015 ...

staff in order to complete the ''

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'' film, which was left incomplete due to Manglobe's bankruptcy. In 2016, Twin Engine established Twin Engine Digital Animation Studio, which mostly acts as a sub-contracting studio. Months later, Twin Engine established Relation Inc., a company that mainly deals with advertisement; around the same time, Twin Engine also formed animation studio Revoroot. Aside from Geno Studio, Revoroot and Studio Colorido, which are subsidiaries of Twin Engine, other studios have also partnered with the company, such as

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, Wit Studio,

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, and

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, with the latter's CEO also belonging to Twin Engine's board of directors. Since its establishment, Twin Engine worked in anime mainly with Fuji TV in the Noitamina programming block due to Yamamoto's previous relationship with the company, but since 2018, Twin Engine productions have not been exclusive to the block and have begun to be part of other TV stations.

Works

TV Anime

*''

Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress is a Japanese anime television series by Wit Studio. It was broadcast for 12 episodes on Fuji TV's Noitamina programming block from April to June 2016. The series was streamed on Amazon Prime Instant Video service. Two compilation films ...

'' (2016) (Chief Producer: Kōji Yamamoto) *'' Dive!!'' (2017) (Planning Cooperation) *'' Kokkoku: Moment by Moment'' (2018) (Production) *'' Karakuri Circus'' (2018–19) (Production) *''

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'' (2019) (Production) *'' Vinland Saga'' (2019) (Production) *'' Babylon'' (2019) (Production) *''

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'' (2020) (Production) *'' I-Chu: Halfway Through the Idol'' (2021) (Production) *'' Shine On! Bakumatsu Boys'' (2022) (Planning) *'' Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku'' (TBA) (Planning Cooperation)

Films

*'' Typhoon Noruda'' (2015) (Chief Producer: Kōji Yamamoto) *''

'' (2017) (Chief Producer: Kōji Yamamoto) *''

Night Is Short, Walk On Girl is a 2017 Japanese animated romantic comedy film directed by Masaaki Yuasa. The film is based on the 2006 novel ''The Night Is Short, Walk on Girl'' written by Tomihiko Morimi and illustrated by Yusuke Nakamura, who also served as the film's or ...

'' (2017) (Chief Producer: Kōji Yamamoto; Planning Cooperation) *''

Lu over the Wall is a 2017 Japanese animated fantasy film produced by Science Saru and released by Toho about the eponymous ningyo. It was directed by Masaaki Yuasa, and written by Yuasa and Reiko Yoshida. The music was composed by Takatsugu Muramatsu. It is t ...

'' (2017) (Chief Producer: Kōji Yamamoto; Planning Cooperation) *'' Penguin Highway'' (2018) (Chief Producer: Kōji Yamamoto; Planning Cooperation) *'' A Whisker Away'' (2020) *'' Drifting Home'' (2022)

References

External links

Twin Engine official website
* {{Revoroot Animation studios in Tokyo Japanese animation studios Mass media companies established in 2014 Japanese companies established in 2014