, stylized as WIT Studio, is a Japanese

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founded on June 1, 2012, by producers at Production I.G as a subsidiary of IG Port. It is headquartered in Musashino,

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, with Production I.G producer George Wada as president and Tetsuya Nakatake, also a producer at Production I.G, as a director of the studio. The studio gained notability for producing ''

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'' (the first three seasons), '' Great Pretender'', '' Ranking of Kings'', ''

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'', '' My Deer Friend Nokotan'', and the first seasons of '' The Ancient Magus' Bride'' and '' Vinland Saga''.

History

The studio was founded by George Wada, a former employee of Production I.G, in 2012. After its founding, Tetsuya Nakatake was placed as the representative director of the studio. Several other former Production I.G staff members joined Wit after its founding, including animation directors Kyōji Asano and Satoshi Kadowaki, and director Tetsurō Araki, all of whom worked together on ''Attack on Titan''. Wit Studio was funded with an initial investment of in capital from IG Port, Wada and Nakatake, who are reported to own 66.6%, 21.6% and 10.0% equity in the studio respectively. In December 2020, Wit Studio established a

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studio in partnership with '' Pui Pui Molcar'' director Tomoki Misato. In May 2022, Wit Studio in partnership with

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, CloverWorks and

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formed a new company called JOEN. The company's objective is to facilitate the planning and production of television anime series, anime films, and short clips.

Works

Television series

Films

OVAs

ONAs

Video games

Music videos

Notable staff

Representative staff

* George Wada (founder and president) * (founder and director)

Animation producers

* Shou Ootani (2013–present) * Kazuki Yamanaka (2013–present) * Shouyou Shishido (2013–present) * Kenta Yamada (2015–present; Ibaraki) * (2015–present) * Hiroya Hasegawa (2016–2019) * Keita Yoshinobu (2018–present) * Ryouma Kawamura (2018–present) * Kazue Hayashi (2019–present) * Genta Ninomiya (2017–present) * Keisuke Satou (2018–present) * Daisuke Nishioka (2017–present) * Daiya Shiraishi (2019–present)

Animation department

* (2013–present) * (2013–present) * (2022–present)

Notes

References

External links

* * {{Authority control IG Port Japanese animation studios Japanese companies established in 2012 Mass media companies established in 2012 Animation studios in Tokyo Musashino, Tokyo Crunchyroll Anime Award winners