Wit Studio

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Wit Studio, Inc.
Native name
 株式会社ウィットスタジオ
Kabushiki-gaisha Witto Sutajio
Kabushiki gaisha
Industry Japanese animation
Founded June 1, 2012; 11 years ago (2012-06-01)[1]
Headquarters Musashino, Tokyo, Japan[1]
Key people
 George Wada (President)[1]
Number of employees
 130 (as of November 2021)[2]
Parent IG Port
Divisions Ibaraki Studio[lower-alpha 1]
Website witstudio.co.jp

Wit Studio, Inc. (Japanese: 株式会社ウィットスタジオ Hepburn: Kabushiki-gaisha Witto Sutajio?) is a Japanese animation studio founded on June 1, 2012, by producers at Production I.G as a subsidiary of IG Port. It is headquartered in Musashino, Tokyo, 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 the first three seasons of Attack on Titan[1] and is also famous for the production of other acclaimed anime series such as The Ancient Magus' Bride, Vinland Saga, Ranking of Kings and Spy × Family.

Establishment

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 ¥30,000,000 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.[3][4]

Works

Television series

Year Title Director Episodes Notes
2013–2019 Attack on Titan
59 + 8 OVA Based on a manga written by Hajime Isayama.
2014–2015 Hozuki's Coolheadedness Hiro Kaburaki 13 + 3 OVA Based on a manga written by Natsumi Eguchi.
2015 The Rolling Girls Kotomi Deai 12 Original work.
2015 Seraph of the End Daisuke Tokudo 24 + 1 OVA Based on a manga written by Takaya Kagami.
2016 Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress Tetsurō Araki 12 Original work.
2017–2018 The Ancient Magus' Bride Norihiro Naganuma 24 Based on a manga written by Kore Yamazaki.
2018 After the Rain Ayumu Watanabe 12 Based on a manga written by Jun Mayuzuki.
2019–2020 Kedama no Gonjirō Kenshirō Morii 52 Co-animated with OLM and Signal.MD (latter joined halfway).
2019 Vinland Saga Shuhei Yabuta 24 Based on a manga written by Makoto Yukimura.
2020–2021 GaruGaku: Saint Girls Square Academy
50 Co-animated with OLM.
2020 Great Pretender Hiro Kaburagi 23 Original work.
2021 Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song Shinpei Ezaki 13 Original work. Written by Tappei Nagatsuki and Eiji Umehara.
2021–2022 Ranking of Kings
23 Based on a manga written by Sōsuke Tōka.
2022 Spy × Family Kazuhiro Furuhashi TBA Based on a manga written by Tatsuya Endo.
Co-animated with CloverWorks.
2022 Onipan! Masahiko Ohta TBA Original work.

Films

Year Title Director Movies Notes
2013 Hal Ryōtarō Makihara 1 Original work.
2014–2015 Attack on Titan – Part 1: Crimson Bow and Arrow
Attack on Titan – Part 2: Wings of Freedom		 Tetsurō Araki 2 Recap films of the anime series' first season.
2015 The Empire of Corpses Ryōtarō Makihara 1 Part of Project Itoh.
2016–2017 Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress - Part 1: Gathering Light
Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress - Part 2: Burning Life		 Tetsurō Araki 2 Recap films of Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress.
2017–2018 Laughing Under the Clouds Gaiden Tetsuya Wakano 3 Adapted from Karakara-Kemuri's manga Laughing Under the Clouds.
2018 Attack on Titan: The Roar of Awakening Tetsurō Araki[lower-alpha 3]
Masashi Koizuka		 1 Recap film of the anime series' second season.
2018 Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us Tetsuo Yajima 1 Follow-up to 2017's Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You!
Collaboration with OLM.
2019 Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress: Unato Decisive Battle Tetsurō Araki 1 Sequel to Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress.
2020 Attack on Titan: Chronicle Tetsurō Araki[lower-alpha 3]
Masashi Koizuka		 1 Recap film of the first three seasons of the anime.
2022 Bubble Tetsurō Araki 1 Original work.

OVA/ONAs

Year Title Director Format Episodes Notes
2013 Attack on Titan: Ilse's Notebook: Record of a Fallen Soldier Tetsurō Araki OVA 1 Included with a special edition of volume 12 of the manga of the same name
2014–2015 Attack on Titan: No Regrets Tetsurō Araki OVA 2 Adapted from Gun Snark's manga of the same name
2016 Star Fox Zero: The Battle Begins Kyoji Asano ONA 1 Short film adapted from the video game Star Fox Zero
2016–2017 The Ancient Magus' Bride: Those Awaiting a Star Norihiro Naganuma OVA 3 Adapted from Kore Yamazaki's manga The Ancient Magus' Bride
2017–2018 Attack on Titan: Lost Girls Masashi Koizuka OVA 3 Adapted from Hiroshi Seko's novel of the same name
2019–2022 The Girl from the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún Yūtarō Kubo
Satomi Maiya		 OVA 2 Adapted from Nagabe's manga of the same name
2021–2022 The Missing 8 Naoki Yoshibe ONA TBA Based on music videos by Fuzi.
2022 Vampire in the Garden Ryōtarō Makihara ONA 5 Original anime series produced for Netflix
2022 Pokémon: Hisuian Snow Ken Yamamoto ONA 3 Based on the Pokémon Legends: Arceus video game
TBA Grimm[6] TBA ONA TBA Based on the Brothers Grimm fairy tales
TBA Moonrise Masashi Koizuka ONA TBA Original anime series produced for Netflix[7]

Video games

Year Title Publisher Format Notes
2017 Tales of the Rays Bandai Namco Mobile Game Opening Animation/Cutscenes[8]
2018 Kōtetsujō no Kabaneri -Ran- Hajimaru Michiato DMM Games Mobile Game Opening Animation
2018 BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle Arc System Works Console Game Opening Animation
2018 Princess Connect! Re:Dive Cygames Mobile Game Opening Animation/Cutscenes[9]

Music videos

Year Title Artist Director Notes
2019 "We're Still Underground" Eve Nobutaka Yoda [10]
"This World to You" Eve Nobutaka Yoda [11]
2020 "Blue: Line Step Brush" Under Graph Kengo Saitō [12]
"Sakugasaku" Uchikubi Gokumon Dōkōkai Kyōji Asano [13]

Notes

  1. ↑ WIT Ibaraki Studio (WIT茨城スタジオ?), the studio's Ibaraki branch.
  2. ↑ Chief Director (総監督?) for episodes 26–59.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Chief Director (総監督?)
  4. ↑ Chief Unit Director (演出チーフ?)

References

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