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Wit Studio, Inc.
Native name	株式会社ウィットスタジオ
Romanized name	Kabushiki-gaisha Witto Sutajio
Company type	Kabushiki gaisha
Industry	Japanese animation
Founded	June 1, 2012; 12 years ago
Founder	George Wada; Tetsuya Nakatake
Headquarters	Musashino, Tokyo, Japan
Key people	George Wada (president); Tetsuya Nakatake (director)
Number of employees	270 (as of May 2024)
Parent	IG Port
Divisions	Ibaraki Studio
Website	witstudio.co.jp

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Wit Studio, Inc. (Japanese: 株式会社ウィットスタジオ, Hepburn: Kabushiki-gaisha Witto Sutajio), stylized as WIT Studio, 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 has also produced other notable series such as Ranking of Kings, Spy × Family, 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 ¥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]

In December 2020, Wit Studio established a stop motion studio in partnership with Pui Pui Molcar director Tomoki Misato.^[5]

In May 2022, Wit Studio in partnership with Aniplex, CloverWorks and Shueisha 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.^[6]

Works

Television series

Year	Title	Network	Director(s)	Animation producer(s)	Source	Eps.	Refs.
2013–2019	Attack on Titan (seasons 1-3)	MBS	Tetsurō Araki^[b] Masashi Koizuka	Tetsuya Nakatake	Manga	59	^[7]
2014–2015	Hozuki's Coolheadedness	MBS (season 1) Tokyo MX (season 2)	Hiro Kaburaki	Tetsuya Nakatake	Manga	13
2015	The Rolling Girls	MBS	Kotomi Deai	Tetsuya Nakatake	Original work	12
2015	Seraph of the End	Tokyo MX	Daisuke Tokudo	Tetsuya Nakatake	Manga	24
2016	Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress	Fuji TV	Tetsurō Araki	Maiko Okada	Original work	12
2017–2018	The Ancient Magus' Bride (season 1)	AT-X	Norihiro Naganuma	Hiroya Hasegawa	Manga	24
2018	After the Rain	Fuji TV	Ayumu Watanabe	Maiko Okada	Manga	12
2019–2020	Kedama no Gonjirō (co-animated with OLM and Signal.MD)	TV Tokyo	Kenshirō Morii	Shou Ootani Hiroshi Utsumi Takatoshi Chino		52
2019	Vinland Saga (season 1)	NHK G	Shuhei Yabuta	Hiroya Hasegawa	Manga	24
2020–2021	GaruGaku: Saint Girls Square Academy (co-animated with OLM)	TV Tokyo	Hiroaki Akagi^[c] Norihito Takahashi	Hiroyuki Katou	Original work	50
2021	Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song	Tokyo MX	Shinpei Ezaki	Shou Ootani	Original work	13
2021–2022	Ranking of Kings	Fuji TV	Yōsuke Hatta Makoto Fuchigami^[d]	Maiko Okada	Manga	23
2022–2023	Spy × Family (co-animated with CloverWorks)	TV Tokyo	Kazuhiro Furuhashi Takahiro Harada^[e]	Kazue Hayashi Kazuki Yamanaka Taito Itou	Manga	37	^[8]
2022	Onipan!	TV Tokyo	Masahiko Ohta	Shouyou Shishido	Original work	12	^[9]
2023	Ranking of Kings: The Treasure Chest of Courage	Fuji TV	Yōsuke Hatta Makoto Fuchigami^[d]	Maiko Okada	Manga	10	^[10]
2023	Kizuna no Allele (co-animated with Signal.MD)	TV Tokyo	Kenichiro Komaya	Shou Ootani Takatoshi Chino Keita Yoshinobu	Virtual YouTuber Kizuna AI	24	^[11]
2024	My Deer Friend Nokotan	Tokyo MX	Masahiko Ohta	TBA	Manga	TBA	^[12]
2024	Suicide Squad Isekai	Tokyo MX (Japan)	Eri Osada	Shou Ootani	DC Comics characters	TBA	^[13]
TBA	Ascendance of a Bookworm (season 4)	ABC Asahi	TBA	TBA	Light novel	TBA	^[14]

Films

Year	Title	Director(s)	Animation producer(s)	Source
2013	Hal	Ryōtarō Makihara	Tetsuya Nakatake	Original work
2014–2015	Attack on Titan – Part 1: Crimson Bow and Arrow Attack on Titan – Part 2: Wings of Freedom	Tetsurō Araki	Tetsuya Nakatake	Manga
2015	The Empire of Corpses	Ryōtarō Makihara	Tetsuya Nakatake Maiko Okada	Novel series
2016–2017	Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress - Part 1: Gathering Light Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress - Part 2: Burning Life	Tetsurō Araki	Maiko Okada	Original work
2017–2018	Laughing Under the Clouds Gaiden (3 films)	Tetsuya Wakano	Shou Ootani Norio Yoshida	Manga
2018	Attack on Titan: The Roar of Awakening	Tetsurō Araki^[c] Masashi Koizuka	Tetsuya Nakatake	Manga
2018	Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us (co-animated with OLM)	Tetsuo Yajima	George Wada Hiroyuki Katou	Video game
2019	Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress: Unato Decisive Battle	Tetsurō Araki	Kazue Hayashi	Original work
2020	Attack on Titan: Chronicle	Tetsurō Araki^[c] Masashi Koizuka	Tetsuya Nakatake	Manga
2022	Bubble	Tetsurō Araki	Kazue Hayashi Kazuki Yamanaka	Original work
2023	Spy × Family Code: White (co-animated with CloverWorks)	Takashi Katagiri	Kazue Hayashi Kazuki Yamanaka Taito Itō	Manga

OVAs

Year	Title	Director(s)	Animation producer(s)	Source	Eps.
2013	Attack on Titan	Tetsurō Araki	Tetsuya Nakatake	Manga	3
2014–2015	Attack on Titan: No Regrets	Tetsurō Araki	Tetsuya Nakatake	Visual novel/manga	2
2016	Star Fox Zero: The Battle Begins	Kyoji Asano	Tetsuya Nakatake	Video game	1
2016–2017	The Ancient Magus' Bride: Those Awaiting a Star	Norihiro Naganuma	Hiroya Hasegawa	Manga	3
2017–2018	Attack on Titan: Lost Girls	Masashi Koizuka	Tetsuya Nakatake	Novel	3
2019–2022	The Girl from the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún	Yūtarō Kubo Satomi Maiya	Line producer: Kenta Yamada	Manga	2

ONAs

Year	Title	Director(s)	Animation producer(s)	Source	Eps.	Refs.
2020	Great Pretender	Hiro Kaburagi	Maiko Okada	Original work	23
2021–2022	The Missing 8	Naoki Yoshibe	Tetsuya Nakatake Shou Ootani	Music videos	8
2022	Vampire in the Garden	Ryōtarō Makihara	Shouyou Shishido	Original work	5	^[15]
2022	Pokémon: Hisuian Snow	Ken Yamamoto	Shou Ootani	Video game	3	^[16]
2023	Colors	Tetsurō Araki	Kazuki Yamanaka	Toho Animation Music Films Project	1	^[17]
2023	Pokémon: Paldean Winds	Ryohei Takeshita	Kazuki Yamanaka	Video games	4	^[18]
2024	Great Pretender: Razbliuto	Hiro Kaburagi	Maiko Okada	Original work	4	^[19]
	The Grimm Variations	Yōko Kanamori Yasuhiro Akamatsu Jun'ichirō Hashiguchi Yumi Kamamura Masato Takeuchi Shintarou Nakazawa	Tetsuya Nakatake Genta Ninomiya Keiko Matsushita	Brothers Grimm fairy tales	6	^[20]
	Moonrise	Masashi Koizuka	Ryouma Kawamura	Original work	TBA	^[21]
TBA	The One Piece	TBA	TBA	Manga; remake of One Piece	TBA	^[22]

Video games

Year	Title	Publisher	Format	Notes
2017	Tales of the Rays	Bandai Namco	Mobile game	Opening animation and cutscenes^[23]
2018	Kōtetsujō no Kabaneri -Ran- Hajimaru Michiato	DMM Games	Mobile game	Opening animation
	BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle	Arc System Works	Console game	Opening animation
	Princess Connect! Re:Dive	Cygames	Mobile game	Opening animation and cutscenes^[24]
2024	Persona 3 Reload	Sega	Console game	Opening animation and 2D cutscenes

Music videos

Year	Title	Artist	Director	Notes
2019	"We're Still Underground"	Eve	Nobutaka Yoda	^[25]
2019	"This World to You"	Eve	Nobutaka Yoda	^[26]
2020	"Blue: Line Step Brush"	Under Graph	Kengo Saitō	^[27]
2020	"Sakugasaku"	Uchikubi Gokumon Dōkōkai	Kyōji Asano	^[28]

Notable staff

Representative staff

George Wada (founder and president)
Tetsuya Nakatake [ja] (founder and director)

Animation producers

Shou Ootani (2013–present)
Kazuki Yamanaka (2013–present)
Shouyou Shishido (2013–present)
Kenta Yamada (2015–present; Ibaraki)
Maiko Okada [ja] (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

Kyoji Asano [ja] (2013–present)
Hirotaka Katou [ja] (2013–present)
Yoshimichi Kameda [ja] (2022–present)

Notes

^ WIT Ibaraki Studio (WIT茨城スタジオ), the studio's Ibaraki branch.
^ Chief Director (総監督) for episodes 26–59.
^ ^a ^b ^c Chief Director (総監督)
^ ^a ^b Chief Episode Director (チーフ演出)
^ Season 2 only.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "WIT STUDIO Company" (in Japanese). WIT STUDIO. Archived from the original on February 20, 2014. Retrieved September 22, 2013.
^ "株式会社ウィットスタジオ".
^ Ransom, Ko (April 20, 2012). "IG Port Founds New Animation Planning and Production Subsidiary". Anime News Network. Retrieved April 20, 2012.
^ "IGポートアニメ企画・制作子会社設立「戦国BASARA」などのプロデューサー役員に" [IG Port Establishes New Animation Planning and Production Subsidiary Headed By Sengoku Basara Anime Producer]. animeanime.biz (in Japanese). April 20, 2012. Archived from the original on July 20, 2020. Retrieved April 20, 2012.
^ Mateo, Alex (March 24, 2021). "Wit Studio Establishes Stop-Motion Studio With Pui Pui Molcar Director". Anime News Network. Retrieved June 19, 2023.
^ Pineda, Rafael Antonio (May 30, 2022). "CloverWorks, Wit Studio, Aniplex, Shueisha Jointly Establish New JOEN Anime Company". Anime News Network. Retrieved June 19, 2023.
^ "進撃！巨人中学校×進撃の巨人"進撃祭"Reading & Live Event イベントレポート" [Attack on Titan Junior High x Attack on Titan "Adventure Festival" Reading & Live Event Report]. shingeki.tv (in Japanese). July 4, 2016. Retrieved July 4, 2016.
^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (October 31, 2021). "Spy×Family Domestic Spy Comedy Manga Gets TV Anime in 2022". Anime News Network. Retrieved December 24, 2023.
^ Loo, Egan (February 3, 2022). "Yuruyuri's Masahiko Ohta Directs WIT Studio's Original TV Anime Onipan! for April 2022". Anime News Network. Retrieved December 24, 2023.
^ 「王様ランキング勇気の宝箱」2023年4月に放送決定、キービジュ＆ティザーPV公開. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. December 4, 2022. Retrieved December 24, 2023.
^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (December 2, 2022). "Kizuna Ai's Kizuna no Allele Anime Reveals Cast, Staff, Visuals, 1st Promo Video". Anime News Network. Retrieved December 24, 2023.
^ Pineda, Rafael Antonio (March 13, 2024). "Wit Studio Unveils TV Anime of My Deer Friend Nokotan Manga for July". Anime News Network. Retrieved March 13, 2024.
^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (December 1, 2023). "Suicide Squad Isekai Anime Reveals Main Cast in New Trailer". Anime News Network. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
^ Loo, Egan (December 6, 2023). "Ascendance of a Bookworm Light Novels Get More Anime by WIT Studio". Anime News Network. Retrieved December 24, 2023.
^ Pineda, Rafael Antonio (March 26, 2022). "Netflix's Vampire in the Garden Anime Unveils New Trailer, May 16 Debut". Anime News Network. Retrieved August 9, 2023.
^ Mateo, Alex (April 26, 2022). "Wit Studio's Pokémon: Hisuian Snow Web Animated Series Premieres on May 18". Anime News Network. Retrieved August 9, 2023.
^ Cayanan, Joanna (March 9, 2023). "TOHO animation Music Films Project's Trailer Reveals March 20 Debut". Anime News Network. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
^ 『ポケットモンスタースカーレット・バイオレット』を題材としたオリジナルWEBアニメ『放課後のブレス』発表。2023年9月6日にYoutubeにて配信. DenFaminicoGamer (in Japanese). August 8, 2023. Retrieved August 8, 2023.
^ 「GREAT PRETENDER」続編が2024に全世界展開、ドロシー登場のビジュアルとPVも ["GREAT PRETENDER" sequel will be released worldwide in 2024, visuals and PV featuring Dorothy have also been released]. Natalie (in Japanese). November 17, 2023. Retrieved November 18, 2023.
^ Mateo, Alex (March 20, 2024). "Netflix Streams The Grimm Variations Anime on April 17". Anime News Network. Retrieved March 20, 2024.
^ Peters, Megan (June 8, 2022). "Netflix's Moonrise Releases First Poster". ComicBook.com. Retrieved June 8, 2022.
^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (December 17, 2023). "Wit Studio Produces The One Piece Anime Series Remake for Netflix". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on December 17, 2023. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
^ "テイルズオブザレイズ -Tales of the Rays- Official Website" (in Japanese). Retrieved February 14, 2017.
^ Pier (February 22, 2018). "Friendship is Magic in Princess Connect! Re:Dive for iOS and Android". Play-Asia. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
^ E ve (January 24, 2019). "We're Still Underground - Eve MV". YouTube. Retrieved January 27, 2019.
^ E ve (April 20, 2019). "This World to You - Eve MV". YouTube. Retrieved April 21, 2019.
^ amgchannel (February 13, 2020). "【MV full】『BLUE - l i n e・s t e p・b r u s h -』 / ＡＭＧオリジナルアニメーション" [[MV Full] "Blue: Line Step Brush" / AMG Original Animation]. YouTube. Retrieved September 14, 2020.
^ 打首獄門同好会 (September 11, 2020). "打首獄門同好会「サクガサク」" [Uchikubi Gokumon Dōkōkai "Sakugasaku"]. YouTube. Retrieved September 14, 2020.

External links

Official website (in Japanese)
Wit Studio at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

[3] WIT Ibaraki Studio (WIT茨城スタジオ), the studio's Ibaraki branch.

[8] Chief Director (総監督) for episodes 26–59.

[chief_dir-10] Chief Director (総監督)

[chief-11] Chief Episode Director (チーフ演出)

[12] Season 2 only.

[corporate-1] "WIT STUDIO Company" (in Japanese). WIT STUDIO. Archived from the original on February 20, 2014. Retrieved September 22, 2013.

[2] "株式会社ウィットスタジオ".

[4] Ransom, Ko (April 20, 2012). "IG Port Founds New Animation Planning and Production Subsidiary". Anime News Network. Retrieved April 20, 2012.

[5] "IGポートアニメ企画・制作子会社設立「戦国BASARA」などのプロデューサー役員に" [IG Port Establishes New Animation Planning and Production Subsidiary Headed By Sengoku Basara Anime Producer]. animeanime.biz (in Japanese). April 20, 2012. Archived from the original on July 20, 2020. Retrieved April 20, 2012.

[6] Mateo, Alex (March 24, 2021). "Wit Studio Establishes Stop-Motion Studio With Pui Pui Molcar Director". Anime News Network. Retrieved June 19, 2023.

[7] Pineda, Rafael Antonio (May 30, 2022). "CloverWorks, Wit Studio, Aniplex, Shueisha Jointly Establish New JOEN Anime Company". Anime News Network. Retrieved June 19, 2023.

[9] "進撃！巨人中学校×進撃の巨人"進撃祭"Reading & Live Event イベントレポート" [Attack on Titan Junior High x Attack on Titan "Adventure Festival" Reading & Live Event Report]. shingeki.tv (in Japanese). July 4, 2016. Retrieved July 4, 2016.

[13] Hodgkins, Crystalyn (October 31, 2021). "Spy×Family Domestic Spy Comedy Manga Gets TV Anime in 2022". Anime News Network. Retrieved December 24, 2023.

[14] Loo, Egan (February 3, 2022). "Yuruyuri's Masahiko Ohta Directs WIT Studio's Original TV Anime Onipan! for April 2022". Anime News Network. Retrieved December 24, 2023.

[15] 「王様ランキング勇気の宝箱」2023年4月に放送決定、キービジュ＆ティザーPV公開. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. December 4, 2022. Retrieved December 24, 2023.

[16] Hodgkins, Crystalyn (December 2, 2022). "Kizuna Ai's Kizuna no Allele Anime Reveals Cast, Staff, Visuals, 1st Promo Video". Anime News Network. Retrieved December 24, 2023.

[17] Pineda, Rafael Antonio (March 13, 2024). "Wit Studio Unveils TV Anime of My Deer Friend Nokotan Manga for July". Anime News Network. Retrieved March 13, 2024.

[18] Hodgkins, Crystalyn (December 1, 2023). "Suicide Squad Isekai Anime Reveals Main Cast in New Trailer". Anime News Network. Retrieved December 1, 2023.

[19] Loo, Egan (December 6, 2023). "Ascendance of a Bookworm Light Novels Get More Anime by WIT Studio". Anime News Network. Retrieved December 24, 2023.

[20] Pineda, Rafael Antonio (March 26, 2022). "Netflix's Vampire in the Garden Anime Unveils New Trailer, May 16 Debut". Anime News Network. Retrieved August 9, 2023.

[21] Mateo, Alex (April 26, 2022). "Wit Studio's Pokémon: Hisuian Snow Web Animated Series Premieres on May 18". Anime News Network. Retrieved August 9, 2023.

[22] Cayanan, Joanna (March 9, 2023). "TOHO animation Music Films Project's Trailer Reveals March 20 Debut". Anime News Network. Retrieved March 11, 2023.

[23] 『ポケットモンスタースカーレット・バイオレット』を題材としたオリジナルWEBアニメ『放課後のブレス』発表。2023年9月6日にYoutubeにて配信. DenFaminicoGamer (in Japanese). August 8, 2023. Retrieved August 8, 2023.

[24] 「GREAT PRETENDER」続編が2024に全世界展開、ドロシー登場のビジュアルとPVも ["GREAT PRETENDER" sequel will be released worldwide in 2024, visuals and PV featuring Dorothy have also been released]. Natalie (in Japanese). November 17, 2023. Retrieved November 18, 2023.

[25] Mateo, Alex (March 20, 2024). "Netflix Streams The Grimm Variations Anime on April 17". Anime News Network. Retrieved March 20, 2024.

[26] Peters, Megan (June 8, 2022). "Netflix's Moonrise Releases First Poster". ComicBook.com. Retrieved June 8, 2022.

[27] Hodgkins, Crystalyn (December 17, 2023). "Wit Studio Produces The One Piece Anime Series Remake for Netflix". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on December 17, 2023. Retrieved December 17, 2023.

[28] "テイルズオブザレイズ -Tales of the Rays- Official Website" (in Japanese). Retrieved February 14, 2017.

[29] Pier (February 22, 2018). "Friendship is Magic in Princess Connect! Re:Dive for iOS and Android". Play-Asia. Retrieved April 23, 2020.

[30] E ve (January 24, 2019). "We're Still Underground - Eve MV". YouTube. Retrieved January 27, 2019.

[31] E ve (April 20, 2019). "This World to You - Eve MV". YouTube. Retrieved April 21, 2019.

[32] (February 13, 2020). "【MV full】『BLUE - l i n e・s t e p・b r u s h -』 / ＡＭＧオリジナルアニメーション" [[MV Full] "Blue: Line Step Brush" / AMG Original Animation]. YouTube. Retrieved September 14, 2020.

[33] 打首獄門同好会 (September 11, 2020). "打首獄門同好会「サクガサク」" [Uchikubi Gokumon Dōkōkai "Sakugasaku"]. YouTube. Retrieved September 14, 2020.

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v t e Wit Studio
Television series	Attack on Titan (2013–2019) Hozuki's Coolheadedness (2014) The Rolling Girls (2015) Seraph of the End (2015) Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress (2016) The Ancient Magus' Bride (2017–2018) After the Rain (2018) Kedama no Gonjirō (2019–2020) Vinland Saga (2019) GaruGaku: Saint Girls Square Academy (2020–2021) Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song (2021) Ranking of Kings (2021–2022) Spy × Family (2022–2023) Onipan! (2022) Ranking of Kings: The Treasure Chest of Courage (2023) Kizuna no Allele (2023) My Deer Friend Nokotan (2024) Suicide Squad Isekai (2024) Ascendance of a Bookworm 4th Season (TBA) Shin Samurai-den Yaiba (TBA)
Films	Hal (2013) Attack on Titan (2014–2020) The Empire of Corpses (2015) Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress (2016–2017) Laughing Under the Clouds Gaiden (2017–2018) Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us (2018) Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress: Unato Decisive Battle (2019) Bubble (2022) Spy × Family Code: White (2023)
OVAs	Attack on Titan (2013–2014) Attack on Titan: No Regrets (2014–2015) Hozuki's Coolheadedness (2015) The Ancient Magus' Bride: Those Awaiting a Star (2016–2017) Attack on Titan: Lost Girls (2017–2018) The Girl from the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún (2019–2022)
ONAs	Great Pretender (2020) The Missing 8 (2021–2022) Vampire in the Garden (2022) Pokémon: Hisuian Snow (2022) Pokémon: Paldean Winds (2023) Great Pretender: Razbliuto (2024) The Grimm Variations (2024) Moonrise (2024) The One Piece (TBA)
Video games	Tales of the Rays Kōtetsujō no Kabaneri -Ran- Hajimaru Michiato BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle Princess Connect! Re:Dive
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