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Native name | 株式会社シャフト |
|---|---|
Romanized name | Kabushiki gaisha Shafuto |
| Industry | Japanese animation |
| Founded | September 1, 1975 |
| Founder | Hiroshi Wakao |
| Headquarters | Suginami, Tokyo, Japan[a] |
Key people | Mitsutoshi Kubota (CEO) |
| Total equity | ¥ 10,000,000 |
Number of employees | 100[1] |
| Divisions | Former: Niigata[b] Current: Digital@Shaft[c] Shaft Ten[d] CGI Animation Room[e] Art Section[f] Shaft Aoi[g] |
| Website | www |
Shaft (stylized as SHAFT; Japanese: 株式会社シャフト, Hepburn: Kabushiki-gaisha Shafuto), also known as Shaft Animation Studio, is a Japanese animation studio headquartered in Suginami, Tokyo, and founded in 1975. Since 2004, the studio's productions and staff have been broadly influenced by director Akiyuki Shinbo, whose visual style and avant-garde cinematography are featured in works including Hidamari Sketch (2007), Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei (2007), the Monogatari series (2009–present), Puella Magi Madoka Magica (2011), Nisekoi (2014), and March Comes In Like a Lion (2016).
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- ^ 首都圏集中型のアニメ業界に変革を。その第一歩は静岡市から(株式会社シャフト) [Reforming the Anime Industry Concentrated in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area. The first step is Shizuoka City (Shaft)] (in Japanese). December 23, 2022. Archived from the original on January 9, 2023. Retrieved January 9, 2023.
- ^ Idol Densetsu Eriko (in Japanese). Event occurs at ending credits; episode 7. 動画 - 新潟シャフト [In-between animation - Niigata Shaft]