List of anime companies

List of anime companies
This is a list of anime industry companies involved in the production or distribution of anime.
Japan-based companies
Animation studios
There are over 500 animation studios in Japan. Below are those notable enough to have an article.
3Hz
A.C.G.T
A.P.P.P.
Actas
Ajia-do Animation Works
Anime International Company (AIC)
Arms Corporation (defunct)
Artland
Artmic (defunct)
Arvo Animation
Nippon Rois Cartoon (Regional Service Division for Japan from Indonesia)
Ashi Productions
Asahi Production
Asread
AXsiZ
Bandai Namco Pictures
Bee Train
Bibury Animation Studios
Blue Lynx
Bones
Brain's Base
Bridge (studio)
C2C
Chaos Project
CoMix Wave Films
Connect (studio) (defunct, absorbed by Silver Link and then dissolved)
Creators in Pack
C-Station
CygamesPictures
Daume
David Production
Diomedéa
DLE
Doga Kobo
ENGI
EMT Squared
Eight Bit
Eiken
Ekachi Epilka
EMT Squared
Encourage Films
Ezo'la
Fanworks
Feel
Felix Film
Gaina (company)
Gainax
Gallop
Geno Studio
Geek Toys
GEMBA (studio)
GoHands
Gonzo
Graphinica
Grizzly (studio)
Group TAC
Yumeta Company (formerly known as TYO Animations.)
Hal Film Maker (defunct/absorbed into Yumeta Company after merger of previous Yumeta and Hal into TYO Animations.)
Hoods Entertainment
Imagin
J.C.Staff
Khara
Kinema Citrus
Kitayama Eiga Seisakujo (defunct)
Kitty Films
Kokusai Eiga-sha (defunct)
Kyoto Animation
Lapin Track
Larx Entertainment
Lay-duce
Lerche
Liden Films
Madhouse
Magic Bus
Maho Film
Manglobe (defunct)
Marza Animation Planet
MAPPA
Millepensee
Mook Animation
Mushi Production
NAZ (studio)
Nexus
Nippon Animation
Nomad
NUT (studio)
Oh! Production
OLM
Orange
Ordet
P.A. Works
Palm Studio (defunct)
Passione
Pierrot
Pine Jam
Phoenix Entertainment
Platinum Vision
Polygon Pictures
Production I.G
Production IMS (defunct)
Project No.9
Radix Ace Entertainment (defunct)
Remic
Revoroot
Robot Communications
Satelight
Sanzigen
Science SARU
Shaft
Shin-Ei Animation
Shirogumi
Shuka (studio)
Seven
Seven Arcs
Sony, through Aniplex
A-1 Pictures
CloverWorks
Spectrum Animation (defunct)
Signal.MD
Silver Link
Square Enix Image Studio Division
Studio 4°C
Studio A-Cat
Studio Bind
Studio Blanc
Studio Chizu
Studio Colorido
Studio Comet
Studio Deen
Studio Fantasia
Studio Ghibli
Studio Gokumi
Studio Hibari
Studio Kai
Studio Nue
Studio Orphee
Studio Ponoc
Studio Puyukai
Studio VOLN
Sunrise
SynergySP
Tatsunoko Production
Tear Studio (defunct)
Tezuka Productions
TMS Entertainment (formerly Tokyo Movie Shinsha)
Telecom Animation Film
Tengu Kobou
TNK
Tsuchida Production (defunct)
Toei Animation
Topcraft (defunct)
Typhoon Graphics
Triangle Staff (defunct)
Troyca
Trigger
Ufotable
White Fox
Wit Studio
Xebec (defunct, mostly sold to Sunrise)
Yaoyorozu (defunct)
Yokohama Animation Laboratory
Zexcs
Zero-G
Studio Ponoc
Producers
Animax
Avex
Bandai Visual
BROCCOLI
Dentsu
Genco
Geneon Universal Entertainment (Geneon USA, formerly Pioneer LDC, now NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan)
Good Smile Company
Hakuhodo DY Media Partners
J-List
Japan Home Video
Kadokawa Shoten
King Records / Starchild
KSS
Mag Garden
NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan
Warner Bros. Japan
Nihon Ad Systems
Nintendo
Pony Canyon
Shinca Entertainment
Soft On Demand
Sony
Sony Music Entertainment Japan
Aniplex
Square Enix
Shochiku
The Pokémon Company (Nintendo owns 32%.)
Toho
VAP
Victor Entertainment
Youmex (defunct)
Nippon Rois Cartoon (Regional Service Division for Japan from Indonesia)
Non-Japanese companies
Distributors
North America and other regions
Amazon Inc. (International)
Prime Video (International)
AMC Networks
Sentai Filmworks (U.S.)
HIDIVE (U.S.)
Animation International
AnimEigo (U.S.)
Anime Matsuri (U.S.)
Digital Media Rights (U.S.)
RetroCrush (U.S.)
Discotek Media (U.S.)
Disney (U.S.)
Hulu (U.S.; fully controlled and majority-owned by)
Eleven Arts (U.S., movies only)
Entertainment One (U.S., includes properties acquired by parent Hasbro from its purchase of Saban Brands)
Fakku (U.S.)
GKIDS (U.S., movies only)
Konami Cross Media NY (U.S.) (formerly known as 4Kids Productions and 4K Media Inc.; 4Kids Productions shut down in 2012 by 4Kids Entertainment, acquired by Konami and rebranded as 4K Media from 2012 to 2019).
Miramax (U.S., previously owned by Disney until 2010 when it was acquired by Filmyard Holdings)
US Manga Corps
Media Blasters (U.S.)
Netflix (International)
NIS America (U.S., American subsidiary of Nippon Ichi Software )
Ponycan USA (U.S., American subsidiary of Pony Canyon)
Shinca Entertainment (U.S.)
Shout! Factory (U.S.)
Sony (International)
Aniplex of America (U.S., American subsidiary of Aniplex owned by Sony Music Entertainment Japan)
Sony Pictures Television International/Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (International)
Funimation (U.S.)
Crunchyroll (U.S.)
Right Stuf Inc. (U.S., main distribution subdivision is "Nozomi Entertainment" as of 2007)
Viz Media (U.S., owned jointly by Shogakukan and Shueisha of Japan, run independently)
Warner Bros. Discovery (U.S.)
Warner Bros. Television (U.S.)
Africa
Misr International Films(MIF) (Egypt)
South America
Editorial Ivrea (Argentina)
JBC (Brazil)
Panini Group (Brazil and Argentina)
Europe-exclusive
Anime Limited (United Kingdom, France and Ireland)
Dynit (Italy, Switzerland)
Digital Soul Entertainment (Greece)
MVM Films (UK)
Universum Film GmbH (Germany)
Sony (International), through Crunchyroll
Crunchyroll EMEA (France, Germany, Switzerland, United Kingdom)
Manga Entertainment UK (the main branch of "Manga Entertainment")
Animatsu Entertainment (United Kingdom, merged into Manga Entertainment UK)
StudioCanal UK (UK)
Universal Pictures (UK, Ireland)
Southeast Asia, South Asia, and East Asia
Animation International (Hong Kong)
Aniplus (South Korea, Singapore)
Bilibili (China)
CBI Pictures (Indonesia)
PT ROIS CARTOON STUDIO (Indonesia)
JY Animation (China)
Medialink (Hong Kong)
Mighty Media (Taiwan)
Muse Communication (Taiwan)
Odex (Singapore)
KC Global Media Entertainment LLC (Singapore)
T&M Media (Taiwan)
Telesuccess Productions (Philippines)
Australia
Hanabee Entertainment
Sony (International), through Crunchyroll
Madman Anime
Defunct
ADV Films (U.S., U.K.) (shut down in 2009, selling off its assets and intellectual properties to four other Houston-based companies, such as Section23 Films)
AN Entertainment (U.S., division of AnimeNation, no new releases since 2007. Retail operations of parent company ceased in 2014.)
Bandai Entertainment (U.S., owned by Bandai Namco Entertainment)
Bandai Visual USA (U.S., previously a subsidiary of Bandai Visual Japan and not affiliated with Bandai Entertainment, now folded into Bandai Entertainment)
Beez Entertainment (EU, owned by Bandai)
Central Park Media (de facto defunct since mid-2007 when new DVD releases ceased; although they continued to license their titles for TV and VOD, they entered a state of limbo. Officially declared bankruptcy and assets liquidated in mid-2009. Several of their titles have been acquired by other anime distributing companies prior to and following Central Park Media's bankruptcy and liquidation, such as ADV Films, Bandai Entertainment, Funimation Entertainment, Media Blasters, Nozomi Entertainment, etc.)
US Manga Corps (U.S., part of Central Park Media)
Anime 18 (U.S., part of Central Park Media)
Software Sculptors (U.S., part of Central Park Media)
Family Home Entertainment (U.S., renamed Artisan Entertainment) in the 1990s, then acquired by Lions Gate Entertainment in 2003)
Frontier Enterprises (Japan)
Geneon Entertainment (U.S. branch "Geneon USA" (formerly "Pioneer Entertainment"), defunct September 2007. Parent Japanese company ceased in-house distribution of its own titles, many of which have been re-licensed by Funimation and Sentai Filmworks. Parent company "Geneon Entertainment" then sold off its own ownership to NBCUniversal subsidiary UPI, which then merged Geneon with its own "Universal Pictures Japan" division on February 1, 2009, renaming the new company "Geneon Universal Entertainment Japan").
Go Fish Pictures (U.S. subsidiary of DreamWorks)
Illumitoon Entertainment (U.S., de facto defunct since late-2007 when new DVD releases were cancelled)
Kadokawa Pictures USA (U.S., American subsidiary of Kadokawa Pictures)
Manga Entertainment (UK, U.S.: Established as L.A. Hero in 1990, brought by Island World Communications in late 1994 and renamed Manga Entertainment in 1995, bought by Anchor Bay Entertainment in 2005, later bought by Lionsgate in 2016)
NuTech Digital (U.S.)
Ponimu (Indonesia)
Saban Entertainment (U.S., acquisitions either went to The Walt Disney Company or just expired, succeeded by Saban Brands)
Saban Brands (U.S., shuttered in 2018 after selling entertainment properties to Hasbro)
Siren Visual (Australia)
Streamline Pictures (U.S., Canada; stopped producing new anime releases in 1996, folding into Orion Pictures, which in turn folded into Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer one year later, in 1997. The Streamline brand name officially went defunct in 2002.)
Synch-Point (U.S., a subsidiary of Broccoli, defunct when parent company Broccoli International USA shut down their operations in 2007)
U.S. Renditions (U.S., a subsidiary of Books Nippan, defunct mid-1990s)
Urban Vision (U.S.)
Tokyopop (U.S.)
Producers
Harmony Gold USA (U.S.)
Sav! The World Productions (FRA)
World Events Productions (U.S.)
Nelvana (Canada)
PT ROIS CARTOON STUDIO (Indonesia)
References
Anime