This article showcases our top picks for the best Japanese based Animation companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Animation industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.
We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.
We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:
- Innovation
- Innovative ideas
- Innovative route to market
- Innovative product
- Growth
- Exceptional growth
- Exceptional growth strategy
- Management
- Societal impact
Top Japanese Animation Startups
Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.
Brave group
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Brave group engages in IP development, marketing and support services.
Dream Link Entertainment
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Dream Link Entertainment is a multimedia solution provider for social networking, web, television, ads, games, and other media.
YUIMEX
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YUIMEX specializes in copyright, digital content, animation, and network entertainment services.
Access Bright Japan
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Access Bright Japan publishes and operates smartphone games in China.
JOCDN
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JOCDN is a Provision of domestic video distribution platform.
Contents 3
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Contents 3 is an entertainment piece that surprises, delights and impresses all people.
Janime.com
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Janime.com is a developer of digital content for animation works.
OLM Ventures
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OLM Ventures is an animated movies production company.
Aniplex
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Aniplex is an entertainment company that produces images and music and provides them all over the world.
DWANGO Japan
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Dwango is a comprehensive entertainment company on the Internet that develops a variety of digital contents and services.
Toei Animation
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Toei Animation operates as an animation production.
J.C.STAFF
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J.C.STAFF is a Japanese animation production company.
Uni Create
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Uni Create is a xR content production IT venture.
Digital Media Lab
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Digital Media Lab is a company specialized in games development and CG video content production for commercials, movies and TV programs.
HERE.
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HERE. is a provider of video planning and production services.
OperaHouse
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OperaHouse is a computer software company that provides games and animation.
FlyingDog
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FlyingDog is a Japanese record label that specializes in the animation video and music production services.
The Answer Studio
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The Answer Studio is an animation production and content development company.
The Association of Japanese Animations
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The Association of Japanese Animations (AJA) is the industry group, mainly consisted of animation productions companies.
Madhouse
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MADHOUSE provides a variety of media services in animation planning, production, deployment planning.
Domerica
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Domerica is an animation studio that utilizes digital animation techniques for video production.
MARZA ANIMATION PLANET
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MARZA ANIMATION PLANET develops and sells animation films with entertaining characters & original stories.
Broccoli
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Broccoli engages in the planning and production of animation, games, music, video, and card games.
Cuteness Technology
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Cuteness Technology develops an interactive animation studio designed to entertain.
Ixis
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ixis is an information technology company that specializes in a robot, IoT, artificial intelligence, animation, and Illustration.