Nippon Animation
Logo used since 1975 | |
Headquarters in Tama, Tokyo, Japan | |
Native name | 日本アニメーション株式会社 |
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Romanized name | Nippon Animēshon Kabushiki-gaisha |
| Company type | Kabushiki gaisha |
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| Predecessor | Zuiyō Eizō |
| Founded | June 3, 1975 |
| Founder | Kōichi Motohashi |
| Headquarters | Wada, , Japan |
Number of locations | Ginza, Chūō, Tokyo, Japan |
Key people | Kazuko Ishikawa (president) |
Number of employees | 76 (as of July 2025) |
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| Website | |
| Footnotes / references Full member of the Association of Japanese Animations. | |
Nippon Animation Co., Ltd. is a Japanese animation studio founded on June 3, 1975. The company is headquartered in Tokyo, with its headquarters in their Tama City studio and an administrative head office in the Ginza district of Chūō.
Nippon Animation is known for producing numerous anime series adapted from works of Western literature as well as original works and manga adaptations such as the World Masterpiece Theater series with entries such as Rascal the Raccoon, Anne of Green Gables, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Tales of Little Women, Romeo's Blue Skies among others as well as Maya the Bee, Papuwa, Uchūsen Sagittarius and Chibi Maruko-chan which has become a major hit for the studio in Japan and globally. Amongst many of its past and present staffers include Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata, co-founders of Studio Ghibli. Aside from animation production, the company also handles character licensing.
The titular protagonist from Rascal the Raccoon serves as the studio's mascot.