89 Top Tokyo Animation Companies and Startups

This article showcases our top picks for the best Tokyo 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

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Top Tokyo Animation Startups

Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.

Brave group

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Brave group engages in IP development, marketing and support services.

Plott

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Plott is a youtube animation platform.

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.

YUIMEX

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YUIMEX specializes in copyright, digital content, animation, and network entertainment services.

Janime.com

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Janime.com is a developer of digital content for animation works.

Studio Ghibli

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Japanese animation film studio.

Madhouse

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MADHOUSE provides a variety of media services in animation planning, production, deployment planning.

Anikore

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AniKore is a website that measures Anime Ratings and anime evaluation ranking specifically in Japan.

Aniplex

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Aniplex is an entertainment company that produces images and music and provides them all over the world.

Uni Create

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Uni Create is a xR content production IT venture.

SILVER LINK.

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SILVER LINK. plans and produces video animation content.

Kill Time Communication Publishing

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Kill Time Communication Publishing is a Japanese science fiction and fantasy seinen manga magazine publisher.

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.

Polygon Pictures

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Polygon Pictures produces and markets digital animation films and shows for the Japanese and foreign markets.

AKA Virtual

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AKA Virtual is a virtual first talent agency engaged in the production, management, and mentoring of virtual artists for real-time media.

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.

Animate

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Animate is an anime shop chains.

UI group

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UI group is an IT company specialized in that offers UI design, 3D modeling and 2D animation services.

OLM Ventures

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OLM Ventures is an animated movies production company.

Felix Film

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Felix Film is an animated video production company that offers editing and publishing services.

Lucent Global

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Lucent Global offers game development and animation production services.

J.C.STAFF

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J.C.STAFF is a Japanese animation production company.

Avex Pictures

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Avex Pictures specializes in the planning and production of video content and sales of video package products services.

Movic

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Movic specializes in the design, production, wholesale, and publication of animation, comic, game, and talent-related character products.

HOUSE BLEND

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HOUSE BLEND is a creative studio.

ABC Animation

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ABC Animation is an information and communication company that engaged in animation production and content business.

Coamix

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Coamix is a manga and anime production company based in Musashino, Tokyo.

Atom Story

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Atom Story is a production company of animation that design stories that convey feelings.

Japan Electronics College

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Japan Electronics College offers computer courses and vocational education.

Anime2enjoy

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anime2enjoy is a cartoon movie & video production agency.

The Answer Studio

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The Answer Studio is an animation production and content development company.

diomedea

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Diomedia is an Animation planning and production company

Shirogumi

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Shirogumi is an animation and visual effect studio that provides centralized in the production of animated series and feature films.

Brain’s Base

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Brain’s Base is an animation production company that engages in film and video production services.

Mass

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Mass is a professional document production company, offers document production, web production, system development, video production, etc.

Boundary

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Boundary is a production studio that mainly focuses on 3DCG animation.

Broccoli

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Broccoli engages in the planning and production of animation, games, music, video, and card games.

HERE.

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HERE. is a provider of video planning and production services.

Dynamic Planning

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Dynamic Planning is a TV program and video production service company.

FlyingDog

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FlyingDog is a Japanese record label that specializes in the animation video and music production services.

Yumeta

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Yumeta is a Japanese animation studio.

Studio51

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Studio51 plans and produces original games or animations.

CaféGroup

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CafeGroup is an ensemble of specialized divisions in design, entertainment, and technology.

ZEXCS

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ZEXCS is a TV animation production company.

IndyZone

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IndyZone is an e-commerce platform that sells 3DCG and VFX professional tools, non-linear editing systems, software, and video equipment.

Pictronics

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Pictronics specializes in 3D content 3D model production for smartphone apps, consumers, animation production, motion production, etc.

Interact Technology

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Interact Technology offers e-learning, video, animation, content and web production services.

TOLOT

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atom is a 3D animation and VR system development company.

SOTSU

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SOTSU specializes in the planning and production of animation programs.

Plex

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Plex is a plan character designs for TV programs as well as design and planning for Bandai and BANDAI SPIRITS products.

Trans Duce

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Trans Duce provides video production, data conversion, web production and events management services.

Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures

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Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures provides media broadcasting, film production, and events.

NEWORDER

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NEWORDER is a social media marketing and video production company that creates content and animates business.

Optical Force

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Optical Force is a video production company that engages in 3D animation and TV commercial services.

Hathlogic

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Hathlogic offers 3D computer graphics, animation, and IT solutions.

MARZA ANIMATION PLANET

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MARZA ANIMATION PLANET develops and sells animation films with entertaining characters & original stories.

Studioelle

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Studioelle is an animation planning and production company.

Mox-motion

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Mox is 3d animation company based in Japan.

alem

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alem is an IT company that provides web and system production, apps and 3D animation production.

Domerica

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Domerica is an animation studio that utilizes digital animation techniques for video production.

ARCH

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ARCH specializes in the planning, development, and production of video and animation work.

OperaHouse

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OperaHouse is a computer software company that provides games and animation.

Ignis Imageworks

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Ignis Imageworks specializes in CG animation and graphic design.

Emon

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Emon is an animation brand that is popular in Chinese online distribution.

Ｄ.Ａ.Ｇ

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D.A.G is a CG and video game production company.

LiPOGRAM

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LiPOGRAM is a Tokyo based animation studio specializing in characters and motion graphics.As we work in a small team

DanArt

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DanArt is a company that offers graphic design, copywriting, typography & illustration software, video and animation services.

FEATHERED

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FEATHERED is a provider of music production, animation production, software production and advertising services.

Seven Arcs Group

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Seven Arcs Group operates as an animation production company.

Mode Films

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Mode Films provides Planning and production of live-action movies, animations, and other video works for theaters.

with ID

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withID is conducting the Family Project in collaboration with other companies.

Muryosuma

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Muryosuma provides manga production services for various devices.

Medical Vision

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Medical Vision is a video production company specialized in medicine and medical fields.

goraku

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A grading room with 4K nonlinear editing and 4KHDR color gamut reproduction.

Multiflave

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Multiflave provides video production, animation, graphic design and events services.

Ixis

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ixis is an information technology company that specializes in a robot, IoT, artificial intelligence, animation, and Illustration.

Crafter Studio

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Crafter Studio is a theater and TV animation company that delivers content and animation such as VR and AR.

FORCES11

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FORCES11 specializes in developing animations, games, promotional movies, websites, and mobile apps.

i0plus

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i0plus specializes in the production, development, and operation of online game systems.

RIZ

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RIZ provides game development and animation production services.

NOBIAS Japan

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Novias is Specializes in cutting-edge IT development

REAL-T

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REAL-T is provides animation studio.

Life Documentary

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It is a professional group of video that performs everything from web distribution video and corporate PR video to game video production.

Lingua franca

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Lingua franca provides content electronic distribution services.

MeteoRelay

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MeteoRelay provide website creation according to customer’s business, service specifications, budget, delivery date and other requests.

ION Enterprise

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ION Enterprise develops animation, electronic books and web systems.

UNI-NET COMMUNICATIONS

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UNI-NET COMMUNICATIONS provides web design, animation, and telecommunication services.

Diamond Office Service

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Diamond Office Service specializes in the design and production of digital content.