{"id":44457,"date":"2025-02-18T17:09:12","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T08:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=44457"},"modified":"2025-02-18T17:09:15","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T08:09:15","slug":"kadokawa-acquires-anime-studio-credited-on-mushoku-tensei-and-blue-lock-further-strengthening-its-position-in-the-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/kadokawa-acquires-anime-studio-credited-on-mushoku-tensei-and-blue-lock-further-strengthening-its-position-in-the-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"Kadokawa acquires anime studio credited on Mushoku Tensei and Blue Lock, further strengthening its position in the industry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Kadokawa announced on February 17 that they have acquired anime studio Chiptune. This new acquisition will help the Japanese media conglomerate expand its anime production capabilities, as Chiptune brings a specialization to the table that the other six anime studios under the Kadokawa umbrella don\u2019t have (as reported by Nikkei<\/a> and Oricon<\/a>). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Established in 2012, Chiptune contributes to around a dozen anime projects a year. Big titles it has worked on in recent years include isekai animes like\u00a0Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation, That Time I got Reincarnated as a Slime, and soccer anime Blue Lock. Chiptune is experienced in compositing and CG. Compositing is a production process that involves combining hand-drawn animation, backgrounds, CG and other elements into one polished visual sequence.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Kadokawa Group is home to other anime studios like Doga Kobo<\/a> (known for Oshi no Ko), which it acquired last July. However, before Chiptune became a subsidiary, Kadokawa didn\u2019t have a studio with a specialized track record in compositing.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the last year, the group has been taking many steps to improve its anime production capabilities. Kadokawa\u2019s \u201cGlobal Media Mix\u201d mid-term plan involves upping its capacity to create original IP, as well as its worldwide output across diverse mediums. Anime plays a key role in this, with Kadokawa aiming to strengthen its ability to consistently produce high-quality anime. The company\u2019s acquisition of Chiptune seems to be the next step in this plan, which has seen it enter into a much-discussed partnership with Sony<\/a> recently. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Anime studio Chiptune, which specializes in CG and compositing, is now a subsidiary of the Kadokawa Group.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":44461,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,65],"tags":[73,261,17],"class_list":["post-44457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-nongaming-news","tag-anime","tag-financial-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"\nKadokawa acquires anime studio credited on Mushoku Tensei and Blue Lock, further strengthening its position in the industry - AUTOMATON WEST<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Anime studio Chiptune, which specializes in CG and compositing, is now a subsidiary of the Kadokawa Group.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/kadokawa-acquires-anime-studio-credited-on-mushoku-tensei-and-blue-lock-further-strengthening-its-position-in-the-industry\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kadokawa acquires anime studio credited on Mushoku Tensei and Blue Lock, further strengthening its position in the industry - 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