KADOKAWA has created Studio One Base, a new company bringing together five of the group's anime studios in a single hub in Ikebukuro, Tokyo. The new company was established on November 1, 2026, and the official announcement was published on November 2, 2026.
The five studios are ENGI, Studio KADAN, Chiptune, Bellnox Films and Raging Bull. According to KADOKAWA, each studio's brand and production line will continue inside the new company, which will plan and produce animation at the hub of the same name, inside the Sunshine City complex.
A single-floor studio for around 400 people
The hub covers about 1,400 tsubo — roughly 4,628 square meters — and accommodates around 400 people. Its centerpiece is a single-floor main studio of about 1,000 tsubo, described by the company as one of the largest of its kind in Japan.
The space follows the production flow: an immersion area for focused work, a tuning area for sharing information and discussion, and a resonance area for encounters inside and outside the company and for new ideas. KADOKAWA says desks and equipment were designed from conversations with the creators themselves, including adjustable partition desks and chairs suited to long production days.
Production and training new creators in the same place
The hub also hosts KADOKAWA Creators, a studio that hires young talent as employees and trains them inside real productions. The goal, according to the company, is to combine production and training to strengthen the next generation of anime professionals.
Studio One Base is the third step in the “Creating Creators. Creating Studios.” strategy, which already covered the Ikebukuro hub and KADOKAWA Creators. The announcement does not reveal new anime titles: its focus is the production structure, communication between studios, and an environment where creators can concentrate on their work.
Image credit: KADOKAWA, official image from the Studio One Base announcement.
Sources: KADOKAWA official announcement (November 2, 2026) and original Studio One Base hub announcement (March 2026).
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