Shaft (company)
Logo used since 2017 | |
Head office in Suginami | |
Native name | 株式会社シャフト |
|---|---|
Romanized name | Kabushiki gaisha Shafuto |
| Industry | Japanese animation |
| Founded | September 1, 1975 |
| Founder | Hiroshi Wakao |
| Headquarters | Kamiigusa, , Japan |
Key people | Mitsutoshi Kubota (CEO) |
| Total equity | ¥ 10,000,000 |
Number of employees | 120 |
| Divisions | Former: Niigata Current: Digital@Shaft Shaft Ten CGI Animation Room Art Section Shaft Aoi |
| Website | www |
Shaft Inc. (stylized as SHAFT; Japanese: 株式会社シャフト, Hepburn: Kabushiki-gaisha Shafuto), also known as Shaft Animation Studio, is a Japanese animation studio headquartered in Suginami, Tokyo, and founded in 1975. Since 2004, the studio's productions and staff have been broadly influenced by director Akiyuki Shinbo, whose visual style and avant-garde cinematography are featured in works including Hidamari Sketch (2007), Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei (2007), the Monogatari series (2009–present), Puella Magi Madoka Magica (2011), Nisekoi (2014), and March Comes In Like a Lion (2016).