Studio Chizu
Native name | 株式会社地図 |
|---|---|
Romanized name | Chizu kabushiki-gaisha |
| Company type | Private KK |
| Industry | Animation |
| Founded | April 2011 |
| Founders | Mamoru Hosoda Yuichiro Saito |
| Headquarters | Amanuma, , |
Key people | Yuichiro Saito (CEO) |
| Website | studiochizu |
Chizu, Inc. (株式会社地図, Chizu kabushiki-gaisha), also known as Studio Chizu (スタジオ地図, Sutajio Chizu) is a Japanese animation studio based in Suginami, Tokyo, Japan. It was co-founded by Mamoru Hosoda and Yuichiro Saito in 2011. Studio Chizu has won three Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year awards. The image in their logo is a reference to Makoto Konno, the main character of the Hosoda-directed 2006 film The Girl Who Leapt Through Time.