Studio Nue
Native name | 株式会社スタジオぬえ |
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Romanized name | Kabushiki gaisha Sutajio Nue |
| Company type | Private (Kabushiki gaisha) |
| Industry | Media and Entertainment |
| Founded | 1972 |
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| Headquarters | Nerima, Tokyo, Japan |
| Products | Animated feature films and Anime series |
Studio Nue, Inc. (Japanese: スタジオぬえ) is a Japanese design studio formed in 1972 (as Crystal Art Studio) by Naoyuki Kato, Kenichi Matsuzaki, Kazutaka Miyatake, and Haruka Takachiho. Crystal Art Studio would change their name to Studio Nue in 1974.
They were known as the co-creators of the Macross franchise along with Artland (co-production of the first series) and Big West Advertising (financial funding).
Mechanical designer Shōji Kawamori is a notable member of Studio Nue and is remembered as the key creator of Macross.
The mascot for Studio Nue was based on the Nue yōkai from Japanese mythology. It also acted as a chimera for the personal mascots of the four founders, a vampire bat, cockroach, tanuki, and snake respectively.