Nippon Animation
Logo used since 1975 | |
Headquarters in Tama, Tokyo, Japan | |
Native name | 日本アニメーション株式会社 |
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Romanized name | Nippon Animēshon Kabushiki-gaisha |
| Company type | Kabushiki gaisha |
| Industry | Japanese animation |
| Predecessor | Zuiyō Eizō |
| Founded | June 3, 1975 |
| Founder | Kōichi Motohashi |
| Headquarters | Wada, , Japan |
Number of locations | Ginza, Tokyo, Japan |
Number of employees | 76 (as of March 2022) |
| Website | www |
Nippon Animation Co., Ltd. (日本アニメーション株式会社, Nippon Animēshon Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese animation studio. The company is headquartered in Tokyo, with its headquarters in their Tama City studio and an administrative office in the Ginza district of Chūō.
Nippon Animation is known for producing numerous anime series based on works of Western literature such as Anne of Green Gables and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata, co-founders of Studio Ghibli, directed several episodes in the World Masterpiece Theater series.