C-Station

C-Station Co., Ltd. is a Japanese animation studio founded in 2009 from an organizational extension of Bee Train Production, the Japanese studio associated with works including the .hack and Noir franchises. The studio was chaired and later represented by Ryoji Maru, a former Bee Train producer and production manager. C-Station therefore emerged from an established production environment rather than as an entirely unrelated start-up, carrying forward experience in television-anime planning and production management. The studio became operationally distinct from Bee Train in 2012, when it split from its former production base. This separation marked the beginning of C-Station as an independent studio identity. Its first publicly announced television production was Dragonar Academy, announced in 2013. The series was adapted from the light-novel property of the same name and represented C-Station's first produced show according to the available reference material. C-Station's business is centered on Japanese animated content production. The available reference identifies television series, films, and OVA/ONA projects as categories associated with the studio, although it does not provide a complete work list in the supplied material. Its operating model is therefore best understood as a production studio rather than a consumer-facing product brand: the studio contributes animation and production capabilities to projects that are distributed through broadcasters, publishers, licensors, home-video companies, and international anime platforms. The studio's known personnel include Ryoji Maru as founder and president, with Yoshimitsu Yamashita and Mutsumi Sasaki identified among its animators. These staff references indicate a production-focused organization whose public identity is tied primarily to its creative and technical contribution to anime projects, rather than to a broad retail brand portfolio. Publicly documented information about C-Station is limited in the supplied sources. The available material confirms its Japanese origin, 2009 establishment, separation from Bee Train in 2012, and first announced production in 2013, but does not establish its current ownership, corporate group, headquarters city, official website address, listed status, financial performance, or complete current production slate. Those details are consequently left unspecified.

C-Station was established in Japan in 2009 as an extension of Bee Train Production. Its formation was associated with Ryoji Maru, a former Bee Train producer and production manager who became C-Station's founder and president. This origin gave the studio a direct connection to an existing Japanese animation-production organization and suggests that its initial capabilities were built around personnel and production experience carried over from Bee Train. In 2012, C-Station separated from Bee Train. The split was the principal corporate turning point identified in the available reference material: it transformed C-Station from an extension within Bee Train's orbit into a distinct studio entity. The supplied sources do not specify the legal, ownership, or financial terms of the separation, so those aspects remain undocumented here. The studio's first publicly announced production followed in 2013, when it was revealed that C-Station would animate Dragonar Academy. The project was based on the Japanese light-novel series and is identified as C-Station's first produced show. This announcement established the studio's independent production profile and connected its name with television anime production. C-Station is associated with several classes of animated work, including television series, films, and OVA/ONA productions. However, the supplied reference provides no complete catalog of titles under those headings. The studio's public-facing identity is consequently best described through its role in anime production rather than through a fully documented consumer product portfolio. The available biographical information identifies Ryoji Maru as the studio's representative leader and names Yoshimitsu Yamashita and Mutsumi Sasaki among its animators. No additional current executives, ownership details, financial information, headquarters location, or confirmed operational status are established by the provided sources. Further research would be required to document C-Station's later productions, corporate structure, and present-day activities.

• 2013

  Dragonar Academy is announced

  [1]C-Stationen.wikipedia.org

  C-Station is announced as the animation studio for Dragonar Academy, identified as its first produced show.

• 2012

  C-Station separates from Bee Train

  [1]C-Stationen.wikipedia.org

  The studio splits from Bee Train Production and begins operating as a distinct animation-studio identity.

• 2009

  C-Station is established

  [1]C-Stationen.wikipedia.org

  C-Station is established in Japan as an extension of Bee Train Production, with Ryoji Maru associated with its founding leadership.

A Japanese animation production studio with roots in Bee Train Production and a focus on television and other animated audiovisual projects.

• Television anime series · 2013

  Dragonar Academy

  Dragonar Academy is the first production publicly associated with C-Station in the supplied reference material. The studio's involvement was announced in 2013, establishing the project as the starting point of its independently documented television-anime production history.

• 2012

  Separation from Bee Train ProductionStrategy

  Background

  C-Station had been established as an extension of Bee Train Production in 2009.

  Action taken

  C-Station split from Bee Train and became a distinct studio entity.

  Aftermath

  The separation preceded C-Station's first publicly announced production, Dragonar Academy, in 2013. The available sources do not describe the legal or financial consequences of the split.

  Source

1. 1C-Stationen.wikipedia.org