Studio Candy Box

Studio Candy Box (株式会社キャンディーボックス, also styled studioCANDYBOX or studio CANDY BOX) is a Japanese animation production company headquartered in Mitaka, Tokyo. It was established on December 12, 2012, by animator Akira Mineno (also known as Zhu Xiao), who had previously worked at Studio Pierrot and contributed to major titles such as One-Punch Man and Attack on Titan. The studio's stated business spans the planning, production, sales, and import/export of animation-centered video works for theaters, television, video, and DVD, as well as creator management and the acquisition, management, and sale of copyrights and licensing rights. Since its founding, Studio Candy Box has grown within the animation sector and now describes its core activities as investment, planning, and production of animation, alongside a range of related businesses. The company positions itself for a global era of anime, arguing that content is increasingly planned and produced multinationally rather than for a single country's audience. Its leadership has expressed a vision of transforming the structure of global anime production and delivering works of the highest quality. The studio's portfolio includes production cooperation on television anime and promotional animation for games. Its official website lists works such as the opening animation for 2X2 Love, promotional videos for Goddess of Victory: Nikke, the first official PV for the Free Fire Dawn anime, the ICE DRAGON SAGA special video for Nikke, and non-credit opening and ending sequences for the Blue Archive TV anime. It has also produced PVs and short animations for titles including Azur Lane, Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, and others. The studio is based in the Green Palco building in Shimorenjaku, Mitaka, a short walk from Mitaka Station's south exit.

Studio Candy Box was founded on December 12, 2012, in Mitaka, Tokyo, by animator Akira Mineno (Zhu Xiao), who came from Studio Pierrot and had worked on titles including One-Punch Man and Attack on Titan. The company was established with a focus on animation and has since expanded into investment, planning, and production across a range of animation-related businesses. Its registered capital is 54.92 million yen. In its early years, the studio engaged in planning and production cooperation. It participated in the planning of the 2016 work Soul Buster (侍霊演武:将星乱) and produced PV animation for the 2018 game Onmyoji: Heian-kyo (神都夜行録). The studio launched its official website on January 25, 2017. Over the following years, Studio Candy Box built a portfolio centered on promotional animation for major game titles and production cooperation on television anime. Its works include anniversary and event PVs for Azur Lane, short animations for Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, promotional videos for Goddess of Victory: Nikke, and non-credit opening and ending sequences for the Blue Archive TV anime. The studio also produced the opening animation for 2X2 Love and the first official PV for the Free Fire Dawn anime. In April 2024, the Blue Archive TV anime, for which the studio provided non-credit OP/ED sequences, began broadcasting on TV Tokyo and other networks. The studio continues to update its works list, with updates noted in January 2025 and April 2026. Under the leadership of Representative Director Akira Mineno, the company states its vision of adapting to a global era of anime production, aiming to deliver high-quality works and to help reshape the structure of worldwide anime production.

• Studio Candy Box founded in Mitaka, Tokyo by Akira Mineno (Zhu Xiao).

• Participated in planning for the work Soul Buster (侍霊演武:将星乱).

• Official website launched.

• Produced PV animation for the game Onmyoji: Heian-kyo (神都夜行録).

• Azur Lane: Slow Ahead! began broadcasting on TOKYO MX, BS11, and other channels.

• Blue Archive The Animation began broadcasting on TV Tokyo and other networks.

• Works list updated on official website.

A Tokyo-based animation studio focused on planning, production, and investment, with a global outlook on anime co-production and game-related promotional animation.

Product categories. Television anime production and production cooperation · Anime promotional videos (PV) for games · Opening/ending animation sequences · Short animations · Anime planning and investment

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