This is a list of anime industry companies involved in the production or distribution of anime.
Japan-based companies
Animation studios
There are over 500 animation studios in Japan. Below are those notable enough to have an article. 3Hz A.C.G.T A.P.P.P. Actas Ajia-do Animation Works Anime International Company (AIC) Arms Corporation (defunct) Artland Artmic (defunct) Arvo Animation Nippon Rois Cartoon (Regional Service Division for Japan from Indonesia) Ashi Productions Asahi Production Asread AXsiZ Bandai Namco Pictures Bee Train Bibury Animation Studios Blue Lynx Bones Brain's Base Bridge (studio) C2C Chaos Project CoMix Wave Films Connect (studio) (defunct, absorbed by Silver Link and then dissolved) Creators in Pack C-Station CygamesPictures Daume David Production Diomedéa DLE Doga Kobo ENGI EMT Squared Eight Bit Eiken Ekachi Epilka EMT Squared Encourage Films Ezo'la Fanworks Feel Felix Film Gaina (company) Gainax Gallop Geno Studio Geek Toys GEMBA (studio) GoHands Gonzo Graphinica Grizzly (studio) Group TAC Yumeta Company (formerly known as TYO Animations.) Hal Film Maker (defunct/absorbed into Yumeta Company after merger of previous Yumeta and Hal into TYO Animations.) Hoods Entertainment Imagin J.C.Staff Khara Kinema Citrus Kitayama Eiga Seisakujo (defunct) Kitty Films Kokusai Eiga-sha (defunct) Kyoto Animation Lapin Track Larx Entertainment Lay-duce Lerche Liden Films Madhouse Magic Bus Maho Film Manglobe (defunct) Marza Animation Planet MAPPA Millepensee Mook Animation Mushi Production NAZ (studio) Nexus Nippon Animation Nomad NUT (studio) Oh! Production OLM Orange Ordet P.A. Works Palm Studio (defunct) Passione Pierrot Pine Jam Phoenix Entertainment Platinum Vision Polygon Pictures Production I.G Production IMS (defunct) Project No.9 Radix Ace Entertainment (defunct) Remic Revoroot Robot Communications Satelight Sanzigen Science SARU Shaft Shin-Ei Animation Shirogumi Shuka (studio) Seven Seven Arcs Sony, through Aniplex A-1 Pictures CloverWorks Spectrum Animation (defunct) Signal.MD Silver Link Square Enix Image Studio Division Studio 4°C Studio A-Cat Studio Bind Studio Blanc Studio Chizu Studio Colorido Studio Comet Studio Deen Studio Fantasia Studio Ghibli Studio Gokumi Studio Hibari Studio Kai Studio Nue Studio Orphee Studio Ponoc Studio Puyukai Studio VOLN Sunrise SynergySP Tatsunoko Production Tear Studio (defunct) Tezuka Productions TMS Entertainment (formerly Tokyo Movie Shinsha) Telecom Animation Film Tengu Kobou TNK Tsuchida Production (defunct) Toei Animation Topcraft (defunct) Typhoon Graphics Triangle Staff (defunct) Troyca Trigger Ufotable White Fox Wit Studio Xebec (defunct, mostly sold to Sunrise) Yaoyorozu (defunct) Yokohama Animation Laboratory Zexcs Zero-G Studio Ponoc
Producers
Animax
Avex
Bandai Visual
BROCCOLI
Dentsu
Genco
Geneon Universal Entertainment (Geneon USA, formerly Pioneer LDC, now NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan) Good Smile Company Hakuhodo DY Media Partners J-List Japan Home Video Kadokawa Shoten King Records / Starchild KSS Mag Garden NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan Warner Bros. Japan Nihon Ad Systems Nintendo Pony Canyon Shinca Entertainment Soft On Demand Sony Sony Music Entertainment Japan Aniplex Square Enix Shochiku The Pokémon Company (Nintendo owns 32%.) Toho VAP Victor Entertainment Youmex (defunct) Nippon Rois Cartoon (Regional Service Division for Japan from Indonesia)