Studio Chizu

Studio Chizu
Industry Animation
Founded April 2011
Founder Mamoru Hosoda
Yuichiro Saito
Headquarters Suginami, Tokyo, Japan
Key people
 Yuichiro Saito (CEO)
Website studio-chizu.jp

Studio Chizu (スタジオ地図, Sutajio Chizu) is a Japanese animation studio based in Suginami, Tokyo, Japan. It was co-founded by Mamoru Hosoda and Yuichiro Saito in 2011.[1] Studio Chizu has won two Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year awards.[2][3]

History

Studio Chizu co-produced its first feature film Wolf Children with Madhouse which was released in 2012 earning roughly $55 million[4] and winning its first Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year.[5] The studio went on to produce The Boy and the Beast which was released in 2015 earning roughly $49 million[6] and winning for a second time the Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year.[7] Studio Chizu will produce Hosoda's next film called Mirai of the Future in 2018.[8]

Feature films

Year Title Director Screenwriter(s) Producer(s) Music RT
2012 Wolf Children Mamoru Hosoda Mamoru Hosoda & Satoko Okudera Yuichiro Saito Takagi Masakatsu 94%[9]
2015 The Boy and the Beast Mamoru Hosoda 91%[10]
2018 Mirai of the Future 100%[11]

References

  1. ↑ "STUDIO CHIZU｜About Us". www.studio-chizu.jp.
  2. ↑ "日本アカデミー賞公式サイト". www.japan-academy-prize.jp.
  3. ↑ "日本アカデミー賞公式サイト". www.japan-academy-prize.jp.
  4. ↑ "Okami kodomo no ame to yuki (2012)". www.boxofficemojo.com.
  5. ↑ "日本アカデミー賞公式サイト". www.japan-academy-prize.jp.
  6. ↑ "The Boy and the Beast (2016) - International Box Office Results - Box Office Mojo". www.boxofficemojo.com.
  7. ↑ "日本アカデミー賞公式サイト". www.japan-academy-prize.jp.
  8. ↑ Elsa Keslassy and Patrick Frater (May 16, 2017). "Cannes: Japan's Mamoru Hosoda Sets New Animated Film 'Mirai' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved November 10, 2017.
  9. ↑ "Okami kodomo no ame to yuki (The Wolf Children Ame and Yuki)".
  10. ↑ "The Boy And The Beast (Bakemono No Ko)".
  11. ↑ Mirai, retrieved 2018-06-10
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