{"id":85523,"date":"2024-05-07T02:03:39","date_gmt":"2024-05-07T09:03:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/?p=85523"},"modified":"2024-05-09T22:50:14","modified_gmt":"2024-05-10T05:50:14","slug":"kadokawa-announces-new-animation-studio-bellnox-films","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2024\/05\/07\/kadokawa-announces-new-animation-studio-bellnox-films\/","title":{"rendered":"KADOKAWA Announces New Animation Studio Bellnox Films"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><strong>KADOKAWA<\/strong> has announced the establishment of a new animation production studio by the name of <strong>Bellnox Films<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">This new studio is led by producer<strong> Koji Kajita<\/strong>, a former <strong>Gonzo<\/strong> president and a co-founder of <strong>David Production<\/strong>, and will begin operations on July 1, 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">KADOKAWA says that Bellnox Films&#8217; founding is an attempt at solving the <a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2023\/05\/20\/nippon-anime-film-culture-association-seeks-to-help-solve-anime-industrys-woes\/\">industry&#8217;s problems<\/a> \u2014 currently, the number of anime productions is increasing, but there are insufficient human resources.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"> In a <a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2021\/05\/03\/kadokawa-aiming-to-produce-40-anime-per-year-until-2023\/\">financial report published in 2021<\/a>, KADOKAWA said that it wanted to produce 40 titles a year until 2023. A more recent <a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2023\/11\/06\/kadokawa-wants-more-anime-seasons-fully-owned-studios-ai-implementation\/\">earnings report<\/a>, for the second quarter of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, revealed the corporation&#8217;s desire for more anime seasons and episodes, fully-owned studios, and the development of human resources (&#8220;AI-based production support&#8221; and production of &#8220;human resources proficient in AI utilization&#8221; were also mentioned ).<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/kadokawa_bellnoxfilms-1.webp?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"85527\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2024\/05\/07\/kadokawa-announces-new-animation-studio-bellnox-films\/kadokawa_bellnoxfilms-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/kadokawa_bellnoxfilms-1.webp?fit=1200%2C396&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,396\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"kadokawa_bellnoxfilms-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/kadokawa_bellnoxfilms-1.webp?fit=300%2C99&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/kadokawa_bellnoxfilms-1.webp?fit=696%2C230&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/kadokawa_bellnoxfilms-1.webp?resize=648%2C214&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-85527\" style=\"width:648px;height:214px\" width=\"648\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/kadokawa_bellnoxfilms-1.webp?resize=1024%2C338&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/kadokawa_bellnoxfilms-1.webp?resize=300%2C99&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/kadokawa_bellnoxfilms-1.webp?resize=768%2C253&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/kadokawa_bellnoxfilms-1.webp?resize=696%2C230&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/kadokawa_bellnoxfilms-1.webp?resize=1068%2C352&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/kadokawa_bellnoxfilms-1.webp?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Image source: Press release<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">In a statement, Kajita said that he wants to turn the anime industry into something that was &#8220;systematic,&#8221; &#8220;rational,&#8221; and capable of flexible growth. Meanwhile, KADOKAWA claims that, together with Kajita, it wants to try to create a good animation production environment and to continue to make high-quality works.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Aside from Bellnox Films, the other anime studios that are under the KADOKAWA Group include <strong>ENGI<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Kinema Citrus<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Studio KADAN<\/strong>, and\u00a0<strong>Raging Bull<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><strong>Sources:<\/strong> Press release,<a href=\"https:\/\/natalie.mu\/comic\/news\/572349\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Comic Natalie<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KADOKAWA has announced the establishment of a new animation production studio by the name of Bellnox Films.&nbsp; This new studio is led by producer Koji Kajita, a former Gonzo president and a co-founder of David Production, and will begin operations on July 1, 2024. 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