List of animation studios owned by Sony

Sony Group Corporation has owned several animation studios since the company's founding on May 7, 1946 by Masaru Ibuka and Akio Morita as Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo.

Sony Pictures Entertainment headquarters in Culver City, California

Aniplex's headquarters in Rokubanchō, Chiyoda, Tokyo

Besides Sony Pictures Animation, who serves as the company's flagship animation studio, Sony also presently operates Sony Pictures Imageworks, Sony Pictures Television Kids, Crunchyroll Studios (through Crunchyroll, LLC), A-1 Pictures and CloverWorks (the latter two through Sony Music Entertainment Japan's Aniplex).

Full list

Current animation studios
Studio	Established	Parent unit
Sony Pictures Animation	2002	Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group
Animation: Theatrical feature films, short films and television series in hand-drawn, digital and CGI
Sony Pictures Television Kids	2011	Sony Pictures Television
Animation: Television series and feature films Acquired in 2019. Former names: Silvergate Media (2011–2022)
Sony Pictures Imageworks	1992	Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group
Animation: Feature films and television series
Pixomondo	2001	Sony Pictures Entertainment
Animation: Feature films and television series Acquired in 2022.
Aniplex	1995	Sony Music Entertainment Japan
Animation: Television series and feature films Former names: Sony Pictures Entertainment Music Publishing Inc. (1995–1997), Sony Pictures Entertainment Visual Works Inc. (1997–2001) and Sony Music Entertainment Visual Works Inc. (2001–2003)
A-1 Pictures	2005	Aniplex
Animation: Television series, feature films, OVAs and specials
CloverWorks	2018	Aniplex
Animation: Television series, feature films, OVAs and ONAs
Boundary	2020	Aniplex
Animation: Television series
Crunchyroll Studios	2018	Crunchyroll, LLC
Animation: Television series Acquired in 2021.

Divested or defunct animation studios
Studio	Established	Fate
Adelaide Productions	1993	Dormant
Also known as: Columbia TriStar Television Animation, Columbia TriStar Animation, Columbia TriStar Children's Television, and Sony Pictures Television Animation Animation: Television series
Sony Wonder Television	1995	Sold in 2000
Animation: Television series Assets sold to TV-Loonland AG in October 2000, with North American home video and international audio rights retained by Sony.[1]
Sunbow Entertainment	1980	Sold in 2000
Animation: Television series, feature films and specials Founded in 1980 by Griffin-Bacal Advertising and acquired by Sony Wonder Television in 1998. TV-Loonland AG purchased the company in 2000.[2]

Sony Pictures Entertainment

Sony Pictures Animation

Sony Pictures Imageworks

Sony Pictures Television Kids

Pixomondo

Sony Music Entertainment Japan

Aniplex

A-1 Pictures

CloverWorks

Boundary

On April 1, 2020, Aniplex established Boundary, a 3DCG animation production company subsidiary. CloverWorks president Akira Shimizu was appointed the studio's president and representative director.[3][4] Since its inception, Boundary has been mainly involved in the CG production of CloverWorks projects.[5]

Crunchyroll Studios

In August 2018, the streaming service Crunchyroll announced an expansion into original content under the Crunchyroll Originals brand starting with the anime-inspired series High Guardian Spice, with select shows beginning with Onyx Equinox being produced in-house by Crunchyroll Studios.[6][7]

References

Meaux, Francoise (2000-10-03). "MIPCOM: TV-Loonland acquires Sony Wonder | News | Screen". Screendaily.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2016-01-18.
"TV Loonland buys up Sony Wonder units". Variety. 2000-10-03. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-01-18.
"株式会社アニプレックス子会社設立に関するお知らせ" [Aniplex Corporation Announces the Establishment of a Subsidiary] (PDF). Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc. (in Japanese). April 1, 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 9, 2022. Retrieved October 7, 2023.
Pineda, Rafael Antonio (March 31, 2020). "Aniplex Establishes New 'Boundary' 3D CG Animation Subsidiary". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on February 19, 2022. Retrieved October 7, 2023.
"WORKS | 株式会社Boundary". Boundary Inc. Archived from the original on November 10, 2022. Retrieved October 7, 2023.
Haasch Palmer (August 22, 2018). "Crunchyroll to produce original content, starting in 2019". Polygon. Archived from the original on October 30, 2018. Retrieved October 29, 2018.
Cao, Caroline (November 21, 2020). "Crunchyroll's violent, new epic Onyx Equinox brings Mesoamerican culture to animation". Polygon. Archived from the original on November 21, 2020. Retrieved November 26, 2020.

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[1] Meaux, Francoise (2000-10-03). "MIPCOM: TV-Loonland acquires Sony Wonder | News | Screen". Screendaily.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2016-01-18.

[2] "TV Loonland buys up Sony Wonder units". Variety. 2000-10-03. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-01-18.

[Boundary1-3] "株式会社アニプレックス子会社設立に関するお知らせ" [Aniplex Corporation Announces the Establishment of a Subsidiary] (PDF). Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc. (in Japanese). April 1, 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 9, 2022. Retrieved October 7, 2023.

[Boundary2-4] Pineda, Rafael Antonio (March 31, 2020). "Aniplex Establishes New 'Boundary' 3D CG Animation Subsidiary". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on February 19, 2022. Retrieved October 7, 2023.

[Boundary3-5] "WORKS | 株式会社Boundary". Boundary Inc. Archived from the original on November 10, 2022. Retrieved October 7, 2023.

[6] Haasch Palmer (August 22, 2018). "Crunchyroll to produce original content, starting in 2019". Polygon. Archived from the original on October 30, 2018. Retrieved October 29, 2018.

[7] Cao, Caroline (November 21, 2020). "Crunchyroll's violent, new epic Onyx Equinox brings Mesoamerican culture to animation". Polygon. Archived from the original on November 21, 2020. Retrieved November 26, 2020.