Nippon Animation (日本アニメーション) is a Japanese animation studio. The company is headquartered in Tokyo, with chief offices in the Ginza district of Chuuou and production facilities in Tama City.
What is now Nippon Animation is descended from Zuiyo Eizo (or Zuiyo Enterprise), an animation studio founded in April 1969 by TCJ former manager Takahashi Shigeto. The studio produced several popular series in the early and mid-1970s.
In 1975, Zuiyo Eizo was split into two entities: Zuiyo and Nippon Animation, which was essentially Zuiyo Eizo’s production staff (including Miyazaki and Takahata). Officially, Nippon Animation was established on 3 June 1975 by company president Motohashi Kouichi. Miyazaki Hayao left Nippon Animation in 1979.
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From an early age, Aono Hajime admired his world-famous violinist father, who inspired him to take such a career path himself. However, after his parents divorce, he decides that he will never play the violin again and chooses an ordinary high school without an afterthought.
