Anime studio CloverWorks announced on Monday that it separated from being part of Aniplex subsidiary company A-1 Pictures and became its own company under Aniplex effective on Monday.
A-1 Pictures began operations in 2006, and is a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment’s Aniplex production company.
A-1 Pictures had announced in April that it renamed its Kōenji Studio as CloverWorks.
The new CloverWorks Co., Ltd. company has a capital fund of 100 million yen (about US$877,940) with 100% investment by Aniplex.