CloverWorks, WIT Studio, Shueisha and Aniplex Form JOEN Creative Company

Animation studios CloverWorks and WIT Studio, publisher Shueisha and Sony media subsidiary Aniplex today announced the establishment of a new company called JOEN for “planning and producing animation works including TV series, feature films, and short clips.”

SPY x FAMILY producers Yuichi Fukushima (CloverWorks) and Tetsuya Nakatake (WIT Studio) are labeled as representatives of the new company, which is listed as having 100,000,000 yen (US$785,000) in capital.

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