The entertainment company TOHO announced on Thursday that its board of directors has decided to acquire all shares of the anime studio Science SARU, effective on June 19.
TOHO will then make Science SARU its consolidated subsidiary from the second quarter (June-August) of the fiscal year ending in February 2025.
TOHO acquired a controlling stake in the TIA (TOHO Interactive Animation) studio in 2022 and made it a subsidiary company under the new name TOHO animation STUDIO.
Director Masaaki Yuasa and animator Eunyoung Choi co-founded Science SARU on February 4, 2013.