Nippon Animation

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Nippon Animation Co., Ltd.

Current logo used since 1975
Nippon Animation's Tama Studio, the head office
Native name	日本アニメーション株式会社
Romanized name	Nippon Animēshon
Company type	Kabushiki gaisha
Industry	Japanese animation
Predecessor	Zuiyō Eizō
Founded	April 1969; 55 years ago (April 1969) (as Zuiyō Eizō) June 3, 1975; 49 years ago (1975-06-03) (as Nippon Animation)
Founder	Kōichi Motohashi
Headquarters	Koganei, Tokyo, Japan
Number of locations	Tama, Tokyo, Japan
Number of employees	76 (as of March 2022[update])[1]
Website	www.nippon-animation.co.jp/

Nippon Animation Co., Ltd. (日本アニメーション株式会社, Nippon Animēshon Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese animation studio.^[2] The company is headquartered in Tokyo, with chief offices in the Ginza district of Chūō and production facilities in Tama City.

Nippon Animation is known for producing numerous anime series based on works of Western literature such as Anne of Green Gables and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata, co-founders of Studio Ghibli, directed several episodes in the World Masterpiece Theater series.