The Biggest Anime Studios of 2023
As anime grows more popular, big anime studios like MAPPA, Wit, and Toei Animation are changing the game in 2023.
Studio Pierrot
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Studio Pierrot has been quite busy in the anime world this year, with the production house perhaps best known for its work on Naruto, Naruto: Shippuden, and Boruto: Naruto Next Generations. While the Hidden Leaf Village is currently on hiatus, though set to return this fall with four original episodes of the first anime series, Pierrot has been hard at work when it comes to Bleach: Thousand Year Blood War. The studio also released the first film in the Black Clover franchise via Black Clover: Sword of The Wizard King, making for quite a busy 2023.
MAPPA
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Studio MAPPA is perhaps best known for the sheer amount of major anime series that it is currently working on. In 2023, MAPPA worked on the penultimate episode of Attack on Titan, with the series finale coming later this fall. The production house also released and completed the second season of Vinland Saga, taking the reins from Wit to continue Thorfinn's journey. MAPPA also released a new bloody series that gained traction in Hell's Paradise, while also releasing the lesser-known Campfire Cooking in Another World With My Absurd Skill. Of course, one also can't forget Jujutsu Kaisen which began its second season recently.
Toei Animation
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Toei Animation has the longest history of the anime studios that made the list, first beginning in 1948. Perhaps best known for working on the Dragon Ball franchise, animating the recent side story known as Super Dragon Ball Heroes, the studio has worked on some long-running anime series. Toei Animation has made waves with One Piece this year, continuing the story of the War For Wano Arc and giving some of the best animated battles and sequences of the series to date. Toei Animation also had a hand in the recent Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir which has become a fan-favorite animated series the world over.
Wit Studio
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While Wit Studio handed the reins of both Attack on Titan and Vinland Saga to MAPPA, the production house hasn't slowed down when it comes to its projects. This year, the studio helmed the spin-off series for Ranking of Kings, Ranking of Kings: The Treasure Chest of Courage, while set to partner with CloverWorks once again for Spy x Family season 2 and the first film in the franchise. Wit is also looking to create an anime focusing on Japanese VTuber, Kizuna AI, and then will partner with DC Comics on Suicide Squad Isekai.
Studio BONES
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Earlier this year, BONES completed the sixth season of My Hero Academia, wasting little time in confirming that a seventh season was on the way following Deku's Dark Hero Saga. This summer, the animation studio is looking to make waves with the fifth season of Bungo Stray Dogs, the supernatural series that focuses on the adventures of the Armed Detective Agency. While this might seem a tad lighter than other production houses on the list, the production house is also working on a brand new series in Metallic Rouge, based on no original manga and/or source material.
Studio Ghibli
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It's tough for Studio Ghibli to not make any list when it comes to the biggest anime studios of any given year. In 2023, Ghibli released the last film by legendary director Hayao Miyazaki in How Do You Live. Re-titled The Boy And The Heron in North America, the film has already been confirmed to hit theaters in the West. While Ghibli's works are far from released on a weekly basis, the studio remains the pinnacle when it comes to what anime can achieve.