International Lecture - The Fusion of Animation and Music

Date & Time: 10/25 (FRI) 13:30

Location: Literary Arts Ecology Hall K301

WIT STUDIO’s dreams and challenges

Date & Time: 10/25 (FRI) 15:30

Location: Literary Arts Ecology Hall K301

If you are a fan of Japanese animation, then you must know WIT STUDIO, a famous animation company! The
works include the well-known animated drama epic "Attack on Titan", "SPY×FAMILY", "The King Game", "The
Magician's Bride", "Great Pretender", etc. WIT STUDIO was founded in 2012 as a production studio that loves
animation. It always creates animation with the audience as the center, believes in the power of the team and
the potential of creators, and continues to spread Japanese animation to all over the world.

Image Source:https://www.witstudio.co.jp/

Speaker Team:

Takashi Katagiri

Takashi Katagiri is a director and stage manager affiliated with WIT STUDIO. His involvement in productions
includes works such as " SPY×FAMILY CODE: White" , Pokémon’s " Paldea’s After-School Time" ," Bubble" , " SPY
×FAMILY" , *Vivy -Fluorite Eye’s Song" , and *Great Pretender*

Kazuki Yamanaka

Kazuki Yamanaka I Animation Producer
Affiliated with WITSTUDIO
The works he has participated in include: "SPYxFAMILY CODE: White", Pokémon "Padia's After-School Time",
"Bubble", "SPYxFAMILY Spy House Wine", "Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress", "Attack on Titan Seasons 1~3", "The
Bad Thoughts in My Heart Issue 2 Opening Animation"
Takashi Katagiri and Kazuki Yamanaka have contributed a lot to the popularity of "SPY×FAMILY Spy House
Sake", causing adults and children alike to follow the trend and learn Aniya's mantra "Wow cool wow cool"!

Tetsuya Nakatake

Tetsuya Nakatake is a board member and animation producer of WIT STUDIO and the chairman of JOEN Co.,
Ltd. After graduating from AMUSEMENT MEDIA ACADEMY in 2000, he worked at Production I.G. Participated
in the production of: "Ogakusako", "Double-Faced Knight", "Tokyo Chocolate", "RD Latent Brain Investigation
Room", "Sengoku BASARA", "I Just Want to Tell You", "Guilty Crown" and many other work. In 2012, he
co-founded WIT STUDIO with Tian Zhangji and others as well as the staff of Production I.G Section 6. Representative works include "Attack on Titan", "Kabanelli of the Iron Fortress", "Guilty Crown", "SPY×FY×FAMILY", etc.