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Studio 3Hz Transfers Animation Planning, Production Business to A-1 Pictures (Updated)
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Studio 3Hz announced on Monday that it has transferred its animation planning and production business to A-1 Pictures. The company added that its business will continue at A-1 Pictures.
Studio 3Hz and the official X/Twitter account for the Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online II anime confirmed the same staff who have been working on the anime will continue to work on the anime at A-1 Pictures. Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online will premiere in October.
Yuichiro Matsuka founded Studio 3Hz in 2013 after leaving Kinema Citrus (a studio he also co-founded with Muneki Ogasawara, Masaki Tachibana, and Kōichi Arai). The studio has produced such anime as Princess Principal, Flip Flappers, Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online, BLACKFOX, Chidori RSC, Dimension W, The Devil Is a Part-Timer!! TV 2 and The Devil Is a Part-Timer!! TV 3, Healer Girl, Celestial Method, The Marginal Service, A3! Season Autumn & Winter, and A3! Season Spring & Summer.
The company has also produced opening animation for such games as Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana, The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III, and Tokyo Xanadu.
Update: Corrected information on Studio 3Hz founder.
Sources: Studio 3Hz's X/Twitter account and website, Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online II anime's X/Twitter account via Yaraon!
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