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CyberAgent Establishes Anime Studio With Mob Psycho 100 Designer Yoshimichi Kameda
posted on by Joanna Cayanan
CyberAgent announced on Wednesday that it has established Studio Kurm, a new anime production studio, on the same day with anime producer Maiko Okada (Yaiba: Samurai Legend, Great Pretender, Great Pretender razbliuto, The Empire of Corpses) as its president and CEO. Mob Psycho 100 anime character designer and DAN DA DAN anime alien and yōkai designer Yoshimichi Kameda will join the team as Studio Kurm's representative creator in January 2026.
The subsidiary company aims to "maximize the value of creators" by providing young talented creators with a more active role and appropriate rewards, and to pursue new forms of animation expression. The company also aims to create a sustainable creative system and take on the challenge of elevating Japanese animation culture.
CyberAgent established Cygames in 2011, and the company has produced games such as Rage of Bahamut and Granblue Fantasy. Cygames established an anime division in March 2015 and the anime production subsidiary Cygames Pictures in April 2016. The company has worked on anime productions inspired by its games including Rage of Bahamut Genesis, Rage of Bahamut: Virgin Soul, Granblue Fantasy the Animation, and Uma Musume Pretty Derby.
CyberAgent and Cygames established the CA-Cygames Anime Fund in June 2017. The fund has allowed both companies to invest in anime production committees, acquire streaming rights, and acquire game adaptation rights. Some of the anime in which the fund has invested include Hinomaru Zumō, Zombie Land Saga, and As Miss Beelzebub Likes.
Kadokawa Corporation formed a capital alliance with CyberAgent, Inc. and Sony in February 2021 with the goals to strengthen the Global Media Mix Strategy to expand Kadokawa's IPs worldwide, and to cooperate with CyberAgent and Sony for "mutual exploitation of each other's business, expertise, and other strengths."
CyberAgent acquired stage production company Nelke Planning in June 2023. The company acquired the creative company Nitroplus in June 2024. CyberAgent established the new anime studio CA Soa, headed by former Sunrise producer Masakazu Ogawa (Mobile Suit Gundam AGE, Gundam Build Fighters, Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans) on January 10.
Sources: CyberAgent, Comic Natalie
