CygamesPictures
Japanese animation studio
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CygamesPictures, Inc. (Japanese: 株式会社CygamesPictures, Hepburn: Kabushiki-gaisha Saigēmusu Pikuchāzu) is a Japanese animation studio subsidiary of CyberAgent. Originally created to produce anime series based on Cygames-owned gaming IP's such as Princess Connect! Re:Dive and Umamusume: Pretty Derby, the studio later expanded their operations to also produce original anime series as well as some manga adaptations.
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Native name | 株式会社CygamesPictures |
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Romanized name | Kabushiki-gaisha Saigēmusu Pikuchāzu |
| Company type | Subsidiary |
| Industry | Japanese animation |
| Founded | April 5, 2016[1] |
| Headquarters | Shakujimachi, , Japan |
Key people | Nobuhiro Takenaka (president) Joji Seita (Director) Takahiro Yamauchi (Director) |
| Products | Animation planning, and animation development |
| Parent | CyberAgent |
| Divisions | Saga Cypic |
| Website | cygamespictures |
Establishment
In 2015, Cygames announced the creation of its own anime production division to produce anime for their gaming IP but also anime originals.[3] A year later in 2016, Cygames announced the creation of its own anime studio called CygamesPictures to create and animate their own anime, at the same time that its anime production division now is part of the studio itself.[1]
In 2026, CygamesPictures was consolidated as a subsidiary under Cygames' parent company CyberAgent through direct share acquisition completed on February 27. The company is scheduled to be renamed to CyPic on April 6, the day after the 10th anniversary of the studio's founding.[4]
Works
Television series
| Title | Network | Director(s) | Animation Producer(s) | First run start date |
First run end date |
Eps | Note(s) | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manaria Friends | Tokyo MX | Hideki Okamoto | Shun Kashima | January 20, 2019 | March 24, 2019 | 10 | Based on the video game Rage of Bahamut. | [5] |
| Princess Connect! Re:Dive | Tokyo MX | Takaomi Kanasaki | Shun Kashima | April 7, 2020 | June 30, 2020 | 13 | Based on the video game of the same name. | [6] |
| Princess Connect! Re:Dive (season 2) | Tokyo MX | Yasuo Iwamoto | Kenta Ueuchi | January 11, 2022 | March 29, 2022 | 12 | Sequel to Princess Connect! Re:Dive. | [7] |
| The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls U149 | TV Tokyo | Manabu Okamoto | Kenta Ueuchi | April 6, 2023 | June 29, 2023 | 12 | Based on a slice of life manga written by Kyowno. | [8] |
| Brave Bang Bravern! | TBS | Masami Ōbari | Souta Machiguchi | January 11, 2024 | March 28, 2024 | 12 | Original work. | [9] |
| Umamusume: Cinderella Gray | TBS | Yūki Itō Takehiro Miura |
Souta Machiguchi Takuya Chikamatsu |
April 6, 2025 | December 21, 2025 | 23 | Based on a sports manga written by Masafumi Sugiura. | [10] |
| Apocalypse Hotel | NTV | Kana Shundo | Kenta Ueuchi | April 9, 2025 | June 25, 2025 | 12 | Original work. | [11] |
| The Summer Hikaru Died | NTV | Ryōhei Takeshita | Kenta Ueuchi | July 6, 2025 | September 28, 2025 | 12 | Based on a horror manga written by Mokumokuren. | [12] |
| The World Is Dancing | Tokyo MX | Toshimasa Kuroyanagi | Kan Mizoguchi | July 2026 | TBA | TBA | Based on a historical manga written by Kazuto Mihara. | [13] |
| The Summer Hikaru Died (season 2) | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | Sequel to The Summer Hikaru Died. | [14] |
Original net animation
| Title | Director(s) | Animation Producer(s) | Release start date | Release end date | Eps | Note(s) | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blade Runner Black Out 2022 | Shinichirō Watanabe | N/A | July 27, 2017 | July 27, 2017 | 1 | Part of a series of short films serving as prequels to Blade Runner 2049. | [15] |
| Cinderella Girls 10th Anniversary Celebration Animation Eternity Memories | Hideki Nagamachi | Kenta Ueuchi | September 7, 2022 | September 7, 2022 | 1 | 10th anniversary animation to the video game The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls. | [16] |
| Umamusume: Pretty Derby – Road to the Top | Chengzhi Liao | Kan Mizoguchi | April 16, 2023 | May 7, 2023 | 4 | Related to Umamusume: Pretty Derby. | [17] |
Films
| Title | Director | Animation Producer | Release date | Note(s) | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Umamusume: Pretty Derby – Beginning of a New Era | Ken Yamamoto | Kan Mizoguchi | May 24, 2024 | Related to Umamusume: Pretty Derby. | [18] |
| Chiikawa the Movie: The Secret of Mermaid Island | Kei Oikawa | Kan Mizoguchi | July 24, 2026 | Based on an arc from the slice of life manga written by Nagano. | [19] |
Music videos
See also
- Yostar Pictures, a similar animation studio that is also an animation subsidiary of Yostar, a video game company