Japanese: シャフト
Established: Sep 1, 1975
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Shaft (stylized as SHAFT) is a Japanese animation studio headquartered in Suginami, Tokyo, and founded in 1975. Since 2004, the studio's productions have been broadly influenced by director Akiyuki Shinbo, whose visual style and avant-garde cinematography are featured in works including Hidamari Sketch, Sayonara Zetsubou-Sensei, the Monogatari series, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Nisekoi, and March Comes In Like a Lion.
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Focus: Shaft and Yasuomi Umetsu's 'Virgin Punk: Clockwork Girl' Ignites a New Era of Sci-Fi Action
Shaft's newest original anime, Virgin Punk, marks the return of Yasuomi Umetsu—the visionary behind A Kite (Kite) and Mezzo Forte—to the director's chair. Virgin Punk's first installment, Clockwork Girl, opened in Japan on June 27 and will now make its way to U.S. theaters for a...
