About the studio
ABC Animation was founded April 5, 2016, spun off from the animation co-production business of Asahi Broadcasting Corporation, the Osaka-based broadcaster. Based in Shinjuku, Tokyo, and a subsidiary of Asahi Broadcasting Group Holdings, ABC Animation now oversees several studios directly, including SILVER LINK., Zero-G Act, and CGCG Studio, absorbing SILVER LINK. as a subsidiary in October 2023. *A TV network deciding to just own its animation supply chain outright.* Rather than simply licensing or commissioning anime the way most broadcasters do, ABC Animation represents a more vertically integrated approach, keeping production capacity in-house under the same corporate umbrella as the network airing the finished shows. Less than a decade old, it's already grown into a genuine mini-conglomerate of studios, a pretty ambitious move for a company that's barely into its teenage years.