Venga Animation Team

Venga Animation Team (formerly Studio Venga, Studio Venga Animation, and Venga Animation Studios) is a Japanese animation studio founded on December 2, 1974. It's known for it's cell animated work and it's blended use of cell animation and digital animation, as well as it's 3D CGI animation. It's known for the Swordbreaker film trilogy, and the Swordbreaker television series. More notable television series include survive,, Magical Girl ZetA, and Forward Mecha. Films also produced by the studio include Resistance, Satoshi., World of Aya, and Red Night. It was also used as a animation company for overseas American products from 1986 to the present. Venga also operates a video game development studio in the United States, and a Japanese studio as well.

Starting with 2006's Rainfall, television productions were made in HD and widescreen. In 2019, Venga started to experiment with half and quarter cour productions with Small Town Romance, Romance in Tokyo, Hell and Back, and Sky Girls. To please broadcasters and advertisers, they normally buy a timeslot for a cour, but split it in two to four mini cours to experiment with.

Studios

 * Venga Animation Team Tokyo (1974-present) {A}
 * Focus on film and television production
 * 120 employees
 * Venga Animation Team Sapparo (1984-present) {B}
 * Focus on television production
 * 50 employees
 * Venga Animation Team Kyoto (1991-present) {C}
 * Focus on teaching young animators, CGI animation, and OVA productions
 * 40 employees
 * Venga Shanghai (2005-present) {D}
 * Focus on 3D CGI animation
 * 45 employees
 * Venga Animation Team Osaka {E}
 * Focus on 2D animation
 * 50 employees
 * Venga Animation Team Kobe {F}
 * Focus on 2D animation
 * 35 employees
 * Venga Animation Team Saitama {G}
 * Focus on 2D animation
 * 40 employees
 * Venga Animation Team Tokyo B {H}
 * Focus on 2D animation
 * 60 employees
 * Venga Animation India {I}
 * 2D animation sub-contracting
 * 60-80 employees
 * Venga Europe 3D {X}
 * Focus on 3D CGI animation (Berlin, Munich, London, Paris, Montpellier)
 * 150-250 employees (collectively)
 * Venga Animation USA (2019-present) {Y/Z}
 * Focus on 3D and 2D animation, as well as dubbing. Merger of Atlanta and Seattle studios, as well as relocating said studios to Burbank, California.
 * 65 employees.

Subsidaries

 * Venga Pictures (1979-presnet)
 * Live action films and co-productions of international productions
 * 70 employees
 * Venga Pictures Animation (2018-present)
 * Consolidated units of Venga Studios, for collaberation efforts.
 * Venga Vancouver (2002-present)
 * Dubbing studio located in Vancouver, Canada.
 * 25 employees
 * Venga Distribution (2005-present)
 * Focus on handling distribution deals with third party companies, and will now distribute all streaming and digital media for all Venga properties.
 * 25 employees
 * Venga International Entertainment
 * Focus on international dubbing, located in London, England.
 * 20 employees

Units

 * Venga MangaWorks (1982-present)
 * Focus on production of manga titles, as well as licensing them to international companies
 * 100 employees
 * Venga Game Studios (1996-present)
 * Tokyo, Japan
 * 85 employees
 * Venga Game Studios North America (2002-present)
 * Vancouver, BC, Canada
 * 70 employees
 * Venga Game Studios Leeds (2004-present)
 * Leeds, England
 * 65 employees
 * Venga Game Studios Birmingham (2008-2012)
 * Birmingham, England
 * 60 employees (merged with Leeds, Paris, and Berlin offices)
 * Venga Game Studios Europe
 * Berlin, Germany & Paris, France
 * 65 employees (Berlin), 60 employees (Paris)

Former units

 * Venga Animation Team Seattle (1996-2019) {D}
 * Focus on CGI animation and localization of products overseas. Produces dubs of Venga products since 2009.
 * 20 employees
 * Venga Animation Team Atlanta (2018-2019) {E}
 * Focus on 2D animation in Toon Boom Harmony and OpenToonz
 * 30 employees

Works
The following are a select number of Venga's works from recent years, for a full list of works, check the main page.

Film

 * Tokyo 3090 (July 2015) {A, C, D}
 * Venga Distribution holds the master license. Dub produced by Venga Vancouver.
 * The Fighter (April 2016) {A}
 * Venga Distribution holds the master license. Dub produced by Venga Seattle.
 * Paradise City: Final Mission (November 2016) {A, D}
 * Venga Distribution holds the master license. Dub produced by Venga Seattle.
 * Blu Space: Final Journey Start (July 2017) {A, C, D}
 * Picked up by Funimation Entertainment and DreamWorks. Dub produced by Venga Seattle, direct to DVD in the US.
 * An Extraordinary Venture: It Begins. Again (August 2018) {A, D, E}
 * Licensed by Venga Distribution. Dub produced by Venga Seattle. Dub to be released in the Spring of 2019. Theatrically released by Sony Pictures Distribution. Home media distribution by Sony Pictures Home Media.
 * Forward Mecha Glory (January 2019) {A, C, E}
 * Licensed by Venga Distribution. Dub produced by Venga Seattle. Dub to be released in the Fall of 2019. Theatrically released by Fathom Events (branding as VENGA FILMS USA). Home media distribution by Shout! Factory.
 * Swordbreaker Knights: Final Saga (May 2019) {A, C, D, E}
 * Licensed by Aura Films. Dub outsourced to Aura Television Productions and co-produced by Venga Seattle.
 * Red Fraction (October 2019) {A, D, E}
 * Venga Distribution holds the master license. Dub produced by Venga Vancouver.
 * Space Conflict - Episode A (February 2020) {A, E, F}
 * Venga Distribution holds the master license. Dub produced by Venga Vancouver.
 * Space Conflict - Episode B (May 2022) {A, C, F}
 * Venga Distribution holds the master license. Dub produced by Venga Vancouver and Sundown Voices.

Television series

 * Forward Mecha: Survivors (2016-2018, TV Tokyo, 74 episodes) [Science Fiction, Action, Fantasy, Adventure, Mecha] {B, C, D}
 * Licensed by Aura Television Productions. Dub co-produced with Venga Seattle.
 * trapped final (2016-2017, TV Tokyo, 39 episodes) [Epic & High Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Isekai]
 * Dubbed by Venga Vancouver and Ocean Studios in 2018. Streaming rights owned by Viz Media. No Home media licensor yet.
 * Blu Space: The Final Saga (2017-2019, NTV, 65 episodes) [Science Fiction, Space Opera, Adventure, Action] {A, B}
 * Licensed by Paramount Home Media Entertainment. Dub produced at Venga Seattle.
 * Forward Mecha Space Guardians (2017-2018, NTV, 58 episodes) [Science Fiction, Action, Fantasy, Adventure, Mecha] {B, D}
 * Licensed by Venga Distribution. Dub produced at Venga Seattle. Will air on Kingson.
 * Adventures of The Man Called Gold: The European Files (2017, TV Tokyo, 24 episodes) [Comedy-drama, Action-Adventure, Kaitō, Thriller] {B}
 * Venga Distribution holds the master license. Dub produced by Venga Seattle. Sundown Publishing licensed the show in 2018.
 * Forward Mecha Space Guardians II (2018-2019, NTV, 50 episodes) [Science Fiction, Action, Fantasy, Adventure, Mecha] {B, C, E}
 * Licensed by Venga Distribution. Dub produced at Venga Seattle. Will air on Kingson.
 * Battle Spirits Fighter Force Rumble (2018-present, TV Asahi, TXN/TV Tokyo, AT-X)[Card Game, Fantasy, Action] {A, D}
 * Licensed by NickFamily Studios and YTV Family. Dub is a co-production between Venga Seattle and YTV Family/NickFamily Studios.
 * Lunar Girls Action (2018-present, SurgeAnime, TBA episodes) [Magical Girl, Action, Science Fiction, Space opera, Comedy] {E, F}
 * Venga Vancouver and Ocean Studios will produce the dub.
 * Magical Girl Zeta (2018-2019, SurgeAnime, 57 episodes) [Magical Girl, Fantasy, Adventure, Comedy, Thriller, Suspense] {A, B, D, E}
 * Licensed by Jetix Cymru. Dub is a co-production by Jetix and Venga Seattle.
 * University (October 2018, SurgeAnime, 12+ episodes) [Mystery, Suspense, Thriller, Adventure] {C, E, Studio Acesky}
 * Licensed by Funimation Entertainment. Dub is produced at Venga Seattle. Amaya will start airing the series one week after it airs in Japan.
 * Tokyo 3150 (Winter 2018, SurgeAnime, 30 episodes) [Science Fiction, Thriller, Suspense, Cyberpunk, Horror, Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery] {B, C, D, E}
 * Venga Distribution holds the master license. Dub produced by Venga Vancouver.
 * Shining Star Nova IV: World Tour (January 2019, TV Surge Nippon, 36 episodes) [Idol, Magical Girl, Fantasy, Music, Drama, Comedy] {B, E}
 * Licensed by NickFamily Studios. Dub co-produced with Venga Seattle and NickFamily Europe.
 * Spirit Love (January 2019, TV Surge Nippon & TV Tokyo, 24 episodes) [Comedy, Shoujo, Romance, Supernatural, Action] {A, B, E, F}
 * Venga Distribution holds the master license and streaming rights. Dub will be produced at Venga Seattle. Home media and broadcast rights were picked up by NickFamily Studios.
 * Romance In Tokyo (January 2019, TV Tokyo, 6 episodes) [Drama, Comedy, Slice of Life, Romance] {G, H}
 * Venga Distribution holds the master license.
 * Marching Along (February 2019, TV Surge Nippon, 52 episodes) [War, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Tragedy] {A, E, F, Studio Acesky, }
 * Licensed by Sundown Publishing, to air on Vision starting in September of 2019. Dub produced at Bang Zoom! Entertainment
 * Created and supervised by Chaossy, of Xelphos Adventures and City of Bright Lights fame.
 * An Extraordinary Venture: The Second Saga (February 2019, SurgeAnime, 30 episodes) [Thriller, Supernatural, Action, Adventure] {A, D, E}
 * Venga Distribution holds the master license. Dub produced by Venga Seattle.
 * small town romance (March 2019, TV Surge Nippon, 6 episodes) [Drama, Comedy, Slice of Life, Romance] {G, H}
 * Venga Distribution holds the master license.
 * Adventures of The Man Called Gold: North American Ventures (April 2019, TV Surge Nippon, 26 episodes) [Comedy-drama, Action-Adventure, Kaitō, Thriller] {A, B, E}
 * Venga Distribution holds the master license. Dub produced by Venga Seattle.
 * DDM: Digital Disc Monsters (April 2019, SurgeAnime, 48 episodes) [Adventure, Comedy, Action, Fantasy, Drama] {B, C, F, G, H, Resity Animation, Firebasket Animation Atlanta, Firebasket VFX NY, Silver Arts Animation, Studio#1.1}
 * Venga Distribution and Seikunime holds the master rights. Crunchyroll has sub streaming rights. NYAV Post NY/LA and DuArt will produce the dub. Nightway Productions have bid for the rights for the reboot.
 * Walpurgis Night (June 2019, TV Surge Nippon & AT-X, 6 episodes) [Horror, Shojo, Mystery] {B, E, F}
 * Venga Distribution holds the master license. Dub produced by Venga Vancouver.
 * Forward Mecha Space Warriors (July 2019, SurgeAnime | TV Tokyo, 24 episodes) [Space Western, Adventure, Space Opera, Mecha, Action, Political Thriller] {B, C, F, G}
 * Venga Distribution holds the master rights to the series. AuraAnime Licensing bought the North American rights to the series.
 * Official revival of the series
 * Hell and Back (October 2019, TV Surge Nippon, 6 episodes) [Drama, Cooking, Action] {A, B, Madhouse, ToonIn, David Production]
 * Venga Distribution holds the master license.
 * Sky Girls (October 2019, SurgeAnime, 6 episodes) [Magical Girls, Idols, Action] {B, D/E, G, H}
 * Venga Distribution holds the master license.
 * The Fighter: RE (October 2019, SurgeAnime, 10 episodes) [Sports (Boxing/MMA), Drama, Action] {A, B, C, Flora Animation Services, Silver Arts Animation}
 * Venga Distribution holds the master license.
 * Magical Girl Zeta ✕ Lunar Girls Action (December 2019, SurgeAnime, 4 episodes) {A, Flora Animation Services, Silver Arts Animation}
 * Venga Distribution holds the master license.
 * Walpurgis Night II (March 2020, TV Surge Nippon & AT-X, 6 episodes) [Horror, Shojo, Mystery] {B, E, F}
 * Venga Distribution holds the master license. Dub produced by Venga Vancouver.
 * Forward Mecha Space Warriors II (July 2020, Anime Spark | TV Tokyo, 24 episodes) [Space Western, Adventure, Space Opera, Mecha, Action, Political Thriller] {B, C, H, Flora Animation Services}
 * Venga Distribution holds the master rights to the series.
 * DDM: Digital Disc Monsters Season 2 (August 2020, SurgeAnime | Anime Spark, 48 episodes) [Adventure, Comedy, Action, Fantasy, Drama, Tournament] {D/E, F, Flora Animation Services, Silver Arts Animation, Studio#1.1}
 * Venga Distribution holds the master rights to the series.
 * Club Days {October 2020, Anime Spark, 6 episodes} [Horror, Psychological thriller, Supernatural] [A, # Animation Studios, G, H, D/E}
 * Venga Distribution holds the master rights to the series.
 * Magical Girl Zeta: Season II {November 2020, Anime Spark, 39 episodes} [Magical Girl, Fantasy, Adventure, Comedy, Thriller] {A, # Animation Studios, Studio+Alpha, Yamato Animation, C, H, F}
 * Venga Distribution holds the master rights to the series.
 * Beowulf (February 2021, Anime Spark, 24 episodes) [Historical Fiction, Adventure, Epic Fantasy, Horror] {Flora Animation Services}
 * Venga Distribution holds the master rights to the series.
 * Forward Mecha Space Warriors III (April 2021, Anime Spark, 24 episodes) [Space Western, Adventure, Space Opera, Mecha, Action, Political Thriller] {B, C, H, Yamato Animation}
 * Venga Distribution holds the master rights to the series.
 * Sky Girls II (May 2021, Anime Spark, 24 episodes) [Magical Girls, Idol, Action] {Various}
 * Venga Distribution holds the master rights to the series.
 * Earth's Survival (July 2021, Anime Spark | TV Tokyo, 24 episodes) [Action, Science Fiction, Survival] {Various, Flora Animation Services, Silver Art Animation}
 * Venga Distribution holds the master rights to the series.
 * The Night Shift (October 2021, Anime Spark | TV Tokyo, 12 episodes) [Horror, Thriller, Suspense] {A, B, C}
 * Venga Distribution holds the master rights to the series. The show has been licensed by Venga Distribution themselves as well, with dubbing produced at Venga International Entertainment.
 * Magical Girls Zeta: Season III (February 2022, Anime Spark, 39 episodes) [Magical Girl, Fantasy, Adventure, Comedy, Thriller) {Various, # Animation Studios, Silver Arts Animation}
 * Venga Distribution holds the master rights to the series.
 * Forward Mecha Recruits (May 2022, Anime Spark, 24 episodes) [Mecha, Action, Political Thriller, Adventure] {Venga C, Silver Arts Animation, Various}
 * Venga Distribution holds the master rights to the series.
 * The Night Shift II (October 2022, Anime Spark | TV Tokyo, 12 episodes) [Horror, Thriller, Suspense] {Venga A, Venga H}
 * Venga Distribution holds the master rights to the series. The show has been licensed by Venga Distribution themselves as well, with dubbing produced at Venga International Entertainment.
 * Magical Girls Zeta: Season IV (February 2023, Anime Spark, 39 episodes) [Magical Girl, Fantasy, Action-Adventure, Comedy] {Flora Animation Services, Silver Arts Animation}
 * Venga Distribution holds the master rights to the series.
 * Wyvern Swords of Justice (February 2023, Toonami Japan, 48 episodes) [High Fantasy, Sword & Sorcery, Action-Adventure] {+umistudio, Blue Ocean Studios, Silver Arts Animation}
 * Venga Distribution holds the master rights to the series.
 * Forward Mecha Space Warriors IV (May 2023, Anime Spark, 24 episodes) [Space Western, Adventure, Space Opera, Mecha, Action, Political Thriller] {Venga A, # Animation Services, Silver Arts Animation}
 * Venga Distribution holds the master rights to the series.
 * The Night Shift III (October 2023, Anime Spark | TV Tokyo, 11 episodes) [Horror, Thriller, Suspense] {Venga A, Venga H, Flora Animation Services}
 * Venga Distribution holds the master rights to the series. The show has been licensed by Venga Distribution themselves as well, with dubbing produced at Venga International Entertainment.

Other animated shows

 * Troopers in the Sky (2005-2007, 52 episodes) [Space opera, Action, Adventure] {Shanghai, Tokyo}
 * Ocean Studios produced a dub in 2010.
 * World War Winter: Final Battle (2006-2008, 52 episodes) [Thriller, War, Action] {Shanghai, Sapparo}
 * Venga Vancouver and Venga Seattle produced a dub in 2011. Aura Television licensed the dub in 2018.

OVA

 * Pretty Flash Hero!! (1987, 3 episodes x 24 minutes) [Adventure, Ecchi, Harem, Action] {A, Gainax}
 * An Extraordinary Venture (1989, 6 episodes x 30-40 minutes) [Adventure, Action, Supernatural, Horror] {A, C}
 * Noir Blues (1992, 5 episodes x 30 episodes) [Crime, Mystery, Suspense] {A, C}
 * Pretty Flash Hero!! Second Story [Adventure, Ecchi, Harem, Action] (1993, 10 episodes x 18 minutes) {A, C, Gainax}
 * Story of Ayame (1994, 4 episodes x 30 minutes) [Adventure, Fantasy] {A, C}
 * Horror of Lust (1995, 6 episodes x 35 minutes) [Horror, Suspense, Mystery] {C}
 * Pretty Flash Hero!! Third Story [Adventure, Ecchi, Harem, Action] (8 episodes x 28 episodes) {A, C, Gainax}
 * Zeta Magical Girl Alternate (1997, 4 episodes x 25 minutes) [Magical Girl, Fantasy, Thriller, Suspense] {C, D}
 * Licensed by 4Kids Entertainment in 2005. Ran heavily edited as a compilation TV movie in 2006 on 4Kids TV. Lost rights in 2006. Rescued by Jetix Cyrmu in 2018, redub with Venga Seattle.
 * An Extraordinary Venture: The Americas Saga (1998, 8 episodes x 25-35 minutes] [Adventure, Action, Supernatural, Horror] {C}
 * The Fighter V (2005-2008, 24 x 35 minutes) [Adventure, Martial Arts, Action] {C, F}
 * The Fighter VI (2010, 2 x 60 minutes) [Adventure, Martial Arts, Action] {C, F}
 * The Fighter VII: Final (2013, 4 x 44 minutes) [Adventure, Martial Arts, Action] {C, F}

Original Net Animations

 * Beautiful Skies IV (2015-2018, Niconico (region locked videos to Japan), 60 episodes, 14 minutes per episode) [Adventure, Science Fiction, Alternate Fiction, Steampunk, Dieselpunk, War, Action] {C, F}
 * Venga Vancouver and Venga Seattle produced a dub for the first 30 episodes in 2017. The last 30 episodes were dubbed after the series ended in 2018. Aura Television licensed the dub in 2018.

Overseas production

 * Mobile Mecha (1989-2006) {A, B}
 * Knight Plight (1998-2004) {B, C}
 * DanganronpaPet 2: Jewels of Despair: The Animation (2018) {CGI work done by Venga Seattle}
 * Project Goth Rock: Case Files (2018-present) {C, D}
 * Beautiful Skies (2019, co-production with Firebasket Studios) {Venga Seattle, Venga Kyoto, Venga Shanghai}