Starting with the web animation “Yawaraka Sensha” released in 2005, they have produced and produced many TV anime series for NHK and commercial broadcasters, such as “Unfortunate Creatures Encyclopedia”. In 2018, Sanrio’s original “Aggressive Retsuko” was distributed worldwide as a Netflix original work. It became a worldwide hit and was distributed up to season 5. In November 2019, “Sumikko Gurashi Movie: The Pop-up Picture Book and the Secret Child” was a huge hit with box office revenue of approximately 1.5 billion yen, and the second movie “Sumikko Gurashi Movie: The Magical Child of the Blue Moonlit Night” also exceeded 1 million audience members! The third movie, “Sumikko Gurashi Movie: The Mysterious Child of the Patchwork Factory”, will be released in November 2023. This was also a huge hit! In October 2023, the world’s first! The company has been working on a series of popular projects, including the launch of the NFT character TV anime series “Cryptoninja Sakuya.”
CEO, Fanworks Inc.（Founder）
He founded Funworks in 2005.Involved in planning and producing various KAWAII ANIME, “Yawaraka Tanks”, “Sumikkogurashi”series”,”CryptoNinja SAKUYA”,”Tom and Jerry Gokko”,”Chikip Dancers” and “ZANNENNAIKIMONO JITEN”.
ラレコ (Rarecho)
WEB アニメ初の大ヒット作品となった「やわらか戦車」をきっかけに、「ちーすい丸」（NTV）や「ガッ活！」、「目玉焼きの黄身、いつつぶす？」、「英国一家、日本を食べる」、現在絶賛オンエア中の「チキップダンサーズ」（いずれもNHK）などのTVアニメシリーズの監督を手がける。2018年にNetflixシリーズ「アグレッシブ烈子」の全世界配信を開始し、ワールドワイドな話題作となり全5シリーズまで展開。
He began his career with “Yawaraka Tanks” which became the first major hit web animation, followed by “Chi Sui Maru” (NTV), “Gakkatsu!”,“Sushi and Beyond”, “What’s the best timing to eat runny-yolk sunny side up fried eggs”and“Chickip Dancers”. In 2018, he directed the worldwide distribution of the Netflix series “Aggretsuko”, which became a worldwide hit and expanded to five series.
