SynergySP

SynergySP (SynergySP Co., Ltd.) is a Japanese animation studio which primarily produces animation content for children based in Kogenai, Tokyo, Japan. Former Studio Junio employees led by Minoru Okazaki, Minoru Maeda, and Hiroshi Wagatsuma established Synergy Japan (Synergy Japan Co., Ltd.) in September 1998. In 2005, Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions made the studio into an affiliate and renamed the studio to SynergySP (SynergySP Co., Ltd.). As a result, a joint-management system was formed with Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions and Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions' Toshihiro Nakazawa and Naohiko Furuichi were appointed to the company's board. In 2009, the studio relocated to its current headquarters in Kogenai. In 2011, Toshihiro Nakazawa and Yuriko Nanao succeeded Minoru Okazaki as the studio's representative director. In December 2013, the studio's photography department was transferred to the then-newly established HORNETS (founded by former SynergySP employees). In 2014, the studio became independent from Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions and Nakazawa resigned from his position at the studio. In 2017, the studio became a subsidiary of Shin-Ei Animation.