Director Hiroyuki Hashimoto opened a new anime studio

Recently, director Hiroyuki Hashimoto announced on his Twitter profile that he founded a new animation studio called Stepple.

Director Hiroyuki Hashimoto has opened a new anime studio and is already piquing interest from people in the industry

At the moment, the studio has only 3 employees, including him, and it is not ready to receive new employees yet, but it will certainly grow in the future, however, he is receiving several messages from freelance animators and directors interested in working in his new studio .

Hashimoto is known for his directing work on anime such as Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion from 2006, Classoroom of the Elite I and II, he was an episode director for anime such as Angel Beats!, Basquash!, Accel World, among others. He has also been a lead animator on several projects by Sunrise, J.C Staff and Madhouse.

Source: ANN

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