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[td]The early-to-mid 2010s brought more changes to the studio's creative staff and the studio itself. For one, 2015 was the year Shaft reorganized from a [[yΕ«gen-gaisha]] to a [[kabushiki-gaisha]].<ref name="profile">{{Cite web|url= https://www.shaft-web.co.jp/company/|script-title= ja:δΌη€Ύζ¦θ¦|trans-title= Company Profile|website= Shaft|access-date= February 13, 2022|language= Japanese|archive-date= January 20, 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220120085747/https://www.shaft-web.co.jp/company/|url-status= live}}</ref> Several directors also ended up leaving around this time, such as Kenichi Ishikura after serving as assistant director on ''[[Negima! Magister Negi Magi|MahΕ Sensei Negima! Anime Final]]'' in 2011, [[Shinichi Omata]] around 2012, and Naoyuki Tatsuwa after he directed ''[[Gourmet Girl Graffiti]]'' in 2015. A number of other notable directors were brought into the studio around this time, however, such as directors [[Yuki Yase]], [[Kenjirou Okada]], [[Hajime Ootani]], and [[Midori Yoshizawa]]. Tatsuya Oishi disappeared from the public spotlight in the early 2010s after he began production on the ''[[Kizumonogatari]]'' film trilogy, which was released in 2016 and 2017.<ref name="kizu i ann">{{Cite web|url= https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/kizumonogatari-i/tekketsu-hen/sub.blu-ray/.99084|title= Review - Kizumonogatari I: Tekketsu-hen|website= [[Anime News Network]]|author= Creamer, Nick|date= February 26, 2016|access-date= April 16, 2021|archive-date= April 16, 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/2021041...i/tekketsu-hen/sub.blu-ray/.99084|url-status= live}}</ref> Shaft's animation work on the trilogy has been praised as being uniquely experimental with 2D and CG effects, which some reviewers described as not always mixing well, but has nonetheless been called "gorgeous."<ref name="kizu i ann"/><ref>{{Cite web|url= https://animeuknews.net/2019/06/kizumonogatari-part-1-tekketsu-review/|title= Kizumonogatari Part 1: Tekketsu Review|website= Anime UK News|date= June 7, 2019|access-date= April 16, 2021|archive-date= April 16, 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/2021041...onogatari-part-1-tekketsu-review/|url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/kizumonogatari-iii/reiketsu/blu-ray/.114812|title= Review - Kizumonogatari III: Reiketsu|author= Creamer, Nick|website= [[Anime News Network]]|date= April 15, 2017|access-date= April 16, 2021|archive-date= April 16, 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/2021041...tari-iii/reiketsu/blu-ray/.114812|url-status= live}}</ref>[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]In the late 2010s, a number of other creative staff left the studio. Yuki Yase left after directing ''[[Zaregoto|The Beheading Cycle: The Blue Savant and the Nonsense Bearer]]'' (2016β17),<ref name="zaregoto"/> and moved with animation producer Kousuke Matsunaga to [[David Production]] where he directed ''[[Fire Force]]''. Shaft CG director Shinya Takano and at-the-time production assistants Reo Honjouya, Shou Sugawara, and Kenichirou Yano also left to David Production; though, Yase has continued to contribute as a storyboard artist to Shaft works into the 2020s. Tomoyuki Itamura, who directed the rest of the ''Monogatari'' series after Oishi's commitment to ''Kizumonogatari'', left the studio after the production of ''Owarimonogatari II'' (2017)<ref name="owari ii"/> taking and Izumi Takizawa, a color designer with the studio since the late 90s, with him.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/ne...-tv-anime-this-summer-by-bones/.171228|title= The Case Study of Vanitas Manga Gets TV Anime This Summer by BONES|website= [[Anime News Network]]|author= Hodgkins, Crystalyn|date= March 28, 2021|access-date= April 20, 2021|archive-date= June 5, 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/2021060...nime-this-summer-by-bones/.171228|url-status= live}}</ref>[/td]
[td]In the late 2010s, a number of other creative staff left the studio. Yuki Yase left after directing ''[[Zaregoto|The Beheading Cycle: The Blue Savant and the Nonsense Bearer]]'' (2016β17),<ref name="zaregoto"/> and moved with animation producer Kousuke Matsunaga to [[David Production]] where he directed the first season of ''[[Fire Force]]'' (2019). CG director Shinya Takano and at-the-time production assistants Reo Honjouya, Shou Sugawara, and Kenichirou Yano also transferred to David Production with Matsunaga; though, Yase has continued to contribute as a storyboard artist to Shaft works into the 2020s. Tomoyuki Itamura, who directed the rest of the ''Monogatari'' series after Oishi's commitment to ''Kizumonogatari'', left the studio after the production of ''Owarimonogatari II'' (2017)<ref name="owari ii"/> taking and Izumi Takizawa, a color designer with the studio since the late 90s, with him.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/ne...-tv-anime-this-summer-by-bones/.171228|title= The Case Study of Vanitas Manga Gets TV Anime This Summer by BONES|website= [[Anime News Network]]|author= Hodgkins, Crystalyn|date= March 28, 2021|access-date= April 20, 2021|archive-date= June 5, 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/2021060...nime-this-summer-by-bones/.171228|url-status= live}}</ref>[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]===2016βpresent: Post-Team Shinbo===[/td]
[td]===2016βpresent: Post-Team Shinbo===[/td]
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[td]The early-to-mid 2010s brought more changes to the studio's creative staff and the studio itself. For one, 2015 was the year Shaft reorganized from a [[yΕ«gen-gaisha]] to a [[kabushiki-gaisha]].<ref name="profile">{{Cite web|url= https://www.shaft-web.co.jp/company/|script-title= ja:δΌη€Ύζ¦θ¦|trans-title= Company Profile|website= Shaft|access-date= February 13, 2022|language= Japanese|archive-date= January 20, 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220120085747/https://www.shaft-web.co.jp/company/|url-status= live}}</ref> Several directors also ended up leaving around this time, such as Kenichi Ishikura after serving as assistant director on ''[[Negima! Magister Negi Magi|MahΕ Sensei Negima! Anime Final]]'' in 2011, [[Shinichi Omata]] around 2012, and Naoyuki Tatsuwa after he directed ''[[Gourmet Girl Graffiti]]'' in 2015. A number of other notable directors were brought into the studio around this time, however, such as directors [[Yuki Yase]], [[Kenjirou Okada]], [[Hajime Ootani]], and [[Midori Yoshizawa]]. Tatsuya Oishi disappeared from the public spotlight in the early 2010s after he began production on the ''[[Kizumonogatari]]'' film trilogy, which was released in 2016 and 2017.<ref name="kizu i ann">{{Cite web|url= https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/kizumonogatari-i/tekketsu-hen/sub.blu-ray/.99084|title= Review - Kizumonogatari I: Tekketsu-hen|website= [[Anime News Network]]|author= Creamer, Nick|date= February 26, 2016|access-date= April 16, 2021|archive-date= April 16, 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/2021041...i/tekketsu-hen/sub.blu-ray/.99084|url-status= live}}</ref> Shaft's animation work on the trilogy has been praised as being uniquely experimental with 2D and CG effects, which some reviewers described as not always mixing well, but has nonetheless been called "gorgeous."<ref name="kizu i ann"/><ref>{{Cite web|url= https://animeuknews.net/2019/06/kizumonogatari-part-1-tekketsu-review/|title= Kizumonogatari Part 1: Tekketsu Review|website= Anime UK News|date= June 7, 2019|access-date= April 16, 2021|archive-date= April 16, 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/2021041...onogatari-part-1-tekketsu-review/|url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/kizumonogatari-iii/reiketsu/blu-ray/.114812|title= Review - Kizumonogatari III: Reiketsu|author= Creamer, Nick|website= [[Anime News Network]]|date= April 15, 2017|access-date= April 16, 2021|archive-date= April 16, 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/2021041...tari-iii/reiketsu/blu-ray/.114812|url-status= live}}</ref>[/td]Revision as of 22:09, 2 September 2025
[/td][td]The early-to-mid 2010s brought more changes to the studio's creative staff and the studio itself. For one, 2015 was the year Shaft reorganized from a [[yΕ«gen-gaisha]] to a [[kabushiki-gaisha]].<ref name="profile">{{Cite web|url= https://www.shaft-web.co.jp/company/|script-title= ja:δΌη€Ύζ¦θ¦|trans-title= Company Profile|website= Shaft|access-date= February 13, 2022|language= Japanese|archive-date= January 20, 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220120085747/https://www.shaft-web.co.jp/company/|url-status= live}}</ref> Several directors also ended up leaving around this time, such as Kenichi Ishikura after serving as assistant director on ''[[Negima! Magister Negi Magi|MahΕ Sensei Negima! Anime Final]]'' in 2011, [[Shinichi Omata]] around 2012, and Naoyuki Tatsuwa after he directed ''[[Gourmet Girl Graffiti]]'' in 2015. A number of other notable directors were brought into the studio around this time, however, such as directors [[Yuki Yase]], [[Kenjirou Okada]], [[Hajime Ootani]], and [[Midori Yoshizawa]]. Tatsuya Oishi disappeared from the public spotlight in the early 2010s after he began production on the ''[[Kizumonogatari]]'' film trilogy, which was released in 2016 and 2017.<ref name="kizu i ann">{{Cite web|url= https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/kizumonogatari-i/tekketsu-hen/sub.blu-ray/.99084|title= Review - Kizumonogatari I: Tekketsu-hen|website= [[Anime News Network]]|author= Creamer, Nick|date= February 26, 2016|access-date= April 16, 2021|archive-date= April 16, 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/2021041...i/tekketsu-hen/sub.blu-ray/.99084|url-status= live}}</ref> Shaft's animation work on the trilogy has been praised as being uniquely experimental with 2D and CG effects, which some reviewers described as not always mixing well, but has nonetheless been called "gorgeous."<ref name="kizu i ann"/><ref>{{Cite web|url= https://animeuknews.net/2019/06/kizumonogatari-part-1-tekketsu-review/|title= Kizumonogatari Part 1: Tekketsu Review|website= Anime UK News|date= June 7, 2019|access-date= April 16, 2021|archive-date= April 16, 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/2021041...onogatari-part-1-tekketsu-review/|url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/kizumonogatari-iii/reiketsu/blu-ray/.114812|title= Review - Kizumonogatari III: Reiketsu|author= Creamer, Nick|website= [[Anime News Network]]|date= April 15, 2017|access-date= April 16, 2021|archive-date= April 16, 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/2021041...tari-iii/reiketsu/blu-ray/.114812|url-status= live}}</ref>[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]In the late 2010s, a number of other creative staff left the studio. Yuki Yase left after directing ''[[Zaregoto|The Beheading Cycle: The Blue Savant and the Nonsense Bearer]]'' (2016β17),<ref name="zaregoto"/> and moved with animation producer Kousuke Matsunaga to [[David Production]] where he directed ''[[Fire Force]]''. Shaft CG director Shinya Takano and at-the-time production assistants Reo Honjouya, Shou Sugawara, and Kenichirou Yano also left to David Production; though, Yase has continued to contribute as a storyboard artist to Shaft works into the 2020s. Tomoyuki Itamura, who directed the rest of the ''Monogatari'' series after Oishi's commitment to ''Kizumonogatari'', left the studio after the production of ''Owarimonogatari II'' (2017)<ref name="owari ii"/> taking and Izumi Takizawa, a color designer with the studio since the late 90s, with him.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/ne...-tv-anime-this-summer-by-bones/.171228|title= The Case Study of Vanitas Manga Gets TV Anime This Summer by BONES|website= [[Anime News Network]]|author= Hodgkins, Crystalyn|date= March 28, 2021|access-date= April 20, 2021|archive-date= June 5, 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/2021060...nime-this-summer-by-bones/.171228|url-status= live}}</ref>[/td]
[td]In the late 2010s, a number of other creative staff left the studio. Yuki Yase left after directing ''[[Zaregoto|The Beheading Cycle: The Blue Savant and the Nonsense Bearer]]'' (2016β17),<ref name="zaregoto"/> and moved with animation producer Kousuke Matsunaga to [[David Production]] where he directed the first season of ''[[Fire Force]]'' (2019). CG director Shinya Takano and at-the-time production assistants Reo Honjouya, Shou Sugawara, and Kenichirou Yano also transferred to David Production with Matsunaga; though, Yase has continued to contribute as a storyboard artist to Shaft works into the 2020s. Tomoyuki Itamura, who directed the rest of the ''Monogatari'' series after Oishi's commitment to ''Kizumonogatari'', left the studio after the production of ''Owarimonogatari II'' (2017)<ref name="owari ii"/> taking and Izumi Takizawa, a color designer with the studio since the late 90s, with him.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/ne...-tv-anime-this-summer-by-bones/.171228|title= The Case Study of Vanitas Manga Gets TV Anime This Summer by BONES|website= [[Anime News Network]]|author= Hodgkins, Crystalyn|date= March 28, 2021|access-date= April 20, 2021|archive-date= June 5, 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/2021060...nime-this-summer-by-bones/.171228|url-status= live}}</ref>[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]===2016βpresent: Post-Team Shinbo===[/td]
[td]===2016βpresent: Post-Team Shinbo===[/td]
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