Established in 1990, Kusanagi
(草薙) is a Japanese-based animation studio specializing in background work for anime and video games. has a sub-studio named Nam Hai, whose work often overlaps. They were purchased by Cygames in 2016.
More credits can be seen on their Anime News Network page.
Credits include:
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Kusanagi
- 801 T.T.S. Airbats
- 22/7
- A3
- A Channel
- Akiba Maid War
- Another
- Attack on Titan (The Final Season, replacing Studio Bihou)
- BanG Dream! (Seasons 2 & 3)
- Beastars
- Beelzebub
- Berserk (2016)
- Beyblade Burst
- Black Butler
- Black Clover
- Black Lagoon: The Second Barrage
- Black★Rock Shooter
- The Bouncer
- Bungo Stray Dogs
- Case Closed
- Celestial Method
- Code:Breaker
- Code Geass: Akito the Exiled
- Cowboy Bebop
- Coyote Ragtime Show
- Cross Ange (series and visual novel*)
- Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic
- Double Decker
- Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods
- Drakengard
- Eureka Seven AO
- Fate/Apocrypha
- Final Fantasy
- From the New World
- Fruits Basket (2019 series, for Studio Easter)
- Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (also did the first series)
- Granblue Fantasy (Season 2)
- Gate Keepers
- Gintama
- Guardian Heroes (Provided both background art and character animation, the latter with Studio Takuranke)
- Guilty Crown
- Gunsmith Cats
- GUN×SWORD
- Hakumei & Mikochi
- Hanebad!
- Hellsing Ultimate
- High School Of The Dead
- THE iDOLM@STER: Cinderella Girls
- Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade
- Love Live! Sunshine!!
- Lycoris Recoil
- The Magnificent Kotobuki
- Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms
- Mobile Suit Gundam 00
- Myth II: Soulblighter (uncredited)
- Noein
- Noragami
- Oreimo (both seasons)
- Pluto (Episode 7)
- Puella Magi Madoka Magica
- Read or Die (OVA only)
- Real Drive
- Rewrite (Anime)
- Sakura Wars the Animation
- School-Live!
- The Seven Deadly Sins (A-1 Pictures' entries only)
- Shadow Hearts: Covenant
- Shining Force EXA
- Show by Rock!!
- Space☆Dandy (Art Design for Season 2)
- Speed Grapher
- Steins;Gate
- Street Fighter IV
- Super Cub
- Super Smash Bros. Brawl
- Sword Art Online (Original series, Alternative Gun Gale Online and Ordinal Scale)
- Sword of the Stranger
- Tamako Market
- Tenrou Sirius the Jaeger
- TerraforMARS (OVA, first series and Revenge)
- Time Hollow
- Tokyo Ghoul (Original, √A and :re)
- Tokyo Revengers (Season 1; replaced by Headworks for season 2)
- Trigun Stampede (episode 11)
- Trinity Blood
- Wario Land: Shake It!
- Wizard Barristers
- Wonder Egg Priority (episodes 2, 5 & 6)
- Xenogears
- Zombie Land Saga
Nam Hai
Background Assistance for Kusanagi
- 22/7
- A3
- Akiba Maid War
- Attack on Titan (The Final Season)
- BanG Dream! (Seasons 2 & 3)
- Beastars
- Black Clover
- Bungo Stray Dogs
- Case Closed
- Celestial Method
- Code:Breaker
- Code Geass: Akito the Exiled (also provided CGI)
- Cross Ange
- Dragon Ball Super: Broly
- Double Decker
- Fate/Apocrypha
- Fruits Basket (2019 series)
- Granblue Fantasy (Season 2)
- Hakumei & Mikochi
- Hanebad! (Also provided CG Rendering services)
- THE iDOLM@STER: Cinderella Girls (episode 3 only; episode 10 with Studio Easter)
- Love Live! Sunshine!!
- Lycoris Recoil (first 7 episodes)
- The Magnificent Kotobuki
- Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans
- Pluto (Episode 7)
- Rewrite (Anime)
- Sakura Wars the Animation
- School-Live! (also provided CGI)
- The Seven Deadly Sins
- Super Cub
- Sword Art Online (Alternative Gun Gale Online and Ordinal Scale only)
- TerraforMARS (All entries, also provided CGI for Season 1)
- Tokyo Ghoul (All entries)
- Wizard Barristers
- Wonder Egg Priority
- Zombie Land Saga
Other credits
- Arpeggio of Blue Steel (Background Art)
- Assassination Classroom (CGI and Background Art for season 2)
- Koro-Sensei Quest! (Background Art)
- Astra Lost in Space (Background Art)
- B: The Beginning: Succession (Background Art)
- Bakugan: Battle Planet (Background Art)
- Classroom of the Elite (Background Art)
- DARLING in the FRANXX (Background Art)
- Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F' (Production Assistance)
- FLCL Progressive (Background Art)
- Goblin Slayer (Background Art for Season 1)
- Golden Kamuy (Background Art)
- Heavy Object (CG Modelling)
- High Card (CG Modelling and Production Adcancement)
- Ingress (CGI)
- Long Riders! (CGI)
- Magical Destroyers (Background Art)
- Magical Girl Raising Project (Background Art)
- Monster Strike (Background Art for the web series; CGI for the movie)
- Orange (Background Art)
- Saint Seiya: Saintia Sho (Background Art)
- Scum's Wish (Background Art)
- Tekken: Bloodline (Background Art; CGI)
