The Answer Studio is a Japanese based Animation studio first established by 35 out of 101
former Walt Disney Animation Japan staff members in 2004 (like Kazuyoshi Takeuchi). The company's probably best known for the 2008 version of Golgo 13 and Transformers: Animated.
Shows and movies worked on by The Answer Studio
Main- Armored Trooper VOTOMS (The Movie Pailsen Files and two OVAs, for Sunrise)
- Batman: Bad Blood (with RIC and uncredited South Korean and Chinese studios)
- Batman: Gotham by Gaslight (with RIC and uncredited South Korean and Chinese studios)
- Batman: The Long Halloween (Part 2 with an uncredited South Koean studio; Part 1 by Maven Image Platform)
- Batman: The Killing Joke (with RIC and an uncredited South Korean studio)
- Batman: Under the Red Hood (Done with Telecom Animation Film and uncredited South Korean and Thailand studios)
- Batman vs. Robin (Done with Magic Bus, RIC, and uncredited South Korean and Chinese studios)
- Cat That That Looked Like a King (one of their first assignments)
- DC Super Hero Girls: Hero of the Year (Done with Digital eMation, Lotto Animation, Maven Image Platform, NE4U and Sunmin Animation)
- Doctor Strange (Animated Adaptation)
- Flag
- From Up on Poppy Hill (with Studio Ghibli)
- The Garden of Words (with CoMix Wave Films)
- Golgo 13 (series)
- Green Lantern: Beware My Power (With Studio Grida, Maven Image Platform, and Edge Animation Studio)
- Legion of Super-Heroes (2023) (with Digital eMation, Studio Grida, and Maven Image Platform, and Edge Animation Studio)
- Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow
- Marvel Rising: Secret Warriors
- Rainbow Magic: Return to Rainspell Island
- Puka Puka Juju, part of the 2012 Anime Mirai seriesnote
- Road to You (First short; second short by Sunrise)
- Son of Batman (Done with Telecom Animation Film, FAI International and a unknown South Korean studio)
- Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! (Several episodes done with Anime Workshop Basara)note
- Suzume (with CoMix Wave Film)
- The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (with Studio Ghibli)
- Transformers: Animated (First two seasons only, 13 episodes total)note
- Teen Titans: The Judas Contract
- Weathering With You (with CoMix Wave Film)
- When Marnie Was There (with Studio Ghibli)
- Your Name (with CoMix Wave Film)
Support
- Aikatsu! (In-Between Animation)
- Attack on Titan (In-Between Animation)
- The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan (Cel Check)
- Dororo (2019) (In-Between Animation)
- Eden of the East (In-Between Animation)
- The Girl Who Leapt Through Space (Paint)
- Hal's Flute (Co-production with TMS Entertainment)
- Heroic Age (Photography)
- Japan Animator Expo (In-Between Animation for "Bubu & Bubulina")
- Kill la Kill (In-Between Animation)
- LBX: Little Battlers eXperience (2nd Key Animation)
- Lupin III: The Last Job (Key Animation and Production Assistance)
- Lupin III: Part 5 (In-Between Check & Animation; Paint; Photography; Production Assistance for episodes 2, 4 & 8)
- The Magic Tree House (Backgrounds)
- The Magnificent Kotobuki (Animation Cooperation; episodes 8 & 10)
- Mob Psycho 100 (In-Between Animation; Season 2)
- My Hero Academia (In-Between Animation)
- Psycho-Pass (In-Between Animation)
- Regalia: The Three Sacred Stars (Photography Assistance)
- Rocket Girls (In-Between Animation)
- Shakugan no Shana (Key Animation, The Movie)
- Silver Spoon (In-Between Animation)
- Space☆Dandy (In-Between Animation)
- Star Driver (2nd Key Animation)
- Sword Art Online (In-Between Animation)
- ThunderCats (2011) (Production Assistance for episode 7 "Legacy", led by Studio 4°C uncredited)
- Tiger & Bunny (2nd Key Animation)
- Transformers: Prime (CG Animation Cooperation, uncredited)
Tropes associated with The Answer Studio:
- Animesque: Transformers Animated and Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go
- Limited Animation their work for DC, which is a common complaint among fans and detractors alike. This is especially evident in The Killing Joke's adaptation.
