{"id":169433,"date":"2025-03-14T15:17:26","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T06:17:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=169433&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-03-14T15:17:26","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T06:17:26","slug":"new-anime-studio-launched-in-kitakyushu","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/new-anime-studio-launched-in-kitakyushu\/","title":{"rendered":"New Anime Studio Launched in Kitakyushu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A new anime production company, SO-DO Creative, has been established in Kitakyushu\u2019s Kokurakita Ward. The studio aims to produce various content, with a focus on anime, while also fostering young creators in the future. The office launch event was held on March 13. Kitakyushu City continues to promote anime and manga industries as tools for regional revitalization and tourism. Company president Hiroyuki Yamamoto expressed hopes that the studio would provide opportunities for local youth interested in pop culture. <\/span><b>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/yamamoto0617\/posts\/9475675595842326\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hiroyuki Yamamoto official facebook<\/span><\/a> \/ <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/kbc.co.jp\/news\/article.php?id=14814922&amp;ymd=2025-03-13\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">KBC<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-169428\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/fnn_kitakyushu-sodo_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C1054&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"New Anime Studio Launched in Kitakyushu\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1054\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/fnn_kitakyushu-sodo_2025_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/fnn_kitakyushu-sodo_2025_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C226&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/fnn_kitakyushu-sodo_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C771&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/fnn_kitakyushu-sodo_2025_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C578&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free weekly newsletter <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this <\/span><b>form<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new anime production company, SO-DO Creative, has been established in Kitakyushu\u2019s Kokurakita Ward. The studio aims to produce various content&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":169431,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-169433","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-kitakyushu","news-category-business","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/169433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=169433"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/169431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}