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CoMix Wave Films Moves Production File Sharing To Dropbox
Dropbox Japan announced on October 28 a case study of CoMix Wave Films using Dropbox Advanced in animation production.
Reporting from 1 source: ASCII.jp.
Why it matters
A studio that runs its own theatrical distribution and overseas sales has moved day-to-day file exchange off in-house FTP, and the stated reasons are access control and audit trails rather than storage capacity.
Key Facts
- Dropbox Japan announced a case study of CoMix Wave Films using Dropbox Advanced on October 28.
- CoMix Wave Films previously shared files through FTP servers and adopted Dropbox Advanced for encryption, view-only URLs, activity logs, and a 365-day data recovery function.
- The Dropbox rollout began in May 2025, with accounts issued to employees in the production and business divisions.
- Dropbox Transfer, which sends files up to 100GB, and view-only links were used on Shiranuhi, directed by Ryo Katonosaka and released in theaters in August 2026.
- CoMix Wave Films plans to consolidate file sharing across its entire production process onto Dropbox.
The studio had shared files through FTP servers and worried about encryption and access control, with shared accounts and history management also a problem. Rollout began in May 2025, with accounts issued to staff in the production and business divisions. The studio used Dropbox Transfer and view-only links on Shiranuhi, directed by Ryo Katonosaka and released in theaters in August 2026.
The rollout started in May 2025 and reached all employees in the production and business divisions. Accounts are managed from an admin console, where deleting an account when someone leaves or takes leave takes a few clicks, and the studio says inquiries to administrators have dropped significantly.
Shiranuhi, directed by Ryo Katonosaka and released in theaters in August 2026, ran past 300 cuts with frequent exchanges of large files. Dropbox Transfer, which sends files up to 100GB, and view-only links handled those exchanges. The studio plans to consolidate file sharing across its entire production process onto Dropbox.
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