CyberAgent Opens Canvas Kyoto Creative Hub in June
The hub is a direct investment in regional talent development outside Tokyo, paired with CyberAgent's recent restructuring of its anime subsidiary Cypic.
Reporting from 1 sources: Anime News Network.
CyberAgent announced it will establish Canvas Kyoto, a new creative hub in Kyoto, in June. The hub aims to broaden the talent pool for anime and game production in the Kansai region. It will offer a paid training program for young creators, teaching practical skills with mentorship and real production project opportunities, with potential full-time positions at CyberAgent.
CyberAgent is opening a new creative hub in Kyoto called Canvas Kyoto, set to launch in June. The company announced the hub on Friday, positioning it as a way to bring more people into anime and game production, especially from the Kansai region. Canvas Kyoto will run a paid training program for young creators, teaching practical skills and offering chances to work on real production projects with mentorship from professionals. Participants who finish the program may be offered full-time jobs at CyberAgent.
The announcement follows a corporate restructuring at CyberAgent. In late February, Cygames Pictures became a direct consolidated subsidiary of CyberAgent, and in early April it changed its name to Cypic. CyberAgent also established Cygames in 2011, which has produced games like Uma Musume Pretty Derby and Granblue Fantasy, and later founded the anime production subsidiary Cygames Pictures in 2016. The company has also been investing in AI tools for production, creating guidelines for generative AI use in 2024 and launching an AI lab for animation in 2023.
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- Anime News Network CyberAgent Establishes Canvas Kyoto Creative Hub