Bees inc. is a newly founded anime studio that has already contributed to major projects such as the One Piece Elbaf arc opening and VTuber music videos, and recently released a collaboration short film with GALLERIA.
Bees inc. was founded in January 2026 by representative YAMAAD, who cited the need for a dedicated production management role that handles costs, schedules, and contracts, allowing creators to focus on production. The studio is located near the sea in Enoshima and employs full-time staff from indie animation backgrounds. Within months of its founding, bees contributed to the opening of the One Piece Elbaf arc and to music videos for VTubers, including Hoshimachi Suisei.
In July 2026, bees released a short film blending live-action and animation as part of a collaboration with GALLERIA. The video, the third in the Creators Scene series, depicts bees members working on animation production using GALLERIA PCs. This partnership marks the studio's first major brand collaboration and highlights its rapid move from indie roots to high-profile anime work.
The two stories together present bees as a studio built on a business philosophy that prioritizes production management over artistic ambition alone. The studio's early output-major shonen opening sequences and VTuber content-suggests a focus on efficiency and commercial work, though further details about upcoming projects have not been disclosed.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the cited Yomimono stories below, each itself sourced, then editorially reviewed. Every fact links the story it came from.
Structured graph also available as JSON at /public/entities/bees.
CC BY 4.0.
Real Akiba Communications has produced nine original characters called REAL AKIBA CHIBEES that call to mind members of the anison dance group REAL AKIBA BOYZ, and it revealed the key visual on October 15. The nine are described as characters who appeared in the streets of Akihabara. Names, profiles, and the development story will follow, with updates on official social media and a special site.
G-ko, an animation artist who graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts and has directed music videos for Zutomayo and Ado, joined the studio bees inc. in spring 2026. In a KAI-YOU piece, G-ko describes years of freelance animation that grew lonely and uneven in quality, and says the Enoshima studio offers the collective production that solo work could not support.
GALLERIA and the newly launched anime studio bees have released a short film blending live-action and animation. The video, the third in the Creators Scene series, depicts bees members working on animation production using GALLERIA PCs. The studio, founded in January 2026, employs full-time staff from indie animation backgrounds and has already contributed to projects including the One Piece Elbaf arc opening and Hoshimachi Suisei's music video.
Representative YAMAAD of anime studio bees inc. explained the decision to found the studio in January 2026, citing the need for a dedicated production management role that handles costs, schedules, and contracts so creators can focus on production. The studio is located near the sea in Enoshima and has already contributed to the One Piece Elbaf opening and VTuber music videos.