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lead=yes is a Japanese anime production company and former studio, established on May 31, 2002, by former Pierrot and Studio Signpost-affiliated staff who had established studio Arcturus prior in 2000 with the intent of making animated series. The studio made its first animated television series, Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha, in 2004. Since then, the company has produced a number of other animated television series and movies.

In 2012, the animation section was split off by forming '''lead=yes as a subsidiary company. Since then, Seven Arcs has had its business in animation planning and licence management. On December 26, 2017, the company was acquired by TBS Holdings. Seven Arcs Pictures, Seven Arcs, and Arcturus merged on October 1, 2019, reforming as the single company Seven Arcs.

The title of the studio refers to the 7th of the 12 principles of animation.

Representative staff

Current

Yuuji Yoshida (Chairman of the board (2024–) and 3rd CEO (2025–))
Tatsuya Tanaka (Board member (2025–), 2nd president and CEO (2019–2024))
Tomoyuki Saitou (CCO and board member, 2023–)
Eiji Takayuki (CFO and board member, 2024–)
Jun Shinozaki (Board member, 2025–; executive officer, 2024)
Jun Nasuda (Part-time board member, 2024–; part-time chairman of the board 2022–2024)
Shinjirou Watanabe (Part-time board member, 2024–)
Kazuhiko Akatsu (Part-time board member, 2024–)
Heisuke Aihara (Auditor, 2025–)

Former

Osamu Kamimura (President and CEO, 2003–2019)
Ryou Yasumura (President and CEO of Seven Arcs Pictures, 2012–2019)
Shigeki Fujioka (President and chairman, 2019–2022; president and chairman of Seven Arcs Pictures, (2019); co-president and COO, 2022–2024)
Hitoshi Murakami (CCO and board member, 2022–2024)
Kazunari Masuda (CFO and board member, 2022–2024)
Keita Mishima (Part-time board member, 2022–2023)
Shinya Watanabe (Part-time board member, 2022–2023)
Tatsuya Juuni (Part-time board member, 2022–2024)
Yasuhiro Yamada (Part-time board member, 2022–2024)
Toshihiro Shimizu (Part-time board member, 2023–2024)
Tadao Matsuno (Part-time board member, 2023–2024)
Tadayuki Tsuchiya (Auditor, 2022–2023)
Jin Kuwahara (Auditor, 2023–2024)
Heisuke Shimizu (Auditor, 2024)
Kouji Kajita (Executive officer, 2022–2023)
Souichi Toyota (Executive officer, 2023)
Hisashi Takamatsu (Executive officer, 2023–2024)

Productions

Seven Arcs (2002–2012)

Television series

Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha (2004)
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's (2005)
Inukami! (2006)
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS (2007)
Sekirei (2008)
White Album (2009)
Asura Cryin' (2009)
Asura Cryin' 2 (2009)
Sekirei (2010)
Dog Days (2011)
Dog Days' (2012)

OVA

(2003)
Sekirei (2008)
Sekirei (2010)

Films

(2007)
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha The MOVIE 1st (2010)
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha The MOVIE 2nd A's (2012)

Seven Arcs Pictures (2012–2019)

Television series

Mushibugyo (2013)
Trinity Seven (2014)
Dog Days" (2015)
Ooya-san wa Shishunki! (2016)
Idol Memories (2016)
ViVid Strike! (2016)
(2018)
Dances with the Dragons (2018)
(2019)

OVA/ONA

Mushibugyo (2014–2015)
Trinity Seven (2015)
(2016, co-production with Orange)

Films

Yakusoku no Utsuwa: Arita no Hatsukoi (2016)
Fuyu no Chikai, Natsu no Matsuri: Takeoshi no Dai-Kusunoki (2016)
(2016, co-production with Orange)
(2017)
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Reflection (2017)
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Detonation (2018)
(2019)

Canceled works

- Originally planned for an October 2018 premiere. However, it was later cancelled on account of controversial remarks by the light novel's author MINE

Seven Arcs (merged company, 2019–present)

Television series