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lead=yes, also known as Studio Trigger, is a Japanese animation studio founded by former Gainax employees Hiroyuki Imaishi and Masahiko Ōtsuka in 2011. It has produced anime works including Kill la Kill (2013), Little Witch Academia (short films, 2013 and 2015; TV series, 2017), Promare (2019), (2020), (2022), and Delicious in Dungeon (2024), as well as the animated continuations of Gridman the Hyper Agent: SSSS.Gridman (2018), SSSS.Dynazenon (2021), and Gridman Universe (2023).
Studio Trigger was established on August 22, 2011, by Hiroyuki Imaishi and Masahiko Ōtsuka shortly after leaving Gainax. The studio name and official website was revealed in October 2011. The first animation they released was for the game Project X Zone. Along with assisting production on various series, Trigger released a short film, Little Witch Academia, and developed its first original anime television series, Kill la Kill, which aired from October 2013 to March 2014. On July 8, 2013, Trigger launched a Kickstarter project in order to fund a second episode of Little Witch Academia. The project was well received and achieved its goal of $150,000 in under five hours, and went on to raise a total of $625,518.
Studio Trigger, along with studios Sanzigen and Ordet, joined joint holding company Ultra Super Pictures.
In 2018, Studio Trigger created a Patreon with the goal of acquiring necessary funding for projects and merchandise. As of February 2025, Studio Trigger's Patreon offers two support tiers for patrons (US$1/month and US$5/month), has over 6000 members, and raises over US$3,000 per month.
In 2023, Trigger announced it had acquired the rights to Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt and Gurren Lagann, and announced a follow-up series for Panty & Stocking and a North American re-screening of both Gurren Lagann movies.
| Kiznaiver | ABC | Hiroshi Kobayashi | 12 | Original work. | |
| SSSS.Gridman | Wowow | Akira Amemiya | 12 | Based on the tokusatsu series Gridman the Hyper Agent by Tsuburaya Productions. | |
| Ninja Slayer | Akira Amemiya | 26 | Based on the novel series by Bradley Bond and Philip "Ninj@" Morzez. Released on Niconico. | |
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