YOUR STUDIO. YOUR STORIES. YOUR NEXT BIG HIT.
JISOGI: ANIME STUDIO TYCOON
Take charge of your own anime studio. Hire the right professionals, develop original stories, and analyze market trends to turn every production into a hit.
Q4 2026
BRINGING YOUR DREAM ANIME TO LIFE IS IN YOUR HANDS
Creating a legendary series takes more than a brilliant idea. Build your team, manage your resources, forge key connections, and anticipate what audiences want before the next big trend emerges.
1 to 4 players
Playtime: 60' - 90'
Age: 14+
CREATIVITY, BUSINESS, AND DECISIONS UNDER PRESSURE
A competitive worker placement and business management game where each player runs their own anime studio. Use your staff’s abilities to take actions, develop new projects, and prepare them for release. Managing your workflow efficiently will be just as important as creating a great story.
Recruit artists, writers, and other talented professionals. Each member of your studio unlocks unique actions, and you’ll need to combine their strengths and make every workday count.
Action, fantasy, horror, science fiction, or slice of life: discover which genres and combinations are capturing audiences and choose whether to follow the latest trends or gamble on creating the next cult anime.
BUILD YOUR TEAM
Grow your studio by hiring specialized professionals and assign each one to the role where their talents can truly shine.
CREATE AN ORIGINAL STORY
Blend a setting, a storyline, and an unexpected twist to craft a one-of-a-kind anime. Refine its genres and enhance its production quality before the premiere.
CAPTIVATE THE AUDIENCE
Measure your production against the latest trends, build hype around your release, and discover whether you’ve created a global hit... or a legendary cult classic.
WHAT MAKES THIS GAME SPECIAL: BUILDING AND MANAGING YOUR OWN STUDIO HAS NEVER BEEN THIS THRILLING
A true tycoon experience. You won’t just create stories: you’ll have to manage staff, money, debt, interest, and production schedules.
Each member of your team has unique skills. Combine their strengths, create powerful synergies, and get the most out of every professional in your studio.
Create your own anime masterpieces by combining unique settings, storylines, and twists to deliver completely different titles in every playthrough.
Markets and trends are constantly changing throughout the game. A genre combination that is perfect today might no longer be in demand when your anime finally launches… but it could still become a legendary cult hit with unique bonuses.
Invest in your projects, forge valuable connections, and build anticipation, but keep your finances under control. Sometimes taking on debt will be the only way to transform an ambitious production into a major success.
A unique visual identity crafted by Eisuke Gou, Senkawa Teien, and other artists from the anime world, showcasing a variety of styles that capture the diversity of genres and productions.
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