Cloud Hearts

Cloud Hearts Co., Ltd. (Japanese: 株式会社クラウドハーツ, Hepburn: Kabushiki-gaisha Cloud Hearts) was a Japanese animation studio based in Suginami, Tokyo.

Cloud Hearts Co., Ltd.

Native name	株式会社クラウドハーツ
Romanized name	Kabushiki-gaisha Cloud Hearts
Company type	Kabushiki gaisha
Industry	Japanese animation
Founded	June 1, 2021; 4 years ago (2021-06-01)
Defunct	December 18, 2024; 8 months ago (2024-12-18)
Headquarters	Asagaya, Suginami, Tokyo, Japan
Key people	Satoshi Nakatani (President) Keisuke Fukunaga (Director) Tarou Ikegami (Director) Yuuma Ooue (Director) Shinsaku Tanaka (Director)
Website	cloudhearts.co.jp
Footnotes / references [1]

History

The studio existed as a branch of Yokohama Animation Lab in the mid-2010s credited under the name "YAL/CHst" (an acronym of "Yokohama Animation Lab / CloudHearts studio") before being officially established as a separate legal entity (but still under the studio's corporate group) on June 1, 2021, by producer Satoshi Nakatani.^[2] Since May 2024, the studio was delisted from its parent company due to its apparent closure.^[3] On December 18, 2024, the company officially began bankruptcy proceedings.^[4]

Works

Television series

Year	Title	Director(s)	Animation producer(s)	Source	Eps.	Refs.
2021	Tawawa on Monday 2	Yuki Ogawa	Satoshi Nakatani	Manga	12
2023	The Iceblade Sorcerer Shall Rule the World	Masahiro Takata	Satoshi Nakatani	Light novel	12	[5]
	The Great Cleric (co-animated with Yokohama Animation Laboratory)	Masato Tamagawa	Satoshi Nakatani	Light novel	12	[6]
	Rail Romanesque 2 (co-animated with Yokohama Animation Laboratory)	Michiru Ebata	Yuuma Ooue	Eroge visual novel	12	[7]
2024	The New Gate (co-animated with Yokohama Animation Laboratory)	Tamaki Nakatsu	Yuuma Ooue	Light novel	12	[8]
	Whisper Me a Love Song (co-animated with Yokohama Animation Laboratory episodes 1–10)	Akira Mano[a]	Yuuma Ooue	Manga	12	[10]

Notes

1. Cai Xinya was originally directing the series but had to be replaced sometime during production by Akira Mano due to health issues.^[9]