White Fox

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White Fox Co., Ltd. (Japanese: 株式会社WHITE FOX, Hepburn: Kabushiki-gaisha Howaito Fokkusu), is a Japanese animation studio founded in April 2007 by Gaku Iwasa. The studio's most successful productions include adaptations of Steins;Gate, Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World, and Akame ga Kill!.

White Fox Co., Ltd.

Headquarters in Suginami, Tokyo
Native name	株式会社WHITE FOX
Romanized name	Kabushiki-gaisha Howaito Fokkusu
Company type	Kabushiki gaisha
Industry	Japanese animation
Predecessor	OLM TEAM IWASA
Founded	April 2007; 18 years ago (2007-04)
Founder	Gaku Iwasa
Headquarters	Igusa, Suginami, Tokyo , Japan
Key people	Gaku Iwasa (CEO)
Total equity	¥ 4 ,000,000
Owner	AlphaPolis (2025—present)
Number of employees	46 (White Fox) 23 (Izukōgen)
Divisions	White Fox Tokyo Studio White Fox Izukōgen Studio
Subsidiaries	Studio Bind
Website	http://w-fox.co.jp/ (Official) http://izu-fox.com/ (Izukōgen)

History

The studio was founded in April 2007 by Gaku Iwasa^[1] and other former staff members of OLM's Team Iwasa, which Iwasa lead.^[2] Their first production was the anime series Tears to Tiara. Since then, White Fox has animated shows like Steins;Gate and Re:Zero and Akame ga Kill!.

On July 31, 2025, it was announced that the studio was acquired by Japanese publishing company AlphaPolis.^[3][4]

Works

Television series

Title	Director(s)	First run start date	First run end date	Episodes	Note(s)	Ref(s)
Tears to Tiara	Tomoki Kobayashi	April 6, 2009	September 28, 2009	26	Based on an adult tactical role-playing game by Leaf.	[5]
Katanagatari	Keitaro Motonaga	January 26, 2010	December 11, 2010	12	Adaptation of a light novel series by Nisio Isin.	[6]
Steins;Gate	Hiroshi Hamasaki Takuya Satō	April 6, 2011	September 14, 2011	24	Based on a visual novel by 5pb. and Nitroplus.	[7]
Jormungand	Keitaro Motonaga	April 10, 2012	June 26, 2012	12	Adaptation of a manga series by Keitaro Takahashi.	[8]
Jormungand: Perfect Order		October 10, 2012	December 26, 2012	12	Sequel to Jormungand.	[9]
The Devil Is a Part-Timer!	Naoto Hosoda	April 4, 2013	June 27, 2013	13	Adaptation of a light novel series by Satoshi Wagahara.	[10]
SoniAni: Super Sonico The Animation	Kenichi Kawamura	January 6, 2014	March 24, 2014	12	Based on a video game character by Nitroplus.	[11]
Is the Order a Rabbit?	Hiroyuki Hashimoto	April 10, 2014	June 26, 2014	12	Adaptation of a manga series by Koi.	[12]
Akame ga Kill!	Tomoki Kobayashi	July 7, 2014	December 15, 2014	24	Adaptation of a manga series by Takahiro and Tetsuya Tashiro.	[13]
Utawarerumono: The False Faces	Keitaro Motonaga	October 3, 2015	March 26, 2016	25	Based on a tactical role-playing game by Leaf.	[14]
Is the Order a Rabbit??	Hiroyuki Hashimoto	October 10, 2015	December 26, 2015	12	Sequel to Is the Order a Rabbit?. Co-animated with Kinema Citrus.	[15]
Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World	Masaharu Watanabe	April 4, 2016	September 19, 2016	25	Adaptation of a light novel series by Tappei Nagatsuki.	[16]
Matoi the Sacred Slayer	Masayuki Sakoi	October 4, 2016	December 29, 2016	12	Original work.	[17]
Grimoire of Zero	Tetsuo Hirakawa	April 10, 2017	June 26, 2017	12	Adaptation of a light novel series by Kakeru Kobashiri.	[18]
Girls' Last Tour	Takaharu Ozaki	October 6, 2017	December 22, 2017	12	Adaptation of a manga series by Tsukumizu.	[19]
Steins;Gate 0	Kenichi Kawamura	April 12, 2018	September 27, 2018	23	Based on a visual novel by 5pb.	[20]
Goblin Slayer	Takaharu Ozaki	October 7, 2018	December 30, 2018	12	Adaptation of a light novel series by Kumo Kagyu.	[21]
Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest	Kinji Yoshimoto	July 8, 2019	October 7, 2019	13	Adaptation of a light novel series by Ryo Shirakome. Co-animated with Asread.	[22]
Cautious Hero: The Hero Is Overpowered but Overly Cautious	Masayuki Sakoi	October 2, 2019	December 27, 2019	12	Adaptation of a light novel series by Light Tuchihi.	[23]
Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World 2nd Season	Masaharu Watanabe	July 8, 2020	March 24, 2021	25	Sequel to Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World.	[24]
Utawarerumono: Mask of Truth	Kenichi Kawamura	July 3, 2022	December 25, 2022	28	Based on a tactical role-playing game by Aquaplus.	[25]
Sengoku Youko	Masahiro Aizawa	January 11, 2024	December 26, 2024	35	Adaptation of a manga series by Satoshi Mizukami.	[26]
Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World 3rd Season	Masahiro Shinohara	October 2, 2024	March 26, 2025	16	Sequel to Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World 2nd Season.	[27]
Uglymug, Epicfighter	Toshiyuki Sone	July 6, 2025	TBA	TBA	Adaptation of a web novel series by Ryō Hiromatsu.	[28]
Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World 4th Season	Masahiro Shinohara	2026	TBA	TBA	Sequel to Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World 3rd Season.	[29]

OVA/ONAs

Title	Director(s)	Release date	Episodes	Note(s)	Ref(s)
Steins;Gate: Egoistic Poriomania	Hiroshi Hamasaki (Chief) Takuya Satō (Chief) Tomoki Kobayashi	February 22, 2012	1	Unaired episode of Steins;Gate.	[30]
DPR: Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar	—	October 17, 2013	1	A short anime made for JAXA and NASA that promotes the GPM/DPR (Global Precipitation Measurement/Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar) space mission.	[31]
Steins;Gate: Sōmei Eichi no Cognitive Computing	Kenichirō Murakawa	October 14, 2014 – November 11, 2014	4	Short ONA series based on Steins;Gate.	[32]
Steins;Gate: Open the Missing Link	Hiroshi Hamasaki Takuya Satō	December 2, 2015	1	Alternative episode 23 (episode 23β) of Steins;Gate aired during the rerun after the release of Steins;Gate 0.	[33]
Utawarerumono: Tusukuru-kōjo no Karei Naru Hibi	Keitaro Motonaga	April 26, 2018	1	Released with the premium collection PS4/Vita remake of Utawarerumono: Chiriyukumono e no Komoriuta.
Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World: Memory Snow	Tatsuya Koyanagi (Chief) Masaharu Watanabe	October 6, 2018	1	Takes place between episodes 11 and 12 of the first season, and episodes 6 and 7 of the Director's Cut.	[34]
Steins;Gate 0: Valentine's of Crystal Polymorphism -Bittersweet Intermedio-	Kenichi Kawamura	December 21, 2018	1	Unaired episode of Steins;Gate 0.	[35]
Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World: Hyōketsu no Kizuna	Kenichi Kawamura (Chief) Masaharu Watanabe	November 8, 2019	1	Prequel to Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World.	[36]
Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest	Kinji Yoshimoto	November 25, 2019 – February 26, 2020	2	Unaired episodes of Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest. Co-animated with Asread.	[37]

Films

Title	Director	Release Date	Note(s)	Ref(s)
Steins;Gate: The Movie − Load Region of Déjà Vu	Hiroshi Hamasaki (Chief) Takuya Satō (Chief) Kanji Wakabayashi	April 20, 2013	Sequel to Steins;Gate.	[38]
Peacemaker Kurogane: Belief	Shigeru Kimiya	June 2, 2018	Sequel to Peacemaker Kurogane.	[39]
Peacemaker Kurogane: Friend	Shigeru Kimiya	November 17, 2018	Sequel to Peacemaker Kurogane: Belief.	[39]
Goblin Slayer: Goblin's Crown	Takaharu Ozaki	February 1, 2020	Sequel to Goblin Slayer.	[40]

Video games

Title	Platforms	Release Date	Note(s)	Ref(s)
Steins;Gate Elite	PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Nintendo Switch, Microsoft Windows	PS4, NS JP: September 20, 2018 WW: February 19, 2019 PlayStation Vita JP: September 20, 2018 Microsoft Windows WW: February 19, 2019	Using footage from Steins;Gate.	[41]