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Silver Link

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Japanese animation studio

Silver Link, Inc. (株式会社シルバーリンク, Kabushiki-gaisha Shirubā Rinku; stylized as SILVER LINK.) is a Japanese animation studio. It was founded by ex-Frontline animation producer Hayato Kaneko in December 2007 and is based in Tokyo.2 It employed 60 people.1 It is part of ABC Animation.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

Dec 2007Founded1
Musashino YS Building
Photo: ITA-ATU, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons5

Silver Link, Inc. (株式会社シルバーリンク, Kabushiki-gaisha Shirubā Rinku; stylized as SILVER LINK.) is a Japanese animation studio. It was founded by ex-Frontline animation producer Hayato Kaneko in December 2007 and is based in Tokyo.2

Corporate structure

Silver Link is part of a group headed by Asahi Broadcasting Group Holdings. 12 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

After the company's establishment in 2007, Shin Oonuma, who was previously a director alongside Shaft directors Akiyuki Shinbo and Tatsuya Oishi, joined the studio. A majority of Silver Link's productions have involved Oonuma as a director or co-director since his joining of the studio. The company had also owned two subsidiaries: Beep Co., Ltd., a subcontracting animation studio, and Connect, Inc., a studio that started off co-producing series with Silver Link, and has since expanded into producing its own works. Both subsidiaries have since been dissolved by the studio, though they both still continue to operate as divisions within the company.

On February 1, 2016, Beep was absorbed into Silver Link, and was succeeded by Silver Link Overseas Division, taking over Beep's former office space. However, the Beep brand still remains in use for sub-contracting work by the studio.

On July 17, 2020, it was announced that Silver Link would be wholly absorbing and dissolving Connect, and that all rights managed by the company would be transferred to Silver Link. However, Connect will still continue to operate as a sub-studio within Silver Link.

On August 3, 2020, it was announced that Asahi Broadcasting Group Holdings had acquired Silver Link for 250 million yen.

On October 1, 2020, the company changed its name to Silver Link Asset Management Co., Ltd. and split off its animation production business into a new company named Silver Link, Inc.

On October 5, 2023, it was announced that ABC Group Holdings had moved the company under ABC Animation as a wholly owned subsidiary.

On November 6, 2023, the studio relocated from its headquarters on the second, third, and fourth floor of the Marusho Mitaka Building in Shimorenjaku, Mitaka, Tokyo, to the third floor of the Musashino YS Building — where Wit Studio and Tatsunoko Production are also headquartered — in Nakachou, Musashino, Tokyo.

On September 26, 2024, Silver Link. Asset Management disappeared as a corporate entity.

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Current

Yukihiro Sugitani (3rd CEO)

Akira Tanaka (Board member)

Kazuya Shiraishi (Board member)

Minemichi Hasegawa (Board member)

Jirou Nakagawa (Executive officer)

Masao Oohashi (Executive officer)

Former

Hayato Kaneko (Board member, 1st CEO)

Tomoaki Asano (2nd CEO)

Akihiro Ueda (Board member)

Akihiro Hayashi (Board member)

Kazuhiko Ogura (Board member)

Tomoaki Hagiwara (Board member)

Ryou Kimura (Board member)

Masahiro Tabeya (Executive officer)

From Wikipedia’s article on Silver Link, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Products and brands

  • anime

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Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Subsidiaries

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. Dec 2007Founded Founded1

Sources

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