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SHAFT

Tokyo, Japan(approximate location)

Contact & details

TypeArt Department · Television
LocationTokyo, Japan
Websiteshaft-web.co.jp
Social
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Phone03-3394-0696
Statusactive2026 credit i
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How their work is rated

Average rating
7.4IMDb
4.0directory 6.28.0

25 rated titles, weighted by votes

Awards

23 wins from 77 nominations across all awards

Box office
$525,280

Combined US gross, 1 of 57 titles

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Highest rated
March Comes In Like a Lion
2016
8.24,028 votes
Fate/Extra Last Encore poster
Lowest rated
Fate/Extra Last Encore
2018
5.41,062 votes
Mostly
animation, comedy, action
Active
1988–2026
Rotten Tomatoes
45%
Best known for
Puella Magi Madoka Magica

Ratings and awards from OMDb, matched by title and year across 38 of 57 titles. Unmatched titles are left out rather than guessed. Oscars, Emmys and BAFTAs are itemised; other awards sit in the totals. IMDb counts wins separately from losing nominations, so nominations here is wins plus losses.

Their television work

Series
3634 seasons

1988–2025

Television rating
7.6IMDb

Their films average 8.6, so the television rates 1.0 lower.

Networks
  • TBS7
  • Tokyo MX6
  • BS-TBS4
  • TV Tokyo4
  • AT-X3
  • Tochigi TV2

Across 25 series matched to TMDB, 485 episodes.

Longest runningMagia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story · 3 seasons

Series identified from OMDb, falling back to the credit type where OMDb had no match. Season counts are each show’s full run, not only the seasons this company was credited on.

Credits24 of 61

19 films · 38 TV titles

Titles per year57 titles · busiest 2007 with 4

57 titles across 30 years, averaging 1.9 a year. The last five years average 1.4 a year, below their long-run rate. 4 of those 30 years carry no credit on file.

Quality over time27 rated titles · bigger dots carry more votes
46810their average 7.4200020102020

Their 2000s work is their strongest, averaging 8.6 across 7 titles. The 12 titles since 2016 average 7.9, 0.6 below their 8.5 overall. 1 of 27 rated titles sit above their 8.5 average, which is weighted by votes: the most seen titles pull it up.

Who they work with

Directors
  • Yukihiro Miyamoto5
  • Akiyuki Shinbô5
  • Tatsuya Oishi3
  • Akiyuki Shinbo2
Writers
  • Akiyuki Shinbô6
  • Ume Aoki4
  • Nisio Isin4
  • Yukito Kizawa4
  • Atsuhiro Iwakami3
Notable cast
  • Kana Asumi4
  • Emiri Kato4
  • Hiroshi Kamiya4
  • Maaya Sakamoto4
  • Eri Kitamura3
Genres
  • Animation37 of 38
  • Comedy22 of 38
  • Action13 of 38
  • Drama13 of 38
  • Fantasy8 of 38

Names appearing on two or more of SHAFT’s produced titles, across the 38 matched to OMDb. Cast is the top-billed few OMDb lists per title, so it is notable cast rather than a full cast list. A title can carry more than one genre, so the genre counts overlap.

Works with12 companies

Companies that appear alongside SHAFT on the same productions. The number is how many titles they share.

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