Studio Elle

Studio elle Co., Ltd.

Headquarters in Nakano, Tokyo
Native name	有限会社スタジオエル
Romanized name	Yūgen-gaisha Sutajio Eru
Company type	Yūgen gaisha
Industry	Animation studio
Founded	1961 (as Leo Production) 1988 (as a corporate organization)
Founder	Leo Nishimura (as Leo Production)
Headquarters	Kagisanomiya, Nakano, Tokyo , Japan
Key people	Tasunori Nishimuraa Ryouei Nishimurab Tetsuya Nishimurac Suguru Shakagoorid Masami Abee
Website	studioelle.jp

Studio elle Co., Ltd. (Japanese: 有限会社スタジオエル, Hepburn: Yūgen-gaisha Sutajio Eru) is a Japanese animation studio based in Nakano, Tokyo originally founded in 1961.

The company's predecessor, Leo Productions, founded by Leo Nishimura in 1961, was primarily involved with TV and film production. They very briefly entered the anime cel-photography business in 1970 before closing that department in 1973. In 1975, the company's name was changed to the current Studio Elle and a cel-painting department was established. In 1988, the company officially registered as a yūgen gaisha. In 1999, the company shifted all cel-painting production to digital and did the same with its photography department in 2001. In 2005, the studio opened an animation department and merged with animation studio Jec E. The different departments were located in different buildings until 2007 when Studio Elle purchased a building in Kamisaginomiya and reorganized all of its departments into it. The studio opened a 3DCG department in 2012, but it was disbanded in 2017. The company had a second merger with another animation studio, Masami Abe's Anime Spot, in 2012 and Abe subsequently became the head of Studio Elle's animation department; and in 2018 they opened an overseas department.¹