WIT Studio is a privately owned company based in Japan, founded in 2012, with an estimated 20 employees. The company specializes in media managed services, producing animation for television series, video games, and films, including works such as Attack On Titan, HAL the movie, Hoozuki No Reitetsu, The Rolling Girls, and Seraph Of The End: Vampire Reign.
WIT Studio President George Wada stated on September 26 that *Attack on Titan* was the studio’s only choice for its first production, recognizing its significant global impact as a newly established team. Earlier the same day, Wada acknowledged the understandable anxiety of adapting Eiichiro Oda’s *The One Piece*, a new adaptation set to retell the story from its beginning, while also expressing greater excitement for the project. On September 9, Wada suggested Japan should host its own anime awards show, noting the studio's reputation since its 2012 founding, with productions including *Spy x Family* and early seasons of *Attack on Titan* and *Vinland Saga*. Previously, on August 22, the studio returned to the *Attack on Titan* franchise for a special new event scheduled for later in the Fall. This followed an August 21 announcement that its upcoming Netflix series, *THE ONE PIECE*, will adapt 50 manga chapters across seven episodes, offering a fresh visual style for Monkey D. Luffy’s East Blue Saga.