Private company

Frontier Works

Japanese Anime producer and distributor

Frontier Works (株式会社フロンティアワークス, Kabushiki Gaisha Furontia Wākusu) is a Japanese company specializing in the creation and distribution of media related to animation, such as producing OVAs, radio dramas, drama CDs, animation soundtracks, or other related products. The company was established in August 1990. On September 5, 2025, it was announced that Frontier Works acquired anime studio Yokohama Animation Laboratory.² It is part of Animate.¹ Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

2002Founded¹

Industrymusic industry, video game industry¹
HeadquartersYayoichō¹
Websitewww.fwinc.co.jp
Legal formkabushiki gaisha¹

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Corporate structure

Frontier Works is part of a group headed by Animate. 4 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Animate Higashi-Ikebukuro
- Frontier Works Yayoichō
  - Knox Novels Subsidiary · Japan
- Shosen Subsidiary · Jinbōchō, Japan

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.

Products and brands

Dimension Tripper Neptune: TOP NEP

From Wikipedia’s article on Frontier Works, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.⁴

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Animate

Subsidiaries

Knox Novels

From Wikidata.¹

Timeline

2002Founded Founded¹

Sources

The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.

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WikidataFrontier Works on Wikidata
2
WikipediaFrontier Works on Wikipedia
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WikipediaFrontier Works on Wikipedia (revision used)