Private company
Visual Works
Japanese CGI animation studio
Square Enix Image Studio Division (Japanese: 株式会社スクウェア・エニックス イメージ・スタジオ部, Hepburn: Kabushiki-gaisha Sukuwea Enikkusu imēji Sutajio Bu) (formerly Visual Works and Image Arts), is a Japan-based CGI animation studio dedicated towards creating video game cut scenes and full-length feature films for Square Enix. Square Enix Image Studio Division was founded as Visual Works, the CGI department for Square that was responsible for creating the pre-rendered CG sequences for the company, starting with Final Fantasy VII in 1997.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
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Square Enix Image Studio Division (Japanese: 株式会社スクウェア・エニックス イメージ・スタジオ部, Hepburn: Kabushiki-gaisha Sukuwea Enikkusu imēji Sutajio Bu) (formerly Visual Works and Image Arts), is a Japan-based CGI animation studio dedicated towards creating video game cut scenes and full-length feature films for Square Enix. Square Enix Image Studio Division was founded as Visual Works, the CGI department for Square that was responsible for creating the pre-rendered CG sequences for the company, starting with Final Fantasy VII in 1997.2
Corporate structure
Visual Works is part of a group headed by Square Enix Holdings. 25 entities, 4 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.
- Square Enix Holdings Tokyo
- Square Enix 東京都, Japan
- Eidos Interactive London, United Kingdom
- Beautiful Game Studios Subsidiary · Wimbledon
- Core Design Subsidiary · Derby
- Pivotal Games Subsidiary · Bath
- Pseudo Interactive Subsidiary · Toronto
- U.S. Gold Subsidiary · Birmingham
- Eidos KK Subsidiary · Japan
- Visual Works Tokyo
- DigiCube Subsidiary · Shinagawa
- Gangan Comics Pixiv Subsidiary
- IO Interactive Subsidiary · Koebenhavn K, Denmark
- PlayOnline Subsidiary
- Quest Subsidiary · Tokyo
- Square Enix Montréal Subsidiary · Montreal
- Tokyo RPG Factory Subsidiary · Shinjuku
- Gangan Online Subsidiary · Japan
- GFantasy Comics Subsidiary · Japan
- Shinra Technologies Subsidiary
- Square Enix Creative Business Unit I Subsidiary · Japan
- Final Fantasy Owned
- Gangan Comics Joker Owned · Japan
- Gangan Comics Online Owned · Japan
- SQEX Novel Owned · Japan
- SQUARE ENIX e-STORE Owned
- Square Enix Novels Owned · Japan
- Young Gangan Comics Owned · Japan
- Eidos Interactive London, United Kingdom
- Gangan Comics Subsidiary
- Taito Subsidiary · Shinjuku
- Bits Laboratory Subsidiary
- Zuntata Subsidiary
- Square Enix 東京都, Japan
Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); 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
- Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children
Listed on Wikidata.1
Subsidiaries and ownership
Parent company
From Wikidata.1
Timeline
- 1997Founded Founded1
Links
- WikipediaSquare Enix Image Studio Division
- WikidataQ28154321
Sources
The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.
- 1WikidataVisual Works on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaVisual Works on Wikipedia