Sony is rolling out a new program called Anime Academy which will focus on "developing talent" to help in the production of anime. A-1 Pictures and CloverWorks are central parts of this new initiative. Both these companies are subsidiaries of Aniplex, which is a division of "Sony Music Entertainment Japan". Sony Group's Chairman and CEO, Yoshida Kenichiro, and President, COO, and CFO Totoki Hiroki commented on the upcoming "Anime Academy"
(A-1 Pictures' recent projects from the past couple years include Solo Leveling, Sword Art Online, Mashle: Magic & Muscles, and Lycoris Recoil) and CloverWorks, Spy x Family, The Promised Neverland, and Bocchi The Rock)
The launch of a project to establish an academy [comes] with the aim of nurturing anime creators in global markets, mainly by Aniplex and Crunchyroll with collaboration from across the industry.
(A-1 Pictures' recent projects from the past couple years include Solo Leveling, Sword Art Online, Mashle: Magic & Muscles, and Lycoris Recoil) and CloverWorks, Spy x Family, The Promised Neverland, and Bocchi The Rock)