Lucent Pictures & 4°C to Partner

Japan’s Lucent Pictures Entertainment has announced plans to partner with acclaimed anime production house Studio 4°C to form a new, separate animation production company named Lucent 4°C (LFC). LFC hopes to announce its first production by the end of this year, and expects to eventually sustain 2-3 productions annually.

Lucent Pictures was established in 2007 to acquire video and film adaptation rights for comics and other materials, develop original stories, finance & promote projects, establish production committees, and research advanced video techniques. Studio 4°C is best known for producing anime including Tekkon Kinkreet, Mind Game, Genius Party, The Animatrix, and Memories.

Source: Anime News Network