Nao Hirasawa
The visionary anime producer and founder of Arch Inc. at Japan Expo 2025.
After studying law at university, Nao Hirasawa entered the world of animation, starting work at Bandai-Namco (now BANDAI NAMCO Filmworks Inc.). He subsequently joined Production I.G. Inc. and Ultra Super Pictures Inc. as a producer, before founding his own company, Arch Inc.
Thanks to his unique experience, first as a lawyer in charge of international validations and then as a producer, he is not only familiar with copyright management at national level, but also with contracts relating to the development of intellectual property abroad, making him an important asset when collaborating with different partners around the world...
Nao Hirasawa has played a predominant role at least as producer on a number of notable titles:
- The Journey
- Promare (Trigger)
- Neko ga Kureta Marui Shiawase
- ID-0
- BBK/BRNK
- the Monster Strike anime
- She and Her Cat -Everything Flows-
- Ultra Super Anime Time
- Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet
- Lagrange: The Flower of Rin-ne
- Twisted Wonderland (Graphinica)
He is currently working on series, films and other domestic and international projects that will soon be announced.
Today, Nao Hirasawa is a director of YAMATOWORKS Inc. since December 7, 2019, Managing Director of Graphinica Inc. since April 1, 2020, and a director of Yumeta Company Inc. since July 1, 2020 and founding CEO of Arch Inc.