{"rewrite":{"id":"r_7552fcd7e7b138d4755d1a5a","clusterId":"c_00c3b5b73a833ca30dd7a564","slug":"studio-auknow-president-takuma-akitsu-wants-original-ip-built-for-cross-media","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Studio AuKnow President Takuma Akitsu Wants Original IP Built For Cross-Media","summary":"In a one-on-one interview with AUTOMATON, Studio AuKnow representative director and president Takuma Akitsu described founding the studio to build original IP across games, anime, and comics rather than treating IP as a business line. Preparation for the studio's full-scale launch began around January 2026, and Akitsu said his interest is the structural side of IP and following how audiences change. Studio AuKnow receives strategic investment from U.S. game company Scopely.","whyItMatters":"A studio leader framing IP as a way to move content across games, anime, and comics, backed by Scopely's strategic investment, puts the cross-media model at the center of Studio AuKnow's stated plan rather than as an afterthought.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eAkitsu\u0026#39;s path into the studio ran through Koei Tecmo Games, where he spent about five to six years as a planner and chose mobile games while colleagues leaned toward console work. He later joined a major company in 2018 and directed cross-media content alongside games. Preparation for Studio AuKnow\u0026#39;s full-scale launch began around January 2026, and the company is hiring mid-career staff across a range of roles.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Studio AuKnow's cross-media IP plan depends on Scopely's strategic investment, which places a US mobile publisher inside a studio whose president, Takuma Akitsu, frames IP as structure rather than a business line.","twitterPost":"Scopely's strategic investment in Studio AuKnow puts a US mobile publisher behind Takuma Akitsu's cross-media original IP plan.","threadsPost":"Studio AuKnow president Takuma Akitsu wants original IP across games, anime, and comics. The strategic investment from Scopely means a US mobile publisher sits behind that plan, and the structural work Akitsu describes will happen with Scopely's capital in the room.","newsletterBlurb":"Studio AuKnow president Takuma Akitsu told AUTOMATON that the studio's aim is original IP that can expand across games, anime, and comics, and that prep for a full-scale launch began around January 2026. He traced his own route through mobile planning at Koei Tecmo Games and later cross-media direction. The U.S. company Scopely has made a strategic investment in the studio.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Automaton\",\"url\":\"https://automaton-media.com/articles/hiring/sau-20261023-473813/\",\"title\":\"Up-and-coming game company Studio AuKnow wants to create \\\"original\\\" and \\\"huge hit\\\" IP, because making things is interesting in itself, not just business\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4752,"outputTokens":589,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1792383744,"createdAt":"2026-10-19T04:18:56.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-19T04:21:13.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-19T04:21:13.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_00c3b5b73a833ca30dd7a564","canonicalTitle":"新進気鋭のゲーム企業Studio AuKnowは、「オリジナル」で「大ヒット」なIPを作りたい。ビジネスではなく作ること自体が面白いから","representativeArticleId":"a_88b38276698695ad228101a9","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[\"Studio AuKnow\"],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-19T03:03:04.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-19T03:03:04.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-19T04:21:10.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Automaton","url":"https://automaton-media.com/articles/hiring/sau-20261023-473813/","title":"新進気鋭のゲーム企業Studio AuKnowは、「オリジナル」で「大ヒット」なIPを作りたい。ビジネスではなく作ること自体が面白いから"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":[],"studios":["Studio AuKnow"],"people":[],"type":"news","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}