Studio N LITE is an anime studio based in the U.S. and Tokyo creating prestige film, tv, manga, and products inspired by culture from around the world.
We’ve built a bridge between award winning Hollywood talent, Japanese anime legends, and untapped stories from the African diaspora to bring magical storytelling to life for a global audience.
Anime Feature Films
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MFINDA
A 13-year-old Congolese girl is transported to the Mfinda, a primordial forest of spirits, gods, and ancestors. There she joins another young girl from a different time and embarks on a journey to find her way back home during a time of conflict between humans and the spirits of nature.
(In Production)
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WEBE: Spirit Detective
When a young detective returns to St. Helena Island to reconnect with his southern roots, he is thrust into solving murders of Gullah Geechee people that have awakened a vengeful Boo Hag spirit seeking justice.
(In Development)
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Chiure: Child of the Sea
A young Mozambican girl’s coastal community is being taken over by a ruthless foreign fishing company. She discovers a mysterious amulet connected to an ancient sea God that helps save her home.
(In Development)
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Jungle Emperor Leo: Path of Two
Meri, a young girl from Ethiopia, meets a tenacious lion cub named Leo and they become fast friends. Soon after, they are thrust into a conflict between their fathers that leads to a war between humans and the animals of Leo’s jungle.
A re-imagining of the classic manga by Osamu Tezuka.
(In Development)
Anime Series & Short Films
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IFE: Secret of the Star Child
In the aftermath of destruction, a mysterious orphan boy made from stardust harnesses an ancient power to rebuild the lost Kingdom of Ife.
(Series, In Development)
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Story of Eeko (Short Film)
An African yemboe sprite named Eeko harnesses the power of stardust to save its forest from ecological disaster.
(In Development)
Latest News
U.S.-Japan anime studio N LITE has struck a co-development partnership with Japanese publishing giant Kodansha to produce a serialized manga based on its feature film “Mfinda,” with the debut set for Kodansha’s Biblio Sirius Magazine in 2026.
The manga, written by N LITE founder Christiano Terry and drawn by studio art director Tom Lintern, in collaboration with Japanese storyboard artist Koma Warita, functions as a prequel to the “Mfinda” feature, expanding the Congolese mythology and sacred forest of spirits and gods at the center of the film.
The siblings have teamed up with N LITE, a Black-owned media company and anime studio based in the U.S. and Tokyo.
Cameroonian-American Philadelphia 76ers center and former NBA MVP Joel Embiid has joined the producing team of “Mfinda” an upcoming anime feature from the Tokyo- and LA-based studio N LITE.
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We do not accept unsolicited project submissions, however, we are always happy to connect with people who are passionate about storytelling and may be interested in collaborating :)