Florian Perret has been working in the CG animation industry since the late 1990s. He has acquired deep, unique experience from his involvement in many animated titles, series and feature films in various types of working environments ranging from 2D/3D Japanese anime studios (Production I.G., Satelight) to the biggest American animation studios (Blue Sky, DreamWorks, Walt Disney Animation Studios). Florian Perret has been credited as a 3D modeler on many major films, including Ice Age 4, Frozen, Big Hero 6, Zootopia, and more.
Florian has settled down in Koenji, Tokyo, where he uses his technical and artistic skills to turn Studio No Border’s visions into reality.

Ayumi Kakei studied design independently then worked as an illustrator for the video game developer GungHo Online Entertainment as a freelancer. Her unique style that mixes Western graphic novel and anime influences has made her very famous and earned her a large social media fan following. She is currently developing visual concepts for Studio No Border and Ankama’s transmedia projects and games.

Nicolas Sato had several lives before becoming a board game designer in 2013. He is the author of the games Lutèce, Kenjin, Tiki and OMG, which drew quite a lot of attention. Nicolas Sato’s expertise in game concepts and mechanics is what makes Studio No Border so special as a team of complementary artists who collaborate on every aspect of creation.

Stanislas Brunet is one of the few foreign creators to have succeeded in the Japanese animation industry. He has been working for 2D and 3D animation studios in Tokyo for more than 13 years. He has spent 10 years learning from the greatest mecha designers and masters of science-fiction imagery such as Shoji Kawamori. Employed by the animation company Satelight Inc., he has been credited on series such as Macross and Aquarion. Although Stanislas Brunet’s specialty is transformable robot and vehicle design, his abilities also span concept artwork, creature design, and background painting.

Now based in France, Stanislas is a key member of Studio No Border. He collaborates on many projects for Japanese clients as well as original development projects.

Thomas Romain is a French animation creator based in Tokyo. After graduating from GOBELINS (Paris) in 2000, he moved to Japan where he has been working for more than 15 years, mostly on Japanese anime TV series. He is the one of the leading artists in the international animation community living in Japan. His works span character design, background design, mechanical design, storyboards, art direction and project creation. He has been credited among the main staff of numerous animated series, including Code Lyoko, Oban Star-Racers, Basquash!, Symphogear, Space Dandy, Macross Delta, Cannon Busters, and more.
Outside of his work in the animation field, Thomas Romain’s most acclaimed project is a series of collaborative illustrations involving his two sons. The drawings have caught the attention of a large community and are now the inspiration for one of Studio No Border’s original projects.