It is a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Japan's anime production firm Aniplex.

[1] Four anime productions have changed the studio credited from A-1 Pictures to CloverWorks after the rebranding.

They are Slow Start, Darling in the Franxx, Persona 5: The Animation and Ace Attorney Season 2.

Slow Start changed the credited studio after the original run ended, while Darling in the Franxx changed the credited studio during production.

[6][7] On October 1, 2018, CloverWorks announced that it had separated from A-1 Pictures, although it remained as a subsidiary of Aniplex.