[3] The next year, the studio debuted its first television animation production, Sensual Phrase.

[3] Due to an increase in employees, the digital sections (namely coloring, compositing, and 3D) were moved to another building separate from the head office.

[5][3] Music and sound production company AZ Creative is also a part of the Studio Hibari group.

Producer Li Jiawen (李佳雯), the founder of Qixie Studio and Shanghai M.C.C, moved to Japan from China after college due to interest in Japanese animation, and in the late 2000s he joined Studio Hibari.

[7] Since 2023, members of Li's studio have been credited under both "Laplace Animation" and "Hibari Shanghai" (雲雀上海).