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I've recently started watching anime. I've watched Code Geass R1 and R2 and
now I've just started Steins;Gate. I was surprised to see that in both series'
ending credits the word "Wish" appears between the Japanese characters in a
similar font, since it's the only one or one of the few words in English.

This is a screenshot from Code Geass R2's credits showing what I mean

![end credits from Code Geass R2](https://i.stack.imgur.com/LTwMd.png)

Does it have any special meaning?


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"Wish" in the credits of Code Geass and Steins;Gate?


The section of the credits you're looking at there is 仕上 _shiage_ "finishing",
which is the task of finishing the coloring of a scene.
[Wish](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/company.php?id=4062) is a
studio that does subcontracting for this kind of work.

Their name is in English because why not. See also: J.C.Staff, Production
I.G., Sunrise, Studio Feel, ufotable, and so forth.

The other eight names in that section are the names of people (not studios); I
suspect they're employees for Wish. (At least one of them, [Katou
Rie](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=28036), is, it
seems.)


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I'm not sure about _Steins;Gate_ , however, from the screenshot above,
**Wish** refers to [an animation
company](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/company.php?id=4062).

In the screenshot above, the company is credited for Finish Animation (仕上
_shiage_ ), and the people on the list are [[伊藤 良樹]{Itou
Yoshiki}](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=11320),
[[加藤 里恵]{Katou
Rie}](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=28036), [[熊田
真子]{Kumada
Masako}](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=79248),
[[加藤 明美]{Katou
Akemi}](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=75061),
[[斎藤 知津江]{Saitou
Chizue}](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=18914),
[[江草 大樹]{Egusa
Daiki}](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=57678),
[[角野 江美]{Kadono
Emi}](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=55063), [[三上
幸恵]{Mikami
Yukie}](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=84577).

**Wish** is not a particularly big animation company. From the list on ANN,
they are mostly in charge of Finish Animation, In-Between Animation, 2nd Key
Animation, Digital Paint, etc. So far, they have only produced a single anime
title _Elite Jack!! (OAV)_ in 2014.


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