Nerima is one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo, Japan. It is mainly a residential ward, located in the northwest of the Wards Area of Tokyo .
Nerima Ward is nicknamed the town of animation, because the earliest anime studios started up in the ward, like Toei Animation and Osamu Tezuka's Mushi Production, making it the birthplace of anime, of the first color anime feature film The White Snake Enchantress, and of the first anime TV series Astro Boy. As of 2007, Nerima has the largest concentration of anime studios in Japan, followed by the neighboring Suginami Ward.
Nerima has also served as the setting for several popular anime and manga series, including Doreamon, Ranma ½, Tokyo Ghoul, and Digimon Adventure.
In English, the ward translates “ward” as “city” and refers to itself as Nerima City, as do some of the other special wards of Tokyo. In Japanese, it still refers to itself as Nerima Ward.