Overview

• Variety reports that Kuwahara's contract was not renewed and that his last day is Sept. 12, with both sides described as parting on good terms.
• Deadline notes the departure follows the promotion of Dana Tafoya-Cameron to EVP and Head of Bento Box Entertainment and Animation after Brett Coker's retirement.
• Kuwahara co-founded Bento Box in 2009 with Scott Greenberg and Mark McJimsey, and Greenberg is now the only founder still at the company after McJimsey left in 2016.
• Fox bought Bento Box in 2019, and Fox Entertainment Studios chief Fernando Szew framed the change as the studio enters a new chapter of integration.
• Bento Box continues to animate series including Bob’s Burgers, which was renewed for four additional seasons through Season 19, as well as Krapopolis, Universal Basic Guys, Grimsburg, The Great North and Prime Video’s Hazbin Hotel.