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{{Infobox company
|name   = Bones Inc.<br />株式会社ボンズ
|logo   = [[File:Bones logo.svg|225px]]
|type   = [[Kabushiki kaisha]]
|foundation     = {{start date and age|1998|10}}
|genre          = Various
|location       = 3-1-12 Sanbiru [[Igusa]], [[Suginami, Tokyo]], [[Japan]]
|key_people     = [[Masahiko Minami]]<br>[[Hiroshi Ōsaka]]<br>[[Toshihiro Kawamoto]]
|industry       = [[Animation studio]]
|homepage       = [http://www.bones.co.jp/ bones.co.jp] 
| int           = yes
}}

{{Nihongo|'''Bones Inc.'''|株式会社 ボンズ|Kabushiki Kaisha Bonzu}}, often romanized as '''BONES''' in Japan, is a [[Japan]]ese [[anime]] studio. It has produced numerous series, including ''[[RahXephon]]'', ''[[Wolf's Rain]]'', ''[[Scrapped Princess]]'', ''[[Eureka Seven]]'', ''[[Angelic Layer]]'', ''[[Darker than Black]]'', ''[[Soul Eater (manga)|Soul Eater]]'', ''[[Ouran High School Host Club]]'' and two adaptions of the ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' [[manga]] along with ''[[Star Driver]]'', ''[[Gosick]]'', and ''[[Space Dandy]]''. Its headquarters is located in Igusa, [[Suginami, Tokyo|Suginami]], [[Tokyo]].<ref>"[http://www.bones.co.jp/company-info/index.html company info]." Bones. Retrieved on March 10, 2010.</ref>

==History==
Bones was founded by [[Sunrise (company)|Sunrise]] staff members [[Masahiko Minami]], [[Hiroshi Ōsaka]] and [[Toshihiro Kawamoto]] in October, 1998. One of their first projects was collaborating with Sunrise on ''[[Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' on Heaven's Door]]'', a feature film based on the ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]'' anime series.

In 2007, the studio suffered the loss of co-founder [[Hiroshi Ōsaka]], well-known for his works as character designer on series such as ''[[Mobile Suit Victory Gundam]]'', ''[[Mobile Fighter G Gundam]]'' and ''[[Kenran Butohsai|The Mars Daybreak]]''. Ōsaka had been battling with cancer, and died from the disease on September 24, 2007. He was 44 years old.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-09-24/bones-co-founder-hiroshi-osaka-passes-away-at-44|title=Bones Co-Founder Hiroshi Ōsaka Passes Away|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=2007-09-24|accessdate=2008-04-24}}</ref>

Since the death of [[Hiroshi Ōsaka]], two new additions have been made to the studio's board of directors. The additions are Makoto Watanabe and Takahiro Komori. Takahiro Komori is well known as a character designer and animator who has been with the studio since their inception. His previous works as designer consist of ''[[Angelic Layer]]'', ''[[Scrapped Princess]]'', and ''[[Darker than Black]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bones.co.jp/company-info/index.html|title=Bones Company Info|publisher=Bones|accessdate=2008-04-24}}</ref>

==Works==

===Anime television===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Title !! Original Broadcast Channel !! First run start date !! First run end date !! Notes
|-
| ''[[Hiwou War Chronicles]]'' ||  [[NHK]] BS2 ||  October 24, 2000 || May 1, 2001 || Original Work
|-
| ''[[Angelic Layer|Kidō Tenshi Angelic Layer]]'' || [[TV Tokyo]] ||  April 1, 2001 || September 30, 2001 || Based on a manga by [[CLAMP]]
|-
| ''[[RahXephon]]'' || [[Fuji TV]] ||  January 21, 2002 || September 10, 2002 || Original Work
|-
| ''[[Wolf's Rain]]'' || Fuji TV||  January 6, 2003 || July 29, 2003 || Original Work
|-
| ''[[Scrapped Princess]]'' ||  [[WOWOW]] ||  April 8, 2003 || October 7, 2003 || Based on a light novel by [[Ichirō Sakaki]]
|-
| ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (anime)|Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' || [[Mainichi Broadcasting System|MBS]], [[Tokyo Broadcasting System|TBS]] ||  October 4, 2003 || October 2, 2004 || Based on a manga by [[Hiromu Arakawa]]
|-
| ''[[Mars Daybreak|Kenran Butohsai - The Mars Daybreak]]'' ||  TV Tokyo ||  April 1, 2004 || September 23, 2004 || Original Work
|-
| ''[[Kurau Phantom Memory]]'' || [[TV Asahi]] || June 24, 2004 || December 15, 2004 || Original Work
|-
| ''[[Eureka Seven|Psalms of Planets Eureka Seven]]'' || [[Japan News Network|JNN]] (MBS) || April 26, 2005 || April 5, 2006 || Original Work
|-
| ''[[Ouran High School Host Club]]'' || [[Nippon Television|NTV]] || April 4, 2006 || September 27, 2006 || Based on a manga by [[Bisco Hatori]]
|-
| ''[[Jyu-Oh-Sei]]'' || Fuji TV || April 13, 2006 || June 22, 2006 || Based on a manga by [[Natsumi Itsuki]]
|-
| ''[[Ghost Slayers Ayashi]]'' || MBS, TBS || October 7, 2006 || March 31, 2007 || Original Work
|-
| ''[[Darker than Black|Darker than Black: Kuro no Keiyakusha]]'' || MBS, TBS || April 5, 2007|| September 28, 2007 || Original Work
|-
| ''[[Skull Man]]'' || Fuji TV ||  April 28, 2007 || July 21, 2007 || Based on a manga by [[Shotaro Ishinomori]]
|-
| ''[[Soul Eater (manga)|Soul Eater]]'' ||  [[TX Network|TXN]] (TV Tokyo) || April 7, 2008 || March 30, 2009 || Based on a manga by [[Atsushi Ōkubo]]
|-
| ''[[Nijū Mensō no Musume|Chiko, Heiress of the Phantom Thief]]''  || Fuji TV ||  April 12, 2008 || September 27, 2008 || Based on a manga by Shinji Ohara <br />(Co-production with [[Telecom Animation Film]])
|-
| ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood]]'' || JNN (MBS) ||  April 5, 2009 || July 4, 2010 || Second adaptation of ''Fullmetal Alchemist''
|-
| ''[[Tokyo Magnitude 8.0]]'' || Fuji TV ||  July 9, 2009 ||  September 17, 2009 || Original Work <br /> (Co-production with [[Kinema Citrus]]) 
|-
| ''[[Darker than Black|Darker than Black: Ryūsei no Gemini]]'' || MBS, TBS ||  October 8, 2009 || December 25, 2009 || Sequel to ''Darker Than Black''
|-
| ''[[Heroman]]'' || TXN (TV Tokyo) ||  April 1, 2010 || September 23, 2010 || Original Work in collaboration with [[Stan Lee]]
|-
| ''[[Star Driver|Star Driver: Kagayaki no Takuto]]'' || JNN (MBS) ||  October 3, 2010 || April 4, 2011 || Original Work
|-
| ''[[Gosick]]''|| TV Tokyo || January 7, 2011 || July 2, 2011 || Based on a light novel by [[Kazuki Sakuraba]]
|-
| ''[[No. 6]]'' || Fuji TV || July 8, 2011 || September 15, 2011 || Based on the novels by [[Atsuko Asano]]
|-
| ''[[Un-Go]]'' || Fuji TV ||  October 14, 2011 || December 23, 2011 || Based on the works of [[Ango Sakaguchi]]
|-
| ''[[Eureka Seven: AO|Eureka Seven: Astral Ocean]]'' || MBS, TBS || April 12, 2012 || November 19, 2012 || Sequel to ''Eureka Seven''
|-
| ''[[Blast of Tempest]]'' || MBS, TBS || October 4, 2012 || March 28, 2013 || Based on a manga by Kyō Shirodaira
|-
| ''[[Tenkai Knights]]'' || [[Cartoon Network]] || August 24, 2013 (US/Canada)<br />April 5, 2014 (Japan) || December 6, 2014(US/Canada)<br />March 28, 2015 (Japan) || Original Work
|-
| ''[[Space Dandy]]'' || [[Adult Swim]], [[Tokyo Metropolitan Television|Tokyo MX]] || January 4, 2014 || March 26, 2014 || Original Work
|-
| ''[[Noragami]]''|| Tokyo MX || January 5, 2014 || March 23, 2014 || Based on the manga by Adachitoka
|-
| ''[[Captain Earth]]''|| MBS || April 5, 2014 || September 20, 2014 || Original Work
|-
| ''[[Soul Eater Not!]]''|| TV Tokyo || April 8, 2014 || July 2, 2014 || Based on a manga by Atsushi Ōkubo<br>Spin-off to ''Soul Eater''
|-
| ''[[Chaika - The Coffin Princess]]''|| Tokyo MX || April 9, 2014 || June 25, 2014 || Based on a light novel by Ichirō Sakaki
|-
| ''[[Space Dandy|Space Dandy II]]'' || Adult Swim, Tokyo MX || July 6, 2014 || September 28, 2014 || Sequel to ''Space Dandy''
|-
| ''[[Chaika - The Coffin Princess|Chaika - The Coffin Princess: Avenging Battle]]''|| Tokyo MX || October 8, 2014 || December 10, 2014 || Sequel to ''Hitsugi no Chaika''
|-
| ''[[Blood Blockade Battlefront]]''|| MBS || April 4, 2015 || October 4, 2015 || Based on the manga by [[Yasuhiro Nightow]]
|-
| ''[[Show by Rock!!]]''|| Tokyo MX || April 5, 2015 || June 21, 2015 || Based on a video game by Geechs and [[Sanrio]]
|-
| ''[[Snow White with the Red Hair]]''|| Tokyo MX || July 6, 2015 || September 21, 2015 || Based on the manga by Sorata Akidzuki
|-
| ''[[Noragami|Noragami Aragoto]]''|| MBS || October 2, 2015 || December 25, 2015 || Sequel to ''Noragami''
|-
| ''[[Concrete Revolutio]]''|| Tokyo MX || October 4, 2015 || December 27, 2015|| Original Work
|-
| ''[[Snow White with the Red Hair|Snow White with the Red Hair Season 2]]''|| Tokyo MX|| January 11, 2016 || TBA || Sequel to ''Snow White with the Red Hair''
|-
| ''[[Concrete Revolutio|Concrete Revolutio Season 2]]''|| TBA || April 2016 || TBA || Sequel to ''Concrete Revolutio''
|-
| ''[[Bungō Stray Dogs]]''|| Tokyo MX || April 2016 || TBA || Based on the manga by Asagiri Kafka and Harukawa Sango
|-
| ''[[My Hero Academia]]''|| JNN (MBS) || April 3, 2016 || TBA || Based on the manga by [[Kōhei Horikoshi]] 
|-
| ''[[Show by Rock!!|Show by Rock!! Short!!]]''|| Tokyo MX|| July 2016||TBA || Short anime based on ''Show by Rock!!''
|-
| ''[[Mob Psycho 100]]''|| TBA || 2016 || TBA || Based on the webcomic by [[One (manga artist)|One]] 
|-
| ''[[Show by Rock!!|Show by Rock!!#]]''|| TBA || TBA ||TBA || Sequel to ''Show by Rock!!''
|-
|}

===Original video animation===
*''[[RahXephon|RahXephon Interlude: Her and Herself/Thatness and Thereness]]'' (August 7, 2003)
*''[[Wolf's Rain]]'' (January 23, 2004 - February 25, 2004)
*''[[Fullmetal Alchemist|Fullmetal Alchemist: Premium Collection]]'' (March 29, 2006)
*''[[Ghost Slayers Ayashi|Ghost Slayers Ayashi: Ayashi Diving Comedy]]'' (22 August 2007 - 24 October 2007)
*''[[Darker than Black|Darker than Black: Beneath the Fully Bloomed Cherry Blossoms]]'' (March 26, 2008)
*''[[Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood]]'' (August 26, 2009 - August 25, 2010)
*''[[Halo Legends|Prototype]]'' (part of [[Halo Legends]]) (2010)
*''[[Darker than Black|Darker than Black: Gaiden]]'' (27 January 2010 - 21 July 2010)
*''[[Eureka Seven Ao|Eureka Seven Ao: The Flowers of Jungfrau]]'' (20 September 2012)
*''[[Noragami]]'' (February 17, 2014 - July 17, 2014)
*''[[Chaika - The Coffin Princess|Hitsugi no Chaika]]'' (March 10, 2015)
*''[[Noragami|Noragami Aragoto]]'' (November 17, 2015 - March 17, 2016)
*''[[Snow White with the Red Hair|Akagami no Shirayuki-hime]]'' (January 5, 2016)

===Web anime===
*''[[Xam'd: Lost Memories]]'' ([[PlayStation Network]], 16 July 2008&ndash;3 February 2009)

===Movies===
*''[[Escaflowne (film)|Escaflowne]]'' (June 2000  co-production with [[Sunrise (company)|Sunrise]])
*''[[Cowboy Bebop: The Movie]]'' (1 September 2001, co-production with [[Sunrise (company)|Sunrise]])
*''[[RahXephon: Pluralitas Concentio]]'' (19 April 2003)
*''[[Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa]]'' (23 July 2005)
*''[[Sword of the Stranger]]'' (29 September 2007)
*''[[Eureka Seven Pocket Full Of Rainbows]]'' (25 April 2009, co-production with [[Kinema Citrus]])
*''[[Towa no Quon]]'' Movie Series
#{{nihongo|Fleeting Petals|泡沫の花弁|Utakata no Kaben}} (18 June 2011)
#{{nihongo|Wild Dance of Chaos|混沌の蘭舞|Konton no Ranbu}} (16 July 2011)
#{{nihongo|Never ending Crime|夢幻の連座|Mugen no Renza}} (13 August 2011)
#{{nihongo|Crimes in a Blank Dream|紅蓮の焦心|Guren no Shoushin}} (10 September 2011)
#{{nihongo|Heroic Return|双絶の来復|Souzetsu no Raifuku}} (5 November 2011)
#{{nihongo|Eternal Eternity|永久の久遠|Towa no Quon}} (26 November 2011)
*''[[Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos]]'' (2 July 2011)
*''[[Un-Go|Un-Go episode:0 Inga chapter]]'' (19 November 2011)
*''[[Star Driver: Kagayaki no Takuto|Star Driver: The Movie]]'' (9 February 2013)

===Games===
*''[[List of RahXephon media|Rahxephon Blu Sky Fantasia]]'' ([[Bandai]], August 7, 2003)
*''[[Fullmetal Alchemist and the Broken Angel]]'' ([[Square Enix]], December 25, 2003)
*''Fullmetal Alchemist: Stray Rondo'' ([[Bandai]], March 25, 2004)
*''Fullmetal Alchemist: Sonata of Memories'' ([[Bandai]], July 22, 2004)
*''[[Fullmetal Alchemist 2: Curse of the Crimson Elixir]]'' ([[Square Enix]], September 22, 2004)
*''[[Fullmetal Alchemist 3: Kami o Tsugu Shōjo|Fullmetal Alchemist 3: The Girl Who Succeed God]]'' ([[Square Enix]], July 21, 2005)
*''[[Eureka Seven vol. 1: The New Wave]]'' ([[Bandai]], October 27, 2005)
*''[[Eureka Seven vol. 2: The New Vision]]'' ([[Bandai]], May 11, 2006)
*''Fullmetal Alchemist: Prince of the Dawn'' ([[Square Enix]], August 13, 2009)
*''Fullmetal Alchemist: Daughter of the Dusk'' ([[Square Enix]], December 10, 2009)
*''[[Code of Princess]]'' ([[Agatsuma Entertainment]], April 19, 2012)
*''[[Guild (series)#Liberation Maiden|Liberation Maiden]]'' (Part of [[Guild (series)#Guild01|''Guild01'']]; [[Level-5 (video game company)|Level-5]], May 31, 2012)
*''[[Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney]]'' ([[Capcom]]/[[Level-5 (video game company)|Level-5]], November 29, 2012)
*''[[Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Dual Destinies]]'' ([[Capcom]], July 25, 2013)
*''[[Persona 4: Dancing All Night]]'' ([[Atlus]], June 25, 2015)

==References==
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