Bones (studio)

Bones Inc.
Native name	株式会社ボンズ
Romanized name	Kabushiki-gaisha Bonzu
Company type	Kabushiki-gaisha
Industry	Anime
Founded	October 1998; 25 years ago
Headquarters	3-8-3 Igusa, Suginami, Tokyo
Key people	Masahiko Minami; Hiroshi Ōsaka; Toshihiro Kawamoto
Number of employees	69 (as of April 2016)
Website	bones.co.jp

Bones Inc. (Japanese: 株式会社ボンズ, Hepburn: Kabushiki-gaisha Bonzu) is a Japanese anime studio. It has produced numerous series, including Noragami, Wolf's Rain, Scrapped Princess, Eureka Seven, Angelic Layer, Darker than Black, Soul Eater, Ouran High School Host Club and two adaptions of the Fullmetal Alchemist manga along with Star Driver, Gosick, Mob Psycho 100, Space Dandy, and My Hero Academia. Its headquarters is located in Igusa, Suginami, Tokyo.^[1]

History

Bones was founded by 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 The Mars Daybreak. Ōsaka had been battling with cancer, and died from the disease on September 24, 2007. He was 44 years old.^[2]

Since the death of Ōsaka, two new additions have been made to the studio's board of directors: Makoto Watanabe and Takahiro Komori. Komori is well known as a character designer and animator who has been with the studio since its inception. His previous works as designer consist of Angelic Layer, Scrapped Princess, and Darker than Black.^[3]

Studios

Studio A is led by producer Naoki Amano is mainly known for Gosick, Wolf's Rain, Angelic Layer, Hiwou War Chronicles, Noragami and Carole & Tuesday.

Studio B is mainly known for Eureka Seven, RahXephon and currently for Mob Psycho 100.

Studio C led by producer Yoshihiro Oyabu is more known for Fullmetal Alchemist, Darker than Black: The Black Contractor, Soul Eater and Ouran High School Host Club. Currently, it works exclusively for My Hero Academia.

Studio D led by Mari Suzuki is mainly known for Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood and No. 6. Since 2015, it works on Bungo Stray Dogs.

Studio E led by Makoto Watanabe is a new part of the company, working on the new Eureka Seven movies since 2017.^[4]^[5]^[6]

Works

Anime television series

Title	Original Broadcast Channel	First run start date	First run end date	Eps	Notes
Hiwou War Chronicles	NHK BS2	October 24, 2000	May 1, 2001	26	Original work Animated by Bones Studio A
Angelic Layer: Battle Doll	TV Tokyo	April 1, 2001	September 30, 2001	26	Based on a manga by CLAMP Animated by Bones Studio A
RahXephon	Fuji TV	January 21, 2002	September 10, 2002	26	Original work Animated by Bones Studio B
Wolf's Rain	Fuji TV	January 6, 2003	July 29, 2003	30	Original work Animated by Bones Studio A
Scrapped Princess	WOWOW	April 8, 2003	October 7, 2003	24	Based on a light novel by Ichirō Sakaki Animated by Bones Studio B
Fullmetal Alchemist	MBS, TBS	October 4, 2003	October 2, 2004	51	Based on a manga by Hiromu Arakawa Animated by Bones Studio C
Mars Daybreak	TV Tokyo	April 1, 2004	September 23, 2004	26	Original work Animated by Bones Studio B
Kurau Phantom Memory	TV Asahi	June 24, 2004	December 15, 2004	24	Original work Animated by Bones Studio A
Eureka Seven	JNN (MBS)	April 26, 2005	April 5, 2006	51	Original work Animated by Bones Studio B
Ouran High School Host Club	NTV	April 4, 2006	September 27, 2006	26	Based on a manga by Bisco Hatori Animated by Bones Studio C
Jyu-Oh-Sei	Fuji TV	April 13, 2006	June 22, 2006	11	Based on a manga by Natsumi Itsuki Animated by Bones Studio A
Ghost Slayers Ayashi	MBS, TBS	October 7, 2006	March 31, 2007	25	Original work Animated by Bones Studio A
Darker than Black: The Black Contractor	MBS, TBS	April 5, 2007	September 28, 2007	25	Original Work Animated by Bones Studio C
Skull Man	Fuji TV	April 28, 2007	July 21, 2007	13	Based on a manga by Shotaro Ishinomori Animated by Bones Studio B
Soul Eater	TXN (TV Tokyo)	April 7, 2008	March 30, 2009	51	Based on a manga by Atsushi Ōkubo Animated by Bones Studio C
Chiko, Heiress of the Phantom Thief	Fuji TV	April 12, 2008	September 27, 2008	22	Based on a manga by Shinji Ohara (Co-production with Telecom Animation Film)
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood	JNN (MBS)	April 5, 2009	July 4, 2010	64	Second adaptation of Fullmetal Alchemist Animated by Bones Studio D
Tokyo Magnitude 8.0	Fuji TV	July 9, 2009	September 17, 2009	11	Original Work (Co-production with Kinema Citrus)
Darker than Black: Gemini of the Meteor	MBS, TBS	October 8, 2009	December 25, 2009	12	Sequel to Darker Than Black Animated by Bones Studio C
Heroman	TXN (TV Tokyo)	April 1, 2010	September 23, 2010	26	Original work in collaboration with Stan Lee Animated by Bones Studio A
Star Driver	JNN (MBS)	October 3, 2010	April 4, 2011	25	Original work Animated by Bones Studio C
Gosick	TV Tokyo	January 7, 2011	July 2, 2011	24	Based on a light novel by Kazuki Sakuraba Animated by Bones Studio A
No. 6	Fuji TV	July 8, 2011	September 15, 2011	11	Based on the novels by Atsuko Asano Animated by Bones Studio D
Un-Go	Fuji TV	October 14, 2011	December 23, 2011	12	Based on the works of Ango Sakaguchi Animated by Bones Studio C
Eureka Seven: AO	MBS, TBS	April 12, 2012	November 19, 2012	24	Sequel to Eureka Seven Animated by Bones Studio A and B
Blast of Tempest	MBS, TBS	October 4, 2012	March 28, 2013	24	Based on a manga by Kyō Shirodaira Animated by Bones Studio D
Tenkai Knights	Cartoon Network	August 24, 2013	December 6, 2014	52	Original work Animated by Bones Studio C First run in United States
Space Dandy	Adult Swim (Toonami) , Tokyo MX	January 4, 2014	March 29, 2014	13	Original work Animated by Bones Studio B First run in United States
Noragami	Tokyo MX	January 5, 2014	March 23, 2014	12	Based on the manga by Adachitoka Animated by Bones Studio A
Captain Earth	MBS	April 5, 2014	September 20, 2014	24	Original work Animated by Bones Studio C
Soul Eater Not!	TV Tokyo	April 8, 2014	July 2, 2014	12	Based on a manga by Atsushi Ōkubo Spin-off to Soul Eater Animated by Bones Studio A
Chaika - The Coffin Princess	Tokyo MX	April 9, 2014	June 25, 2014	12	Based on a light novel by Ichirō Sakaki Animated by Bones Studio D
Space Dandy II	Adult Swim (Toonami) , Tokyo MX	July 5, 2014	September 27, 2014	13	Sequel to Space Dandy Animated by Bones Studio B First run in United States
Chaika - The Coffin Princess: Avenging Battle	Tokyo MX	October 8, 2014	December 10, 2014	10	Sequel to Chaika - The Coffin Princess Animated by Bones Studio D
Blood Blockade Battlefront	MBS	April 4, 2015	October 4, 2015	12	Based on the manga by Yasuhiro Nightow Animated by Bones Studio A and C
Show by Rock!!	Tokyo MX	April 5, 2015	June 21, 2015	12	Based on a video game by Geechs and Sanrio Animated by Bones Studio D
Snow White with the Red Hair	Tokyo MX	July 6, 2015	September 21, 2015	13	Based on the manga by Sorata Akidzuki Animated by Bones Studio B
Noragami Aragoto	Tokyo MX	October 2, 2015	December 25, 2015	12	Sequel to Noragami Animated by Bones Studio A
Concrete Revolutio	Tokyo MX	October 4, 2015	December 27, 2015	13	Original work Animated by Bones Studio C
Snow White with the Red Hair 2	Tokyo MX	January 11, 2016	March 28, 2016	13	Sequel to Snow White with the Red Hair Animated by Bones Studio B
Concrete Revolutio: The Last Song	Tokyo MX	April 3, 2016	June 17, 2016	11	Sequel to Concrete Revolutio Animated by Bones Studio C
My Hero Academia	JNN (MBS)	April 3, 2016	June 26, 2016	13	Based on the manga by Kōhei Horikoshi Animated by Bones Studio A and C
Bungo Stray Dogs	Tokyo MX	April 7, 2016	June 22, 2016	12	Based on the manga by Asagiri Kafka Animated by Bones Studio D
Show by Rock!! Short!!	Tokyo MX	July 4, 2016	September 19, 2016	12	Short anime based on Show by Rock!! Animated by Bones Studio D
Mob Psycho 100	Tokyo MX	July 12, 2016	September 27, 2016	12	Based on the manga by One Animated by Bones Studio B
Show by Rock 2!!	Tokyo MX	October 2, 2016	December 18, 2016	12	Sequel to Show by Rock!! Animated by Bones Studio D
Bungo Stray Dogs 2	Tokyo MX	October 6, 2016	December 22, 2016	12	Sequel to Bungo Stray Dogs Animated by Bones Studio D
My Hero Academia 2	NNS (ytv)	April 1, 2017	September 30, 2017	25	Sequel to My Hero Academia Animated by Bones Studio C
Blood Blockade Battlefront & Beyond	MBS	October 7, 2017	December 23, 2017	12	Sequel to Blood Blockade Battlefront Animated by Bones Studio B
My Hero Academia 3	NNS (ytv)	April 7, 2018	September 29, 2018	25	Season 3 of My Hero Academia Animated by Bones Studio C
Dragon Pilot: Hisone and Masotan	Tokyo MX	April 13, 2018	June 29, 2018	12	Original Work Animated by Bones Studio A
Mob Psycho 100 II	Tokyo MX	January 7, 2019	April 1, 2019	13	Sequel to Mob Psycho 100 Animated by Bones Studio B
Carole & Tuesday	Fuji TV	April 10, 2019	October 2, 2019	24	Original Work Animated by Bones Studio A
Bungo Stray Dogs 3	Tokyo MX	April 12, 2019	June 28, 2019	12	Season 3 of Bungo Stray Dogs Animated by Bones Studio D
My Hero Academia 4	NNS (ytv)	October 12, 2019	April 4, 2020	25	Season 4 of My Hero Academia Animated by Bones Studio C

Original video animation

RahXephon Interlude: Her and Herself/Thatness and Thereness (August 7, 2003)
Wolf's Rain (January 23, 2004 – February 25, 2004)
Fullmetal Alchemist: Premium Collection (March 29, 2006)
Ghost Slayers Ayashi: Ayashi Diving Comedy (22 August 2007 – 24 October 2007)
Darker than Black: Beneath the Fully Bloomed Cherry Blossoms (March 26, 2008)
Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood (August 26, 2009 – August 25, 2010)
Prototype (part of Halo Legends) (2010)
Darker than Black: Gaiden (27 January 2010 – 21 July 2010)
Eureka Seven Ao: The Flowers of Jungfrau (20 September 2012)
Noragami (February 17, 2014 - July 17, 2014)
Hitsugi no Chaika (March 10, 2015)
Noragami Aragoto (November 17, 2015 - March 17, 2016)
Snow White with the Red Hair (January 5, 2016)
Blood Blockade Battlefront (June 3, 2016)
Eureka Seven Ao:Final (January 2017)
Bungo Stray Dogs (August 31, 2017)
Mob Psycho 100 Reigen -The Miraculous Unknown Psychic- (March 18, 2018)
My Hero Academia - All Might: Rising (February 13, 2019)
Mob Psycho 100: The Spirits and Such Consultation Office's First Company Outing ~A Healing Trip that Warms the Heart~ (September 25, 2019)

Original net animation

Xam'd: Lost Memories (PlayStation Network, 16 July 2008–3 February 2009, Animated by Bones Studio B)
A.I.C.O. -Incarnation- (Netflix, March 9, 2018, Animated by Bones Studio A)
Super Crooks (Netflix, TBA)

Movies

Escaflowne (24 June 2000, Animated by Bones Studio A)
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (1 September 2001, Animated by Bones Studio A)
RahXephon: Pluralitas Concentio (19 April 2003, Animated by Bones Studio B)
Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa (23 July 2005, Animated by Bones Studio C)
Sword of the Stranger (29 September 2007, Animated by Bones Studio B)
Eureka Seven Pocket Full Of Rainbows (25 April 2009, co-production with Kinema Citrus)
Towa no Quon Movie Series (Animated by Bones Studio B)

The Ephemeral Petal (泡沫の花弁, Utakata no Kaben) (18 June 2011)
Dancing Orchid in Chaos (混沌の蘭舞, Konton no Ranbu) (16 July 2011)
The Complicity of Dreams (夢幻の連座, Mugen no Renza) (13 August 2011)
The Roaring Anxiety (紅蓮の焦心, Guren no Shoushin) (10 September 2011)
The Return of the Invincible (双絶の来復, Souzetsu no Raifuku) (5 November 2011)
Eternal Quon (永久の久遠, Towa no Quon) (26 November 2011)

Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos (2 July 2011, Animated by Bones Studio D)
Un-Go episode:0 Inga chapter (19 November 2011, Animated by Bones Studio C)
Star Driver: The Movie (9 February 2013, Animated by Bones Studio C)
Eureka Seven: Hi-Evolution 1 (16 September 2017, Animated by Bones Studio E)
Bungo Stray Dogs: Dead Apple (3 March 2018, Animated by Bones Studio D)
My Hero Academia: Two Heroes (3 August 2018, Animated by Bones Studio C)
Anemone - Eureka Seven: Hi-Evolution (10 November 2018, Animated by Bones Studio E)
My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising (20 December 2019, Animated by Bones Studio C)
Josee, the Tiger and the Fish (2020)
Eureka Seven: Hi-Evolution 3 (TBA 2021, Animated by Bones Studio E)

Games

Robot Alchemic Drive (Enix, November 4, 2002)
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: 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)
Liberation Maiden (Part of Guild01; Level-5, May 31, 2012)
Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (Capcom/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

^ "Company info". Bones. Retrieved March 10, 2010.
^ "Bones Co-Founder Hiroshi Ōsaka Passes Away". Anime News Network. 2007-09-24. Retrieved 2008-04-24.
^ "Bones Company Info". Bones. Retrieved 2008-04-24.
^ liborek (2018-10-27). "BONES' 20th Anniversary – What Lies in the Future?". Sakugablog. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
^ http://www18.atwiki.jp/sakuga/pages/252.html
^ http://www.bones.co.jp/community/index.html

External links

Official website (in Japanese)
Bones at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

[1] "Company info". Bones. Retrieved March 10, 2010.

[2] "Bones Co-Founder Hiroshi Ōsaka Passes Away". Anime News Network. 2007-09-24. Retrieved 2008-04-24.

[3] "Bones Company Info". Bones. Retrieved 2008-04-24.

[4] rek (2018-10-27). "BONES' 20th Anniversary – What Lies in the Future?". Sakugablog. Retrieved 7 May 2019.

[5] ttp://www18.atwiki.jp/sakuga/pages/252.html

[6] ttp://www.bones.co.jp/community/index.html

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Television series	Hiwou War Chronicles (2000–2001) Angelic Layer (2001) RahXephon (2002) Wolf's Rain (2003) Scrapped Princess (2003) Fullmetal Alchemist (2003–2004) Mars Daybreak (2004) Kurau Phantom Memory (2004) Eureka Seven (2005–2006) Ouran High School Host Club (2006) Jyu-Oh-Sei (2006) Ghost Slayers Ayashi (2006–2007) Darker than Black (2007) Skull Man (2007) Soul Eater (2008–2009) Nijū Mensō no Musume (2008) Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (2009–2010) Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 (2009) Darker than Black: Gemini of the Meteor (2009) Heroman (2010) Star Driver (2010–2011) Gosick (2011) No. 6 (2011) Un-Go (2011) Eureka Seven: AO (2012) Blast of Tempest (2012–2013) Tenkai Knights (2013–2015) Space Dandy (2014) Noragami (2014–2015) Captain Earth (2014) Soul Eater Not! (2014) Chaika: The Coffin Princess (2014) Chaika - The Coffin Princess: Avenging Battle (2014) Blood Blockade Battlefront (2015) Show by Rock!! (2015) Snow White with the Red Hair (2015–2016) Concrete Revolutio (2015) Concrete Revolutio: The Last Song (2016) My Hero Academia (2016–present) Bungo Stray Dogs (2016–present) Show by Rock!! Short!! (2016) Mob Psycho 100 (2016–2022) Show by Rock!!♯ (2016) Blood Blockade Battlefront & Beyond (2017) Dragon Pilot: Hisone and Masotan (2018) Carole & Tuesday (2019) SK8 the Infinity (2021–present) Bungo Stray Dogs Wan! (2021) Godzilla Singular Point (2021) The Case Study of Vanitas (2021–2022) Metallic Rouge (2024) The Magical Girl and the Evil Lieutenant Used to Be Archenemies (2024) Gachiakuta (2025)
OVAs/ONAs	RahXephon Interlude: Her and Herself/Thatness and Thereness (2003) Wolf's Rain (2004) Fullmetal Alchemist: Premium Collection (2006) Ayashi Divine Comedy (2007) Darker than Black: Beneath the Fully Bloomed Cherry Blossoms (2008) Xam'd: Lost Memories (2008–2009) Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (2009–2010) Halo Legends (animated sequence) (2010) Darker than Black: Gaiden (2010) Chaika: The Coffin Princess (2015) Snow White with the Red Hair (2016) Blood Blockade Battlefront (2016) My Hero Academia (2017–2023) Bungo Stray Dogs (2017) A.I.C.O. -Incarnation- (2018) Mob Psycho 100: Reigen -The Miraculous Unknown Psychic- (2018) Blood Blockade Battlefront & Beyond (2018) Mob Psycho 100: The Spirits and Such Consultation Office's First Company Outing ~A Healing Trip that Warms the Heart~ (2019) Super Crooks (2021) Time Patrol Bon (2024) SK8 the Infinity (TBA)
Films	Escaflowne (2000) Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001) RahXephon: Pluralitas Concentio (2003) Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa (2005) Sword of the Stranger (2007) Eureka Seven: Pocketful of Rainbows (2009) Towa no Quon (film series) (2011) Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos (2011) Un-Go episode:0 Inga chapter (2011) Star Driver: The Movie (2013) Eureka Seven: Hi-Evolution (film series) (2017–2021) Bungo Stray Dogs: Dead Apple (2018) My Hero Academia: Two Heroes (2018) My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising (2019) Josee, the Tiger and the Fish (2020) My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission (2021) My Hero Academia: You're Next (2024)
Video games	Robot Alchemic Drive (2002) Fullmetal Alchemist and the Broken Angel (2003) Fullmetal Alchemist 2: Curse of the Crimson Elixir (2004) Fullmetal Alchemist 3: Kami o Tsugu Shōjo (2005) Code of Princess (2012) Liberation Maiden (2012) Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (2012) Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies (2013) Persona 4: Dancing All Night (2015)
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