Arms (company)
Native name | 有限会社アームス |
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Romanized name | Yūgen-gaisha Āmusu |
Company type | Yūgen gaisha |
Industry | Anime |
Founded | November 18, 1996 |
Headquarters | Suginami, Tokyo, Japan |
Key people | Osamu Shimizu (Representative director) |
Website | www.a-rms.co.jp |
Arms Corporation, Ltd. (Japanese: 有限会社アームス, Hepburn: Yūgen-gaisha Āmusu, known simply as ARMS) is a Japanese animation studio which has been involved in the production, animation, or Japanese distribution of a substantial number of releases. When the company was founded, it was initially named Dandelion (ダンディ・ライオン) and later changed to Triple X.
The famous animator and character designer Rin Shin is the chief animation director for several productions by Arms, which have an above-average amount of fanservice, for example the Ikki Tousen and Queen's Blade series. They also developed the character designs for I"s Pure.
After its founding, ARMS was, at first, a producer of hentai (most notably its productions with Green Bunny), but has since ceased productions of erotica with the growing popularity of their televised works.
Productions
Hentai
- Injū Gakuen La☆Blue Girl: Lady Blue (1994)
- Venus 5 (with Daiei Co. Ltd., 1994)
- Words Worth (with Green Bunny, 1999-2000)
- Mezzo Forte (2000-2001)
- Shin Seiki Inma Seiden (2001-2002)
- Injū Gakuen La☆Blue Girl: Fukkatsu-hen (2001-2002)
- Natural 2: Duo (2001-2003)
- Flutter of Birds: Tori-tachi no Habataki (2002)
- Dōsōkai Again (2002)
- Words Worth Gaiden (with Green Bunny, 2002)
- Mizuiro (2002)
- Dorei Kaigo (2003)
- Hotaruko (2003)
- Flutter of Birds II: Tenshi-tachi no Tsubasa (2003)
- Hyakki (2003)
- One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e - True Stories (2003-2004)
- Nikutani Ten'i (2003-2004)
- Kawarazaki-ke no Ichizoku 2 (2004)
- Front Innocent: Mou Hitotsu no Lady Innocent (with Hanjin Animation and Jinwoo Production, 2005)
- Itazura The Animation (2005)
- Yakin Byōtō San (2005-2006)
- Hininden Gausu (2005)
Television series
- Elfen Lied (2004)
- Kakyūsei 2 (2004)
- Mezzo DSA (2004)
- High School Girls (2006)
- Himawari! (2006)
- Himawari Too!! (2007)
- Ikki Tōsen: Dragon Destiny (2007)
- Genshiken Pt.2 (2007)
- Ikki Tōsen: Great Guardians (2008)
- Queen's Blade: Rurō no Senshi (2009)
- Queen's Blade: Gyokuza wo Tsugumono (2009)
- Hyakka Ryōran: Samurai Girls (2010)
- Queen's Blade Rebellion (2012)
- Aesthetica of a Rogue Hero (2012)
- Maoyū: Archenemy & Hero (2013)
- Hyakka Ryōran: Samurai Bride (2013)
- Wanna Be the Strongest in the World (2013)[1]
- Sabagebu! (credited as Studio Pierrot+[2], 2014)
- Wizard Barristers: Benmashi Cecil (2014)
- Brynhildr in the Darkness (2014)
- Isuca (2015)
- Valkyrie Drive -Mermaid- (2015)
Original video animations
- One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e (2001-2002)
- Nakoruru: Ano Hito kara no Okurimono (2002)
- From I"s (production co-operation for Studio Pierrot, 2002-2003) Note: The first OVA (this one) was animated by Pierrot, while the second was animated by ARMS.
- I"s Pure (production co-operation by Studio Pierrot, 2005-2006)
- Elfen Lied: In the Passing Rain (2005)
- Saiyuki Reload: Burial (with Studio Pierrot, 2007)
- Ramen Angel Pretty Menma (2008)
- Naisho no Tsubomi (with Studio Kikan, 2008)
- Master of Martial Hearts (2008-2009)
- Queen's Blade: Utsukushiki Tōshi-tachi (2010-2011)
- Ikki Tōsen: Shūgaku Tōshi Keppūroku (2011)
- Queen's Blade OVA (2011-2012)
- Vanquished Queens (with Hoods Entertainment, 2013-2014)
- Brynhildr in the Darkness: Much Ado About Nothing (2014)
- Ikki Tōsen: Extravaganza Epoch (2014)
- Isuca: Paradise (2015)
- Hyakka Ryōran: Samurai After (2015)
- Queen's Blade Grimoire (2016, production cooperation for asread)
- Ikki Tōsen: Western Wolves (2019)
Films
- Kite (with Green Bunny, 1998)
- Kite Liberator (with Fever Dreams, 2008)
References
- ^ "'Wanna Be the Strongest in the World' Anime's Promo Streamed". Anime News Network. April 1, 2013. Retrieved June 9, 2013.
- ^ "制作関連情報 さばげぶっ!". Arms Corporation. Archived from the original on 2016-01-14. Retrieved 2014-07-19.
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External links
- Official website (in Japanese)
- Arms at Anime News Network's encyclopedia