Bones (studio)
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Company type | Kabushiki kaisha |
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Industry | Animation studio |
Genre | Various |
Founded | October 1998 |
Headquarters | 3-1-12 Sanbiru Igusa, Suginami, Tokyo, Japan |
Key people | Masahiko Minami Hiroshi Ōsaka Toshihiro Kawamoto |
Website | bones.co.jp |
Bones Inc. (株式会社 ボンズ, Kabushiki Kaisha Bonzu), often romanized as BONES in Japan, is a Japanese anime studio. It has produced numerous series, including RahXephon, 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, and Space Dandy. 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 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.[3]
Works
Television anime
Title | Original Broadcast Channel | First run start date | First run end date | Notes |
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Hiwou War Chronicles | NHK BS2 | October 24, 2000 | May 1, 2001 | Original Work |
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 | MBS, TBS | October 4, 2003 | October 2, 2004 | Based on a manga by Hiromu Arakawa |
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 |
Psalms of Planets Eureka Seven | JNN (MBS) | April 26, 2005 | April 5, 2006 | Original Work |
Ouran High School Host Club | 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: 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 | TXN (TV Tokyo) | April 7, 2008 | March 30, 2009 | Based on a manga by Atsushi Ōkubo |
Chiko, Heiress of the Phantom Thief | Fuji TV | April 12, 2008 | September 27, 2008 | Based on a manga by Shinji Ohara (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 (Co-production with Kinema Citrus) |
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: 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: 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) April 5, 2014 (Japan) |
December 6, 2014(US/Canada) March 28, 2015 (Japan) |
Original Work |
Space Dandy | Adult Swim, 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 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 II | Adult Swim, Tokyo MX | July 6, 2014 | September 28, 2014 | Sequel to Space Dandy |
Chaika - The Coffin Princess: Avenging Battle | Tokyo MX | October 8, 2014 | December 10, 2014 | Sequel to Chaika - The Coffin Princess |
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 Aragoto | Tokyo MX | 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 Season 2 | Tokyo MX | January 11, 2016 | March 28, 2016 | Sequel to Snow White with the Red Hair |
Concrete Revolutio ~Chojin Genso~ THE LAST SONG | Tokyo MX | April 3, 2016 | June 17, 2016 | Sequel to Concrete Revolutio |
My Hero Academia | JNN (MBS) | April 3, 2016 | June 26, 2016 | Based on the manga by Kōhei Horikoshi |
Bungo Stray Dogs | Tokyo MX | April 7, 2016 | June 22, 2016 | Based on the manga by Asagiri Kafka |
Show by Rock!! Short!! | Tokyo MX | July 4, 2016 | September 19, 2016 | Short anime based on Show by Rock!! |
Mob Psycho 100 | Tokyo MX | July 12, 2016 | September 27, 2016 | Based on the webcomic by One |
Bungo Stray Dogs Season 2 | Tokyo MX | October 6, 2016 | TBA | Sequel to Bungo Stray Dogs |
Show by Rock!! Season 2 | Tokyo MX | October 2, 2016 | TBA | Sequel to Show by Rock!! |
Blood Blockade Battlefront & Beyond | TBA | 2017 | TBA | Sequel to Blood Blockade Battlefront |
My Hero Academia Season 2 | TBA | TBA | TBA | Sequel to My Hero Academia |
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)
- Bungo Stray Dogs (TBA)
Web anime
- Xam'd: Lost Memories (PlayStation Network, 16 July 2008–3 February 2009)
Movies
- Escaflowne (June 2000 co-production with Sunrise)
- Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (1 September 2001, co-production with 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
- Fleeting Petals (泡沫の花弁, Utakata no Kaben) (18 June 2011)
- Wild Dance of Chaos (混沌の蘭舞, Konton no Ranbu) (16 July 2011)
- Never ending Crime (夢幻の連座, Mugen no Renza) (13 August 2011)
- Crimes in a Blank Dream (紅蓮の焦心, Guren no Shoushin) (10 September 2011)
- Heroic Return (双絶の来復, Souzetsu no Raifuku) (5 November 2011)
- 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 episode:0 Inga chapter (19 November 2011)
- Star Driver: The Movie (9 February 2013)
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)
- 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 on 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.
External links
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- Official website Template:Jp icon
- Bones at Anime News Network's encyclopedia