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 (1998-10)
Headquarters	3-1-12 Sanbiru Igusa, Suginami, Tokyo, Japan
Key people	Masahiko Minami Hiroshi Ōsaka Toshihiro Kawamoto
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 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, Space Dandy,dragon pilot and My Hero Academia. Its headquarters is located in Igusa, Suginami, Tokyo.

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.

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.

Works

Anime television series

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: Battle Doll	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
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	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: The Black Contractor	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: Gemini of the Meteor	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	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	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 2	Tokyo MX	January 11, 2016	March 28, 2016	Sequel to Snow White with the Red Hair
Concrete Revolutio: 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
Show by Rock 2!!	Tokyo MX	October 2, 2016	December 18, 2016	Sequel to Show by Rock!!
Bungo Stray Dogs 2	Tokyo MX	October 6, 2016	December 22, 2016	Sequel to Bungo Stray Dogs
My Hero Academia 2	NNS (ytv)	April 1, 2017	September 30, 2017	Sequel to My Hero Academia
Blood Blockade Battlefront & Beyond	MBS	October 7, 2017	December 23, 2017	Sequel to Blood Blockade Battlefront
My Hero Academia 3	NNS (ytv)	April 7, 2018	September 29, 2018	Season 3 of My Hero Academia
Dragon Pilot: Hisone and Masotan	Tokyo MX	April 13, 2018	June 29, 2018	Original Work
Mob Psycho 100 II	TBA	January 2019	TBA	Sequel to Mob Psycho 100
Carol & Tuesday	Fuji TV	April 2019	TBA	Original work
Bungo Stray Dogs 3	TBA	TBA	TBA	Season 3 of Bungo Stray Dogs
My Hero Academia 4	TBA	TBA	TBA	Season 4 of 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)
• Eureka Seven Ao:Final (January 2017)
• Bungo Stray Dogs (August 31, 2017)
• Mob Psycho 100 Reigen -The Miraculous Unknown Psychic- (March 18, 2018)

Original net animation

• Xam'd: Lost Memories (PlayStation Network, 16 July 2008–3 February 2009)
• A.I.C.O. -Incarnation- (Netflix, March 9, 2018)

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

1. Fleeting Petals (泡沫の花弁, Utakata no Kaben) (18 June 2011)
2. Wild Dance of Chaos (混沌の蘭舞, Konton no Ranbu) (16 July 2011)
3. Never ending Crime (夢幻の連座, Mugen no Renza) (13 August 2011)
4. Crimes in a Blank Dream (紅蓮の焦心, Guren no Shoushin) (10 September 2011)
5. Heroic Return (双絶の来復, Souzetsu no Raifuku) (5 November 2011)
6. 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)
• Eureka Seven: Hi-Evolution 1 (16 September 2017)
• Bungo Stray Dogs: Dead Apple (3 March 2018)
• My Hero Academia: Two Heroes (3 August 2018)
• Anemone - Eureka Seven: Hi-Evolution 2 (10 November 2018)
• Eureka Seven: Hi-Evolution 3 (TBA 2019)

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)

External links

• Official website Template:Jp icon
• Bones at Anime News Network's encyclopedia