Bones (studio)

Nihongo|Bones|ボンズ|Bonzu is a Japanese anime studio. It has produced numerous series, including "RahXephon", "Wolf's Rain", "Scrapped Princess", "Eureka Seven", "Ouran High School Host Club", "Darker than Black", "Angelic Layer" and "Fullmetal Alchemist".

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 "", a feature film based on the "Cowboy Bebop" TV 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, yet succumbed to the disease on September 24th. He was 44 years old. [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]

Since the death of Hiroshi Ōsaka, two new additions have been made to the studios 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. [cite web|url=http://www.bones.co.jp/company-info/index.html|title=Bones Company Info|publisher=Bones|accessdate=2008-04-24]

Works

TV anime

*"Karakuri Kiden Hiwou Senki" (NHK BS2, 24 October 2000–1 May 2001)
*"Kidō Tenshi Angelic Layer" (TV Tokyo, 1 April–30 September 2001)
*"RahXephon" (Fuji TV, 21 January–10 September 2002)
*"Wolf's Rain" (Fuji TV, 6 January–29 July 2003)
*"Scrapped Princess" (WOWOW, 8 April–7 October 2003)
*"Fullmetal Alchemist" (Mainichi Broadcasting System—TBS, 4 October 2003–2 October 2004)
*"Kenran Butohsai - The Mars Daybreak" (TV Tokyo, 1 April–23 September 2004)
*"Kurau Phantom Memory" (TV Asahi, 24 June–15 December 2004)
*"Psalms of Planets Eureka SeveN" (Mainichi Broadcasting System-TBS, 17 April 2005–2 April 2006)
*"Ouran High School Host Club" (Nippon TV, 4 April–27 September 2006)
*"Jyu Oh Sei" (Fuji TV, 13 April–22 June 2006)
*"Tenpō Ibun Ayakashi Ayashi" (Mainichi Broadcasting System—TBS, 7 October 2006–31 March 2007)
*"" (Mainichi Broadcasting System—TBS, 5 April 2007–28 September 2007)
*"The Skull Man" (Fuji TV, 28 April–October 21, 2007)
*"Soul Eater" (TV Tokyo, 7 April 2008–) (Noted as Bone's 10th anniversary project during the late night airing.)
*"Chiko, Heiress of the Phantom Thief" (Fuji TV, 12 April 2008–, co-production with Telecom Animation Film)
*"" (PlayStation Network, 16 July 2008–)

Movies

*"" (1 September 2001, co-production with Sunrise)
*"RahXephon Tagen Hensōkyoku" (19 April 2003)
*"" (23 July 2005)
*"Sword of the Stranger" (Autumn 2007)
*"Eureka Seven Movie (TBA)

Games

*"Rahxephon Sōkyū Gensokyoku" (Bandai, 7 August 2003)
*"Eureka 7 TR1: New Wave" (Bandai, 27 October 2005)
*"Eureka 7 TR2: New Vision" (Bandai, 11 May 2006)

References

External links

* [http://www.bones.co.jp/ Official website] jp icon
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