P.A. Works

P.A. Works Corporation
株式会社ピーエーワークス
Type Business corporation
Industry Japanese animation
Founded November 10, 2000
Headquarters Nanto, Toyama, Japan
Key people Kenji Horikawa (President)
Revenue 10 million yen (as of February 19, 2008)[1]
Website pa-works.jp

P.A. Works Corporation (株式会社ピーエーワークス Kabushiki kaisha Pii Ee Waakusu?, short for Progressive Animation Works) is a Japanese animation studio established on November 10, 2000 and is located in Nanto, Toyama, Japan. The company's president and founder Kenji Horikawa once worked for Tatsunoko Production, Production I.G, and Bee Train before forming P.A. Works in 2000. The main office is located in Toyama, Japan, which is where the drawing and digital photography take place, and production and direction takes place in their Tokyo office. The company is also involved with animation in video games, along with collaborating in the past with Production I.G and Bee Train with anime. In January 2008, P.A. Works produced True Tears, their first anime series as the main animation studio involved in the production process.[2]

Contents

Produced series

TV series produced

True Tears

Canaan

Angel Beats!

Hanasaku Iroha

Another

Films produced

Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva

Mai no Mahō to Katei no Hi

Bannou Yasai Ninninman

TV series partially produced

Animated films partially produced

Video games partially animated

Others

  • Longing for a Tear Bringing Sky "Lovers in Tateyama" [3]
  • Longing for a Tear Bringing Sea "A Friendship on the Beach" [4]
  • Longing for a Tear Bringing Cuisine "Grandpa in Gokayama" [5]

References

  1. ^ "P.A. Works company info" (in Japanese). P.A. Works. http://www.pa-works.jp/comp/index.html. Retrieved 2008-02-19. 
  2. ^ "P.A. Works work list" (in Japanese). P.A. Works company info. http://www.pa-works.jp/works/index.html. Retrieved 2008-02-19. 
  3. ^ "Longing for a Tear Bringing Sky "Lovers in Tateyama"" (in Japanese). Anime project tourism Toyama. 2009-06-24. http://www.bbt.co.jp/cooltoyama/animation/index.html#01. Retrieved 2009-07-06. 
  4. ^ "Longing for a Tear Bringing Sea "A Friendship on the Beach"" (in Japanese). Anime project tourism Toyama. 2009-06-24. http://www.bbt.co.jp/cooltoyama/animation/index.html#02. Retrieved 2009-07-06. 
  5. ^ "Longing for a Tear Bringing Cuisine "Grandpa in Gokayama"" (in Japanese). Anime project tourism Toyama. 2009-06-24. http://www.bbt.co.jp/cooltoyama/animation/index.html#03. Retrieved 2009-07-06. 

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