Ajia-do Animation Works

Kabushikigaisha Ajiadō
株式会社亜細亜堂
Business corporation
Industry Animation studio and production enterprise
Founded October 4, 1978
Founder Tsutomu Shibayama, Osamu Kobayashi, Michishiro Yamada
Headquarters Saitama, Saitama Prefecture, Japan
Key people
 Masahiro Okamura (President)
Owner Dap International, Inc.
Mitsubishi Pictures
Mitsubishi Group
Number of employees
 80
Subsidiaries Dap International, Inc.
Website ajiado.co.jp

Ajia-do (株式会社亜細亜堂 Kabushiki-gaisha Ajiadō) is a Japanese animation studio and production enterprise, noted for several anime series, including Spirit of Wonder, Absolute Boy, and several others, including the long-running NHK series Nintama Rantarō. Its name can be translated as "Hall of Asia."

History

The studio was founded in 1978 by the noted animators Tsutomu Shibayama, Osamu Kobayashi and Michishiro Yamada, former members of the animation studio A Production, under the corporate title Yugen-kaisha Ajiadō (有限会社亜細亜堂).[1] The name Ajiadō is a penname used by Tsutomu Shibayama and Osamu Kobayashi.

In 1985, it formally became a kabushiki gaisha (business corporation). In 1987, it produced its first series, the OVA Twilight Q (トワイライトQ Towairaito Q). It established the company Dap International Kabushiki-gaisha (ダップインターナショナル株式会社 Dappu Intānashonaru Kabushiki-gaisha) in 1990.[1] In 1998, the studio established a digital animation division to produce its digital animation.[1]

In 2005, the studio produced Zettai Shōnen, which was directed by Tomomi Mochizuki and premiered on NHK BS2. In 2007, it produced Emma: A Victorian Romance Second Act, the second season of Emma: A Victorian Romance.

Productions

Produced series

Other involvement

Noted staff

Directors

  • Tomoko Iwasaki

Screenwriters

  • Michishiro Yamada
  • Yoshiyaki Yanagida
  • Masaya Fujimori
  • Hideyuki Funakoshi
  • Kinichirō Suzuki
  • Yūko Ikuno
  • Masayuki Sekine
  • Hiroshi Kawaguchi
  • Mitsuyuki Musaki
  • Yayoi Yoshikawa
  • Yūichi Nakajima
  • Yuki Nishioka
  • Noriko Ogino
  • Tsuyoshi Ichiki
  • Yasuhiro Endō

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 亜細亜堂とは - はてなダイアリー (in Japanese). Retrieved 2007-04-23.

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