Bones

Bones, Inc.

Type	Animation studio
Founded	October 1998
Headquarters	3-1-12 Sanbiru Igusa, Suginami, Tokyo, Japan
Key people	Masahiko Minami, Hiroshi Ōsaka and Toshihiro Kawamoto
Industry	Japanese animation
Website	Bones official site

Bones (ボンズ, 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 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 Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' on Heaven's Door, 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. ^[1]

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. ^[2]

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)

2005–2 April 2006)

• Psalms of Planets Eureka SeveN (Mainichi Broadcasting System-TBS, 26 April
• 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)
• Darker than Black: Kuro no Keiyakusha (Mainichi Broadcasting System—TBS,
• Psalms of Planets Eureka SeveN (Mainichi Broadcasting System-TBS, 26 April

5 April 2007–28 September 2007)

• The Skull Man (Fuji TV, 28 April–October 21, 2007)
• Soul Eater (TV Tokyo, 7 April 2008–30 March 2009)
• Chiko, Heiress of the Phantom Thief (Fuji TV, 12 April–27 September 2008, co-production with Telecom Animation Film)
• Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (Mainichi Broadcasting System—TBS, 5 April 2009–)
• Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 (Fuji TV (Noitamina), 9 July 2009 – 17 September 2009, co-production with Kinema Citrus)
• Darker Than Black: Ryūsei no Gemini (Mainichi Broadcasting System-TBS, 8 October 2009–25 December 2009)
• Hero Man (scheduled)

Original Video Animation

• Halo Legends (2010)

Web anime

• Xam'd: Lost Memories (PlayStation Network, 16 July 2008–3 February 2009)

Movies

• Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' on Heaven's Door (1 September 2001, co-production with Sunrise)
• Pia Carrot e Yōkoso!! - Sayaka no Koi Monogatari - (Overall production: I-Move, production assistance, released October 19, 2002)
• RahXephon Tagen Hensōkyoku (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 (animation production handled by Kinema Citrus; premieres on 25 April 2009 in Japan and September 24th in the United States, in which the new movie will be called 'Eureka 7, Good Night, Sleep tight, Young Lovers)

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

• Official website (Japanese)
• Bones at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia