Bones (studio)


Bones Inc. is a Japanese anime studio. It has produced numerous series, including Noragami, Wolf's Rain, Scrapped Princess, Eureka Seven, Angelic Layer, Darker than Black, Soul Eater, Ouran High School Host Club and two adaptations of the Fullmetal Alchemist manga along with Star Driver, Gosick, Mob Psycho 100, Space Dandy, 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 , 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.

Studios

Like the Sunrise Studio, in which some of its founders previously worked, Bones is divided into smaller studios which are focused on their own anime projects.

Anime television series

Original video animation

  1. The Ephemeral Petal
  2. Dancing Orchid in Chaos
  3. The Complicity of Dreams
  4. The Roaring Anxiety
  5. The Return of the Invincible
  6. Eternal Quon