Bones (studio)

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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.

1 History
2 Works
3 References
4 External links

[edit] 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 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. ^[2]

[edit] Works

[edit] 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 Planetes 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)
Darker than Black: Kuro no Keiyakusha (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)
Bōnen no Xamdou