Bones Inc. (æ ªå¼ä¼šç¤¾ ボンズ, Kabushiki Kaisha Bonzu) often romanized as BONES in Japan, 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 two adaptions of the Fullmetal Alchemist manga along with Star Driver and Gosick. Its headquarters is located in Igusa, Suginami, Tokyo.
History
Bones was founded by Sunrise staff members Masahiko Minami, Hiroshi ÅŒsaka 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 ÅŒsaka, well known for his works as character designer on series such as Mobile Suit Victory Gundam, Mobile Fighter G Gundam, and The Mars Daybreak. ÅŒsaka had been battling with cancer, and died from the disease on September 24, 2007. He was 44 years old.
Since the death of Hiroshi ÅŒsaka, 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.
Works
Anime television
Original video animation
- RahXephon Interlude: Her and Herself/Thatness and Thereness (August 7, 2003)
- Wolf's Rain (January 23, 2004 - February 25, 2004)
- Fullmetal Alchemist: Premium Collection (March 29, 2006)
- Ghost Slayers Ayashi: Ayashi Diving Comedy (22 August, 2007 - 24 October, 2007)
- Darker than Black: Beneath the Fully Bloomed Cherry Blossoms (March 26, 2008)
- Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood (August 26, 2009 - August 25, 2010)
- Prototype (part of Halo Legends) (2010)
- Darker than Black: Gaiden (27 January, 2010 - 21 July, 2010)
- Eureka Seven Ao: The Flowers of Jungfrau (20 September, 2012)
- Noragami (February 17, 2014 - July 17, 2014)
- Hitsugi no Chaika (March 10, 2015)
Web anime
- Xam'd: Lost Memories (PlayStation Network, 16 July 2008â€"3 February 2009)
Movies
- Escaflowne (June 2000 co-production with Sunrise)
- Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (1 September 2001, co-production with Sunrise)
- RahXephon: Pluralitas Concentio (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 (25 April 2009, co-production with Kinema Citrus)
- Towa no Quon Movie Series
- Fleeting Petals (泡沫ã®èŠ±å¼, Utakata no Kaben) (18 June 2011)
- Wild Dance of Chaos (混沌ã®è˜èˆž, Konton no Ranbu) (16 July 2011)
- Never ending Crime (夢幻ã®é€£åº§, Mugen no Renza) (13 August 2011)
- Crimes in a Blank Dream (ç´…è"®ã®ç„¦å¿ƒ, Guren no Shoushin) (10 September 2011)
- Heroic Return (åŒçµ¶ã®æ¥å¾©, Souzetsu no Raifuku) (5 November 2011)
- Eternal Eternity (永久ã®ä¹…é , Towa no Quon) (26 November 2011)
- Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos (2 July 2011)
- Un-Go episode:0 Inga chapter (19 November 2011)
- Star Driver: The Movie (9 February 2013)
Games
- Rahxephon Blu Sky Fantasia (Bandai, August 7, 2003)
- Eureka Seven vol. 1: The New Wave (Bandai, October 27, 2005)
- Eureka Seven vol. 2: The New Vision (Bandai, May 11, 2006)
- Code of Princess (Agatsuma Entertainment, April 19, 2012)
- Liberation Maiden (Part of Guild01; Level-5, May 31, 2012)
- Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (Capcom/Level-5, November 29, 2012)
- Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Dual Destinies (Capcom, July 25, 2013)
References
External links
- Official website (Japanese)
- Bones at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
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