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Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

ese animation studio
Animation studio
An animation studio is a company producing animated media. The broadest such companies conceive of products to produce, own the physical equipment for production, employ operators for that equipment, and hold a major stake in the sales or rentals of the media produced...

 and production enterprise, noted for several anime
Anime
is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....

 series, including Spirit of Wonder
Spirit of Wonder
is a manga series authored by Kenji Tsuruta, originally serialized from 1986 in Kodansha's Morning seinen manga magazine, and later in Afternoon, until 1996....

, Zettai Shōnen, and several others. Its name can be translated as "Hall of Asia."

History

The studio was founded in 1978 by the noted animators Tsutomu Shibayama, Osamu Kobayashi
Osamu Kobayashi
Osamu Kobayashi is the name of:*Osamu Kobayashi , animation director and founder of Ajia-do Animation Works*Osamu Kobayashi , director of BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad and Paradise Kiss...

 and Michishiro Yamada, former members of the animation studio A Production, under the corporate title . 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 . It established the company in 1990. In 1998, the studio established a digital animation division to produce its digital animation.

In 2005, the studio produced Zettai Shōnen, which was directed by Tomomi Mochizuki
Tomomi Mochizuki
, sometimes incorrectly romanized as Tomomichi Mochizuki, is an anime director and producer. He is married to animator Masako Gotō and sometimes uses the alias when writing screenplays or working on storyboards...

 and premiered on NHK BS2
NHK
NHK is Japan's national public broadcasting organization. NHK, which has always identified itself to its audiences by the English pronunciation of its initials, is a publicly owned corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television license fee....

. In 2007, it produced Emma: A Victorian Romance Second Act
Emma (anime and manga)
is a historical romance manga by Kaoru Mori. It was published by Enterbrain in the magazine Comic Beam and collected in 10 tankōbon volumes. The series has been adapted as a anime television series, entitled...

, the second season of Emma: A Victorian Romance.

Produced series

  • Twilight Q
    Twilight Q
    is an anime OVA series released in Japan in 1987 by Network Frontier . The series is similar to The Twilight Zone in content and presentation. It was aired in Japan on the anime television network Animax on August 5, 2007.-Story:...

    (OVA series, 1987)
  • Maison Ikkoku: Kanketsuhen
    Maison Ikkoku
    is a Japanese seinen manga written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi and serialized in the manga magazine Big Comic Spirits from 1980 through 1987. Maison Ikkoku is a bitter-sweet comedic romance involving a group of madcap people who live in a boarding house in 1980s Tokyo...

    (feature film, 1988)
  • Spirit of Wonder: Chaina-san no Yūutsu
    Spirit of Wonder
    is a manga series authored by Kenji Tsuruta, originally serialized from 1986 in Kodansha's Morning seinen manga magazine, and later in Afternoon, until 1996....

    (OVA series, 1992)
  • Nintama Rantarō
    Nintama Rantaro
    is a Japanese anime series based on Sōbē Amako's manga Rakudai Ninja Rantarō. It was produced by Ajia-do Animation Works and originally broadcast on NHK. It is aimed at young children, featuring the adventures of Rantarō and his friends and teachers at Ninja school. The fact that glasses are worn...

    (TV series, 1993)
  • Yokohama Kaidashi Kikō
    Yokohama Kaidashi Kiko
    is a science fiction manga written and illustrated by Hitoshi Ashinano. The title can be translated Yokohama Shopping Log or Record of a Yokohama Shopping Trip. One tankōbon volume, the publisher's former English language website, and the second original video animation series have the subtitle...

    (OVA series, 1998)
  • Spirit of Wonder
    Spirit of Wonder
    is a manga series authored by Kenji Tsuruta, originally serialized from 1986 in Kodansha's Morning seinen manga magazine, and later in Afternoon, until 1996....

    (OVA series, 2001)
  • Zettai Shōnen (TV series, 2005)
  • Kaiketsu Zorori
    Kaiketsu Zorori
    is a popular Japanese children's book series created by Yutaka Hara and published by Poplar Publishing. The original books were also made into an OVA, animated feature-length film, anime, and comic...

    (TV series, 52 episodes co-produced with Sunrise
    Sunrise (company)
    is a Japanese animation studio and production enterprise. It is a subsidiary of Namco Bandai Holdings. Its former name was Nippon Sunrise, and prior to that, Sunrise Studios...

     and Anbā Film Works, 2004 -2005)
  • Majime ni Fumajime Kaiketsu Zorori (TV series, 77 episodes co-produced with Sunrise, 2005-2007)
  • Majime ni Fumajime Kaiketsu Zorori: Nazo no Otakara Daisakusen (feature film, co-production with Sunrise, 2006)
  • Kujibiki Unbalance
    Kujibiki Unbalance (2006 series)
    , also referred to as Kujibiki "Heart" Unbalance in order to differentiate it from its original incarnation, is a 12-episode Fall 2006 anime series created by Shimoku Kio...

    (TV series, 12 episodes, 2006)
  • Genshiken
    Genshiken
    is a manga series by Shimoku Kio about a college club for otaku and the lifestyle its members pursue. The title is a shortening of the club's official name, , or "The Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture". The series has also been adapted into an anime directed by Tsutomu Mizushima...

    (OVA, 3 episodes, 2006-2007)
  • Emma: A Victorian Romance Second Act
    Emma (anime and manga)
    is a historical romance manga by Kaoru Mori. It was published by Enterbrain in the magazine Comic Beam and collected in 10 tankōbon volumes. The series has been adapted as a anime television series, entitled...

    (TV series, 2007)

Other involvement

  • Manga Nippon Mukashibanashi (Group TAC
    Group TAC
    Group TAC was a Japanese animation and computer graphics studio located in Shibuya, Tokyo, and founded in 1968. They have worked on movies, videos, TV shows, and commercials, and have contributed to all stages of the process, including planning, production, sound effects, and so on...

    , TV series, 1975-1994)
  • Doraemon
    Doraemon
    is a Japanese manga series created by Fujiko F. Fujio which later became an anime series and an Asian franchise...

    (Shin-Ei Animation
    Shin-Ei Animation
    is a Japanese animation company owned by TV Asahi Corporation. Founded in Tokyo in 1976, it is the successor to A Production, a previous animation venture by its founder, Daikichirō Kusube, who was previously an animator for Toei Animation...

    , TV series)
  • Tokimeki Tonight
    Tokimeki Tonight
    is a manga series by Koi Ikeno, which ran in the Japanese manga magazine, Ribon, from July 1982 to October 1994. A TV anime series was adapted from the manga and was broadcasted on NTV from October 7, 1982 to September 22, 1983.-Plot:Ranze Eto lives in an isolated castle in Japan with her werewolf...

    (Group TAC, TV series, 1982-1983)
  • Mahō no Tenshi Creamy Mami (Studio Pierrot
    Studio Pierrot
    is a Japanese animation/animation studio, founded in 1979 by former employees of Tatsunoko Production. Its headquarters is located in Mitaka, Tokyo.The company has a simple logo of the face of a clown...

    , TV series, 1983-1984)
  • Onegai! Samiadon (Tokyo Movie Shinsha
    Tokyo Movie Shinsha
    , formerly known as , is a Japanese animation studio, founded on October 1946. One of the oldest and most prominent anime studios in Japan, it has also produced numerous animated series airing in other countries such as France, the United States, and Italy. The company currently uses "TMS...

    , TV series, 1985)
  • Touch
    Touch (manga)
    is a Japanese high school baseball manga by Mitsuru Adachi. It was originally serialized in the weekly manga magazine Shōnen Sunday from 1981–1986...

    (Group TAC, TV series, 1985-1987)
  • Hiatari Ryōkō!
    Hiatari Ryoko!
    is a high-school romance manga by Mitsuru Adachi. It was published by Shogakukan in 1980–1981 in the magazine Shōjo Comic and collected in five tankōbon volumes. It was later adapted into a live-action television drama series, an anime television series, and an anime film sequel to the television...

    (Group TAC, TV series, 1987-1988)
  • Kiteretsu Daihyakka
    Kiteretsu Daihyakka
    is a science fiction manga series by Fujiko Fujio which ran in the children's magazine Kodomo no Hikari from April 1974 through July 1977...

    (Studio Gallop, TV series, 1988-1996)
  • Chibi Maruko-chan
    Chibi Maruko-chan
    is a shōjo manga series by Momoko Sakura, later adapted into an anime TV series by Nippon Animation, which originally aired on Fuji Television from January 7, 1990 to September 27, 1992. The series depicts the simple, everyday life of a little girl nicknamed Maruko and her family in suburban...

    (Nippon Animation
    Nippon Animation
    is a Japanese animation studio. The company is headquartered in Tokyo, with chief offices in the Ginza district of Chūō and production facilities in Tama City....

    , TV series, 1990)
  • Chibi Maruko-chan: Watashi no Suki na Uta (Nippon Animation, feature film, 1992)
  • Karaoke Senshi Maikujirō (Studio Kikan, TV series, 1994)
  • Wankorobē (Tokyo Movie, TV series, 1996)
  • Nyani Ga Nyandā: Nyandā Kamen (Sunrise, TV series, 2000-2001)

Directors

  • Tsutomu Shibayama
  • Osamu Kobayashi
    Osamu Kobayashi
    Osamu Kobayashi is the name of:*Osamu Kobayashi , animation director and founder of Ajia-do Animation Works*Osamu Kobayashi , director of BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad and Paradise Kiss...

  • Hideo Kawauchi
  • Yumiko Suda
  • Tomomi Mochizuki
    Tomomi Mochizuki
    , sometimes incorrectly romanized as Tomomichi Mochizuki, is an anime director and producer. He is married to animator Masako Gotō and sometimes uses the alias when writing screenplays or working on storyboards...

  • Tsuneo Kobayashi
    Tsuneo Kobayashi
    is a Japanese anime director affiliated with Studio Pierrot. He has directed the critically acclaimed anime series The Twelve Kingdoms.- Filmography :As film director :*Glass Mask *Midori Days*Super GALS...

  • Hiroki Negishi
  • Reiko Suzuki
  • Tomoko Iwasaki

  • Screenwriters

    • Michishiro Yamada
    • Yoshiyaki Yanagida
    • Masaya Fujimori
    • Hideyuki Funakoshi
  • Kinichirō Suzuki
  • Yūko Ikuno
  • Masayuki Sekine
  • Hiroshi Kawaguchi
    Hiroshi Kawaguchi
    Hiroshi Kawaguchi was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in 37 films between 1956 and 1983. He was born in Tokyo, Japan.-Filmography:Filmography of Hiroshi Kawaguchi include:...

  • Mitsuyuki Musaki
  • Yayoi Yoshikawa
  • Yūichi Nakajima
  • Yuki Nishioka
  • Noriko Ogino
  • Tsuyoshi Ichiki
  • Yasuhiro Endō

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