Artmic
Encyclopedia
Artmic is a defunct Japanese
design studio
formed in 1978. It went bankrupt and was liquidated in 1997. Anime International Company now has intellectual property of most of its titles.
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...
design studio
Design studio
A Design Studio or Drawing Office is a workplace for Designers and Artisans engaged in conceiving, designing and developing new products or objects...
formed in 1978. It went bankrupt and was liquidated in 1997. Anime International Company now has intellectual property of most of its titles.
Direct-to-video animation
- 1985 Megazone 23Megazone 23is a four-part original video animation created by AIC, written by Hiroyuki Hoshiyama, and directed by Noboru Ishiguro, Ichiro Itano, Kenichi Yatagai and Shinji Aramaki. The series was originally titled but the title was changed just before release....
- 1985 Genesis Climber Mospeada: Love, Live, Alive
- 1986 Wanna-Be'sWanna-Be'sis a 1986 Japanese direct-to-video animation and comic book written by Toshimichi Suzuki. Kenichi Sonoda created the character designs of the animated version.- Cast :*Eriko Hara as Miki Morita*Miki Takahashi as Eri Kazama*Shuuichi Ikeda as Tetsuma Kidou...
- 1986 Gall ForceGall Forceis a metaseries of science fiction anime OVA by the studio Artmic, with production by Youmex and AIC. The original character designs were by Kenichi Sonoda, though these were dropped for the Gall Force Revolution remake .-Star Front Gall Force:This was the origin and precursor to the Gall Force...
- 1987 Bubblegum CrisisBubblegum Crisisis a Japanese cyberpunk direct-to-video animated series. It displays strong influences from Blade Runner, also making occasional references to it.- Setting :...
- 1987 Hyper Combat Unit DangaiōDangaiohis an anime OVA series produced by Anime International Company studios and released in Japan in 1987. Dangaioh featured character designs by creator Toshiki Hirano, mechanical designs by Shoji Kawamori, and animation direction by Masami Ōbari.-Plot:...
- 1988 Hades Project ZeorymerHades Project ZeorymerHades Project Zeorymer, known in Japan as , is a manga by Yoshiki Takaya, written under the pen name Chimi Morio, and published in the adult manga magazine Lemon People from October 1983 to November 1984. A three-part finale was serialized in Monthly Comic Ryū in 2007...
- 1988 Ten Little Gall Force
- 1988 Metal Skin Panic MADOX-01Metal Skin Panic MADOX-01is a 1988 anime OVA released in Japan, directed and written by Shinji Aramaki and animated by Hideki Anno. It has been licensed in the United States by AnimEigo The plot centers on a mechanic named Koji Kondo who accidentally comes across the Madox-01, a small mecha designed to fight enemy tanks...
- 1989 Rhea Gall ForceRhea Gall ForceRhea Gall Force is a middle entry in the mainstream timeline of Gall Force anime metaseries, which takes place in the aftermath of the Stardust Wars, but before the events of Earth Chapter...
- 1989 Gall Force: Earth ChapterGall Force: Earth ChapterThe Earth Chapter Arc is one-fourth of the original timeline of the Gall Force anime metaseries. The Earth Chapter Arc continues the story from Rhea Arc, but takes place thousands of years later, with reincarnations of the Star Leaf crew...
- 1989 Riding BeanRiding Beanis an anime original video animation following the exploits of courier-for-hire Bean Bandit and his partner, gunwoman Rally Vincent.There was also a manga published in the Japanese magazine that was left unfinished after its fourth chapter...
- 1990 A.D. Police Files
- 1990 Sengoku Busho Retsuden Bakufu Doji Hissatsuman
- 1991 Bubblegum Crash!Bubblegum Crashis a three-part original video animation sequel to Bubblegum Crisis.After the split between Artmic and Youmex, Artmic proceeded to make a sequel on their own, Bubblegum Crash, which ran three OVA episodes and is conjectured that it was a shortened version of how Crisis was to end...
- 1991 Detonator OrgunDetonator Orgunis a Japanese original video animation series by AIC and Artmic, directed by Masami Ōbari. It was released on DVD by Central Park Media in the United States in 2001.-Part 1:...
- 1991 Gall Force: New EraGall Force: New EraThe New Era Arc is the fourth and final half of the original timeline in the Gall Force anime metaseries. New Era concludes the story from Earth Chapter, but takes place about 200 years later.-New Era Arc Episodes:...
- 1992 Gaiarth The Genesis SurvivorGenesis Survivor Gaiarthwas an anime OVA series produced by AIC and ARTMIC Studios in 1992. The story takes place in a post-apocalyptic, dystopian future, chronicling the story of a young man named Ital Del Labard and his partner, the war-roid Zaxon. It was licensed and distributed in North America in 1993 by a small...
- 1992 Scramble Wars
- 1993 Casshan: Robot Hunter
- 1994 GenocyberGenocyberis a cyberpunk Manga by Tony Takezaki. One volume of the manga was published and the story remains unfinished. It was adapted into a 5-part Anime OVA series from 1993 to 1994. The plot of the anime differs significantly from the manga. Both are notable for their extreme graphic violence.The OVA...
- 1995 Battle SkipperBattle Skipperis a Japanese direct-to-video animated series based on the small toy mecha action figures by Tomy. The series was released in the US by Central Park Media-Plot:The OVA focuses mostly on the girls of St Ignacio's School for girls than the mecha itself...