P.A. Works
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is a Japanese animation
studio established on November 10, 2000 and is located in Nanto, Toyama
, Japan
. The company's president and founder Kenji Horikawa once worked for Tatsunoko Production
, Production I.G, and Bee Train
before forming P.A. Works in 2000. The main office is located in Toyama
, Japan, which is where the drawing and digital photography take place, and production and direction takes place in their Tokyo
office. The company is also involved with animation in video games, along with collaborating in the past with Production I.G and Bee Train with anime. In January 2008, P.A. Works produced True Tears
, their first anime series as the main animation studio involved in the production process.
Canaan
Angel Beats!
Hanasaku Iroha
Another
Mai no Mahou to Katei no Hi
Bannou Yasai Ninninman
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....
studio established on November 10, 2000 and is located in Nanto, Toyama
Nanto, Toyama
is a city located in Toyama Prefecture, Japan.-History:As of 2000, 8 municipalities that merged into the city had an estimated total population of 60,182 with an average population density of 89.98 persons per km². The total area is 668.86 km²...
, Japan
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...
. The company's president and founder Kenji Horikawa once worked for Tatsunoko Production
Tatsunoko Production
, often shortened to , is a Japanese animation company. Founded in October 1962 by acclaimed anime pioneer Tatsuo Yoshida along with his brothers Kenji and Toyoharu...
, Production I.G, and Bee Train
Bee Train
, commonly referred simply as Bee Train, is a Japanese animation studio founded by Kōichi Mashimo in 1997. Since their involvement with Noir, .hack//Sign, and Madlax they have a strong following in the yuri fandom for being involved in series portraying strong female leads with speculatively...
before forming P.A. Works in 2000. The main office is located in Toyama
Toyama Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Hokuriku region on Honshū island. The capital is the city of Toyama.Toyama is the leading industrial prefecture on the Japan Sea coast, and has the industrial advantage of cheap electricity due to abundant water resources....
, Japan, which is where the drawing and digital photography take place, and production and direction takes place in their Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
office. The company is also involved with animation in video games, along with collaborating in the past with Production I.G and Bee Train with anime. In January 2008, P.A. Works produced True Tears
True Tears (anime)
True Tears is a Japanese anime television series produced by P.A. Works and directed by Junji Nishimura. The anime aired in Japan on the TV Kanagawa television network between January 6, 2008 and March 30, 2008, containing thirteen episodes...
, their first anime series as the main animation studio involved in the production process.
TV series produced
True TearsTrue Tears (anime)
True Tears is a Japanese anime television series produced by P.A. Works and directed by Junji Nishimura. The anime aired in Japan on the TV Kanagawa television network between January 6, 2008 and March 30, 2008, containing thirteen episodes...
- Series run: January 6, 2008 – March 30, 2008
- Genres: DramaDramaDrama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...
, Romance, Slice of life - Episodes: 13 x 24 minutes
- Loose adaptation of La'crymaLa'crymaLa'cryma is a Japanese based video game developer that specializes in the development of visual novels. La'cryma was at first created as a collaboration between visual novel studios Broccoli, Circus, GameCrab, and Japanese illustrator Rei Izumi to develop the visual novel title True Tears...
's visual novelVisual novelA is an interactive fiction game featuring mostly static graphics, usually with anime-style art, or occasionally live-action stills or video footage...
True TearsTrue Tearsis a Japanese visual novel developed by La'cryma, a collaboration between Broccoli, Circus, GameCrab and Rei Izumi, and was originally released on March 31, 2006 for the PC as a DVD in Japan rated for everyone, followed by a Hong Kong and Taiwanese release on March 31, 2007...
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Canaan
Canaan (anime)
Canaan is a 13-episode anime television series, conceptualized by Type-Moon co-founders Kinoko Nasu and Takashi Takeuchi, based on the scenario that they created for the Nintendo Wii visual novel 428: Fūsa Sareta Shibuya de, which is noted for being one of the few games to be have been awarded a...
- Series run: July 4, 2009 – September 26, 2009
- Genres: Action
- Episodes: 13 x 24 minutes
- Based on the NintendoNintendois a multinational corporation located in Kyoto, Japan. Founded on September 23, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi, it produced handmade hanafuda cards. By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses, such as a cab company and a love hotel....
WiiWiiThe Wii is a home video game console released by Nintendo on November 19, 2006. As a seventh-generation console, the Wii primarily competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3. Nintendo states that its console targets a broader demographic than that of the two others...
visual novelVisual novelA is an interactive fiction game featuring mostly static graphics, usually with anime-style art, or occasionally live-action stills or video footage...
428: Fūsasareta Shibuya de428: Fusasareta Shibuya deis an adventure video game created by Kōichi Nakamura, developed by his company Chunsoft and published by Sega which was originally released in Japan for the Wii on December 4, 2008...
conceptualized by Type-MoonTYPE-MOONis a Japanese game company, best known for their visual novels, co-founded by author Kinoko Nasu and illustrator Takashi Takeuchi. It is also known under the name for its publishing and corporate operations...
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Angel Beats!
Angel Beats!
is a 13-episode Japanese anime television series produced by P.A. Works and Aniplex and directed by Seiji Kishi. The story was originally conceived by Jun Maeda, who also wrote the screenplay and composed the music with the group Anant-Garde Eyes, with original character design by Na-Ga; both Maeda...
- Series run: April 3, 2010 – June 26, 2010
- Genres: Action, Comedy-dramaComedy-dramaComedy-drama is a genre of theatre, film and television programs which combines humorous and serious content.-Theatre:Traditional western theatre, beginning with the ancient Greeks, was divided into comedy and tragedy...
, FantasyFantasyFantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common... - Episodes 13 x 24 minutes
- Story originally conceived by Jun MaedaJun Maedais a Japanese writer working for the software company Key; he has majorly contributed as a scenario writer, lyricist, and musical composer for the visual novels the company produces. His birth name in kanji was written as , though there is no change in pronunciation...
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Hanasaku Iroha
Hanasaku Iroha
, or Hanairo for short, is a Japanese 26-episode anime television series produced by P.A. Works and directed by Masahiro Ando. The screenplay was written by Mari Okada, with original character design by Mel Kishida. P.A. Works produced the project as the studio's tenth anniversary work...
- Series run: April 3, 2011 – September 25, 2011
- Genres: Drama, Slice of life
- Episodes 26 x 24 minutes
- Tenth anniversary work for P.A. Works.
Another
Another (novel)
Another is a Japanese novel by Yukito Ayatsuji published on October 29, 2009 by Kadokawa Shoten. A manga adaptation by Hiro Kiyohara began serialization in the May 2010 issue of Kadokawa Shoten's Young Ace. A TV anime series produced by P.A. Works will air in January 2012...
- Series run: January 2012 - scheduled
- Genres: HorrorHorror fictionHorror fiction also Horror fantasy is a philosophy of literature, which is intended to, or has the capacity to frighten its readers, inducing feelings of horror and terror. It creates an eerie atmosphere. Horror can be either supernatural or non-supernatural...
- Based on the novel by Yukito Ayatsuji.
Films produced
Professor Layton and the Eternal DivaProfessor Layton and the Eternal Diva
also known as , is a 2009 Japanese animated mystery film directed by Masakazu Hashimoto. The film is a continuation of the Professor Layton series...
- 2009
- Genres: Adventure
- Co-Produced with OLM, Inc.
Mai no Mahou to Katei no Hi
- 2011
- TV film
- Genres: Drama, Family
Bannou Yasai Ninninman
- 2011
- Genres: Fantasy
- Collaboration with the Japanese Animation Creators AssociationJapanese Animation Creators AssociationJapanese Animation Creators Association is a labor union representing workers in the Japanese animation industry. The group was was formed back in June 2007 as a non-profit organization dedicated to raising the living standards of workers in the anime industry including livable wages...
young animators training project.
TV series partially produced
- Blood+Blood+Blood+, pronounced as "Blood Plus", is an anime series produced by Production I.G and Aniplex and directed by Junichi Fujisaku. The series premiered in Japan on Sony's anime satellite channel, Animax, as well as on terrestrial networks such as MBS, TBS, and RKB on October 8, 2005. The final episode...
: In-Between Animation - Darker than BlackDarker than Blackis an anime television series, created, directed and written by Tensai Okamura and animated by Bones. It premiered across Japan from April 5, 2007 on MBS, TBS, and its affiliated broadcast stations, with its satellite television premiere in Japan on Animax in May 2007. The music for the series is...
: Production Assistance - Eureka SevenEureka SevenEureka Seven, known in Japan as , is a mecha anime TV series by Bones. Eureka Seven tells the story of Renton Thurston and the outlaw group Gekkostate, his relationship with the enigmatic mecha pilot Eureka, and the mystery of the Coralians....
: In-Between Animation - Immortal Grand PrixImmortal Grand Prixrefers to two anime series co-produced simultaneously by Cartoon Network and Production I.G. The first is a "microseries" consisting of five 5-minute episodes, and the second is a 26-episode animated series loosely related to the first....
(second season): In-Between Animation, Key Animation, Production Assistance - Le Chevalier D'EonLe Chevalier D'Eonis a 24-episode anime TV series produced by Production I.G based on an original story by Tow Ubukata. The anime originally aired in Japan on WOWOW from August 19, 2006 to February 2, 2007. The story has also been adapted into a manga series written by Tow Ubukata and illustrated by Kiriko Yumeji,...
: In-Between Animation - MushishiMushishiis a manga series written and illustrated by Yuki Urushibara, published in Kodansha's Afternoon magazine from 1999 to August 2008.The manga was adapted into an anime television series in 2005. The Artland production was directed by Hiroshi Nagahama...
: In-Between Animation - Spider RidersSpider Ridersis a series of science fiction novels first published in December 2004, published by Newmarket Press written by Tedd Anasti, Patsy Cameron-Anasti and Stephen D. Sullivan . The stories became the basis of the animated television series produced by Cookie Jar Entertainment of Canada and Bee Train of...
Season One Assistance on all episodes - Tsubasa Chronicle: Co-Production (certain episodes)
Animated films partially produced
- .hack//Liminality.hack//Liminality.hack//Liminality is the OVA series directly related to the .hack video game series for the PlayStation 2, with the perspective of Liminality focused on the real world as opposed to the games' MMORPG The World. Liminality was separated into four volumes; each volume was released with its...
(production association) - Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's New Great Adventure into the Underworld - The Seven Magic Users
- Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) AloneEvangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Aloneis a 2007 Japanese animated film written and chief directed by Hideaki Anno. It is the first of four films released in the Rebuild of Evangelion tetralogy based on the original anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion. It was produced and co-distributed by Anno's Studio Khara in partnership with Gainax...
- Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of ShamballaFullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballais a 2005 Japanese animated film directed by Seiji Mizushima and written by Sho Aikawa, and acts as a continuation of the first Fullmetal Alchemist television series...
- Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex: Solid State Society: In-Between Animation, Production Assistance
- Sword of the StrangerSword of the Strangeris a 2007 Japanese anime feature film directed by Masahiro Andō and produced by Bones. The film follows Kotaro, a young boy who is hunted by the Ming from China for mysterious reasons. Among the Ming is a fearsome Western fighter named Luo-Lang, whose only desire is to find a worthy opponent...
Video games partially animated
- Professor Layton and the Curious VillageProfessor Layton and the Curious VillageProfessor Layton and the Curious Village, released in Japan as , is a puzzle adventure video game for the Nintendo DS system. It was developed by Level-5, and published by Level-5 within Japan and Nintendo internationally. It was released in Japan during 2007, and in PAL regions and North America a...
- Professor Layton and Pandora's BoxProfessor Layton and Pandora's Box, known in Australia and Europe as Professor Layton and Pandora's Box, is the second game in the Professor Layton series by Level-5. It was followed by a third game, Professor Layton and the Unwound Future...
- Professor Layton and the Unwound Future
- Triggerheart Exelica -Enhanced-
Others
- Anime project tourism Toyama: Animation part
- Longing for a Tear Bringing Sky "Lovers in Tateyama"
- Longing for a Tear Bringing Sea "A Friendship on the Beach"
- Longing for a Tear Bringing Cuisine "Grandpa in Gokayama"
External links
- P.A. Works at IMDb.com