Bee Train Production
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Bee Train Production (ビィートレイン株式会社, Biītorein Kabushikigaisha), commonly referred to simply as Bee Train, is a Japanese
History
The studio Bee Train was founded on June 5, 1997, by
Koichi Mashimo's goal when he founded Bee Train was to create a "hospital for animators", an animation studio interested in nurturing young talents and
The first projects published by the studio in 1999 were anime adaptations of
Bee Train's first independent project was
From 1997 on, the studio's headquarters were located in Kokubunji, Tokyo, although in 2001, it moved to another part of the city. Two more studio locations were acquired in 2004 (in Karuizawa, Nagano) and 2006 (Kichijōji, Musashino, Tokyo).[1]
The company has been dormant since 2012 due to Kōichi Mashimo's retirement from the anime industry.
Style
One frequent technique that Mashimo uses as part of his studio-as-hospital strategy is brainstorming new anime concepts with his colleagues in the state of alcohol intoxication. For example, according to him, that is how the idea of the supernatural connection between the two female leads of Madlax was born.[4]
Another typical Bee Train gesture is to invite Japanese
The famous Japanese
Works
In the works
Year | Title | Type | Eps | Director | Writer | Composer |
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1999 | Popolocrois Monogatari |
TV | 25 | Kōichi Mashimo | Aya Matsui | Kow Otani |
1999 | Arc the Lad |
TV | 26 | Itsuro Kawasaki | Akemi Omode | Michiru Oshima
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1999 | Wild Arms: Twilight Venom | TV | 22 | Itsuro Kawasaki | Hideki Mitsui Itsuro Kawasaki Aya Matsui Akemi Omode Chinatsu Houjou Hideki Mitsui Kenji Kamiyama |
Kow Otani |
1999 | Medabots (first season) | TV | 52 | Tensai Okamura | Ryōta Yamaguchi | Osamu Tezuka |
2001 | Noir |
TV | 26 | Kōichi Mashimo | Ryoe Tsukimura | Yuki Kajiura |
2001 | Captain Kuppa Desert Pirate | TV | 26 | Kōichi Mashimo | Kōichi Mashimo | Hayato Matsuo |
2002 | .hack//Sign | TV | 26 | Kōichi Mashimo | Kazunori Ito Hiroaki Jinno Kōichi Mashimo Kirin Mori Akemi Omode Mitsuhiko Sawamura Michiko Yokote |
Yuki Kajiura |
2002 | .hack//Liminality | OVA | 4 | Kōichi Mashimo | Kazunori Ito | Yuki Kajiura |
2002 | .hack//Gift |
OVA | 1 | Kōichi Mashimo | Kazunori Ito | Yuki Kajiura |
2003 | Avenger |
TV | 13 | Kōichi Mashimo | Hidefumi Kimura | Ali Project |
2003 | .hack//Legend of the Twilight | TV | 12 | Kōichi Mashimo Koji Sawai |
Akatsuki Yamatoya Satoru Nishizono |
Yuji Yoshino Yoko Ueno |
2003 | Immortal Grand Prix |
TV | 5 | Kōichi Mashimo | Kōichi Mashimo Yuki Arie |
Fat Jon |
2004 | Madlax | TV | 26 | Kōichi Mashimo | Yōsuke Kuroda | Yuki Kajiura |
2004 | Meine Liebe | TV | 13 | Kōichi Mashimo | Akemi Omode | Yoshihisa Hirano |
2005 | Tsubasa Chronicle (first season) |
TV | 26 | Kōichi Mashimo | Hiroyuki Kawasaki | Yuki Kajiura |
2006 | Meine Liebe wieder | TV | 13 | Shinya Kawamo | Akemi Omode | Yutaka Minobe |
2006 | .hack//Roots | TV | 26 | Kōichi Mashimo | Kazunori Ito Miu Kawasaki |
Ali Project |
2006 | Spider Riders | TV | 52 | Kōichi Mashimo Takaaki Ishiyama |
Yōsuke Kuroda | Fumitaka Anzai Nobuhiko Nakayama |
2006 | Tsubasa Chronicle (second season) |
TV | 26 | Kōichi Mashimo Hiroshi Morioka |
Hiroyuki Kawasaki | Yuki Kajiura |
2007 | Murder Princess | OVA | 6 | Tomoyuki Kurokawa | Tatsuhiko Urahata | Yasufumi Fukuda |
2007 | El Cazador de la Bruja | TV | 26 | Kōichi Mashimo | Kenichi Kanemaki | Yuki Kajiura |
2007 | Spider Riders: Yomigaeru Taiyou | TV | 26 | Kōichi Mashimo | Yōsuke Kuroda | Fumitaka Anzai Nobuhiko Nakayama |
2008 | Blade of the Immortal | TV | 13 | Kōichi Mashimo | Hiroyuki Kawasaki | Kow Otani |
2008 | Batman Gotham Knight: Field Test | Video | 1 | Hiroshi Morioka | Jordan Goldberg |
Christopher Drake |
2009 | Phantom ~Requiem for the Phantom~ | TV | 26 | Kōichi Mashimo | Gen Urobuchi Yōsuke Kuroda Hideki Shirane Noboru Kimura Tatsuya Takahashi Yukihito Nonaka |
Hikaru Nanase
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2010 | Halo Legends: Homecoming | OVA/ONA | 1 | Koji Sawai | Hiroyuki Kawasaki | Martin O'Donnell |
2010 | Psychic Detective Yakumo | TV | 13 | Tomoyuki Kurokawa | Hiroyuki Kawasaki | R・O・N |
2011 | Hyouge Mono | TV | 39 | Koichi Mashimo | Hiroyuki Kawasaki | Kow Otani |
Other divisions
Bee Train Digital was Bee Train's small special effects and other works area that has mostly provided additional production support to projects such as effects, finishing and photography work for .hack//SIGN, .hack//Liminality, Avenger, and Murder Princess. It also created the special effects for
References
- ^ a b c d e f "About Bee Train" (in Japanese). Bee Train. Archived from the original on 2013-06-25. Retrieved 2012-02-27.
- ^ "FY 2010 Application Guidelines produced" (in Japanese). Bee Train. Retrieved 2009-09-09.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Friedman, Erica (2004-06-28). "Yuri Anime: Bee Train does it again". Archived from the original on 11 April 2017. Retrieved 2007-06-06.
- ^ Newtype USA: 8–15.
- ^ "January 3–10 News". Anime News Service. 2007-01-06. Archived from the original on 3 February 2007. Retrieved 2007-01-19.
Following Noir and Madlax, [El Cazador] was the third [sic] installment in a series of what Director Koichi Mashimo has referred to as his girls-with-guns genre trilogy.
- Yuki, Masahiro. "The Official Art of .hack//Roots". (May 2007) Newtype USA. pp. 101–107.
External links
- (in Japanese) Official website (Last updated in August 2012)
- Bee Train Production at Anime News Network's encyclopedia