Brain's Base

Brain's Base Co., Ltd.

Native name	有限会社ブレインズ･ベース
Romanized name	Yūgen-gaisha Bureinzu Bēsu
Company type	Yūgen-gaisha
Industry	Japanese animation
Founded	July 1996; 28 years ago (1996-07)
Founder	Jūkō Ozawa
Headquarters	Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan
Divisions	Digital[a] Editing Office[b] Painting Department[c]
Website	www.brainsbase.co.jp

Brain's Base Co., Ltd. (Japanese: 有限会社ブレインズ･ベース, Hepburn: Yūgen-gaisha Bureinzu Bēsu) is a Japanese animation studio founded in 1996 by former Tokyo Movie Shinsha staff.

Works

Television series

Year	Title	Director(s)	Animation producer(s)	Source	Eps.	Refs.
2002	Daigunder	Hiroyuki Yano	Juukou Ozawa Yoshinaga Minami	Original work	39
2003–2004	Pluster World (co-animated with Actas)	Yūji Himaki	Seiichi Kikawada Yoshinaga Minami Manabu Santou	Original work	52
2004	New Getter Robo	Jun Kawagoe	Yoshinaga Minami Tatsuyo Kobayashi ("line producers")	Original work	13
2005	Kamichu!	Koji Masunari	Yumi Satou	Original work	12
2005–2006	Gunparade Orchestra	Yutaka Satou (chief) Toshiya Shinohara	Juukou Ozawa Yoshinaga Minami Ken Matsumoto	Video game	24
2006	Innocent Venus	Jun Kawagoe	Juukou Ozawa ("producer")	Original work	12
2007	Kishin Taisen Gigantic Formula	Keiji Gotoh	Juukou Ozawa ("producer")	Original work	26
	Baccano!	Takahiro Omori	Yumi Satou	Light novel	13
2008	Kure-nai	Kō Matsuo	Midori Tokiwa	Light novel	12
	Natsume's Book of Friends: First Season	Takahiro Omori	Yumi Satou	Manga	13
2009	Akikan!	Yūji Himaki	Tatsuyo Kobayashi ("line producer")	Light novel	12
	Natsume's Book of Friends: Second Season	Takahiro Omori	Yumi Satou	Manga	13
	Spice and Wolf II (co-animated with Marvy Jack)	Takeo Takahashi	Tatsuyo Kobayashi Masayoshi Oono	Manga	12
2010	Durarara!!	Takahiro Omori	Yumi Satou	Light novel	26
	Princess Jellyfish	Takahiro Omori	Yumi Satou	Manga	11
2011	Dororon Enma-kun Meeramera	Yoshitomo Yonetani	Seiichi Kikawada	Manga	12	[1]
	Natsume's Book of Friends: Third Season	Takahiro Omori	Yumi Satou	Manga	13
	Kamisama Dolls	Seiji Kishi	Seiichi Kikawada	Manga	13
	Penguindrum	Kunihiko Ikuhara Shouko Nakamura (chief)	Midori Tokiwa	Original work	24
2012	Natsume's Book of Friends: Fourth Season	Takahiro Omori	Yumi Satou	Manga	13
	Sengoku Collection	Keiji Gotoh	Midori Tokiwa	Mobile game	26
	My Little Monster	Hiro Kaburaki	Yumi Satou	Manga	13
2012–2013	Ixion Saga DT	Shinji Takamatsu	Tatsuyo Kobayashi Muneyuki Kanbe	Online game	25
2013	Amnesia	Yoshimitsu Ohashi	Juukou Ozawa	Visual novel	12
	My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU	Ai Yoshimura	Tsutomu Hirano	Light novel	13
	Brothers Conflict	Atsushi Matsumoto	Midori Tokiwa	Novel	12
	Blood Lad	Shigeyuki Miya	Hiromichi Ooishi ("producer")	Manga	10
2014	D-Frag!	Shizutaka Sugawara	Juukou Ozawa ("producer")	Manga	12
	The Kawai Complex Guide to Manors and Hostel Behavior	Shigeyuki Miya	Emi Yonezawa	Manga	12	[2]
	Kamigami no Asobi	Tomoyuki Kawamura	Tsutomu Hirano	Visual novel	12	[3]
	One Week Friends	Tarou Iwasaki	Yumi Satou	Manga	12	[4]
2015	Aoharu × Machinegun	Hideaki Nakano	Emi Yonezawa	Manga	12	[5]
	Dance with Devils	Ai Yoshimura	Yayoi Saitou	Original work (Collaboration with Rejet)	12	[6]
2015–2017	Rin-ne	Shizutaka Sugawara (s1–s2) Hiroshi Ishiodori (s3)	Juukou Ozawa (s1) Junichi Shimada (s2–s3)	Manga	75	[7]
2016	Endride (co-animated with Lapin Track)	Keiji Gotoh	Juukou Ozawa Masakazu Watanabe	Multimedia franchise	24	[8]
	Servamp (co-animated with Platinum Vision)	Shigeyuki Miya[d] (chief) Hideaki Nakano	Emi Yonezawa	Manga	12	[9]
	Cheer Boys!!	Ai Yoshimura	Yayoi Saitou	Novel	12	[10]
	Kiss Him, Not Me	Hiroshi Ishiodori	Junichi Shimada	Manga	12	[11]
2017	Anonymous Noise	Hideya Takahashi	Yayoi Saitou	Manga	12	[12]
2018	School Babysitters	Shūsei Morishita		Manga	12	[13]
	Gakuen Basara	Minoru Ohama	Kiyoshi Yamamoto	Video game	12	[14]
2019	Grimms Notes the Animation	Shizutaka Sugawara	Junichi Shimada	Mobile game	12	[15]
2019–2020	Duel Masters!! (co-animated with SMDE)	Shinobu Sasaki (chief) Hiroshi Ishiodori	Junichi Shimada Ryouta Dokura	Media franchise	51	[16]
2020	In/Spectre	Keiji Gotoh	Juukou Ozawa Shinji Takada	Light novel	12	[17]
2020–2021	Duel Masters King	Hiroshi Ishiodori	Junichi Shimada Ryouta Dokura	Media franchise	47	[18]
2021	To Your Eternity	Masahiko Murata	Juukou Ozawa	Manga	20	[19]
2021–2022	Duel Masters King!	Hiroshi Ishiodori	Junichi Shimada Ryouta Dokura	Media franchise	43	[20]
2022	Duel Masters King MAX	Hiroshi Ishiodori Yūsuke Suzuki	Junichi Shimada Ryouta Dokura	Media franchise	17	[21]
2022–2023	Duel Masters Win	Yuusuke Suzuki	Junichi Shimada Ryouta Dokura	Media franchise	29	[22]
	Golden Kamuy 4th Season	Shizutaka Sugahara	Juukou Ozawa	Manga	13	[23]
2023	In/Spectre 2nd Season	Keiji Gotoh	Juukou Ozawa Tomoyuki Tateishi	Light novel	12	[24]
	Firefighter Daigo: Rescuer in Orange	Masahiko Murata	Suharu Ishizuka	Manga	23	[25]
2024	An Archdemon's Dilemma: How to Love Your Elf Bride	Hiroshi Ishiodori	Tomoya Ozawa	Light novel	12	[26]
2025	Dekin no Mogura	Hiroshi Ishiodori	TBA	Manga	TBA	[27]

Original video animations

Year	Title	Director(s)	Animation producer(s)	Source	Eps.	Refs.
1998–1999	Change Getter Robo!!: The Last Day of the World (co-animated with Bee Media)	Yasuhiro Imagawa (1–3) Jun Kawagoe (4–13)	Fumikazu Matsumoto Atsuhiko Sugita	Manga	13
2000–2001	Shin Getter Robo vs Neo Getter Robo (co-animated with Bee Media)	Jun Kawagoe		Manga	4
2001–2002	Mazinkaiser	Masahiko Murata		Original work	7
2005	Super Robot Wars Original Generation: The Animation	Jun Kawagoe		Original work	3
2006–2007	Demon Prince Enma	Mamoru Kanbe	Tatsuyo Kobayashi Yoshinaga Minami ("line producers")	Manga	4
2007–2008	Kimi ga Nozomu Eien ~Next Season~	Hideki Takayama		Eroge visual novel	4
2009	Denpa teki na Kanojo	Mamoru Kanbe	Seiichi Kikawada	Light novel	2
2012–2014	Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple	Hiroshi Ishiodori	Tatsuyo Kobayashi	Manga	11
2013	Assassination Classroom	Keiji Gotoh	Midori Tokiwa	Manga	1	[28]
2014	Natsume's Book of Friends: Itsuka Yuki no Hi ni	Takahiro Omori	Yumi Satou	Manga	1	[29]
	Chō Jikū Robo Meguru (co-animated with Studio A-Cat)	Keiji Gotoh		Original work	1	[30]
	The Kawai Complex Guide to Manors and Hostel Behavior: First Time	Shigeyuki Miya	Emi Yonezawa	Manga	1	[31]
2014–2015	Ane Log	Tetsuo Ichimura	Yayoi Saitou	Manga	3	[32]

Films

Year	Title	Director(s)	Animation producer(s)	Source	Refs.
2000	The Boy Who Saw the Wind	Takahiro Omori	Juukou Ozawa ("producer")	Novel
2003	Mazinkaiser vs. Shogun of Darkness	Masahiko Murata		Manga
2011	Hotarubi no Mori e	Takahiro Omori	Yumi Satou	Manga
2017	Dance with Devils: Fortuna	Ai Yoshimura	Yayoi Saitou	Original work	[33][34]

Notable staff

Representative staff

• Juukou Ozawa (founder and president)

Animation producers

• Tatsuyo Kobayashi (1997~2013)
• Yumi Satou (1997~2014) founded Shuka
• Seiichi Kikawada (2006~2011)
• Midori Tokiwa (2006~2013)
• Tsutomu Hirano (2006~2014)
• Yayoi Saitou (2008~2017)
• Emi Yonezawa (2014~2016) moved to Platinum Vision
• Junichi Shimada (2016~present)
• Tomoyuki Tateishi (2020~present)
• Suharu Ishizuka (2020~present)

Production staff

• Masakazu Watanabe (2008~2011) co-founder of Lapin Track
• Teruko Utsumi (2010~2016) co-founder of Lapin Track
• Hiromichi Ooishi (2013~2016) founded Platinum Vision

See also

• Shuka – Studio formed by ex-Brain's Base staff and founded by ex-Brain's Base producer Yumi Satou.
• Lapin Track – Studio formed by ex-Brain's Base staff and founded by ex-Brain's Base producer Masakazu Watanabe and screenwriter Teruko Utsumi.
• Platinum Vision – Studio formed by ex-Brain's Base staff and founded by ex-Brain's Base producer Hiromichi Ooishi.

Notes

1. Brain's Base Digital (ブレインズ・ベース・デジタル), the studio's 3DCG and compositing department.
2. Brain's Base Editing Office (ブレインズ・ベース編集室), the studio's editing department.
3. Brain's Base Painting Department (ブレインズ・ベース仕上部), the studio's coloring and painting department.
4. Credited under the pseudonym Ittou Sara

References

1. "Go Nagai's Dororon Enma-kun Gets New Anime (Updated)". Anime News Network. September 1, 2010. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
2. "Sentai Filmworks Licenses The Kawai Complex Guide to Manors and Hostel Behavior". Anime News Network. March 26, 2014. Retrieved October 6, 2016.
3. "Kamigami no Asobi TV Anime's Promo Streamed". Anime News Network. January 6, 2014. Retrieved October 6, 2016.
4. "Sora Amamiya, Yoshitaka Yamaya Star in Isshūkan Friends Anime". Anime News Network. January 21, 2014. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
5. "Aoharu x Kikanjū TV Anime's Staff, More Cast, July Premiere Revealed". Anime News Network. May 18, 2015. Retrieved October 6, 2016.
6. "Rejet, Elements Garden's Dance with Devils Collaboration Includes TV Anime". Anime News Network. February 9, 2015. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
7. "Rumiko Takahashi's Rin-ne TV Anime Streams 1st Promo". Anime News Network. January 23, 2015. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
8. "Endride TV Anime Reveals More Cast, Ending Theme Artist". Anime News Network. April 1, 2016. Retrieved October 6, 2016.
9. "Servamp TV Anime's 1st Promo Reveals July Premiere". Anime News Network. January 31, 2016. Retrieved September 25, 2016.
10. "Cheer Boys!! TV Anime About Men's Cheerleading Revealed With Promotional Video". Anime News Network. March 25, 2016. Retrieved September 25, 2016.
11. "Kiss Him, Not Me TV Anime Premieres This Fall". Anime News Network. June 11, 2016. Retrieved September 25, 2016.
12. "Anonymous Noise Anime Reveals Main Cast, Staff, April 2017 Debut". Anime News Network. Retrieved December 19, 2016.
13. "Gakuen Babysitters Anime Reveals Main Staff". Anime News Network. August 23, 2017. Retrieved August 23, 2017.
14. "Sengoku Basara Games' Gakuen Basara High School Spinoff Gets TV Anime". Anime News Network. April 1, 2018. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
15. "Grimms Notes TV Anime's 1st Promo Video Unveils Main Staff". Anime News Network. August 6, 2018. Retrieved August 6, 2018.
16. "ブレインズ・ベース公式ホームページ". Brain's Base official site. September 24, 2019. Archived from the original on August 5, 2020. Retrieved September 24, 2019.
17. "In/Spectre Supernatural Mystery Gets TV Anime by Brain's Base". Anime News Network. January 14, 2019. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
18. "ブレインズ・ベース公式ホームページ". Brain's Base official site. September 24, 2019. Archived from the original on August 5, 2020. Retrieved September 24, 2019.
19. "Yoshitoki Oima's To Your Eternity Fantasy Manga Gets TV Anime in October". Anime News Network. January 8, 2020. Retrieved January 8, 2020.
20. "Duel Masters King! Anime Reveals April 4 Premiere, Theme Song Artists". Anime News Network. February 14, 2021. Retrieved February 14, 2021.
21. "Duel Masters Gets New Duel Masters King Max TV Anime". Anime News Network. February 14, 2022. Retrieved February 14, 2022.
22. "Duel Masters Win Reveals Main Cast, Theme Song Artists, September 4 Premiere". Anime News Network. August 5, 2022. Retrieved August 5, 2022.
23. "Golden Kamuy Anime's 4th Season 2nd Trailer Reveals Theme Songs, October 3 Debut". Anime News Network. September 2, 2022. Retrieved September 2, 2022.
24. "In/Spectre Anime Season 2 Delayed to January 2023". Anime News Network. May 2, 2022. Retrieved May 2, 2022.
25. "Firefighter! Daigo of Fire Company M: Kyūkoku no Orange TV Anime Reveals Video, Cast, Staff, Fall Premiere". Anime News Network. February 7, 2023. Retrieved February 7, 2023.
26. "An Archdemon's Dilemma - How to Love Your Elf Bride Anime's Teaser Unveils Cast, Staff, 2024 Airing". Anime News Network. October 25, 2023. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
27. "TV Anime of Natsumi Eguchi's Dekin no Mogura Manga Confirmed". Anime News Network. November 18, 2024. Retrieved November 18, 2024.
28. "Assassination Classroom Anime's 1st Visual Revealed". Anime News Network. August 7, 2013. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
29. "Natsume's Book of Friends Gets New Original Video Anime". Anime News Network. September 27, 2013. Retrieved September 21, 2016.
30. "Brains Base Unveils Chō Jikū Robo Meguru Original Anime Project". Anime News Network. November 11, 2014. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
31. "7th Kawai Complex Guide to Manors and Hostel Behavior DVD/BD Includes Unaired Episode". Anime News Network. June 30, 2014. Retrieved September 21, 2016.
32. "Ami Koshimizu, Takahiro Mizushima Star in Ane Log Sibling Comedy Anime". Anime News Network. June 30, 2014. Retrieved October 26, 2020.
33. "Dance With Devils Franchise Gets Theatrical Anime Project This Fall". Anime News Network. January 29, 2017. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
34. "Dance with Devils: Fortuna Anime Film Reveals Teaser Video, More Cast, November 4 Premiere (Updated)". Anime News Network. Retrieved June 8, 2017.

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)
• Brain's Base at Anime News Network's encyclopedia