Bug Films

BUG FILMS Inc.
Native name
株式会社バグフィルム
Kabushiki-gaisha Bagu Firumu
Company typeKabushiki gaisha
IndustryJapanese animation
PredecessorOLM TEAM KOJIMA
FoundedSeptember 22, 2021; 3 years ago (September 22, 2021)
HeadquartersSuginami, Tokyo, Japan
Key people
Hiroaki Kojima (CEO)
Satoshi Nakano (Director)
Kazuki Kawagoe (Director)
Hibiki Saito (Director)
Total equity¥ 9,000,000
OwnerTwin Engine
Number of employees
21 (As of December 2022)
Websitewww.bugfilms.jp
Footnotes / references
[1]

BUG FILMS Inc. (株式会社バグフィルム, Kabushiki-gaisha Bagu Firumu) is a Japanese animation studio established on September 22, 2021 as a subsidiary of Twin Engine.

History

Bug Films was established in September 2021 by Hiroaki Kojima, a producer working at OLM at the time, producing the anime MIX, Major 2nd, and Bungo and Alchemist -Gears of Judgement- for the studio.[2] Most of the studio's staff are former members of his production arm at OLM.

During the first year of the studio's life, Kojima and his staff fulfilled prior obligations at OLM, producing the anime series Komi Can't Communicate and Summer Time Rendering, both series that Bug Films was given cooperation credits for on occasion.

Kojima explained that he founded the studio in order to "create work worthy of the viewer." The studio's founding also contributes to Twin Engine's long-term goal of "strengthening its production pipeline in an effort to achieve global expansion."[3]

List of works

Anime television series

Title Director(s) First run
start date 		First run
end date 		Eps Note(s) Ref(s)
Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead Kazuki Kawagoe July 9, 2023 (2023-07-09) December 26, 2023 (2023-12-26) 12 Based on a manga by Haro Aso. [4]
Witch Hat Atelier Ayumu Watanabe 2025 (2025) TBA TBA Based on a manga by Kamome Shirahama. [5]

Cooperative works

References

  1. ^ "COMPANY". bugfilms.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved March 23, 2023.
  2. ^ "ツインエンジン：アニメ制作会社「バグフィルム」「スクーターフィルムズ」設立　制作ライン強化". MANTANWEB. MANTAN. 2021-10-01. Retrieved 2023-03-08.
  3. ^ "ツインエンジン、新たなアニメーションスタジオ2社を設立　グローバル展開を視野に入れた制作ライン強化のため". アニメ！アニメ！. イード. 2021-10-01. Retrieved 2023-03-08.
  4. ^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (May 28, 2023). "Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead Anime Debuts on Hulu in U.S. on July 9". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 28, 2023.
  5. ^ Mateo, Alex (July 4, 2024). "Witch Hat Atelier Anime Reveals Trailer, Main Staff, 2025 Premiere (Updated)". Anime News Network. Retrieved July 5, 2024.