Ordet (company)

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Ordet Co., Ltd.
Business corporation
Industry Animation studio and production enterprise
Founded August 2007
Founders Yutaka Yamamoto
Headquarters Miyakojima, Osaka
Key people
 Yutaka Yamamoto
Representative director
Number of employees
 1 (approximately)[ citation needed ]
Parent Ultra Super Pictures [1]
Website http://www.ordet.jp

Ordet Co., Ltd.(株式会社Ordet (オース),Kabushiki-gaisha Ōsu) is a Japanese animation studio, founded in 2007 by ex-Kyoto Animation director Yutaka Yamamoto and other staff. The company’s name, “Ordet,” means “the word” in Danish, Swedish, and Norwegian. The company initially served as a subcontractor before producing their first fully solo work, an OVA episode of Black Rock Shooter , which aired in the spring of 2010. [2] This was followed up with an 8-episode series that aired on noitamina from February 2, 2012 to March 22, 2012. In 2011, with studios Sanzigen and Trigger, Ordet joined the Ultra Super Pictures joint holding company.

Anime Japanese animation

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Kyoto Animation Co., Ltd., abbreviated KyoAni (京アニ), is a Japanese animation studio and a light novel publisher located in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. It was established in 1981 by former Mushi Pro staff. Presided by Hideaki Hatta, the company is also affiliated with the studio Animation Do. Since 2009, the company began to publish light novels in their KA Esuma Bunko imprint. As of 2015, Kyoto Animation has headed production for 21 anime series and several films. Kyoto Animation's animators are salaried employees rather than freelance animators paid per frame. Therefore, Kyoto Animation animators are able to focus more on the quality of each frame rather than the quantity of frames they produce.

Yutaka Yamamoto Japanese anime director

Yutaka Yamamoto is a Japanese anime director from Osaka Prefecture. He was once previously a member of Kyoto Animation and Ordet.

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Business

Ordet was founded in 2007 by Yutaka Yamamoto after being fired by his former employer Kyoto Animation during the production of Lucky Star . [3] After Lucky Star completed its run, several members of the Kyoto Animation staff left the company and followed Yamamoto. Together, they founded Ordet with approximately ¥ 3 million of capital stock. [4]

<i>Lucky Star</i> (manga) 2007 Japanese media franchise

Lucky Star is a Japanese four-panel comic strip manga by Kagami Yoshimizu. The strip has been serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's Comptiq magazine since December 2003. Cameo strips were published in other magazines such as Shōnen Ace and others. It has no ongoing plot and typically focuses on the daily lives of the characters.

Staff

Former staffs

Works

TV series

<i>Kannagi: Crazy Shrine Maidens</i> 2008 film

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A-1 Pictures Japanese animation studio

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<i>Black Rock Shooter</i> media franchise

Black Rock Shooter is a Japanese media franchise based on characters created by illustrator Ryohei Fuke also known as Huke. It revolves around its eponymous character, a mysterious black haired girl with a blazing blue eye. The original illustration inspired a song of the same name by Supercell, which gained popularity on the Nico Nico Douga website. A 50-minute original video animation based on the franchise was produced by Yutaka Yamamoto's studio Ordet, written by Nagaru Tanigawa and Shinobu Yoshioka, and directed by Shinobu Yoshioka. A "Pilot Edition" was released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc in September 2009, before the full version was released on DVDs bundled with select magazines from July 24, 2010, subtitled in seven languages, followed by a retail release on December 17, 2010. An eight-episode anime television series, produced by Ordet and Sanzigen, aired on Fuji TV's Noitamina programming block between February 2 and March 22, 2012. The franchise has also spawned several manga series and a video game for the PlayStation Portable titled Black Rock Shooter: The Game, each set in their own universe.

Films

<i>Wake Up, Girls!</i> 2014 anime directed by Yutaka Yamamoto and Shin Itagaki

Wake Up, Girls! is an anime series produced by Ordet and Tatsunoko Production and directed by Yutaka Yamamoto. A film titled Wake Up, Girls! – Seven Idols opened in Japan on January 11, 2014, and a television series aired in Japan between January and March 2014. The film was streamed online in 108 countries upon its release. A spin-off series, Wake Up, Girl ZOO!, aired between September 2014 and February 2015. Both the series and film are being streamed with English subtitles by Crunchyroll.

Tatsunoko Production Company, previously known as Kabushiki gaisha Tatsunoko Purodakushon (株式会社竜の子プロダクション) and often shortened to Tatsunoko Pro, is a Japanese animation company. The studio's name has a double meaning in Japanese: "Tatsu's child" and "sea dragon", the inspiration for its seahorse logo. Tatsunoko's headquarters are in Musashino, Tokyo.

OVAs

ONAs

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References

  1. ↑ "新進アニメスタジオ3社集結　有力企業出資で新会社設立". animeanime.biz. 2011-10-27. Retrieved 2012-02-05.
  2. ↑ "Black Rock Shooter Anime with Yutaka Yamamoto Confirmed for Spring (Updated)". Anime News Network. 2009-08-22. Retrieved 2009-08-23.
  3. ↑ "Director Yutaka Yamamoto Talks About Lucky Star Firing". Anime News Network. 2008-06-12. Retrieved 2009-08-23.
  4. ↑ "Ordet Company Outline". Ordet (in Japanese). 2008-06-12. Retrieved 2009-08-23.


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