anime
is hand-drawn and computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japanese, (a term derived from a shortening of ...
production company in Japan. After Osamu Tsuchida (originally of Hōsō Dōga) left
Studio Yuni
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(not to be confused with the anime background art company of the same name), he founded Tsuchida Production in 1976 to do animation, production, finish animation, and other contract work related to the production of anime. The company became well known after working on ''
Captain Tsubasa
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yōichi Takahashi. The series mainly revolves around the sport of association football focusing on Tsubasa Oozora and his relationship with his friends, rivalries with ...
'' in 1983. However, when the Japanese economy went into a depression in the mid-1980s, Tsuchida Production collapsed into bankruptcy in July 1986 after being unable to reimburse its investors and various toy manufacturers with which it was working. Some of the employees went on to form
Studio Comet
is an animation studio with its headquarters in Toyotamanaka, Nerima, Tokyo, Japan. It was established on January 21, 1986.Dokaben
is a Japanese baseball manga series written and illustrated by Shinji Mizushima. The original series was serialized in Akita Shoten's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Champion'' from April 24, 1972 to March 27, 1981, but it wa ...
'' (1976–1979, contracted by
Nippon Animation
is a Japanese animation studio. The company is headquartered in Tokyo, with chief offices in the Ginza district of Chūō and production facilities in Tama City.
Nippon Animation is known for producing numerous anime series based on works of ...
Sunrise
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Terminology ...
Manga Kotowaza Jiten
Manga (Japanese: 漫画 ) are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long prehistory in earlier Japanese art. The term ''manga'' is use ...
'' (1980–1982)
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Ganbare Gonbe Ganbare (がんばれ, ''Hang in there!''), a form of the Japanese verb ''ganbaru'', may refer to:
* '' Ganbare! Gian!!'', a short Doraemon film
* ''Ganbare!! Robocon'', a Japanese television program
* ''Ganbare!! Tabuchi-kun!!'', a yonkoma manga s ...
'' (1980)
*''
Game Center Arashi
is a Japanese manga by Mitsuru Sugaya, which ran in '' CoroCoro Comic'' from 1978 to 1984. It focus on Arashi Ishino, a young gamer whose life revolves around video games. The manga, which is one of the earliest Japanese video game-themed com ...
'' (1982, contracted by
Shin-Ei Animation
is a Japanese animation studio owned by TV Asahi and founded in Tokyo in 1965 as A-Production by Daikichirō Kusube, who was previously an animator for Toei Animation. Shin-Ei is known for being the animation studio behind two of the anime tele ...
Captain Tsubasa
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yōichi Takahashi. The series mainly revolves around the sport of association football focusing on Tsubasa Oozora and his relationship with his friends, rivalries with ...
Chūhai Lemon Love30S
, an abbreviation of "shōchū highball" (焼酎ハイボール), is an alcoholic drink originating from Japan.
Traditional chūhai is made with barley shōchū and carbonated water flavored with lemon, but some modern commercial variants ...
'' (1985)
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High School! Kimengumi
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Motoei Shinzawa. A first series ''Third Year Funny-face Club'' was serialized in Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from October 1980 to April 1982. ''High School! Kimengumi'' was ser ...
'' (1985–1987, through episode 7, episodes 8-26 were done by
Gallop
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Shin Misawa
is a Japanese anime director and storyboard artist. He is on general staff at Studio Comet, and handles production and directing jobs.
Works
Credits are as director unless otherwise indicated.
*'' Ashita Tenki ni Naare'' (TV series, production)
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Kōji Beppu
Koji, Kōji, Kohji or Kouji may refer to:
*Kōji (given name), a masculine Japanese given name
*Kōji (Heian period) (康治), Japanese era, 1142–1144
*Kōji (Muromachi period)
was a after '' Tenbun'' and before '' Eiroku''. This period spa ...
(went on to
Gallop
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)
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Tomohisa Iizuka
Tomohisa is a masculine Japanese given name.
Possible writings
Tomohisa can be written using different combinations of kanji characters. Some examples:
*友久, "friend, long time"
*友尚, "friend, still"
*友寿, "friend, long life"
*友悠, " ...
(founder of
Studio Fantasia
was a Japanese anime, animation studio. It was founded on October 12, 1983, by Tomohisa Iizuka, then an employee of Tsuchida Production, as its CEO.
On November 16, 2016, the company filed for bankruptcy.
Productions
TV series
*''Najica Blitz ...