Artland (company)

This article is about two Japanese companies, Artland Inc. and Animation Studio Artland Inc. For the historic German region, seeArtland (region).For the German municipality, seeArtland.

Artland Inc.(Japanese:Chu thức hội xã アートランド,Hepburn:Kabushiki-gaisha Ātorando)is a Japaneseanimation studio.It has produced numerous notedanimeseries, including the award-winningMushishiandepicLegend of the Galactic Heroes.It is also well known for producing the anime adaptation ofKatekyō Hitman Reborn!.

Artland Inc.

Native name	Chu thức hội xã アートランド
Romanizedname	Kabushiki-gaisha Ātorando
Company type	Kabushiki-gaisha
Industry	Animation
Founded	September 14, 1978
Founder	Noboru Ishiguro
Defunct	2015
Headquarters	Musashino, Tokyo , Japan
Key people	Hidenobu Watanabe(Representative Director and President)
Products	Anime
Services	Animation production
Number of employees	11 (as of March 2016)
Parent	Marvelous

Animation Studio Artland Inc.

Native name	Chu thức hội xã アニメーションスタジオ・アートランド
Romanizedname	Kabushiki-gaisha Animēshon Sutajio Ātorando
Company type	Kabushiki-gaisha
Industry	Animation
Founded	December 1, 2010
Headquarters	Musashino, Tokyo , Japan
Key people	Kuniharu Okano(President)
Products	Anime
Services	Animation production
Owner	Kuniharu Okano
Number of employees	11 (as of March 2016)
Website	www.artland.co.jp

History

On March 17, 2006,Marvelous Entertainmentannounced that Artland would become a subsidiary of Marvelous Entertainment Inc., effective on April 3, 2006.Subsequently, Artland became akabushiki-gaisha.

On November 15, 2010, Marvelous Entertainment Inc. announced the split of Artland Inc.'s animation department into Animation Studio Artland Inc., effective on 2010-12-01. All shares of the new company then were transferred to Kuniharu Okano.

In December 2010,Animation Studio Artland Inc.(Japanese:Chu thức hội xã アニメーションスタジオ・アートランド,Hepburn:Kabushiki-gaisha Animēshon Sutajio Ātorando)was established and Artland Inc.'s animation production business was transferred to the new company.

In 2015,Emon,the Japanese branch ofHaoliners Animation League,bought a 51% stake in the company, with Artland's president Kuniharu Okano owning the other 49%, in order to strengthen business and animation production relations between the two companies. In July 2017, however, it was reported that the company was closing down due to financial debt.Kuniharu Okano later stated that "the company was seeking restructuring help" rather than shutting down,but in August of the same year Emon reported having transferred its stakes to Tokyo-based company LEVELS, citing difficulties with restructuring an overseas animation studio. The debt incurred by Artland is reported to have been from outsourcing, which was said to have "comprised almost 90% of its production costs."

Works

Television series

• Super Dimension Fortress Macross(1982–1983, withStudio NueandTatsunoko)
• Super Dimension Century Orguss(1983–1984, withStudio NueandTMS Entertainment)
• Yūgo(2003, episodes 7–13)
• Gag Manga Biyori(2005)
• Mushishi(2005–2006)
• We Were There(2006)
• Gag Manga Biyori 2(2006)
• Happiness!(2006–2007)
• Katekyō Hitman Reborn!(2006–2010)
• Kono Aozora ni Yakusoku wo ~Yōkoso Tsugumi Ryōhe~(2007)
• Kenkō Zenrakei Suieibu Umishō(2007)
• Gunslinger Girl -Il Teatrino-(2008)
• Hakushaku to Yōsei(2008)
• Tytania(2008–2009)
• Demon King Daimao(2010)
• Tantei Opera Milky Holmes 2(2012, withJ.C.Staff)
• Tantei Opera Milky Holmes Alternative(2012-2013, withJ.C. Staff)
• Senran Kagura(2013)
• Mushishi ~Next Passage~(2014)
• Komori-san Can't Decline(2015)
• Seven Mortal Sins(2017, withTNK)

OVA/ONA/Specials

• Star Cat Fullhouse(1989)
• Blue Flames(1989)
• Koiko's Daily Life(1989)
• Meisō-Ō Border(1991)
• Bubblegum Crash(1991, withArtmic)
• Genocyber(1994, with Artmic)
• Legend of the Galactic Heroes(1996–1997, episodes 88, 91, 94, 97, 103, and 109)
• Gall Force: The Revolution(1996–1997)
• Legend of the Galactic Heroes: A Hundred Billion Stars, A Hundred Billion Lights(1998, episodes 9–12, 16, and 21–23)
• Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Spiral Labyrinth(2000, episodes 15, 18, and 24–26)
• Gunslinger Girl -Il Teatrino-(2008)
• Mushishi: The Shadow That Devours the Sun(2014)
• Mushishi: Path of Thorns(2014)

Animated films

• Megazone 23 Part I(1985, withTatsunoko Productions)
• Megazone 23 Part II(1986, with Tatsunoko Productions andAIC)
• Legend of the Galactic Heroes: My Conquest is the Sea of Stars(1988, withMadhouse)
• Mushishi: Bell Droplets(2015)

External links

• Official website (Animation Studio Artland Inc.)(in Japanese)
• ArtlandatAnime News Network's encyclopedia