Asread

Asread
Company typeKabushiki-gaisha
IndustryJapanese animation
FoundedNovember 2003
FounderKiyonori Hiramatsu
Headquarters,
Key people
Kiyonori Hiramatsu (CEO)[1]
Total equity2 million yen
Number of employees
23[a]
Websitewww.asread.net

Asread Co., Ltd (株式会社アスリード, Kabushiki-gaisha Asurīdo) stylized as asread. is a Japanese animation studio established in November 2003 by ex-Xebec members.[2]

Works

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Television works

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Year Title Director(s) Animation producer(s) Source Eps. Refs.
2005–2006 Shuffle! Naoto Hosoda Kiyonori Hiramatsu Visual novel 24
2007 Shuffle! Memories Naoto Hosoda Kiyonori Hiramatsu 12
2008 Minami-ke: Okawari Naoto Hosoda Kiyonori Hiramatsu Manga 13
Ga-Rei: Zero (co-animated with AIC Spirits) Ei Aoki Kiyonori Hiramatsu
Yoshiyuki Matsuzaki
Manga 12
2009 Minami-ke: Okaeri Kei Oikawa Kiyonori Hiramatsu Manga 13
2011–2012 Future Diary Naoto Hosoda Kiyonori Hiramatsu Manga 26
2013 I Couldn't Become a Hero, So I Reluctantly Decided to Get a Job Kinji Yoshimoto Kiyonori Hiramatsu Light novel 12
2016 Big Order Nobuharu Kamanaka Kiyonori Hiramatsu Manga 10
2018 Lord of Vermilion: The Crimson King
(co-animated with Tear Studio)
Eiji Suganuma
Satoshi Takafuji
Hiroshi Kudou Card game 12
2019 Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest
(co-animated with White Fox)
Kinji Yoshimoto Kiyonori Hiramatsu Light novel 13
2021 Mother of the Goddess' Dormitory Shunsuke Nakashige Kiyonori Hiramatsu Manga 10
2022 Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest 2nd Season
(co-animated with Studio Mother)
Akira Iwanaga Kiyonori Hiramatsu Light novel 12
2024 Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest 3rd Season Akira Iwanaga TBA Light novel 16 [3]

OVA/ONAs

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Year Title Director(s) Animation producer(s) Source Eps. Refs.
2009 Minami-ke: Betsubara Kei Oikawa Kiyonori Hiramatsu Manga 1
2011 Busō Chūgakusei: Basket Army Romanov Higa Kiyonori Hiramatsu
Keiko Nashimoto
Atsushi Masaoka
Original work 5
2012 Corpse Party: Missing Footage Akira Iwanaga Video game 1
2013 Corpse Party: Tortured Souls Akira Iwanaga 4
Future Diary: Redial Naoto Hosoda Kiyonori Hiramatsu Manga 1
2014 I Couldn't Become a Hero, So I Reluctantly Decided to Get a Job Kinji Yoshimoto Kiyonori Hiramatsu Light novel 1
2015 Big Order Nobuharu Kamanaka Kiyonori Hiramatsu Manga 1
2019–2022 Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest
(co-animated with White Fox (#1–2) and Studio Mother (#3–4))
Kinji Yoshimoto (#1–2)
Akira Iwanaga (#3–4)
Kiyonori Hiramatsu Light novel 4

Notable staff

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Representative staff

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  • Kiyonori Hiramatsu (founder and president)

Animators

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Notes

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  1. ^ 13 animators, 7 producers, and 3 painters.

References

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  1. ^ XEBEC大辞典 [XEBEC Dictionary]. Production I.G. Archived from the original on 7 March 2005. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Information". www.asread.net (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2014.
  3. ^ "Arifureta - From Commonplace to World's Strongest Season 3 Reveals October 14 Debut". Anime News Network. 11 August 2024. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
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