# Brain's Base

Brain's Base Co., Ltd. (Japanese: 有限会社ブレインズ･ベース, Hepburn: Yūgen-gaisha Bureinzu Bēsu) is a Japanese animation studio founded in 1996 by former Tokyo Movie Shinsha staff.

## Works
### Television series

| Year | Title | Director(s) | Animation producer(s) | Source | Eps. |
| 2002 | Daigunder | Hiroyuki Yano | Juukou Ozawa Yoshinaga Minami | Original work | 39 |
| 2003–2004 | Pluster World (co-animated with Actas) | Yūji Himaki | Seiichi Kikawada Yoshinaga Minami Manabu Santou | Original work | 52 |
| 2004 | New Getter Robo | Jun Kawagoe | Yoshinaga Minami Tatsuyo Kobayashi ("line producers") | Original work | 13 |
| 2005 | Kamichu! | Koji Masunari | Yumi Satou | Original work | 12 |
| 2005–2006 | Gunparade Orchestra | Yutaka Satou (chief) Toshiya Shinohara | Juukou Ozawa Yoshinaga Minami Ken Matsumoto | Video game | 24 |
| 2006 | Innocent Venus | Jun Kawagoe | Juukou Ozawa ("producer") | Original work | 12 |
| 2007 | Kishin Taisen Gigantic Formula | Keiji Gotoh | Juukou Ozawa ("producer") | Original work | 26 |
| 2007 | Baccano! | Takahiro Omori | Yumi Satou | Light novel | 13 |
| 2008 | Kure-nai | Kō Matsuo | Midori Tokiwa | Light novel | 12 |
| 2008 | Natsume's Book of Friends: First Season | Takahiro Omori | Yumi Satou | Manga | 13 |
| 2009 | Akikan! | Yūji Himaki | Tatsuyo Kobayashi ("line producer") | Light novel | 12 |
| 2009 | Natsume's Book of Friends: Second Season | Takahiro Omori | Yumi Satou | Manga | 13 |
| 2009 | Spice and Wolf II (co-animated with Marvy Jack) | Takeo Takahashi | Tatsuyo Kobayashi Masayoshi Oono | Manga | 12 |
| 2010 | Durarara!! | Takahiro Omori | Yumi Satou | Light novel | 26 |
| 2010 | Princess Jellyfish | Takahiro Omori | Yumi Satou | Manga | 11 |
| 2011 | Dororon Enma-kun Meeramera | Yoshitomo Yonetani | Seiichi Kikawada | Manga | 12 |
| 2011 | Natsume's Book of Friends: Third Season | Takahiro Omori | Yumi Satou | Manga | 13 |
| 2011 | Kamisama Dolls | Seiji Kishi | Seiichi Kikawada | Manga | 13 |
| 2011 | Penguindrum | Kunihiko Ikuhara Shouko Nakamura (chief) | Midori Tokiwa | Original work | 24 |
| 2012 | Natsume's Book of Friends: Fourth Season | Takahiro Omori | Yumi Satou | Manga | 13 |
| 2012 | Sengoku Collection | Keiji Gotoh | Midori Tokiwa | Mobile game | 26 |
| 2012 | My Little Monster | Hiro Kaburaki | Yumi Satou | Manga | 13 |
| 2012–2013 | Ixion Saga DT | Shinji Takamatsu | Tatsuyo Kobayashi Muneyuki Kanbe | Online game | 25 |
| 2013 | Amnesia | Yoshimitsu Ohashi | Juukou Ozawa | Visual novel | 12 |
| 2013 | My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU | Ai Yoshimura | Tsutomu Hirano | Light novel | 13 |
| 2013 | Brothers Conflict | Atsushi Matsumoto | Midori Tokiwa | Novel | 12 |
| 2013 | Blood Lad | Shigeyuki Miya | Hiromichi Ooishi ("producer") | Manga | 10 |
| 2014 | D-Frag! | Shizutaka Sugawara | Juukou Ozawa ("producer") | Manga | 12 |
| 2014 | The Kawai Complex Guide to Manors and Hostel Behavior | Shigeyuki Miya | Emi Yonezawa | Manga | 12 |
| 2014 | Kamigami no Asobi | Tomoyuki Kawamura | Tsutomu Hirano | Visual novel | 12 |
| 2014 | One Week Friends | Tarou Iwasaki | Yumi Satou | Manga | 12 |
| 2015 | Aoharu × Machinegun | Hideaki Nakano | Emi Yonezawa | Manga | 12 |
| 2015 | Dance with Devils | Ai Yoshimura | Yayoi Saitou | Original work (Collaboration with Rejet) | 12 |
| 2015–2017 | Rin-ne | Shizutaka Sugawara (s1–s2) Hiroshi Ishiodori (s3) | Juukou Ozawa (s1) Junichi Shimada (s2–s3) | Manga | 75 |
| 2016 | Endride (co-animated with Lapin Track) | Keiji Gotoh | Juukou Ozawa Masakazu Watanabe | Multimedia franchise | 24 |
| 2016 | Servamp (co-animated with Platinum Vision) | Shigeyuki Miya (chief) Hideaki Nakano | Emi Yonezawa | Manga | 12 |
| 2016 | Cheer Boys!! | Ai Yoshimura | Yayoi Saitou | Novel | 12 |
| 2016 | Kiss Him, Not Me | Hiroshi Ishiodori | Junichi Shimada | Manga | 12 |
| 2017 | Anonymous Noise | Hideya Takahashi | Yayoi Saitou | Manga | 12 |
| 2018 | School Babysitters | Shūsei Morishita | | Manga | 12 |
| 2018 | Gakuen Basara | Minoru Ohama | Kiyoshi Yamamoto | Video game | 12 |
| 2019 | Grimms Notes the Animation | Shizutaka Sugawara | Junichi Shimada | Mobile game | 12 |
| 2019–2020 | Duel Masters!! (co-animated with SMDE) | Shinobu Sasaki (chief) Hiroshi Ishiodori | Junichi Shimada Ryouta Dokura | Media franchise | 51 |
| 2020 | In/Spectre | Keiji Gotoh | Juukou Ozawa Shinji Takada | Light novel | 12 |
| 2020–2021 | Duel Masters King | Hiroshi Ishiodori | Junichi Shimada Ryouta Dokura | Media franchise | 47 |
| 2021 | To Your Eternity | Masahiko Murata | Juukou Ozawa | Manga | 20 |
| 2021–2022 | Duel Masters King! | Hiroshi Ishiodori | Junichi Shimada Ryouta Dokura | Media franchise | 43 |
| 2022 | Duel Masters King MAX | Hiroshi Ishiodori Yūsuke Suzuki | Junichi Shimada Ryouta Dokura | Media franchise | 17 |
| 2022–2023 | Duel Masters Win | Yuusuke Suzuki | Junichi Shimada Ryouta Dokura | Media franchise | 29 |
| 2022–2023 | Golden Kamuy 4th Season | Shizutaka Sugahara | Juukou Ozawa | Manga | 13 |
| 2023 | In/Spectre 2nd Season | Keiji Gotoh | Juukou Ozawa Tomoyuki Tateishi | Light novel | 12 |
| 2023 | Firefighter Daigo: Rescuer in Orange | Masahiko Murata | Suharu Ishizuka | Manga | 23 |
| 2024 | An Archdemon's Dilemma: How to Love Your Elf Bride | Hiroshi Ishiodori | Tomoya Ozawa | Light novel | 12 |
| 2025 | Dekin no Mogura | Hiroshi Ishiodori | TBA | Manga | TBA |

### Original video animations

| Year | Title | Director(s) | Animation producer(s) | Source | Eps. |
| 1998–1999 | Change Getter Robo!!: The Last Day of the World (co-animated with Bee Media) | Yasuhiro Imagawa (1–3) Jun Kawagoe (4–13) | Fumikazu Matsumoto Atsuhiko Sugita | Manga | 13 |
| 2000–2001 | Shin Getter Robo vs Neo Getter Robo (co-animated with Bee Media) | Jun Kawagoe | | Manga | 4 |
| 2001–2002 | Mazinkaiser | Masahiko Murata | | Original work | 7 |
| 2005 | Super Robot Wars Original Generation: The Animation | Jun Kawagoe | | Original work | 3 |
| 2006–2007 | Demon Prince Enma | Mamoru Kanbe | Tatsuyo Kobayashi Yoshinaga Minami ("line producers") | Manga | 4 |
| 2007–2008 | Kimi ga Nozomu Eien ~Next Season~ | Hideki Takayama | | Eroge visual novel | 4 |
| 2009 | Denpa teki na Kanojo | Mamoru Kanbe | Seiichi Kikawada | Light novel | 2 |
| 2012–2014 | Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple | Hiroshi Ishiodori | Tatsuyo Kobayashi | Manga | 11 |
| 2013 | Assassination Classroom | Keiji Gotoh | Midori Tokiwa | Manga | 1 |
| 2014 | Natsume's Book of Friends: Itsuka Yuki no Hi ni | Takahiro Omori | Yumi Satou | Manga | 1 |
| 2014 | Chō Jikū Robo Meguru (co-animated with Studio A-Cat) | Keiji Gotoh | | Original work | 1 |
| 2014 | The Kawai Complex Guide to Manors and Hostel Behavior: First Time | Shigeyuki Miya | Emi Yonezawa | Manga | 1 |
| 2014–2015 | Ane Log | Tetsuo Ichimura | Yayoi Saitou | Manga | 3 |

### Films

| Year | Title | Director(s) | Animation producer(s) | Source |
| 2000 | The Boy Who Saw the Wind | Takahiro Omori | Juukou Ozawa ("producer") | Novel |
| 2003 | Mazinkaiser vs. Shogun of Darkness | Masahiko Murata | | Manga |
| 2011 | Hotarubi no Mori e | Takahiro Omori | Yumi Satou | Manga |
| 2017 | Dance with Devils: Fortuna | Ai Yoshimura | Yayoi Saitou | Original work |

## Notable staff
### Representative staff

* Juukou Ozawa (founder and president)

### Animation producers

* Tatsuyo Kobayashi (1997~2013)
* Yumi Satou (1997~2014) founded Shuka
* Seiichi Kikawada (2006~2011)
* Midori Tokiwa (2006~2013)
* Tsutomu Hirano (2006~2014)
* Yayoi Saitou (2008~2017)
* Emi Yonezawa (2014~2016) moved to Platinum Vision
* Junichi Shimada (2016~present)
* Tomoyuki Tateishi (2020~present)
* Suharu Ishizuka (2020~present)

### Production staff

* Masakazu Watanabe (2008~2011) co-founder of Lapin Track
* Teruko Utsumi (2010~2016) co-founder of Lapin Track
* Hiromichi Ooishi (2013~2016) founded Platinum Vision