# Daume

Daume Co., Ltd. (Japanese: 株式会社童夢, Hepburn: Kabushiki-gaisha Dōmu) was a Japanese animation studio that was founded in 1986 by Haruo Nakayama and his wife, Tomiko Yamamoto, with Nakayama taking the role of president of the studio. In 1993, Takeshi Anzai became co-president with Nakayama; however, sometime in the next few years, Nakayama stepped down.

## Works
### Television series

| Year | Title | Director(s) | Animation producer(s) | Source | Eps. |
| 1999 | D4 Princess | Yasunori Ide | Takeshi Anzai | Manga | 24 |
| 1999 | Bubu Chacha | Tetsurō Amino | Producer: Katsuhiko Nozawa | Original work | 26 |
| 2001 | I Love Bubu Chacha! | Tetsurō Amino | Producer: Katsuhiko Nozawa | Original work | 26 |
| 2001 | Hanaukyo Maid Team | Yasunori Ide | Takeshi Anzai | Manga | 12 |
| 2002 | Please Teacher! | Yasunori Ide | Katsuhiko Nozawa Hiroshi Ishida | Original work | 12 |
| 2003 | Please Twins! | Yasunori Ide | Katsuhiko Nozawa | Original work | 12 |
| 2004 | DearS | Iku Suzuki | Takeshi Anzai | Manga | 12 |
| 2004 | Hanaukyō Maid Team: La Verite | Takuya Nonaka | | Manga | 12 |
| 2005 | Strawberry Marshmallow | Takuya Satō | Takeshi Anzai Daisuke Nishioka | Manga | 12 |
| 2006 | Tona-Gura! | Tatsuya Abe | Takeshi Anzai Daisuke Nishioka | Manga | 13 |
| 2006 | Crescent Love | Masahiko Ohta | Takeshi Anzai | Visual novel | 12 |
| 2007 | Minami-ke | Masahiko Ohta | Takeshi Anzai Daisuke Nishioka | Manga | 12 |
| 2010 | Shiki | Tetsurō Amino | Takeshi Anzai Daisuke Nishioka | Novel | 22 |

### OVAs

| Year | Title | Director(s) | Animation producer(s) | Source | Eps. |
| 1994 | The Irresponsible Captain Tylor (episodes 1–2) | Kōichi Mashimo | | Light novel | 2 |
| 1996 | Idol Fighter Su-Chi-Pai | Yasunori Ide | Producer: Takeshi Anzai | Manga | 1 |
| 1996 | Debutante Detective Corps | Akiyuki Shinbo | Producer: Takeshi Anzai | Video game | 1 |
| 1999 | Sorcerer on the Rocks | Kazuhiro Ozawa | | Manga | 2 |
| 2001 | Hanaukyo Maid Team | Yasunori Ide | Takeshi Anzai | Manga | 3 |
| 2002 | Please Teacher! | Yasunori Ide | Katsuhiko Nozawa Hiroshi Ishida | Original work | 1 |
| 2003 | Please Twins! | Yasunori Ide | Katsuhiko Nozawa | Original work | 1 |
| 2004 | Ichigeki Sacchu!! HoiHoi-san | Takuya Satō | Hiroshi Ishida | Manga | 1 |
| 2004 | Le Portrait de Petit Cossette | Akiyuki Shinbo | Hiroshi Ishida | Original work | 3 |
| 2005 | Strawberry Marshmallow: Episode 0 | Takuya Satō | Takeshi Anzai Daisuke Nishioka | Manga | 1 |
| 2005 | DearS: Is It a Golden Ball? | Iku Suzuki | Takeshi Anzai | Manga | 1 |
| 2007 | Koharu Biyori (2007) | Takayuki Inagaki | Takeshi Anzai Daisuke Nishioka | Manga | 3 |
| 2007 | Strawberry Marshmallow | Takuya Satō | Takeshi Anzai Daisuke Nishioka | Manga | 3 |
| 2009 | Strawberry Marshmallow Encore | Takuya Satō | Takeshi Anzai Daisuke Nishioka | Manga | 2 |
| 2011 | Shiki | Tetsurō Amino | Takeshi Anzai Daisuke Nishioka | Novel | 2 |

### Gross outsource works

Works in which Daume participated as a gross outsource (full outsource) studio, either for the whole series or for an episode.
* What's Michael? (1988–1989)
* The Heroic Legend of Arslan (1993, episodes 3–4, with Pierrot)

### Video games

* Langrisser V (1998) - Opening animation
* BlazBlue: Central Fiction (2015) - Ending animation

## Fate

After the end of Shiki, Daume ceased the production of titles as a major studio. The studio began taking on sub-contracting works for other companies and, as of April 2016, have withdrawn from the animation production business.

## Notable staff
### Representative staff

* Haruo Nakayama (founder and president, 1986~???)
* Tomiko Yamamoto (founder)
* Takeshi Anzai (president, 1993~2015)

### Animation producers

* Katsuhiko Nozawa (1997~2003, founded Remic)
* Hiroshi Ishida (1997~2004)
* Daisuke Nishioka (2000~2015, went to Wit Studio)

### Animators

* Hisashi Abe (animator) [ja] (1990~1999)
* Yoshihiro Watanabe [ja] (199?~2007)
* Takaomi Kanasaki [ja] (???)