Studio Bones

**Bones Inc.** (株式会社 ボンズ *Kabushiki Kaisha Bonzu*) is a Japanese anime studio. It has produced numerous series

   , including *RahXephon*, *Wolf's Rain*, *Scrapped Princess*, *Eureka Seven*, *Angelic Layer*, *Darker than Black*, *Soul Eater*, *Ouran High School Host Club* and two adaptions of the *Fullmetal Alchemist* manga along with *Star Driver*, *Gosick*, *Space Dandy* and *My Hero Academia*. Its headquarters is located in Igusa, Suginami, Tokyo.[1]

## History

Bones was founded by Sunrise staff members Masahiko Minami, Hiroshi Ōsaka and Toshihiro Kawamoto in October, 1998. One of their first projects was collaborating with Sunrise on *Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' on Heaven's Door*, a feature film based on the *Cowboy Bebop* anime series.

In 2007, the studio suffered the loss of co-founder Hiroshi Ōsaka, well known for his works as character designer on series such as *Mobile Suit Victory Gundam*, *Mobile Fighter G Gundam* and *The Mars Daybreak*. Ōsaka had been battling with cancer, and died from the disease on September 24, 2007. He was 44 years old.[2]

Since the death of Hiroshi Ōsaka, two new additions have been made to the studio's board of directors. The additions are Makoto Watanabe and Takahiro Komori. Takahiro Komori is well known as a character designer and animator who has been with the studio since their inception. His previous works as designer consist of *Angelic Layer*, *Scrapped Princess*, and *Darker than Black*.[3]

## Works

### Anime Television Series

1. Hiwou War Chronicles
2. Angelic Layer
3. RahXephon
4. Wolf's Rain
5. Scrapped Princess
6. Fullmetal Alchemist
7. Mars Daybreak
8. Kurau Phantom Memory
9. Eureka 7
10. Ouran High School Host Club
11. Jyu-Oh-Sei
12. Ghost Slayers Ayashi
13. Darker than Black
14. Skull Man
15. Soul Eater
16. Chiko, Heriess of the Phantom Thief
17. Fullmetal Alchemist:  Brotherhood
18. Tokyo Magnitude 8.0
19. Heroman
20. Star Driver
21. Gosick
22. No. 6
23. Un-Go
24. Blast of Tempest
25. Tenkai Knights
26. Space Dandy
27. Noragami
28. Captain Earth
29. Soul Eater Not!
30. Chaika:  The Coffin Princess
31. Blood Blockade Battlefront
32. Show by Rock!!
33. Snow White with the Red H air
34. Concrete Revolutio
35. My Hero Academia
36. Bungo Stray Dogs
37. Mob Psycho 100
38. Dragon Pilot:  Hisone and Masotan
39. Carol & Tuesday

### Original Video Animation

1. *RahXephon Interlude: Her and Herself/Thatness and Thereness* (August 7, 2003)
2. *Wolf's Rain* (January 23, 2004 – February 25, 2004)
3. *Fullmetal Alchemist: Premium Collection* (March 29, 2006)
4. *Ghost Slayers Ayashi: Ayashi Diving Comedy* (22 August 2007 – 24 October 2007)
5. *Darker than Black: Beneath the Fully Bloomed Cherry Blossoms* (March 26, 2008)
6. *Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood* (August 26, 2009 – August 25, 2010)
7. *Prototype* (part of Halo Legends) (2010)
8. *Darker than Black: Gaiden* (27 January 2010 – 21 July 2010)
9. *Eureka Seven Ao: The Flowers of Jungfrau* (20 September 2012)
10. *Noragami* (February 17, 2014 - July 17, 2014)
11. *Hitsugi no Chaika* (March 10, 2015)
12. *Noragami Aragoto* (November 17, 2015 – March 17, 2016)
13. *Snow White with the Red Hair* (January 5, 2016)
14. *Blood Blockade Battlefront* (June 3, 2016)
15. *Eureka Seven Ao:Final* (January 2017)
16. *Bungo Stray Dogs* (August 31, 2017)
17. *Mob Psycho 100 Reigen -The Miraculous Unknown Psychic-* (March 18, 2018)

### Web Anime

1. Xam'd:  Lost Memories
2. A.I.C.O. - Incarnation

### Movies

1. *Escaflowne* (June 2000 co-production with Sunrise)
2. *Cowboy Bebop: The Movie* (1 September 2001, co-production with Sunrise)
3. *RahXephon: Pluralitas Concentio* (19 April 2003)
4. *Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa* (23 July 2005)
5. *Sword of the Stranger* (29 September 2007)
6. *Eureka Seven Pocket Full Of Rainbows* (25 April 2009, co-production with Kinema Citrus)
7. *Towa no Quon* Movie Series
	1. Fleeting Petals (泡沫の花弁 *Utakata no Kaben*) (18 June 2011)
	2. Wild Dance of Chaos (混沌の蘭舞 *Konton no Ranbu*) (16 July 2011)
	3. Never ending Crime (夢幻の連座 *Mugen no Renza*) (13 August 2011)
	4. Crimes in a Blank Dream (紅蓮の焦心 *Guren no Shoushin*) (10 September 2011)
	5. Heroic Return (双絶の来復 *Souzetsu no Raifuku*) (5 November 2011)
	6. Eternal Eternity (永久の久遠 *Towa no Quon*) (26 November 2011)
8. *Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos* (2 July 2011)
9. *Un-Go episode:0 Inga chapter* (19 November 2011)
10. *Star Driver: The Movie* (9 February 2013)
11. *Eureka Seven: Hi-Evolution 1* (16 September 2017)
12. *Bungo Stray Dogs: Dead Apple* (3 March 2018)
13. *My Hero Academia: The Movie - The Two Heroes* (3 August 2018)
14. *Eureka Seven: Hi-Evolution 2* (TBA 2018)
15. *Eureka Seven: Hi-Evolution 3* (TBA 2019)

### Games

1. *Robot Alchemic Drive* (Enix, November 4, 2002)
2. *Rahxephon Blu Sky Fantasia* (Bandai, August 7, 2003)
3. *Fullmetal Alchemist and the Broken Angel* (Square Enix, December 25, 2003)
4. *Fullmetal Alchemist: Stray Rondo* (Bandai, March 25, 2004)
5. *Fullmetal Alchemist: Sonata of Memories* (Bandai, July 22, 2004)
6. *Fullmetal Alchemist 2: Curse of the Crimson Elixir* (Square Enix, September 22, 2004)
7. *Fullmetal Alchemist 3: The Girl Who Succeed God* (Square Enix, July 21, 2005)
8. *Eureka Seven vol. 1: The New Wave* (Bandai, October 27, 2005)
9. *Eureka Seven vol. 2: The New Vision* (Bandai, May 11, 2006)
10. *Fullmetal Alchemist: Prince of the Dawn* (Square Enix, August 13, 2009)
11. *Fullmetal Alchemist: Daughter of the Dusk* (Square Enix, December 10, 2009)
12. *Liberation Maiden* (Part of *Guild01*; Level-5, May 31, 2012)
13. *Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney* (Capcom/Level-5, November 29, 2012)
14. *Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Dual Destinies* (Capcom, July 25, 2013)
15. *Persona 4: Dancing All Night* (Atlus, June 25, 2015)

## Why They Rock

1. Bones was originally founded by Masahiko Minamo, Hiroshi Osaka, and Toshihiro Kawamoto, three former staff members of Studio Sunrise, another amazing anime studio.
2. Even though they're only twenty years old as of 2018, they've produced some incredible and famous anime.  These include Space Dandy, Mob Psycho 100, My Hero Academia, and Eureka 7, not to mention the immensely popular Fullmetal Alchlemist 2003 and Fullmetal Alchemist:  Brotherhood.  Other than that, they've also produced many lesser known, but still great, anime, including Chaika:  The Coffin Princess, Noragami, Wolf's Rain, Soul Eater, and Snow White with the Red Hair.
3. The studio is known for having incredible fight animation in many of their shows, including both Fullmetal Alchemist adaptations and Noragami.
4. Speaking of visuals, some of their shows have a very distinctive visual style, the most notable being Concrete Revolutio and Space Dandy.

## Bad Qualities

1. Studio Bones had a lull of a few years when they released really bad anime, probably the worst being Eureka 7:  Astral Ocean.  Thankfully, however, they've recently came back and have started releasing really good anime again.