Currently, many animation production companies are creating a wide variety of anime to entertain us. However, I think the majority of people know about anime, but don't know anything about anime production companies and have no interest in them. However, if you research anime production companies, you will find that the companies that make the anime you like are almost always the same. Furthermore, each anime production company has a different style, so if you research them, you will be able to enjoy anime even more. In this article, we will introduce the animation production company "Bones."
What is Bones?
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Bones, a Japanese animation production company, was founded in 1998. Its headquarters are in Tokyo and it has about 70 employees. The company is responsible for everything from anime planning to production, as well as co-production with other animation production companies and gross contracting (subcontracting). The English spelling of Bones is "BONES".
Features of Bones
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Bones was originally founded by employees who worked at the second studio of the anime production company Sunrise. The company was founded by Minami Masahiko, who was a producer at the second studio. The company name Bones was chosen based on Minami's passion to "make anime with substance." We handle everything from animated versions of original works to original anime planned by our own company.
Bones' Style
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The animation is stable, they are good at drawing detailed things such as robots, and the direction is also great. It is a rare company where the creators are in the forefront and decide the company's policy, style, and direction of the works. In original anime, they are good at many works that feature machines and robots, as they have worked at "Sunrise", but in anime based on original works, they handle a wide range of works from girls' manga to battle stories.
Bones Anime Ranking
9th place: Soul Eater
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This popular manga, which began serialization in Monthly Shonen Gangan in 2004, was made into an anime in 2008. A total of 51 episodes were broadcast. The anime is set in a specialized school for Shinigami weapons craftsmen, where the protagonist Maka Albarn, a weapons craftsman, pairs up with a Soul Eater, a person who can transform into a weapon. The story follows the protagonist as he becomes embroiled in a brutal battle with the goal of feeding the weapons with the souls of villains and witches, and creating Death Scythes, weapons used by the Shinigami.
8th Place RahXephon
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This is an original anime by the animation production company Bones, and was produced and broadcast in 2002 with a total of 26 episodes. It is a robot science fiction anime. In 2013, the entire world was destroyed and disappeared, and only Tokyo miraculously remained. Humanity, which has been taught this, continues to live without any doubts. In the morning of 2015, the protagonist, Kamina Ayato, who attends a high school in Tokyo, is involved in a derailment accident while riding the subway. On the ground, a fierce battle is unfolding, and for some reason, Ayato is being pursued. Ayato, who has taken refuge in the temple, begins to suffer when he sees a giant egg, and in his hazy state, he calls out a name, and the egg breaks and "RahXephon" appears. It's an old anime, but it's very popular, so please take a look.
7th Place Space Dandy
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This is an original anime by the animation production company "Bones", which was produced in 2014 and aired for a total of 26 episodes. This anime combines science fiction and comedy. It is a sci-fi action anime with a comedic twist, produced by staff who have produced popular anime in the past. Space Dandy is a space hunter who travels the universe in search of unknown aliens and lands that have yet to be discovered. It is a humorous anime that depicts a chaotic journey with a broken robot and a goofy alien. People who like Star Wars and other things will surely enjoy it.
6th place: Blood Blockade Battlefront
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This is a manga that began serialization in Jump Square in 2009 and was made into an anime in 2015. Due to the popularity of the anime, two seasons were made and a total of 24 episodes were broadcast. The intersection of the other world and the human world creates a city called "Hellsalem's Lot," formerly known as New York, where supernatural life and supernatural crimes are rampant. If the balance is disturbed even a little, humans will be engulfed in irreversible chaos, so the secret organization "Secret Society Libra" works to maintain the balance. The story is about the protagonist who has the "God's prosthetic eye" and gets involved in various conflicts and resolves them.
5th place Tokyo Magnitude 8.0
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This is a joint production between the animation production companies "Bones" and "Kinema Citrus", but I would like to introduce it because it is a very wonderful anime. It was produced and aired in 2009, with a total of 11 episodes. Saturday, July 21, 2012. Onozawa Mirai, a first-year junior high school student, was at a robot exhibition held in Odaiba to look after her younger brother Yuki. At that time, a magnitude 8.0 earthquake occurred in the ocean trench, causing great damage. The Rainbow Bridge and Tokyo Tower collapsed, causing great damage. Meanwhile, together with Kusakabe Mari, whom she met in Odaiba, she begins to walk towards her parents' house in Setagaya, seeing and experiencing the tragic situation. This anime has an unexpected ending that you can't take your eyes off of. It will make you cry. Please give it a watch.
4th place Noragami
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The manga that began serialization in Monthly Shonen Magazine in 2011 was made into an anime in 2014. A total of 25 episodes were broadcast in the first and second seasons. A world where various gods exist in reality. The more people's thoughts and faith, the more powerful the gods become. In this world, Yato, an unknown god without a shrine, works hard as a delivery god, doing jobs ranging from repairing water pipes to working part-time at a convenience store for 5 yen, in order to set up a great shrine and become a famous god. One day, he gets a girl named Iki Hiyori involved in an accident, which makes her prone to astral projection. She starts to be attacked by evil demons who want to get her back, so Yato decides to protect her in order to take responsibility. There are many Japanese gods in the story, so I think people who are interested in Japanese gods will enjoy it.
3rd Place: My Hero Academia
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This is a Japanese manga that began serialization in Weekly Shonen Jump in 2014 and is still being serialized today. It was made into an anime in 2016, and the third season is currently airing. It is set in a world where about 80% of the world's population has supernatural powers called "quirks." In order to fight against the evil "villains" who misuse their "quirks" to commit crimes, people with quirks were gathered together to form a group called "heroes," which were supported by the masses. The main character, Izuku Midoriya, admired the hero All Might as a child and dreamed of becoming a hero like All Might in the future, but Midoriya was quirkless. However, All Might, seeing his potential as a hero, took Midoriya as his apprentice and allowed him to continue using his powers. People who like hot-blooded battle stories will surely enjoy this.
2nd place: Fullmetal Alchemist
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Serialized in Gangan Comics from 2001 and finished in 2010, with a total of 27 volumes released. In 2003, it was made into an anime, with a total of 51 episodes produced and broadcast. Both the manga and the anime are very popular. In a world where alchemy has developed, the protagonists Edward Eric and his younger brother Alphonse Eric perform the forbidden act of human transmutation after their mother dies from illness. As a result, Edward loses his left leg, and Alphonse loses his entire body. Edward also loses his right arm as a price for immobilizing his brother's soul in a suit of armor. In order to regain their bodies, they set out on a journey in search of the Philosopher's Stone, which holds infinite power. This is a fantasy battle anime that depicts the battle with an organization over the Philosopher's Stone.
1st place: Eureka Seven
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This work was animated as part of the media mix project "projectEUREKA", mainly by Bones and Bandai. The 14-year-old protagonist "Renton" has a complex about his father, who is treated as a hero. One day, the "Nirvash" crashes at his house, and the mysterious girl "Eureka" who was on board appears. As his family runs a repair shop, he takes on the task of repairing the Nirvash, but a missile flies into the shop and destroys it. Eureka boards the Nirvash to fight off the enemy. The Nirvash is incomplete without the Alta Drive expansion part, so Renton flies off to deliver the Alta Drive. Equipped with the Alta Drive, the Nirvash regains its true power and wins the battle. It's truly a boy-meets-girl anime.
Bones Summary
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This time, we introduced the animation production company "Bones". They basically produce anime for the early hours, and are good at battle anime. Their drawing skills are high level and the battle scenes are very impressive, so if you like battle stuff, please check out Bones. That's all for now. Thank you for reading.
