Studio · Animation house
Bones
ボンズ
162 animated productions (plus 9 producer credits) — working primarily in action, super power, and shounen, active since 1999.
What we know
Aggregated from the catalogue. Nothing in this section is curated copy.
Genre fingerprint
At a glance
Bones (Bones Inc.) is a Japanese animation studio based in Suginami, Tokyo. The studio was founded by previous Sunrise producer Masahiko Minami and animators Hiroshi Ousaka and Toshihiro Kawamoto in 1998. Following Sunrise's production model, Bones' founders divided the company into five smaller studios, Studio A-E. Studio Bones has put out a variety of television and film since its debut project of Hiwou War Chronicles in 2000, including popular anime such as Ouran Koukou Host Club (Ouran High School Host Club), Hagane no Renkinjutsushi: Fullmetal Alchemist (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood), Boku no Hero Academia (My Hero Academia), and Bungou Stray Dogs.
The body of work
171 titles across 2 chronological windows. Filter by role or hold for the prestige tier.
1999–2012
★ 6.6
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★ 7.9
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★ 6.6
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★ 6.3
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★ 6.0
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★ 7.5
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★ 8.0
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★ 7.5
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★ 7.6
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★ 6.1
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★ 7.4
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2013–2026
★ 8.1
producer
ON AIR
★ 7.3
studio
ON AIR
★ 7.9
producer
★ 7.4
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★ 7.6
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★ 7.6
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★ 7.8
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★ 8.7
producer
★ 8.2
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★ 6.6
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★ 6.2
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Top collaborators
Ranked by credit count across this company's catalogue, weighted toward senior positions (Director · Series Composition · Character Design · Music).
The long bench
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