is a

Japanese animation is hand-drawn and computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japanese, (a term derived from a shortening of ...

studio and production enterprise headquartered in Kamiogi,

Suginami is a Special wards of Tokyo, special ward in Tokyo, Japan. The ward refers to itself as Suginami City in English. As of June 1, 2022, Suginami has an estimated population of 588,354 and a population density of 17,274 persons per km2. The total ...

Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.46 ...

, and has animation studios in

Kyoto Kyoto (; Japanese: , ''Kyōto'' ), officially , is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in Japan. Located in the Kansai region on the island of Honshu, Kyoto forms a part of the Keihanshin metropolitan area along with Osaka and Kobe. , the c ...

and

Osaka is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the third most populous city in Japan, following Special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With a population of ...

Establishment

Liden Films was founded on February 22, 2012 and, shortly after, joined joint-holding company

Ultra Super Pictures is a Japanese joint holding company established in 2011 by animation studios Sanzigen, Ordet, Trigger and Liden Films. They also co-own a part of ENGI, a studio established by Kadokawa in 2018. Member studios * Sanzigen * Ordet * Trigger ...

, alongside studios

Sanzigen is a Japanese animation studio specializing in CGI animation. The studio was founded in 2003, later becoming formally incorporated in 2006 by former employees of Gonzo, and has contributed to various anime series and films. Its name is derived f ...

, Trigger, and

Ordet ''Ordet'' (, meaning " The Word" and originally released as ''The Word'' in English), is a 1955 Danish drama film, directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer. It is based on a play by Kaj Munk, a Danish Lutheran priest, first performed in 1932. The film w ...

. The company is currently represented by Tetsurou Satomi. The company has since expanded, currently consisting of five separate branches and the Suginami branch: , founded in 2015; , founded in 2013; two Tokyo Studios, and ; and , founded in 2018. In 2016, the Kyoto Studio produced its own series, and in 2020 the Osaka Studio did the same.

Works

Television series

Anime films

* '' New Initial D the Movie - Legend 1: Awakening'' (August 23, 2014) - co-animated with

* '' Cardfight!! Vanguard: The Movie'' (September 13, 2014) * '' New Initial D the Movie - Legend 2: Racer'' (May 23, 2015) - co-animated with Sanzigen * '' New Initial D the Movie - Legend 3: Dream'' (February 6, 2016) - co-animated with Sanzigen * '' Monster Strike The Movie'' (December 12, 2016) * '' Happy-Go-Lucky Days'' (October 23, 2020) - animated by Liden Films Kyoto Studio * '' Farewell, My Dear Cramer: First Touch'' (June 11, 2021) * ''

Child of Kamiari Month is a 2021 Anime, Japanese animated Supernatural fiction, supernatural Fantasy film, fantasy Adventure film, adventure film produced by Liden Films and directed by Takana Shirai. It premiered in Japanese theaters on October 8, 2021 and in Netflix i ...

'' (October 8, 2021)

OVA/ONAs

* '' Terra Formars: Bugs 2'' (August 20, 2014 – November 28, 2014) - 2 episodes * ''

Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Miki Yoshikawa. The series was published by Kodansha in their '' Weekly Shonen Magazine'' from February 22, 2012 to February 22, 2017. The series has been licensed in Chinese by the Ta ...

'' (December 17, 2014 – May 15, 2015) - 2 episodes * ''

The Heroic Legend of Arslan is a Japanese fantasy novel series written by Yoshiki Tanaka. It was published from 1986 to 2017, with sixteen novels and one side-story in the official guidebook ''Arslan Senki Dokuhon''. Set in ancient Persia, it is loosely based on the ...

'' (May 9, 2016 – November 9, 2016) – 2 episodes * '' Monster Sonic! D'Artagnan's Rise to Fame'' (June 14, 2017 – July 19, 2017) – 5 episodes * '' Monster Strike: A Rhapsody Called Lucy -The Very First Song-'' (2017) – 1 episode; animated by Liden Films Kyoto Studio * '' Lost Song'' (March 31, 2018 – June 16, 2018) – co-production with Dwango, 12 episodes * '' Terra Formars: Earth Arc'' (August 17, 2018 – November 19, 2018) – co-animated with

Yumeta Company , known as from 2009 to 2017, is a Japanese animation studio An animation studio is a company producing animated media. The broadest such companies conceive of products to produce, own the physical equipment for production, employ operators fo ...

, 2 episodes * ''

Love and Lies ''Love & Lies'' is a 2013 Philippine television drama thriller series broadcast by GMA Network. Directed by Mark A. Reyes, it stars Richard Gutierrez, Bela Padilla and Michelle Madrigal. It premiered on April 8, 2013 on the network's Telebabad ...

'' (November 9, 2018) – 2 episodes * ''

Midnight Occult Civil Servants was a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yōko Tamotsu. The manga has inspired a novelization by Masumi Suzuki, and an anime television series adaptation by Liden Films aired from April 7 to June 23, 2019. The anime series is ...

'' (September 25, 2019 – November 22, 2019) – 3 episodes * '' Blade of the Immortal -Immortal-'' (October 10, 2019 – March 25, 2020) – 24 episodes * '' Arad Senki: The Wheel of Reversal'' (April 23, 2020 – July 30, 2020) – 16 episodes * ''

Kotaro Lives Alone is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mami Tsumura. It has been serialized in Shogakukan's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Big Comic Superior'' since March 2015. A ten-episode television drama was broadcast on TV Asahi in 2021. ...

'' (March 10, 2022) – 10 episodes * '' Bastard!! -Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy-'' (June 30, 2022 – September 15, 2022) – 24 episodes

References

External links

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