, formerly Oriental Light and Magic, is a Japanese

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and

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headquartered in Setagaya,

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, founded on October 3, 1990.

Establishment

OLM was founded as Oriental Light & Magic, Inc. on October 3rd, 1990 by Toshiaki Okuno, Shūkichi Kanda, Shōji Ōta,

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, Naohito Takahashi, Yuriko Chiba, Nobuyuki Wasaki, Tsukasa Koitabashi, and Takaya Mizutani, all of which were formerly affiliated with Studio Gallop or OB Planning Co., Ltd. Their name is derived from the American special effects studio

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. In 1995, OLM representative director Toshiaki Okuno founded OLM Digital, which became the main CG work company behind a majority of OLM's works. Toshiaki Okuno stands as both companies' representative director.

Studio structure

Similar to other anime studios, OLM is separated into distinct production teams that are responsible for certain series or franchises. They are unique in the regard that they are distinctly credited in productions.

Works

Video games

TV series

Films

Original video/net animations

Specials

* ''Pac's Scary Halloween'' (2015) * ''Santa Pac's Merry Berry Day'' (2015)

Game

* '' ''Pokémon Black'' and ''White 2'' Animated Trailer'' (2012)

Distribution/dubbing

* ''

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Olm, Inc. Japanese animation studios Animation studios in Tokyo Mass media companies established in 1990 Japanese companies established in 1990 Setagaya Imagica Robot Holdings Video game companies of Japan Video game development companies