, sometimes credited as Oh! Pro or Oh-Pro, is an

anime is Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, 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 Japane ...

production studio in Amanuma,

Suginami, Tokyo is a 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 area is 34.06 km2 ...

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

. It was established in May 1970 by animators

Norio Shioyama was an animator, illustrator, character designer, and animation director born in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. He is most well known for his work as character designer on the anime television series ''Armored Trooper Votoms''. Shioyama, along wi ...

, Kōichi Murata,

Kazuo Komatsubara was a Japanese animator, animation director and character designer born in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. He worked as an independently contracted character designer for Toei Animation in the 1970s and 1980s. He was a member of the board o ...

, and Kōshin Yonekawa.

Former members

Listed alphabetically. *

(deceased, founding member of Oh! Pro, animation director) *

Kitarō Kōsaka is a Japanese animator and film director. Profile He began his career in 1979 with the studio Oh! Production. He left the studio in 1986 to become a freelance, and soon went on to work on numerous projects as a key and supervising animation d ...

(deceased, foundering member of Oh! Pro, animation director) *

Kazuhide Tomonaga is a Japanese director, animator, storyboarder, and cartoonist. he has worked at Toei Animation, Group TAC, Oh! Production, and TMS Entertainment. He is currently a director at Telecom Animation Film Company (a subsidiary of TMS). He is a memb ...

(left in 1978, currently one of the head animation directors of

Telecom Animation Film is a Japanese animation studio founded on May 19, 1975 and currently affiliated with TMS Entertainment. The company produces television series, films, and original video animations (OVA). Works Television series and original video animations ...

)

Works

OVAs

*'' Devilman: The Birth'' (1987) *'' Devilman: The Demon Bird'' (1990)

Films

*''

Furiten-kun is a yonkoma manga series by Masashi Ueda which has been serialized in several magazine. In the early 1980s, the manga was published simultaneously in Takeshobo's ''Kindai Mahjong'', '' Kindai Mahjong Original'', and '' Gamble Punch''. ...

'' (1981) *''

Jarinko Chie is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Etsumi Haruki. It was serialized by Futabasha in ''Manga Action'' between 1978 and 1997 and collected in 67 bound volumes, making it the 45th longest manga released. ''Jarinko Chie'' ...

'' (1981) (supporting animation) *''

Gauche the Cellist is a short story by the Japanese author Kenji Miyazawa. It is about Gauche, a struggling small-town cellist who is inspired by his interactions with anthropomorphized animals to gain insight into music. The story has been translated into English, ...

'' (1982) *''

Fair, then Partly Piggy is a picture book series written by Shiro Yadama. Some books were translated into English by Keith Holman. The book is about a boy named Noriyasu Hatakeyama who starts writing "tomorrow's" journal entries when he finds out the days start happ ...

'' (1988) * '' Umi Da! Funade Da! Nikoniko, Pun'' (1990) *''

La Maison en Petits Cubes is a 2008 Japanese animated short subject film created by Kunio Katō, with music by Kenji Kondo and produced by Robot Communications and animated by Oh! Production. It won several prizes, including The Annecy Cristal at the 32nd Annecy Intern ...

'' (2008)

Game animation

*''

Tales of Symphonia is an action role-playing game released for the Nintendo GameCube on August 29, 2003, in Japan. It was published by Namco and is the fifth core product of the ''Tales'' series. The game was localized and released in North America on July 13, ...

'' (2003)

References

External links

Official site
* {{Japanese animation studios Mass media companies established in 1970 Japanese animation studios Animation studios in Tokyo 1970 establishments in Japan Suginami