, or Production IMS, was a Japanese

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established on February 14, 2013, by former staff members from

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. Its headquarters were located in

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, Japan.

Financial problems

On December 20, 2017, animator Teru Miyazaki posted then deleted a tweet on

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stating that an anime studio, implied to be Production IMS, was not paying its animators. On June 7 the following year, credit research company Tokyo Shoko Research reported that Production IMS began consolidating its debts and that the staff was considering filing for bankruptcy. The company did later file for bankruptcy on September 21, 2018, and closed on October 11 of the same year.

List of works

Television series

* ''

Inari, Konkon, Koi Iroha , also known as for short, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Morohe Yoshida, which were serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's ''Young Ace'' magazine from August 2010 to May 2015. An anime television adaptation by Production I ...

'' (January 15, 2014 – March 19, 2014) * '' Date A Live II'' (April 11, 2014 – June 13, 2014) * ''

Gonna be the Twin-Tail!! , abbreviated , is a Japanese light novel series written by Yume Mizusawa and illustrated by Ayumu Kasuga. Shogakukan has published nineteen volumes under their Gagaga Bunko imprint since June 2012. An anime adaptation produced by Production ...

'' (October 9, 2014 – December 25, 2014) * ''

The Testament of Sister New Devil is a Japanese light novel series written by Tetsuto Uesu and illustrated by Nekosuke Ōkuma. Thirteen volumes have been published by Kadokawa Shoten since 2012 under their Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko imprint. A manga adaptation has been seri ...

'' (January 7, 2015 – March 25, 2015) * ''

Castle Town Dandelion , is a Japanese four-panel comic strip manga series written and illustrated by Ayumu Kasuga. It made its first appearance in Houbunsha's ''Manga Time Kirara Miracle!'' magazine with the June 2012 issue. A 12-episode anime television series ada ...

'' (July 2, 2015 – September 17, 2015) * '' The Testament of Sister New Devil Burst'' (October 9, 2015 – December 11, 2015) * '' Active Raid'' (January 7, 2016 – September 27, 2016) – Co-production with

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* ''

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'' (April 4, 2016 – June 20, 2016) * ''

High School Fleet , also known as , is a Japanese anime television series produced by Production IMS. Yuu Nobuta directed the anime and Reiko Yoshida handled the series composition, with character designs by Naoto Nakamura and original character designs by Att ...

'' (April 9, 2016 – June 25, 2016) * ''

Hybrid × Heart Magias Academy Ataraxia is a Japanese light novel series written by Masamune Kuji and illustrated by Hisasi. Riku Ayakawa is drawing a manga adaptation in Kadokawa's ''Comp Ace'' magazine. An anime television series aired from 5 July 2016 to 20 September 2016 an ...

'' (July 5, 2016 – September 20, 2016) * '' Takunomi.'' (January 11, 2018 – March 29, 2018)

Original video animations

* '' Inari Konkon: Cicada Chorus'' (2014) * '' Date A Live: Encore'' (2014) * ''

'' (2015) * '' The Testament of Sister New Devil Burst'' (2016) * ''

'' (2017) * '' The Testament of Sister New Devil: Departures'' (2018)

Films

* '' Heaven's Lost Property Final – The Movie: Eternally My Master'' (April 26, 2014) * '' Date A Live: The Movie – Mayuri Judgement'' (August 22, 2015)

References

External links

* * Japanese companies established in 2013 Mass media companies established in 2013 Mass media companies disestablished in 2018 Japanese companies disestablished in 2018 Japanese animation studios Animation studios in Tokyo Companies that have filed for bankruptcy in Japan Defunct mass media companies of Japan {{japan-company-stub