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Credits

  • Unknown Relation
Add if you're absolutely sure the company had something to do with the making of the anime, but the correct credit isn't available, or you don't know what.

English Only

Use when only english is given.

  • Animation Co-Production
  • Animation Production
  • Financial Production
  • Music Production
  • Original Story

Japanese

Use when you have the exact japanese credit given, in the video or on an official website.

  • Animation (アニメーション)
  • Animation Work (アニメーション制作)
  • Animation Work Assistance (アニメーション制作協力)
  • Music Work (音楽制作)
  • Original Work (原作)
  • Photography (撮影)
  • Production (製作)
  • Production Assistance (製作協力)
  • Production Studio (製作スタジオ)
  • Work (制作)
  • Work Assistance (制作協力)
  • Work Studio (制作スタジオ)

Categories that should be added

  • Animation Assistance (アニメーション協力)
  • Publication (著作)
  • Music Assistance (音楽協力)
  • Assistance/Cooperation (協力) (warning though, often used as a generic credit for anyone or anything)

Other Japanese not currently listed

For interest.

  • Direction (監督) Kantoku
  • Assistant/Episode Direction (副監督) Fuku Kantoku
  • Overview/Direction (演出) Enshutsu
  • Animation Direction (作画監督) Sakuga Kantoku
  • Art Direction (美術監督) Bijutsu Kantoku
  • Sound Direction (音響監督) Onkyou Kantoku
  • Photographic Direction (撮影監督) Satsuei Kantoku
  • Script/Screenplay (脚本) Kyakuhon
  • Character Design (キャラクターデザイン)
  • Colour Specification (色指定) Iro Shitei
  • Storyboard (絵コンテ) E Conte lit. 'picture continuity'
  • Key Animation (原画) Genga, lit. 'original picture'
  • Animation (動画) Douga
  • Animation Check (動画チェック) Douga Check
  • Original Plan (原案) Gen'an
  • Planning (企画) Kikaku
  • Music (音楽) Ongaku
  • Sponsor (提供) Teikyou
Can be companies, products, other tv shows (in an advertising exchange deal), or anything else that provides some cash in exchange for a short advert.

Major Companies

Some big names. Not exhastive, see the producer list in anidb for everything.

Animation Studios

The companies that employ the people who draw.

Broadcasters

Involved in the prodution of most anime made for television, and key players in the financing of anime in general.

Distributors

Retailers and manufacturers, involved in production, finance and cashing in on the toys.

  • Bandai Visual (バンダイビジュアル)
  • KSS (ケイエスエス)
  • Tōhō (東宝)
  • Pony Canyon (ポニーキャニオン)
  • SME Visual Works

Publishers

As owners of copyright on most manga, involved at least nominally in the production of a large proportion of anime, and often provide finance and planning as well.

Record labels

They make and license the music, and often provide some cash as well.

Other tricky ones

Companies with fun kanji names.

  • Asatsu (旭通信社)
  • Dentsu (電通)
  • Doumu (童夢)
  • Marubeni (丸紅)
  • Shinkuukan (真空間)
  • Shōchiku (松竹)
  • Yomiko Advertising (読売広告社)

Company relations

Prior to making exp code something into anidb, a collection of relations between companies.

Bandai Group

Source

  • Bandai (founded 1950)
  • Bandai Visual (バンダイビジュアル) (Visual branch, founded 1983)
  • Sunrise (サンライズ) (Visual branch, founded 1976, acquired... a few years later)
  • Ashi Productions (葦プロダクション) (Visual branch, founded 1975)
  • Happinet (ハピネット) (Sales branch, founded 1969)
  • Bandai Entertainment (World branch, in CA, US, founded 1995)

Animate Group

Formed by merger of several companies, source

  • Animate (アニメイト)
  • MOVIC (ムービック)
  • MOVIC Promote Service (ムービックプロモートサービス)
  • Animate Film (アニメイトフィルム)
  • Coade (コアデ)
  • Frontier Works (フロンティアワークス)

Tōei Group

source, also on ja.wikip Tōei and Tōei Animation

  • Tōei (東映) (Film branch, parent company)
  • Tōei Video (東映ビデオ) (Video and sales branch)
  • Tōei Animation (東映アニメーション) (Animation branch, formerly Tōei Dōga)
  • Tōei Advertising (東映エージェンシー) (Advertising and retail branch)

Other subsidiaries

  • Production I.G (owns) XEBEC
  • KingRecords (キングレコード) (owns) Starchild (すたちゃまにあ)
  • Asatsu (旭通信社) (merged with) Dai-ichi Kikaku (第一企画) (to form) ADK

Renamings

Further info

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