『BONES』

Bones Inc.(Japanese: 株式会社ボンズ, Hepburn: Kabushiki gaisha Bonzu, stylized bones inc.

) is a Japanese animation studio.

It has produced numerous series, including RahXephon, No. 6, Wolf's Rain, Scrapped Princess, Eureka Seven, Angelic Layer, Darker than Black, Soul Eater, Ouran High School Host Club, both the 2003 and 2009 adaptations of Fullmetal Alchemist, Star Driver, Gosick, Mob Psycho 100, Space Dandy, Noragami, Bungo Stray Dogs, and My Hero Academia.

Its headquarters are located in Igusa, Suginami, Tokyo.

History

Bones was founded by Sunrise staff members Masahiko Minami, Hiroshi Ōsaka and Toshihiro Kawamoto in October 1998.

One of their first projects was collaborating with Sunrise on Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' on Heaven's Door, a feature film based on the Cowboy Bebop anime series.

In 2007, the studio suffered the loss of co-founder Hiroshi Ōsaka, well known for his works as character designer on series such as Mobile Suit Victory Gundam, Mobile Fighter G Gundam and The Mars Daybreak.

Ōsaka had been battling with cancer, and died from the disease on September 24, 2007.

He was 44 years old.

Since the death of Ōsaka, two new additions have been made to the studio's board of directors: Makoto Watanabe and Takahiro Komori.

Komori is well known as a character designer and animator who has been with the studio since its inception.

His previous works as designer consist of Angelic Layer, Scrapped Princess, and Darker than Black.