Brain's Base Explained

Brain's Base Co., Ltd.
Native Name:	有限会社ブレインズ･ベース
Native Name Lang:	ja
Romanized Name:	Yūgen-gaisha Bureinzu Bēsu
Type:	Yūgen-gaisha
Founder:	Jūkō Ozawa
Location:	Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan
Industry:	Japanese animation

is a Japanese animation studio founded in 1996 by former Tokyo Movie Shinsha staff.

Works

Television series

Year	Title	Director(s)	Animation producer(s)	Source
2002	Daigunder	style=text-align:center	Hiroyuki Yano	style=text-align:center	Juukou Ozawa Yoshinaga Minami	Original work	39
2003–2004	Pluster World (co-animated with Actas)	style=text-align:center	Yūji Himaki	style=text-align:center	Seiichi Kikawada Yoshinaga Minami Manabu Santou	Original work	52
2004	New Getter Robo	style=text-align:center	Jun Kawagoe	style=text-align:center	Yoshinaga Minami Tatsuyo Kobayashi ("line producers")	Original work	13
2005	Kamichu!	style=text-align:center	Koji Masunari	style=text-align:center	Yumi Satou	Original work	12
2005–2006	Gunparade Orchestra	style=text-align:center	Yutaka Satou (chief) Toshiya Shinohara	style=text-align:center	Juukou Ozawa Yoshinaga Minami Ken Matsumoto	Video game	24
2006	Innocent Venus	style=text-align:center	Jun Kawagoe	style=text-align:center	Juukou Ozawa ("producer")	Original work	12
2007	Kishin Taisen Gigantic Formula	style=text-align:center	Keiji Gotoh	style=text-align:center	Juukou Ozawa ("producer")	Original work	26
	Baccano!	style=text-align:center	Takahiro Omori	style=text-align:center	Yumi Satou	Light novel	13
2008	Kure-nai	style=text-align:center	Kō Matsuo	style=text-align:center	Midori Tokiwa	Light novel	12
	Natsume's Book of Friends: First Season	style=text-align:center	Takahiro Omori	style=text-align:center	Yumi Satou	Manga	13
2009	Akikan!	style=text-align:center	Yūji Himaki	style=text-align:center	Tatsuyo Kobayashi ("line producer")	Light novel	12
	Natsume's Book of Friends: Second Season	style=text-align:center	Takahiro Omori	style=text-align:center	Yumi Satou	Manga	13
	Spice and Wolf II (co-animated with Marvy Jack)	style=text-align:center	Takeo Takahashi	style=text-align:center	Tatsuyo Kobayashi Masayoshi Oono	Manga	12
2010	Durarara!!	style=text-align:center	Takahiro Omori	style=text-align:center	Yumi Satou	Light novel	26
	Princess Jellyfish	style=text-align:center	Takahiro Omori	style=text-align:center	Yumi Satou	Manga	11
2011	Dororon Enma-kun Meeramera	style=text-align:center	Yoshitomo Yonetani	style=text-align:center	Seiichi Kikawada	Manga	12	^[1]
	Natsume's Book of Friends: Third Season	style=text-align:center	Takahiro Omori	style=text-align:center	Yumi Satou	Manga	13
	Kamisama Dolls	style=text-align:center	Seiji Kishi	style=text-align:center	Seiichi Kikawada	Manga	13
	Penguindrum	style=text-align:center	Kunihiko Ikuhara Shouko Nakamura (chief)	style=text-align:center	Midori Tokiwa	Original work	24
2012	Natsume's Book of Friends: Fourth Season	style=text-align:center	Takahiro Omori	style=text-align:center	Yumi Satou	Manga	13
	Sengoku Collection	style=text-align:center	Keiji Gotoh	style=text-align:center	Midori Tokiwa	Mobile game	26
	My Little Monster	style=text-align:center	Hiro Kaburaki	style=text-align:center	Yumi Satou	Manga	13
2012–2013	Ixion Saga DT	style=text-align:center	Shinji Takamatsu	style=text-align:center	Tatsuyo Kobayashi Muneyuki Kanbe	Online game	25
2013	Amnesia	style=text-align:center	Yoshimitsu Ohashi	style=text-align:center	Juukou Ozawa	Visual novel	12
	My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU	style=text-align:center	Ai Yoshimura	style=text-align:center	Tsutomu Hirano	Light novel	13
	Brothers Conflict	style=text-align:center	Atsushi Matsumoto	style=text-align:center	Midori Tokiwa	Novel	12
	Blood Lad	style=text-align:center	Shigeyuki Miya	style=text-align:center	Hiromichi Ooishi ("producer")	Manga	10
2014	D-Frag!	style=text-align:center	Shizutaka Sugawara	style=text-align:center	Juukou Ozawa ("producer")	Manga	12
	The Kawai Complex Guide to Manors and Hostel Behavior	style=text-align:center	Shigeyuki Miya	style=text-align:center	Emi Yonezawa	Manga	12	^[2]
	Kamigami no Asobi	style=text-align:center	Tomoyuki Kawamura	style=text-align:center	Tsutomu Hirano	Visual novel	12	^[3]
	One Week Friends	style=text-align:center	Tarou Iwasaki	style=text-align:center	Yumi Satou	Manga	12	^[4]
2015	Aoharu × Machinegun	style=text-align:center	Hideaki Nakano	style=text-align:center	Emi Yonezawa	Manga	12	^[5]
	Dance with Devils	style=text-align:center	Ai Yoshimura	style=text-align:center	Yayoi Saitou	Original work	12	^[6]
2015–2017	Rin-ne	style=text-align:center	Shizutaka Sugawara (s1–s2) Hiroshi Ishiodori (s3)	style=text-align:center	Juukou Ozawa (s1) Junichi Shimada (s2–s3)	Manga	75	^[7]
2016	Endride (co-animated with Lapin Track)	style=text-align:center	Keiji Gotoh	style=text-align:center	Juukou Ozawa Masakazu Watanabe	Multimedia franchise	24	^[8]
	Servamp (co-animated with Platinum Vision)	style=text-align:center	Shigeyuki Miya (chief) Hideaki Nakano	style=text-align:center	Emi Yonezawa	Manga	12	^[9]
	Cheer Boys!!	style=text-align:center	Ai Yoshimura	style=text-align:center	Yayoi Saitou	Novel	12	^[10]
	Kiss Him, Not Me	style=text-align:center	Hiroshi Ishiodori	style=text-align:center	Junichi Shimada	Manga	12	^[11]
2017	Anonymous Noise	style=text-align:center	Hideya Takahashi	style=text-align:center	Yayoi Saitou	Manga	12	^[12]
2018	School Babysitters	style=text-align:center	Shūsei Morishita		Manga	12	^[13]
	Gakuen Basara	style=text-align:center	Minoru Ohama	style=text-align:center	Kiyoshi Yamamoto	Video game	12	^[14]
2019	Grimms Notes the Animation	style=text-align:center	Shizutaka Sugawara	style=text-align:center	Junichi Shimada	Mobile game	12	^[15]
2019–2020	Duel Masters!! (co-animated with SMDE)	style=text-align:center	Shinobu Sasaki (chief) Hiroshi Ishiodori	style=text-align:center	Junichi Shimada Ryouta Dokura	Media franchise	51	^[16]
2020	In/Spectre	style=text-align:center	Keiji Gotoh	style=text-align:center	Juukou Ozawa Shinji Takada	Light novel	12	^[17]
2020–2021	Duel Masters King	style=text-align:center	Hiroshi Ishiodori	style=text-align:center	Junichi Shimada Ryouta Dokura	Media franchise	47	^[18]
2021	To Your Eternity	style=text-align:center	Masahiko Murata	style=text-align:center	Juukou Ozawa	Manga	20	^[19]
2021–2022	Duel Masters King!	style=text-align:center	Hiroshi Ishiodori	style=text-align:center	Junichi Shimada Ryouta Dokura	Media franchise	43	^[20]
2022	Duel Masters King MAX	style=text-align:center	Hiroshi Ishiodori Yūsuke Suzuki	style=text-align:center	Junichi Shimada Ryouta Dokura	Media franchise	17	^[21]
2022–2023	Duel Masters Win	style=text-align:center	Yuusuke Suzuki	style=text-align:center	Junichi Shimada Ryouta Dokura	Media franchise	29	^[22]
	Golden Kamuy 4th Season	style=text-align:center	Shizutaka Sugahara	style=text-align:center	Juukou Ozawa	Manga	13	^[23]
2023	In/Spectre 2nd Season	style=text-align:center	Keiji Gotoh	style=text-align:center	Juukou Ozawa Tomoyuki Tateishi	Light novel	12	^[24]
		style=text-align:center	Masahiko Murata	style=text-align:center	Suharu Ishizuka	Manga	23	^[25]
2024		style=text-align:center	Hiroshi Ishiodori		Light novel	12	^[26]

Original video animations

Year	Title	Director(s)	Animation producer(s)	Source
1998–1999	Change Getter Robo!!: The Last Day of the World (co-animated with Bee Media)	style=text-align:center	Yasuhiro Imagawa (1–3) Jun Kawagoe (4–13)	style=text-align:center	Fumikazu Matsumoto Atsuhiko Sugita	Manga	13
2000–2001	Shin Getter Robo vs Neo Getter Robo (co-animated with Bee Media)	style=text-align:center	Jun Kawagoe		Manga	4
2001–2002	Mazinkaiser	style=text-align:center	Masahiko Murata		Original work	7
2005		style=text-align:center	Jun Kawagoe		Original work	3
2006–2007	Demon Prince Enma	style=text-align:center	Mamoru Kanbe	style=text-align:center	Tatsuyo Kobayashi Yoshinaga Minami ("line producers")	Manga	4
2007–2008	Kimi ga Nozomu Eien ~Next Season~	style=text-align:center	Hideki Takayama		Eroge visual novel	4
2009	Denpa teki na Kanojo	style=text-align:center	Mamoru Kanbe	style=text-align:center	Seiichi Kikawada	Light novel	2
2012–2014		style=text-align:center	Hiroshi Ishiodori	style=text-align:center	Tatsuyo Kobayashi	Manga	11
2013	Assassination Classroom	style=text-align:center	Keiji Gotoh	style=text-align:center	Midori Tokiwa	Manga	1	^[27]
2014	Natsume's Book of Friends: Itsuka Yuki no Hi ni	style=text-align:center	Takahiro Omori	style=text-align:center	Yumi Satou	Manga	1	^[28]
	Chō Jikū Robo Meguru (co-animated with Studio A-Cat)	style=text-align:center	Keiji Gotoh		Original work	1	^[29]
	The Kawai Complex Guide to Manors and Hostel Behavior: First Time	style=text-align:center	Shigeyuki Miya	style=text-align:center	Emi Yonezawa	Manga	1	^[30]
2014–2015	Ane Log	style=text-align:center	Tetsuo Ichimura	style=text-align:center	Yayoi Saitou	Manga	3	^[31]

Films

Year	Title	Director(s)	Animation producer(s)	Source
2000	The Boy Who Saw the Wind	style=text-align:center	Takahiro Omori	style=text-align:center	Juukou Ozawa ("producer")	Novel
2003	Mazinkaiser vs. Shogun of Darkness	style=text-align:center	Masahiko Murata		Manga
2011	Hotarubi no Mori e	style=text-align:center	Takahiro Omori	style=text-align:center	Yumi Satou	Manga
2017	Dance with Devils: Fortuna	style=text-align:center	Ai Yoshimura	style=text-align:center	Yayoi Saitou	Original work	^[32] ^[33]

Notable staff

Representative staff

• Juukou Ozawa (founder and president)

Animation producers

• Tatsuyo Kobayashi (1997~2013)
• Yumi Satou (1997~2014) founded Shuka
• Seiichi Kikawada (2006~2011)
• Midori Tokiwa (2006~2013)
• Tsutomu Hirano (2006~2014)
• Yayoi Saitou (2008~2017)
• Emi Yonezawa (2014~2016) moved to Platinum Vision
• Junichi Shimada (2016~present)
• Tomoyuki Tateishi (2020~present)
• Suharu Ishizuka (2020~present)

Production staff

• Masakazu Watanabe (2008~2011) co-founder of Lapin Track
• Teruko Utsumi (2010~2016) co-founder of Lapin Track
• Hiromichi Ooishi (2013~2016) founded Platinum Vision

See also

• Shuka Studio formed by ex-Brain's Base staff and founded by ex-Brain's Base producer Yumi Satou.
• Lapin Track Studio formed by ex-Brain's Base staff and founded by ex-Brain's Base producer Masakazu Watanabe and screenwriter Teruko Utsumi.
• Platinum Vision Studio formed by ex-Brain's Base staff and founded by ex-Brain's Base producer Hiromichi Ooishi.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Go Nagai's Dororon Enma-kun Gets New Anime (Updated). Anime News Network. September 1, 2010. September 24, 2016.
2. Web site: Sentai Filmworks Licenses The Kawai Complex Guide to Manors and Hostel Behavior. Anime News Network. March 26, 2014. October 6, 2016.
3. Web site: Kamigami no Asobi TV Anime's Promo Streamed. Anime News Network. January 6, 2014. October 6, 2016.
4. Web site: Sora Amamiya, Yoshitaka Yamaya Star in Isshūkan Friends Anime. Anime News Network. January 21, 2014. September 24, 2016.
5. Web site: Aoharu x Kikanjū TV Anime's Staff, More Cast, July Premiere Revealed. Anime News Network. May 18, 2015. October 6, 2016.
6. Web site: Rejet, Elements Garden's Dance with Devils Collaboration Includes TV Anime. Anime News Network. February 9, 2015. September 24, 2016.
7. Web site: Rumiko Takahashi's Rin-ne TV Anime Streams 1st Promo. Anime News Network. January 23, 2015. September 24, 2016.
8. Web site: Endride TV Anime Reveals More Cast, Ending Theme Artist. Anime News Network. April 1, 2016. October 6, 2016.
9. Web site: Servamp TV Anime's 1st Promo Reveals July Premiere. Anime News Network. January 31, 2016. September 25, 2016.
10. Web site: Cheer Boys!! TV Anime About Men's Cheerleading Revealed With Promotional Video. Anime News Network. March 25, 2016. September 25, 2016.
11. Web site: Kiss Him, Not Me TV Anime Premieres This Fall. Anime News Network. June 11, 2016. September 25, 2016.
12. News: Anonymous Noise Anime Reveals Main Cast, Staff, April 2017 Debut. Anime News Network. 2016-12-19.
13. Web site: Gakuen Babysitters Anime Reveals Main Staff. Anime News Network. August 23, 2017. August 23, 2017.
14. Web site: Sengoku Basara Games' Gakuen Basara High School Spinoff Gets TV Anime. Anime News Network. April 1, 2018. April 1, 2018.
15. Web site: Grimms Notes TV Anime's 1st Promo Video Unveils Main Staff. Anime News Network. August 6, 2018. August 6, 2018.
16. Web site: ブレインズ・ベース公式ホームページ. Brain's Base official site. September 24, 2019. September 24, 2019. August 5, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200805023230/http://www.brainsbase.co.jp/works.html. dead.
17. Web site: In/Spectre Supernatural Mystery Gets TV Anime by Brain's Base . Anime News Network . January 14, 2019 . January 14, 2019.
18. Web site: ブレインズ・ベース公式ホームページ. Brain's Base official site. September 24, 2019. September 24, 2019. August 5, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200805023230/http://www.brainsbase.co.jp/works.html. dead.
19. Web site: Yoshitoki Oima's To Your Eternity Fantasy Manga Gets TV Anime in October. January 8, 2020. January 8, 2020. Anime News Network.
20. Web site: Duel Masters King! Anime Reveals April 4 Premiere, Theme Song Artists. Anime News Network. February 14, 2021. February 14, 2021.
21. Web site: Duel Masters Gets New Duel Masters King Max TV Anime. Anime News Network. February 14, 2022. February 14, 2022.
22. Web site: Duel Masters Win Reveals Main Cast, Theme Song Artists, September 4 Premiere. Anime News Network. August 5, 2022. August 5, 2022.
23. Web site: Golden Kamuy Anime's 4th Season 2nd Trailer Reveals Theme Songs, October 3 Debut . Anime News Network . September 2, 2022 . September 2, 2022 .
24. Web site: In/Spectre Anime Season 2 Delayed to January 2023 . Anime News Network . May 2, 2022 . May 2, 2022 .
25. Web site: Firefighter! Daigo of Fire Company M: Kyūkoku no Orange TV Anime Reveals Video, Cast, Staff, Fall Premiere . Anime News Network . February 7, 2023 . February 7, 2023 .
26. Web site: An Archdemon's Dilemma - How to Love Your Elf Bride Anime's Teaser Unveils Cast, Staff, 2024 Airing . . October 25, 2023 . October 25, 2023 .
27. Web site: Assassination Classroom Anime's 1st Visual Revealed. Anime News Network. August 7, 2013. September 24, 2016.
28. Web site: Natsume's Book of Friends Gets New Original Video Anime. Anime News Network. September 27, 2013. September 21, 2016.
29. Web site: Brains Base Unveils Chō Jikū Robo Meguru Original Anime Project. Anime News Network. November 11, 2014. September 24, 2016.
30. Web site: 7th Kawai Complex Guide to Manors and Hostel Behavior DVD/BD Includes Unaired Episode. Anime News Network. June 30, 2014. September 21, 2016.
31. Web site: Ami Koshimizu, Takahiro Mizushima Star in Ane Log Sibling Comedy Anime. Anime News Network. October 26, 2020. June 30, 2014.
32. Web site: Dance With Devils Franchise Gets Theatrical Anime Project This Fall. January 29, 2017. Anime News Network. January 29, 2017.
33. News: Dance with Devils: Fortuna Anime Film Reveals Teaser Video, More Cast, November 4 Premiere (Updated). Anime News Network. 2017-06-08. en.