| Hal Film Maker | |
| Native Name: | 株式会社ハルフィルムメーカー |
| Romanized Name: | Kabushiki gaisha Haru Firumu Mēkā |
| Type: | Kabushiki gaisha |
| Successor: | Yumeta Company |
| Fate: | Merged with Yumeta Company |
| Parent: | TYO |
| Key People: | Junichi Satō (representative director) Katsunori Haruda (representative director) |
| Subsid: | Real-T (2006-2009) Yūhodō (2007–2009) |
| Industry: | Anime |
was a Japanese animation studio founded in August 1993 by former Toei Animation staff.
Hal Film Maker's parent company, TYO Inc., merged its two anime studio subsidiaries—Yumeta Company and Hal Film Maker—on July 1, 2009. Yumeta Company absorbed Hal Film Maker and changed its name to TYO Animations[1] before reverting to Yumeta Company on December 1, 2017.[2]
| Year | Title | Director(s) | Episodes | Note(s) | (s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Saber Marionette J to X | Masami Shimoda | 26 | Sequel to Saber Marionette J Again. (1998–99) | [3] | |
| 2000 | Boys Be... | Masami Shimoda | 13 | Adaptation of the manga series by Masahiro Itabashi. | ||
| Strange Dawn | Junichi Sato | 13 | Original work. | |||
| 2001 | Prétear | Junichi Sato | 13 | Adaptation of the manga series by Junichi Sato. | ||
| 2002 | Princess Tutu | Junichi Sato, Shogo Koumoto | 26 | An original work created by Ikuko Itoh. (2002–03) | ||
| 2004 | Uta Kata | Keiji Gotoh | 12 | Co-produced with Bandai Visual. | ||
| 2005 | Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-Chan | Tsutomu Mizushima | 4 | Adaptation of the light novel series by Masaki Okayu. | ||
| Fushigiboshi no Futagohime | Junichi Sato | 51 | Original work. (2005–06) | [4] | ||
| Aria the Animation | Junichi Sato | 13 | Adaptation of the manga series by Kozue Amano. | [5] | ||
| 2006 | Fushigiboshi no Futagohime Gyu! | Junichi Sato | 52 | Sequel to Fushigiboshi no Futagohime. (2006–07) | ||
| Aria the Natural | Junichi Sato | 26 | The second season of Aria. | |||
| The Good Witch of the West | Katsuichi Nakayama | 16 | Adaptation of the novel series by Noriko Ogiwara. | [6] | ||
| Ōban Star-Racers | Savin Yeatman-Eiffel Thomas Romain | 26 | A French-Japanese anime series created by Savin Yeatman-Eiffel. Co-produced with Sav! The World Productions and Pumpkin 3D. | [7] | ||
| 2007 | Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-chan 2 | Tsutomu Mizushima | 2 | Sequel to Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-Chan. | ||
| Night Wizard the Animation | Yūsuke Yamamoto | 13 | Based on the Night Wizard | role-playing game, designed by Takeshi Kikuchi and FarEast Amusement Research. | [8] | |
| Sketchbook ~full color's~ | Yoshimasa Hiraike | 13 | Adaptation of the manga series of by Totan Kobako. | [9] | ||
| 2008 | Aria the Origination | Junichi Sato | 13 | The third season of Aria. | [10] | |
| Someday's Dreamers: Summer Skies | Osamu Kobayashi | 12 | Adaptation of the manga series by Norie Yamada. | [11] | ||
| Kemeko Deluxe! | Tsutomu Mizushima | 12 | Adaptation of the manga series by Masakazu Iwasaki. | [12] | ||
| Skip Beat! | Kiyoko Sayama | 25 | Adaptation of the shōjo manga series by Yoshiki Nakamura. (2008–09) | [13] | ||
| 2010 | B Gata H Kei | Yūsuke Yamamoto | 12 | Adaptation of the yonkoma series by Yōko Sanri. | [14] |
| Year | Title | Director(s) | Episodes | Note(s) | (s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Macross 7: The Galaxy is Calling Me! | Tetsurō Amino | 1 | Side-story to Macross 7 (1994–95). Co-animated with Studio Junio. | ||
| 1997 | Saber Marionette J Again | Masami Shimoda | 6 | Sequel to Saber Marionette J. (1997–98) | ||
| 2000 | Angel Sanctuary | Kiyoko Sayama | 3 | Adaptation of the shōjo manga series by Kaori Yuki. | ||
| 2001 | Slayers Premium | Junichi Sato | 1 | The fifth Slayers film. | ||
| 2003 | Heart Cocktail Again | 1 | An OVA produced to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Seizō Watase's Heart Cocktail manga series. | |||
| 2004 | Ghost Talker's Daydream | Osamu Sekita | 4 | Adaptation of the shōnen manga series by Saki Okuse. | ||
| 2007 | Aria the OVA: Arietta | Junichi Sato | 1 | |||
| 2008 | Yotsunoha | Hiroshi Nishikiori | 2 | Based on the visual novel developed by Haikuo Soft. | [15] | |
| 2010 | Tamayura | Junichi Sato | 4 | An original work created by Junichi Sato. | [16] |