| Ordet Co., Ltd. | |
| Native Name: | 株式会社オース |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Romanized Name: | Kabushiki-gaisha Ōsu |
| Type: | Business corporation |
| Founders: | Yutaka Yamamoto |
| Location: | Miyakojima, Osaka |
| Industry: | Animation studio and production enterprise |
| Parent: | Ultra Super Pictures[1] |
| Homepage: | http://uspi.jp/ordet/ |
is a Japanese animation studio, founded in 2007 by ex-Kyoto Animation director Yutaka Yamamoto and other staff. The company's name, "Ordet," means "the word" in Danish, Swedish, and Norwegian. The company initially served as a subcontractor before producing their first fully solo work, an OVA episode of Black Rock Shooter, which aired in the spring of 2010.[2] This was followed up with an 8-episode series that aired on noitamina from February 2, 2012, to March 22, 2012. In 2011, with studios Sanzigen and Trigger, Ordet joined the Ultra Super Pictures joint holding company.
Ordet was founded in 2007 by Yutaka Yamamoto after being fired by his former employer Kyoto Animation during the production of Lucky Star.[3] After Lucky Star completed its run, several members of the Kyoto Animation staff left the company and followed Yamamoto. Together, they founded Ordet with approximately ¥ 3 million of capital stock.[4]