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'''Ashi Productions''' (葦プロダクション ''Ashi Purodakushon'') is a Japanese | '''Ashi Productions''' (葦プロダクション ''Ashi Purodakushon'') is a Japanese animation studio based in Suginami, [[Tokyo]]. Their domestic anime work includes such series as ''[[Special Armored Battalion Dorvack]]'', ''Dancougar'', ''{{gb|Machine Robo: Revenge of Cronos (cartoon)|Machine Robo}}'', ''[[Super Dimension Fortress Macross|Macross]] 7'', ''Blue Seed'', and ''F-Zero GP Legend''. | ||
[[File:AshiPro-stickers.jpg|thumb|Ashi Productions' stickers on ''Dorvack'' packaging (left) and ''Transformers'' Deluxe Vehicle packaging (right).]] | [[File:AshiPro-stickers.jpg|thumb|Ashi Productions' stickers on ''Dorvack'' packaging (left) and ''Transformers'' Deluxe Vehicle packaging (right).]] | ||
They've also worked on Western animated productions as an outsourced studio, including such shows as the Ruby-Spears ''Mega Man'', season 2 of ''[[M.A.S.K.]]'', ''Skysurfer Strike Force'' and ''Diabolik''. | They've also worked on Western animated productions as an outsourced studio, including such shows as the Ruby-Spears ''Mega Man'', season 2 of ''[[M.A.S.K.]]'', ''Skysurfer Strike Force'', and ''Diabolik''. | ||
[[Masami Ōbari]], [[Shin Matsuo]], [[Nobuyoshi Habara]], and [[Shinya Ohira]] worked for them during the '80s. | [[Masami Ōbari]], [[Shin Matsuo]], [[Nobuyoshi Habara]], and [[Shinya Ohira]] worked for them during the '80s. | ||
In [[1984]], [[Takatoku Toys]] produced figures based on Ashi Productions' designs for '' | In [[1984]], [[Takatoku Toys]] produced figures based on Ashi Productions' designs for ''Special Armored Battalion Dorvack'' (特装機兵ドルバック, ''Tokusō Kihei Dorubakku'') anime series. Upon Takatoku Toys' bankruptcy, molds of two of the ''Dorvack'' figures were purchased by [[Bandai]] and subsequently licensed to [[Hasbro]] in [[1985]], where they were released as the [[Deluxe Vehicle|Deluxe Vehicles]], [[Roadbuster (G1)#Toys|Roadbuster]] and [[Whirl (G1)#Toys|Whirl]]. As a result of being based on toys from an Ashi Productions anime series, the Hasbro boxed versions of the two Deluxe Vehicles include a small "AP" (Ashi Productions) sticker on the packaging, in addition to an Ashi Production [[Copyright#Copyright markings|copyright marking]] on the figures themselves. This also meant that neither toy could be promoted on the cartoon despite Ashi being involved with both series. | ||
==Transformers series== | ==Transformers series== | ||
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* [http://ashipro.jp/index-e.html Ashi Productions' official site] | * [http://ashipro.jp/index-e.html Ashi Productions' official site] | ||
* {{w|Ashi Productions}} at Wikipedia | * {{w|Ashi Productions}} at Wikipedia | ||
[[Category:Animation companies]] | [[Category:Animation companies]] | ||
Revision as of 01:12, 8 August 2024
Ashi Productions (葦プロダクション Ashi Purodakushon) is a Japanese animation studio based in Suginami, Tokyo. Their domestic anime work includes such series as Special Armored Battalion Dorvack, Dancougar, Machine Robo, Macross 7, Blue Seed, and F-Zero GP Legend.
They've also worked on Western animated productions as an outsourced studio, including such shows as the Ruby-Spears Mega Man, season 2 of M.A.S.K., Skysurfer Strike Force, and Diabolik.
Masami Ōbari, Shin Matsuo, Nobuyoshi Habara, and Shinya Ohira worked for them during the '80s.
In 1984, Takatoku Toys produced figures based on Ashi Productions' designs for Special Armored Battalion Dorvack (特装機兵ドルバック, Tokusō Kihei Dorubakku) anime series. Upon Takatoku Toys' bankruptcy, molds of two of the Dorvack figures were purchased by Bandai and subsequently licensed to Hasbro in 1985, where they were released as the Deluxe Vehicles, Roadbuster and Whirl. As a result of being based on toys from an Ashi Productions anime series, the Hasbro boxed versions of the two Deluxe Vehicles include a small "AP" (Ashi Productions) sticker on the packaging, in addition to an Ashi Production copyright marking on the figures themselves. This also meant that neither toy could be promoted on the cartoon despite Ashi being involved with both series.
Transformers series
- The Transformers - Animation services for Toei Animation for Seasons 1 and 2.
- Beast Wars II
- Beast Wars Neo
- Transformers: Cybertron - episode and CGI Co-producer with GONZO for six episodes.
External links
- Ashi Productions' official site
- Ashi Productions at Wikipedia
