Bee train
Bee Train KK ( Japanese ビ ィ ー ト レ イ ン 株式会社 , Bītorein Kabushiki-gaisha , English BEE TRAIN Production Inc. ) is a Japanese animation studio based in Musashino , which is involved in the production of anime series such as Noir , .hack // SIGN and Madlax participated.
history
Bee Train was founded on June 5, 1997 by Kōichi Mashimo as a subsidiary of Production IG and worked closely with XEBEC , another subsidiary. The studio itself was created at Mashimo's request with the aim of not making losses or profits and was intended to serve as a "hospital for animators".
The studio's first publications were anime adaptations of computer games such as PoPoLoCrois , Arc the Lad , Wild ARMs or Medabots . These were produced as additions to the games. These productions convinced Bandai to commission Bee Train to produce an OVA based on the popular game .hack . This was called .hack // Liminality and was published as bonus material for the four different games. At the same time, the decision was made to promote the games via a television series, which appeared in 2002 as .hack // SIGN . This series became one of the most famous works by Bee Train.
Yuri fandom
Since in most productions protagonists as expressive female role models are portrayed, which are inter-speculatively-many relationships, has Bee Train in Yuri - Fandom a certain following.
Productions
TV Shows
- 2001: Noir
- 2002: .hack // SIGN
- 2003: Avenger
- 2003: .hack // Legend Of The Twilight
- 2004: Gin'yū Mokushiroku My love
- 2004: Madlax
- 2005: Tsubasa Chronicle
- 2006: Gin'yū Mokushiroku My love again
- 2006: .hack // Roots
- 2007: El Cazador
- 2008: Mugen no Jūnin
- 2009: Phantom - Requiem for the Phantom
- 2010: Shinrei Tantei Yakumo
- 2011: Hyōge Mono
More anime productions
- 2002: .hack // Intermezzo (OVA)
- 2002: .hack // Liminality (OVA)
- 2003: .hack // Gift (OVA)
- 2003: .hack // Unison (OVA)
- 2007: Murder Princess (OVA)
- 2010: Halo Legends (OVA)
Web links
- Official Website (Japanese)
- A list of other productions on Anime News Network.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Erica Friedman : Yuri Anime: Bee Train does it again . June 28, 2004, accessed March 30, 2008 .