Brain's Base

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Japanese animation studio

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::summary Japanese animation studio ::

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Field	Value
name	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
logo	Brain's Base logo.svg
logo_size	200
type	Yūgen-gaisha
foundation
founder	Jūkō Ozawa
location	Shimorenjaku
location_city	Mitaka, Tokyo
location_country	Japan
industry	Japanese animation
divisions
website
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Brain's Base Co., Ltd. is a Japanese animation studio founded in 1996 by former Tokyo Movie Shinsha staff.

Works

Television series

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Year	Title	Director(s)	Animation producer(s)	Source
Daigunder	Hiroyuki Yano	Juukou Ozawa
Yoshinaga Minami	Original work	39
Pluster World (co-animated with Actas)	Yūji Himaki	Seiichi Kikawada
Yoshinaga Minami
Manabu Santou	Original work	52
New Getter Robo	Jun Kawagoe	Yoshinaga Minami
Tatsuyo Kobayashi
("line producers")	Original work	13
Kamichu!	Koji Masunari	Yumi Satou	Original work	12
Gunparade Orchestra	Yutaka Satou (chief)
Toshiya Shinohara	Juukou Ozawa
Yoshinaga Minami
Ken Matsumoto	Video game	24
Innocent Venus	Jun Kawagoe	Juukou Ozawa
("producer")	Original work	12
Kishin Taisen Gigantic Formula	Keiji Gotoh	Juukou Ozawa
("producer")	Original work	26
Baccano!	Takahiro Omori	Yumi Satou	Light novel	13
Kure-nai	Kō Matsuo	Midori Tokiwa	Light novel	12
Natsume's Book of Friends: First Season	Takahiro Omori	Yumi Satou	Manga	13
Akikan!	Yūji Himaki	Tatsuyo Kobayashi
("line producer")	Light novel	12
Natsume's Book of Friends: Second Season	Takahiro Omori	Yumi Satou	Manga	13
Spice and Wolf II (co-animated with Marvy Jack)	Takeo Takahashi	Tatsuyo Kobayashi
Masayoshi Oono	Manga	12
Durarara!!	Takahiro Omori	Yumi Satou	Light novel	26
Princess Jellyfish	Takahiro Omori	Yumi Satou	Manga	11
Dororon Enma-kun Meeramera	Yoshitomo Yonetani	Seiichi Kikawada	Manga	12
Natsume's Book of Friends: Third Season	Takahiro Omori	Yumi Satou	Manga	13
Kamisama Dolls	Seiji Kishi	Seiichi Kikawada	Manga	13
Penguindrum	Kunihiko Ikuhara
Shouko Nakamura (chief)	Midori Tokiwa	Original work	24
Natsume's Book of Friends: Fourth Season	Takahiro Omori	Yumi Satou	Manga	13
Sengoku Collection	Keiji Gotoh	Midori Tokiwa	Mobile game	26
My Little Monster	Hiro Kaburaki	Yumi Satou	Manga	13
Ixion Saga DT	Shinji Takamatsu	Tatsuyo Kobayashi
Muneyuki Kanbe	Online game	25
Amnesia	Yoshimitsu Ohashi	Juukou Ozawa	Visual novel	12
My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU	Ai Yoshimura	Tsutomu Hirano	Light novel	13
Brothers Conflict	Atsushi Matsumoto	Midori Tokiwa	Novel	12
Blood Lad	Shigeyuki Miya	Hiromichi Ooishi
("producer")	Manga	10
D-Frag!	Shizutaka Sugawara	Juukou Ozawa
("producer")	Manga	12
The Kawai Complex Guide to Manors and Hostel Behavior	Shigeyuki Miya	Emi Yonezawa	Manga	12
Kamigami no Asobi	Tomoyuki Kawamura	Tsutomu Hirano	Visual novel	12
One Week Friends	Tarou Iwasaki	Yumi Satou	Manga	12
Aoharu × Machinegun	Hideaki Nakano	Emi Yonezawa	Manga	12
Dance with Devils	Ai Yoshimura	Yayoi Saitou	Original work (Collaboration with Rejet)	12
Rin-ne	Shizutaka Sugawara (s1–s2)
Hiroshi Ishiodori (s3)	Juukou Ozawa (s1)
Junichi Shimada (s2–s3)	Manga	75
Endride (co-animated with Lapin Track)	Keiji Gotoh	Juukou Ozawa
Masakazu Watanabe	Multimedia franchise	24

Servamp (co-animated with Platinum Vision)	Shigeyuki Miya (chief)
Hideaki Nakano	Emi Yonezawa	Manga	12
Cheer Boys!!	Ai Yoshimura	Yayoi Saitou	Novel	12
Kiss Him, Not Me	Hiroshi Ishiodori	Junichi Shimada	Manga	12
Anonymous Noise	Hideya Takahashi	Yayoi Saitou	Manga	12
School Babysitters	Shūsei Morishita		Manga	12
Gakuen Basara	Minoru Ohama	Kiyoshi Yamamoto	Video game	12
Grimms Notes the Animation	Shizutaka Sugawara	Junichi Shimada	Mobile game	12
In/Spectre	Keiji Gotoh	Juukou Ozawa
Shinji Takada	Light novel	12
Duel Masters King	Hiroshi Ishiodori	Junichi Shimada
Ryouta Dokura	Media franchise	47
To Your Eternity	Masahiko Murata	Juukou Ozawa	Manga	20
Duel Masters King!	Hiroshi Ishiodori	Junichi Shimada
Ryouta Dokura	Media franchise	43
Duel Masters King MAX	Hiroshi Ishiodori
Yūsuke Suzuki	Junichi Shimada
Ryouta Dokura	Media franchise	17
Duel Masters Win	Yuusuke Suzuki	Junichi Shimada
Ryouta Dokura	Media franchise	29
Golden Kamuy 4th Season	Shizutaka Sugahara	Juukou Ozawa	Manga	13
In/Spectre 2nd Season	Keiji Gotoh	Juukou Ozawa
Tomoyuki Tateishi	Light novel	12
Firefighter Daigo: Rescuer in Orange	Masahiko Murata	Suharu Ishizuka	Manga	23
An Archdemon's Dilemma: How to Love Your Elf Bride	Hiroshi Ishiodori	Tomoya Ozawa	Light novel	12
Dekin no Mogura	Hiroshi Ishiodori		Manga
Yowayowa Sensei	Hiroshi Ishiodori		Manga
Rich Girl Caretaker	Shūsei Morishita		Light novel
The Level 999 Villager	Yoshinobu Kasai		Light novel
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Original video animations

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Year	Title	Director(s)	Animation producer(s)	Source
Change Getter Robo!!: The Last Day of the World
(co-animated with Bee Media)	Yasuhiro Imagawa (1–3)
Jun Kawagoe (4–13)	Fumikazu Matsumoto
Atsuhiko Sugita	Manga	13
Shin Getter Robo vs Neo Getter Robo (co-animated with Bee Media)	Jun Kawagoe		Manga	4
Mazinkaiser	Masahiko Murata		Original work	7
Super Robot Wars Original Generation: The Animation	Jun Kawagoe		Original work	3
Demon Prince Enma	Mamoru Kanbe	Tatsuyo Kobayashi
Yoshinaga Minami
("line producers")	Manga	4
Kimi ga Nozomu Eien ~~Next Season~~	Hideki Takayama		Eroge visual novel	4
Denpa teki na Kanojo	Mamoru Kanbe	Seiichi Kikawada	Light novel	2
Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple	Hiroshi Ishiodori	Tatsuyo Kobayashi	Manga	11
Assassination Classroom	Keiji Gotoh	Midori Tokiwa	Manga	1
Natsume's Book of Friends: Itsuka Yuki no Hi ni	Takahiro Omori	Yumi Satou	Manga	1
Chō Jikū Robo Meguru (co-animated with Studio A-Cat)	Keiji Gotoh		Original work	1
The Kawai Complex Guide to Manors and Hostel Behavior: First Time	Shigeyuki Miya	Emi Yonezawa	Manga	1
Ane Log	Tetsuo Ichimura	Yayoi Saitou	Manga	3
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Films

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Year	Title	Director(s)	Animation producer(s)
The Boy Who Saw the Wind	Takahiro Omori	Juukou Ozawa
("producer")	Novel
Mazinkaiser vs. Shogun of Darkness	Masahiko Murata		Manga
Hotarubi no Mori e	Takahiro Omori	Yumi Satou	Manga
Dance with Devils: Fortuna	Ai Yoshimura	Yayoi Saitou	Original work
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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

Notes

References

(September 1, 2010). "Go Nagai's Dororon Enma-kun Gets New Anime (Updated)".
(March 26, 2014). "Sentai Filmworks Licenses The Kawai Complex Guide to Manors and Hostel Behavior".
(January 6, 2014). "Kamigami no Asobi TV Anime's Promo Streamed".
(January 21, 2014). "Sora Amamiya, Yoshitaka Yamaya Star in Isshūkan Friends Anime".
(May 18, 2015). "Aoharu x Kikanjū TV Anime's Staff, More Cast, July Premiere Revealed".
(February 9, 2015). "Rejet, Elements Garden's Dance with Devils Collaboration Includes TV Anime".
(January 23, 2015). "Rumiko Takahashi's Rin-ne TV Anime Streams 1st Promo".
(April 1, 2016). "Endride TV Anime Reveals More Cast, Ending Theme Artist".
(January 31, 2016). "Servamp TV Anime's 1st Promo Reveals July Premiere".
(March 25, 2016). "Cheer Boys!! TV Anime About Men's Cheerleading Revealed With Promotional Video".
(June 11, 2016). "Kiss Him, Not Me TV Anime Premieres This Fall".
"Anonymous Noise Anime Reveals Main Cast, Staff, April 2017 Debut". Anime News Network.
(August 23, 2017). "Gakuen Babysitters Anime Reveals Main Staff".
(April 1, 2018). "Sengoku Basara Games' Gakuen Basara High School Spinoff Gets TV Anime".
(August 6, 2018). "Grimms Notes TV Anime's 1st Promo Video Unveils Main Staff".
(January 14, 2019). "In/Spectre Supernatural Mystery Gets TV Anime by Brain's Base".
(September 24, 2019). "ブレインズ・ベース公式ホームページ".
(January 8, 2020). "Yoshitoki Oima's To Your Eternity Fantasy Manga Gets TV Anime in October".
(February 14, 2021). "Duel Masters King! Anime Reveals April 4 Premiere, Theme Song Artists".
(February 14, 2022). "Duel Masters Gets New Duel Masters King Max TV Anime".
(August 5, 2022). "Duel Masters Win Reveals Main Cast, Theme Song Artists, September 4 Premiere".
(September 2, 2022). "Golden Kamuy Anime's 4th Season 2nd Trailer Reveals Theme Songs, October 3 Debut".
(May 2, 2022). "In/Spectre Anime Season 2 Delayed to January 2023".
(February 7, 2023). "Firefighter! Daigo of Fire Company M: Kyūkoku no Orange TV Anime Reveals Video, Cast, Staff, Fall Premiere".
(October 25, 2023). "An Archdemon's Dilemma - How to Love Your Elf Bride Anime's Teaser Unveils Cast, Staff, 2024 Airing".
(November 18, 2024). "TV Anime of Natsumi Eguchi's Dekin no Mogura Manga Confirmed".
link. Natasha, Inc. (November 8, 2025)
(January 30, 2026). "Rich Girl Caretaker Anime Confirms TV Format, July Debut in Promo Video".
(August 20, 2025). "The Villager of Level 999 Fantasy Novels Get Anime in 2026".
(August 7, 2013). "Assassination Classroom Anime's 1st Visual Revealed".
(September 27, 2013). "Natsume's Book of Friends Gets New Original Video Anime".
(November 11, 2014). "Brains Base Unveils Chō Jikū Robo Meguru Original Anime Project".
(June 30, 2014). "7th Kawai Complex Guide to Manors and Hostel Behavior DVD/BD Includes Unaired Episode".
(June 30, 2014). "Ami Koshimizu, Takahiro Mizushima Star in Ane Log Sibling Comedy Anime".
(January 29, 2017). "Dance With Devils Franchise Gets Theatrical Anime Project This Fall".
"Dance with Devils: Fortuna Anime Film Reveals Teaser Video, More Cast, November 4 Premiere (Updated)". Anime News Network.

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