Hoods Entertainment
Hoods Entertainment Inc. (Japanese: フッズエンタテインメント株式会社, Hepburn: Kabushiki-gaisha Fuzzu Entateinmento) is a Japanese animation studio that was established in February 2009.
Native name | フッズエンタテインメント株式会社 |
|---|---|
Romanized name | Kabushiki-gaisha Fuzzu Entateimento |
| Company type | Kabushiki gaisha |
| Industry | Japanese animation |
| Founded | February 2009 |
| Founder | Masaru Nagai |
| Successor | Staple Entertainment |
| Headquarters | Suginami, Tokyo, Japan |
Key people | Masaru Nagai (CEO) |
| Products | Aki Sora The Qwaser of Stigmata Mysterious Girlfriend X Drifters |
Number of employees | 4 (as of 2017)[1] |
| Website | www |
History edit
The studio was founded in 2009 by Masaru Nagai, who acts as the company's representative director.
The studio has not been credited in an anime since 2021 which indicates that the studio may be inactive or defunct. Shinya Ueda, an animation producer with the studio from 2014 to 2020, left and took former Hoods staff members (such as production manager and director Ryou Nakamura) to his new studio Staple Entertainment. However, freelance animator Kiyoshi Tateishi, a common collaborator of Hoods Entertainment, lists on his Facebook page his freelancing work experience as "Hoods Entertainment (Staple Entertainment)" after working on Staple Entertainment's first production (Vermeil in Gold);[2][3] furthermore, Staple Entertainment's studio address is the exact same as Hoods Entertainment's headquarters, indicating that Hoods Entertainment may be defunct with Staple Entertainment taking over.[4]
Works edit
Television series edit
| Year | Title | Director(s) | Animation producer(s) | Source | Eps. | Refs. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | The Qwaser of Stigmata | Hiraku Kaneko | Producer: Masaru Nagai | Manga | 24 | |
| 2011 | The Qwaser of Stigmata II | Hiraku Kaneko | Producer: Masaru Nagai | Manga | 12 | |
| Manyū Hiken-chō | Hiraku Kaneko | Manga | 12 | |||
| 2012 | Mysterious Girlfriend X | Ayumu Watanabe | Producer: Masaru Nagai | Manga | 12 | |
| 2013 | Fantasista Doll[a] | Hisashi Saitou | Kazuhiko Ikeguchi Yuuji Hori Masaru Nagai[a] | Original work | 12 | |
| BlazBlue Alter Memory (co-producued with teamKG) | Hideki Tachibana | Masaru Nagai Takao Asaga | Video game | 12 | ||
| 2014 | If Her Flag Breaks | Ayumu Watanabe | Light novel | 12 | ||
| A Good Librarian Like a Good Shepherd (co-animated with Felix Film) | Team Nico[b] | Shinya Ueda Tomohito Naka | Light novel | 12 | ||
| 2016 | Drifters (as Hoods Drifters Studio) | Kenichi Suzuki | Shinya Ueda | Manga | 12 | |
| 2018–2019 | Märchen Mädchen | Hisashi Saitou (chief) Shigeru Ueda Takuo Kimura (11–12) | Masaru Nagai Masanobu Arakawa (7–10) | Light novel | 12 | |
| Real Girl | Takashi Naoya | Shinya Ueda | Manga | 24 | ||
| 2019 | Val × Love | Takashi Naoya | Shinya Ueda | Manga | 12 | |
| 2021 | Gekidol | Shigeru Ueda | Masaru Nagai | Multi-media project | 12 |
OVA/ONAs edit
| Year | Title | Director(s) | Animation producer(s) | Source | Eps. | Refs. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Aki Sora | Takeo Takahashi | Producer: Masaru Nagai | Manga | 1 | |
| 2010 | Aki Sora ~Yume no Naka~ | Takeo Takahashi | Masaru Nagai | Manga | 2 | |
| The Qwaser of Stigmata: Portrait of the Empress | Hiraku Kaneko | Producer: Masaru Nagai | Manga | 1 | ||
| 2012 | Mysterious Girlfriend X | Ayumu Watanabe | Producer: Masaru Nagai | Manga | 1 | |
| Hori-san to Miyamura-kun (episodes 1–2) | Shingo Natsume (1) Erkin Kawabata (2) | Producer: Masaru Nagai | Manga | 2 | ||
| 2013 | Kagaku Na Yatsura | Hiraku Kaneko | Producer: Masaru Nagai | Manga | 1 | |
| Rescue Me! | Keiichiro Kawaguchi | Producer: Masaru Nagai | Manga | 1 | ||
| Ark IX | Keiichiro Kawaguchi | Masaru Nagai | Manga | 1 | ||
| 2013–2014 | Vanquished Queens | Shin Itagaki | Masaru Nagai Kazuaki Morijiri | Multi-media project | 4 | |
| 2014 | If Her Flag Breaks | Ayumu Watanabe | Light novel | 1 | ||
| 2014–2015 | A Good Librarian Like a Good Shepherd (co-animated with Felix Film) | Team Nico[b] | Light novel | 6 | ||
| 2015 | Senran Kagura: Estival Versus- Shōjo-tachi no Sentaku | Shigeru Ueda | Masaru Nagai | Video game | 1 | |
| 2015–2016 | Hantsu × Trash | Hisashi Saitou | Masaru Nagai | Manga | 3 | |
| 2016 | Drifters: Special Edition (as Hoods Drifters Studio) | Kenichi Suzuki | Shinya Ueda | Manga | 1 | |
| 2017–2018 | Drifters (as Hoods Drifters Studio) | Kenichi Suzuki (1–2) Hitomi Ezoe (3) | Shinya Ueda | Manga | 3 | |
| 2021 | Alice in Deadly School | Shigeyasu Yamauchi | Multi-media project | 1 |
Notable staff edit
Representative staff edit
- Masaru Nagai (founder and president)
Animation producers edit
- Shinya Ueda (2014~2020, founder of Staple Entertainment)
Notes edit
- ^ a b Project generalization (プロジェクト統括) by Amber Film Works and Juumonji. Hoods Entertainment's Masaru Nagai served as "production producer" (制作プロデューサー), while Amber Film Works and Juumonji presidents Kazuhiko Ikeguchi and Yuuji Hori (respectively) are credited as "animation producers" (アニメーションプロデューサー).
- ^ a b A team consisting of directors Kaori Hayashi, Tomomi Kamiya, Kenichi Konishi, Yuu Nobuta, and Mami Sodeyama
References edit
- ^ "フッズエンタテインメント株式会社（81583）の転職・求人情報". エン転職. エンジャパン. Retrieved 2021-12-22.
- ^ 「金装のヴェルメイユ」に岡野友佑・石原夏織ら、本PVやビジュアル公開. Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. May 11, 2022. Retrieved May 11, 2022.
- ^ "Kiyoshi Tateishi's Facebook Page". Facebook (in Japanese). Retrieved December 31, 2022.
- ^ "ABOUT". Staple Entertainment (in Japanese). Retrieved January 7, 2024.
External links edit
- Official website (in Japanese)
- Hoods Entertainment at Anime News Network's encyclopedia