ICHI Corporation (株式会社ICHI, Kabushikigaisha ICHI), formerly known as Knack Productions (株式会社KnacK, Kabushikigaisha KnacK) or simply Knack (ナック, Nakku) until August 2008, is a Japanese anime and film production company.
Knack Productions was founded on September 25, 1967, by a group of former employees of Toei Animation and Osamu Tezuka's Mushi Production, including illustrator Seiichi Hayashi, animator/director Sadao Tsukioka, former Mushi producer Sakuro Koyanagi, and Seiichi Nishino, who would become the principal planner of most of the studio's works. From its early days the studio concentrated on TV production. The studio's first work, the TV series Granny Mischief (Ijiwaru Baasan), based on a manga by Sazae-san creator Machiko Hasegawa), premiered in 1970. In the late 1980s the company moved away from TV production and into OVA, finding success in the growing market for soft-core direct-to-video pornography anime. Since the late 1990s, Knack (renamed ICHI Corporation in August 2008) has focused chiefly on live-action production. The company's most recent animation work, in 1997, was on the adult anime OVA Slight Fever Syndrome and with production assistance on Gainax's The End of Evangelion.
Despite the number of anime-industry notables who worked with Knack over the years (including Go Nagai, Ken Ishikawa, Kazuyuki Okasako, Masayuki Kojima, Tetsuro Amino, Shun'ichi Yukimuro, Yoshikata Nitta, and Fumio Ikeno), the studio developed a dubious reputation for the low quality of its productions, particularly in regard to animation quality and to copying the premises of other, more popular shows, even when compared to their contemporaries in both Japan and America.[1] Nevertheless, a number of the studio's productions did become internationally successful, including the children's anthropomorphic cartoon series Don Chuck Monogatari; The Adventures of the Little Prince; and Attacker You!, a volleyball drama which achieved a staggering level of popularity when exported to Italy and France. The studio's children's comedies Manga Sarutobi Sasuke and Cybot Robotchi were also released in the U.S. as direct-to-video feature-length edits titled Ninja the Wonder Boy and Robby the Rascal, respectively. In more recent years, the studio's 1974 series Chargeman Ken! has become an online sensation, due to mockery of its limited production values.
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ICHI Corporation 株式会社ICHI Kabushikigaisha ICHI formerly known as Knack Productions 株式会社KnacK Kabushikigaisha KnacK or simply Knack ナック Nakku until August 2008 is a Japanese anime and film production company Contents 1 History 2 Animated works 2 1 TV series 2 2 Standard OVA 2 3 Adult OVAs as Knack 3 References 4 External linksHistory editKnack Productions was founded on September 25 1967 by a group of former employees of Toei Animation and Osamu Tezuka s Mushi Production including illustrator Seiichi Hayashi animator director Sadao Tsukioka former Mushi producer Sakuro Koyanagi and Seiichi Nishino who would become the principal planner of most of the studio s works From its early days the studio concentrated on TV production The studio s first work the TV series Granny Mischief Ijiwaru Baasan based on a manga by Sazae san creator Machiko Hasegawa premiered in 1970 In the late 1980s the company moved away from TV production and into OVA finding success in the growing market for soft core direct to video pornography anime Since the late 1990s Knack renamed ICHI Corporation in August 2008 has focused chiefly on live action production The company s most recent animation work in 1997 was on the adult anime OVA Slight Fever Syndrome and with production assistance on Gainax s The End of Evangelion Despite the number of anime industry notables who worked with Knack over the years including Go Nagai Ken Ishikawa Kazuyuki Okasako Masayuki Kojima Tetsuro Amino Shun ichi Yukimuro Yoshikata Nitta and Fumio Ikeno the studio developed a dubious reputation for the low quality of its productions particularly in regard to animation quality and to copying the premises of other more popular shows even when compared to their contemporaries in both Japan and America 1 Nevertheless a number of the studio s productions did become internationally successful including the children s anthropomorphic cartoon series Don Chuck Monogatari The Adventures of the Little Prince and Attacker You a volleyball drama which achieved a staggering level of popularity when exported to Italy and France The studio s children s comedies Manga Sarutobi Sasuke and Cybot Robotchi were also released in the U S as direct to video feature length edits titled Ninja the Wonder Boy and Robby the Rascal respectively In more recent years the studio s 1974 series Chargeman Ken has become an online sensation due to mockery of its limited production values Animated works editTV series edit Granny Mischief Ijiwaru Baasan いじわるばあさん 1970 1971 Moonlight Mask Seigi wo asuru mono Gekko Kamen 正義を愛する人 月光仮面 1972 Astroganger アストロガンガー 1972 1973 Chargeman Ken チャージマン研 1974 Dame Oyaji ダメおやじ 1974 Don Chuck Monogatari Shin Don Chuck Monogatari ドンチャック物語 新 ドンチャック物語 1975 1977 Groizer X グロイザーＸ 1976 1977 created by Go Nagai The Adventures of the Little Prince Hoshi no ojisama Puchi Prince 星の王子さま プチ プランス 1978 1979 Ninja the Wonder Boy Manga Sarutobi Sasuke まんが猿飛佐助 1979 1980 Sue Cat スーキャット 1980 Manga Mitokomon まんが水戸黄門 1981 1982 Robby the Rascal Cybot Robotchi サイボットロボッチ 1982 1983 created by Ken Ishikawa Hitotsuboshike no Ultra Baasan 一ツ星家のウルトラ婆さん 1982 1983 Psycho Armor Govarian サイコアーマー ゴーバリアン 1983 created by Go Nagai The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle ドリトルせんせいものがたり 1984 U S Japan coproduction not aired in Japan until 1997 Attacker You アタッカーYOU 1984 1985 Oh Family Ｏｈ ファミリー 1986 1987 Manga Nihon Keizai Nyuumon マンガ日本経済入門 1987 1988 Momotaro Densetsu 桃太郎伝説 PEACHBOY LEGEND 1989 1990 Peach Command Shin Momotaru Densetsu PEACH COMMAND 新桃太郎伝説 1990 1991 New Attacker You 続 アタッカーYOU 金メダルへの道 Zoku atakka YOU kin medaru e no michi 2008 Standard OVA edit Toumei Shounen Tantei Akira 透明少年探偵アキラ circa 1970 Male Transfrom Female Mayumi chan 男変形女マユミちゃん 1986ー1987 Shibuya Honky Tonk 渋谷ホンキィトンク 1988 Korogashi Ryota ころがし涼太 1990 1991 Furiten kun フリテンくん 1990 Osaka Tough Guys Naniwa Yukyōden なにわ遊侠伝 series 1992 1993 Crows クローズ 1993 1994 Grappler Baki The Ultimate Fighter グラップラー刃牙 1994 Submarine 707 深海の艦隊 サブマリン707 1997 Adult OVAs as Knack edit Ninja Transfrom Mako Chan 忍者変身マコちゃん 1986 1987 Shin Otoko Henkei Jo Mayumi chan 1989 1990 Bōken Shite mo ii Koro 冒険してもいい頃 series 1989 1990 Yaruki Manman やるきまんまん series 1989 1991 Dance Till Tomorrow Asatte DaNCE あさってDaNCE 1991 Mellow 1993 Vixens Visionary ヴィジョナリィ 1995 1996 Lunatic Night ルナティックナイト 1996 1997 Slight Fever Syndrome Binetsu Shōkōgun 微熱症候群 1997 References edit Get the Knack Let s Anime Classic Japanese Animation 1960 1990 http letsanime blogspot com 2011 10 01 archive html retrieved 04 16 2012 External links editOfficial website Knack Productions on Twitter Knack Productions at Anime News Network s encyclopedia Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Knack Productions amp oldid 1169700274, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
