Production IMS

Production IMS Co., Ltd. (Japanese: 株式会社プロダクションアイムズ, Hepburn: Kabushiki-gaisha Purodakushon Aimuzu), or Production IMS, was a Japanese animation studio established on February 14, 2013, by former staff members from AIC Spirits. Its headquarters were located in Nerima, Tokyo, Japan.^[1]

Production IMS Co., Ltd.

Native name	株式会社プロダクションアイムズ
Romanized name	Kabushiki-gaisha Purodakushon Aimuzu
Company type	Kabushiki gaisha
Industry	Japanese animation
Founded	February 14, 2013; 11 years ago (2013-02-14)
Defunct	October 11, 2018; 5 years ago (2018-10-11)
Headquarters	Nerima, Tokyo , Japan
Key people	Yoshiyuki Matsuzaki (CEO)
Website	ims.tokyo

Financial problems

On December 20, 2017, animator Teru Miyazaki posted then deleted a tweet on Twitter stating that an anime studio, implied to be Production IMS, was not paying its animators.^[2] On June 7 the following year, credit research company Tokyo Shoko Research reported that Production IMS began consolidating its debts and that the staff was considering filing for bankruptcy.^[3] The company did later file for bankruptcy on September 21, 2018, and closed on October 11 of the same year.^[4]

List of works

Television series

• Inari, Konkon, Koi Iroha (January 15, 2014 – March 19, 2014)^[5]
• Date A Live II (April 11, 2014 – June 13, 2014)^[6]
• Gonna be the Twin-Tail!! (October 9, 2014 – December 25, 2014)^[7]
• The Testament of Sister New Devil (January 7, 2015 – March 25, 2015)^[8]
• Castle Town Dandelion (July 2, 2015 – September 17, 2015)^[9]
• The Testament of Sister New Devil Burst (October 9, 2015 – December 11, 2015)^[10]
• Active Raid (January 7, 2016 – September 27, 2016) – Co-production with Orange^[11]
• Hundred (April 4, 2016 – June 20, 2016)
• High School Fleet (April 9, 2016 – June 25, 2016)^[12]
• Hybrid × Heart Magias Academy Ataraxia (July 5, 2016 – September 20, 2016)
• Takunomi (January 11, 2018 – March 29, 2018)

Original video animations

• Inari Konkon: Cicada Chorus (2014)
• Date A Live: Encore (2014)
• The Testament of Sister New Devil (2015)
• The Testament of Sister New Devil Burst (2016)
• High School Fleet (2017)
• The Testament of Sister New Devil: Departures (2018)

Films

• Heaven's Lost Property Final – The Movie: Eternally My Master (April 26, 2014)
• Date A Live: Mayuri Judgement (August 22, 2015)

References

1. [Production IMS Co. Ltd./Works] (in Japanese). Production IMS. Archived from the original on August 19, 2016. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
2. Sherman, Jennifer (December 30, 2017). "Animator Claims Anime Studio Production IMS is Not Paying". Anime News Network. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
3. Ressler, Karen (June 11, 2018). "Production IMS Consolidates Debt, Considers Filing for Bankruptcy". Anime News Network. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
4. Komatsu, Mikikazu (October 11, 2018). "Production IMS (Date A Live II, High School Fleet) Closed for Bankruptcy". Crunchyroll. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
5. "Inari, Konkon, Koi Iroha Anime's Promo, TV Spot Feature Opening by May'n". Anime News Network. December 17, 2013. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
6. "Date A Live II TV Anime's 3rd Promo Features sweet ARMS Song". Anime News Network. March 24, 2014. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
7. "Ore, Twintail ni Narimasu. Anime's 2nd Main Promo Features Maaya Uchida's Opening Theme". Anime News Network. September 29, 2014. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
8. "The Testament of Sister New Devil Anime's TV Ad Reveals January 7 Debut". Anime News Network. December 3, 2014. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
9. "Yui Ogura Sings Jōkamachi no Dandelion's Ending Theme". Anime News Network. May 10, 2015. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
10. "The Testament of the Sister New Devil Season 2's Video, Cast, Staff, Visuals Posted". Anime News Network. June 20, 2015. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
11. "Code Geass Director Taniguchi's Active Raid Anime Posts Visual". Anime News Network. October 9, 2015. Retrieved October 10, 2015.
12. "Hai-Furi TV Anime's Staff, April Debut, Story Details, Characters Unveiled". Anime News Network. January 27, 2016. Retrieved January 27, 2016.

External links

•  Tokyo portal
•  Companies portal
•  Anime and manga portal

• Official website (in Japanese)
• Production IMS at Anime News Network's encyclopedia