Artland (company)

Animation Studio Artland Inc.
Native name	株式会社アニメーションスタジオ・アートランド
Romanized name	Kabushiki-gaisha Animēshon Sutajio Ātorando
Type	Kabushiki-gaisha
Industry	Animation
Founded	December 1, 2010
Headquarters	Musashino, Tokyo, Japan
Key people	Kuniharu Okano (President)
Products	Anime
Services	Animation production
Owner	Kuniharu Okano
Number of employees	11 (as of March 2016)
Website	www.artland.co.jp

Artland Inc.
Native name	株式会社アートランド
Romanized name	Kabushiki-gaisha Ātorando
Type	Kabushiki-gaisha
Industry	Animation
Founded	September 14, 1978
Founder	Noboru Ishiguro
Defunct	2015
Headquarters	Musashino, Tokyo, Japan
Key people	Hidenobu Watanabe (Representative Director and President)
Products	Anime
Services	Animation production
Number of employees	11 (as of March 2016)
Parent	Marvelous

Artland Inc. (Japanese: 株式会社アートランド, Hepburn: Kabushiki-gaisha Ātorando) is a Japanese animation studio. It has produced numerous noted anime series, including the award-winning Mushishi and epic Legend of the Galactic Heroes. It is also well known for producing the anime adaptation of Katekyō Hitman Reborn!.

History

On March 17, 2006, Marvelous Entertainment announced that Artland would become a subsidiary of Marvelous Entertainment Inc., effective on April 3, 2006.^[1] Subsequently, Artland became a kabushiki-gaisha.

On November 15, 2010, Marvelous Entertainment Inc. announced the split of Artland Inc.'s animation department into Animation Studio Artland Inc., effective on 2010-12-01. All shares of the new company then were transferred to Kuniharu Okano.^[2]

In December 2010, Animation Studio Artland Inc. (Japanese: 株式会社アニメーションスタジオ・アートランド, Hepburn: Kabushiki-gaisha Animēshon Sutajio Ātorando) was established and Artland Inc.'s animation production business was transferred to the new company.

In 2015, Emon, the Japanese branch of Haoliners Animation League, bought a 51% stake in the company, with Artland's president Kuniharu Okano owning the other 49%, in order to strengthen business and animation production relations between the two companies. In July 2017, however, it was reported that the company was closing down due to financial debt.^[3] Kuniharu Okano later stated that "the company was seeking restructuring help" rather than shutting down,^[4] but in August of the same year Emon reported having transferred its stakes to Tokyo-based company LEVELS, citing difficulties with restructuring an overseas animation studio. The debt incurred by Artland is reported to have been from outsourcing, which was said to have "comprised almost 90% of its production costs."^[5]

Works

Television series

Super Dimension Fortress Macross (1982–1983, with Studio Nue and Tatsunoko)
Super Dimension Century Orguss (1983–1984, with Studio Nue and TMS Entertainment)
Yūgo (2003, episodes 7–13)
Gag Manga Biyori (2005)
Mushishi (2005–2006)
We Were There (2006)
Gag Manga Biyori 2 (2006)
Happiness! (2006–2007)
Katekyō Hitman Reborn! (2006–2010)
Kono Aozora ni Yakusoku wo ~Yōkoso Tsugumi Ryōhe~ (2007)
Kenkō Zenrakei Suieibu Umishō (2007)
Gunslinger Girl -Il Teatrino- (2008)
Hakushaku to Yōsei (2008)
Tytania (2008–2009)
Demon King Daimao (2010)
Tantei Opera Milky Holmes 2 (2012, with J.C.Staff)
Tantei Opera Milky Holmes Alternative (2012-2013, with J.C. Staff)
Senran Kagura (2013)
Mushishi ~Next Passage~ (2014)
Komori-san Can't Decline (2015)
Seven Mortal Sins (2017, with TNK)