Hoods Entertainment
Japanese animation studio
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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.
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Native name | フッズエンタテインメント株式会社 |
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Romanized name | Kabushiki-gaisha Fuzzu Entateimento |
| Type | Kabushiki gaisha |
| Industry | Japanese animation |
| Founded | February 2009 |
| Founder | Osamu Nagai |
| Successor | Staple Entertainment |
| Headquarters | Suginami, Tokyo, Japan |
Key people | Osamu Nagai (CEO) |
| Products | Aki Sora The Qwaser of Stigmata Mysterious Girlfriend X Drifters |
Number of employees | 4 (as of 2017)[1] |
| Website | www |
History
The studio was founded in 2009 by former Gonzo producer Osamu 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 same as Hoods Entertainment's headquarters, indicating that Hoods Entertainment may be defunct with Staple Entertainment taking over.[4]
Works
Television series
| Year | Title | Director(s) | Animation producer(s) | Source | Eps. | Refs. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | The Qwaser of Stigmata | Hiraku Kaneko | Producer: Osamu Nagai |
Manga | 24 | |
| 2011 | The Qwaser of Stigmata II | Hiraku Kaneko | Producer: Osamu Nagai |
Manga | 12 | |
| Manyū Hiken-chō | Hiraku Kaneko | Manga | 12 | |||
| 2012 | Mysterious Girlfriend X | Ayumu Watanabe | Producer: Osamu Nagai |
Manga | 12 | |
| 2013 | Fantasista Doll[a] | Hisashi Saitou | Kazuhiko Ikeguchi Yuuji Hori Osamu Nagai[a] |
Original work | 12 | |
| BlazBlue Alter Memory (co-producued with teamKG) |
Hideki Tachibana | Osamu 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) |
Osamu 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 | Osamu Nagai | Multi-media project | 12 | |
OVA/ONAs
| Year | Title | Director(s) | Animation producer(s) | Source | Eps. | Refs. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Aki Sora | Takeo Takahashi | Producer: Osamu Nagai |
Manga | 1 | |
| 2010 | Aki Sora ~Yume no Naka~ | Takeo Takahashi | Osamu Nagai | Manga | 2 | |
| The Qwaser of Stigmata: Portrait of the Empress | Hiraku Kaneko | Producer: Osamu Nagai |
Manga | 1 | ||
| 2012 | Mysterious Girlfriend X | Ayumu Watanabe | Producer: Osamu Nagai |
Manga | 1 | |
| Hori-san to Miyamura-kun (episodes 1–2) | Shingo Natsume (1) Erkin Kawabata (2) |
Producer: Osamu Nagai |
Manga | 2 | ||
| 2013 | Kagaku Na Yatsura | Hiraku Kaneko | Producer: Osamu Nagai |
Manga | 1 | |
| Rescue Me! | Keiichiro Kawaguchi | Producer: Osamu Nagai |
Manga | 1 | ||
| Ark IX | Keiichiro Kawaguchi | Osamu Nagai | Manga | 1 | ||
| 2013–2014 | Vanquished Queens | Shin Itagaki | Osamu 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 | Osamu Nagai | Video game | 1 | |
| 2015–2016 | Hantsu × Trash | Hisashi Saitou | Osamu 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
Representative staff
- Osamu Nagai (founder and president)
Animation producers
- Shinya Ueda (2014~2020, founder of Staple Entertainment)
Notes
- Project generalization (プロジェクト統括) by Amber Film Works and Juumonji. Hoods Entertainment's Osamu 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 team consisting of directors Kaori Hayashi, Tomomi Kamiya, Kenichi Konishi, Yuu Nobuta, and Mami Sodeyama