P.A.Works

P.A.Works Corporation
株式会社ピーエーワークス
Kabushiki gaisha
Industry Entertainment
Japanese animation
Interactive media
Founded November 10, 2000 (2000-11-10)
Founder Kenji Horikawa
Headquarters Nanto, Toyama, Japan
Key people
 Kenji Horikawa (President)
Number of employees
 90 (April 2014)
Website www.pa-works.jp/en/

P.A.Works Corporation (株式会社ピーエーワークス Kabushiki-gaisha Pī Ē Wākusu, short for Progressive Animation Works) is a Japanese animation studio established on November 10, 2000 and is located in Nanto, Toyama, Japan. The company's president and founder Kenji Horikawa once worked for Tatsunoko Production, Production I.G, and Bee Train before forming P.A.Works in 2000. The main office is located in Toyama, Japan, which is where the drawing and digital photography take place, and production and direction takes place in their Tokyo office. The company is also involved with animation in video games, as well as collaborating in the past with Production I.G and Bee Train to create anime. In January 2008, P.A.Works produced True Tears, their first anime series as the main animation studio involved in the production process.[1]

Produced series

TV series produced

True Tears
Canaan
Angel Beats!
Hanasaku Iroha
Another
Tari Tari
Red Data Girl[2][3]
Koitabi: True Tours Nanto[4]
The Eccentric Family[5]
Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea
Glasslip
Shirobako
Charlotte
Haruchika
Kuromukuro

Films produced

Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva
Mai no Mahō to Katei no Hi
Bannou Yasai Ninninman
Hanasaku Iroha: Home Sweet Home

TV series partially produced

Animated films partially produced

Video games partially animated

Others

  • Longing for a Tear Bringing Sky "Lovers in Tateyama" [7]
  • Longing for a Tear Bringing Sea "A Friendship on the Beach" [8]
  • Longing for a Tear Bringing Cuisine "Grandpa in Gokayama" [9]

References

  1. ↑ "P.A. Works work list" (in Japanese). P.A.Works company info. Retrieved 2008-02-19.
  2. ↑ "RDG -Red Data Girl-". P.A.Works. Retrieved July 22, 2012.
  3. ↑ "RDG Red Data Girl Fantasy Novels Have Anime in the Works". Anime News Network. December 17, 2011. Retrieved July 22, 2012.
  4. ↑ "True Tears' P.A. Works Makes True Tours Nanto Anime Short". Anime News Network.
  5. ↑ "P.A. Works' Uchōten Kazoku Anime Teaser Streamed". Anime News Network. 2013-03-21. Retrieved 2013-03-26.
  6. ↑ "P.A. Works Reveals Kuromukuro 15th Anniversary TV Anime Project". Anime News Network. December 21, 2015. Retrieved December 30, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Longing for a Tear Bringing Sky "Lovers in Tateyama"" (in Japanese). Anime project tourism Toyama. 2009-06-24. Retrieved 2009-07-06.
  8. ↑ "Longing for a Tear Bringing Sea "A Friendship on the Beach"" (in Japanese). Anime project tourism Toyama. 2009-06-24. Retrieved 2009-07-06.
  9. ↑ "Longing for a Tear Bringing Cuisine "Grandpa in Gokayama"" (in Japanese). Anime project tourism Toyama. 2009-06-24. Retrieved 2009-07-06.

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