OLM, Inc.

OLM, Inc. (株式会社オー・エル・エム, Kabushiki Gaisha Ō Eru Emu), formerly Oriental Light and Magic, is a Japanese animation and film studio headquartered in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan. Founded in June 1994 by Toshiaki Okuno, Shukichi Kanda, Shoji Ota, Kunihiko Yuyama, Naohito Takahashi, Yuriko Chiba, Moto Sakakibara, Nobuyuki Wasaki and Takaya Mizutani, OLM have worked on several anime series, with Pokémon their most prominent work. As of 2013, the animation studio is composed of six teams, which are led by Tsukasa Koitabashi, Nobuyuki Wasaki, Yasuteru Kamei, Hiroyuki Kato, Takashi Inoue and Keisuke Miyagawa.

In recent years, OLM has expanded its business into the field of TV drama and live action feature films, producing titles like Shield of Straw.

Productions

TV series

• Wedding Peach (1995)
• Mojacko (1995â€"1997)
• Pokémon (1997â€"present)
  • Pokémon Origins (2013 TV special, fourth part)
• Berserk (1997â€"1998)
• Adventures of Mini-Goddess (1998â€"1999)
• To Heart (1999)
• Steel Angel Kurumi (1999)
• Comic Party (2001)
• Figure 17 (2001â€"2002)
• Piano: The Melody of a Young Girl's Heart (2002â€"2003)
• Full-Blast Science Adventure â€" So That's How It Is (2003â€"2004)
• Godannar (co-production with AIC) (2003â€"2004)
• Croket! (2003â€"2005)
• Monkey Turn (2004)
• Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple (2004â€"2005)
• Guyver: The Bioboosted Armor (2005-2006)
• Makai Senki Disgaea (2006)
• Utawarerumono (2006)
• Ray the Animation (2006)
• Super Robot Wars Original Generation: Divine Wars (2006â€"2007)
• Gift: Eternal Rainbow (2006)
• Deltora Quest (2007â€"2008)
• Inazuma Eleven series
  • Inazuma Eleven (2008â€"2011)
  • Inazuma Eleven GO (2011â€"2014)
• Tamagotchi! (2009â€"present)
• Hanakappa (2010â€"present) (co-production with Xebec)
• Danball Senki (2011â€"2013)
• Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures (2013â€"present) (CG animated series, co-production with Sprite Animation Studios)
• Future Card Buddyfight (2014-present) (co-production with Xebec)
• Yo-Kai Watch (2014-present)
• Monster Retsuden Oreca Battle (2014-present) (co-production with Xebec)
• Dragon Collection (2014-present)

Films

• Blade of the Phantom Master (co-production with Character Plan) (2004)
• Dōbutsu no Mori (2006)
• Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva (co-production with P.A. Works) (2009)

OVA

• Gunsmith Cats (1995-1996)
• Queen Emeraldas (First two OVA's only) (1998)

Specials

• Pac's Scary Halloween (2015)
• Santa Pac's Merry Berry Day (2015)

Game

• Pokémon Black and White 2 Animated Trailer (2012)

References

External links

• OLM Incorporated
• OLM Incorporated (Japanese)
• OLM, Inc. at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• OLM, Inc. at the Internet Movie Database