Artmic

Artmic Co., Ltd., (Japanese: 有限会社アートミック, Hepburn: Yūgen-gaisha Ātomikku) was a Japanese animation design studio formed in 1978. It went bankrupt and was liquidated in 1997. AIC RIGHTS now holds the intellectual property of most of Artmic's titles. The studio was founded by Toshimichi Suzuki after he left Tatsunoko Productions in 1978. The company's name is short for "Art and Modern Ideology for Creation".

Artmic

Native name	有限会社アートミック
Romanized name	Yūgen-gaisha Ātomikku
Company type	Yūgen-gaisha
Industry	Anime
Founded	1978; 47 years ago (1978)
Defunct	1997; 28 years ago (1997)
Headquarters	Japan
Key people	Toshimichi Suzuki

Members

• Kenichi Sonoda
• Shinji Aramaki
• Kimitoshi Yamane
• Hideki Kakinuma

Works

Feature films and single-episode OVAs

Year	Series title	Director	Runtime	In partnership with
1982	The Wizard of Oz	Fumihiko Takayama	80 minutes	Topcraft
1982	Techno Police 21C	Masashi Matsumoto	80 minutes	Studio Nue
1985	Megazone 23 – Part I	Noboru Ishiguro	80 minutes	Artland
1986	Megazone 23 – Part II	Ichirō Itano	80 minutes	Artland
1986	Mospeada: Love Live Alive	Katsuhisa Yamada	50 minutes	Tatsunoko
1986	Wanna-Be's	Yasuo Hasegawa	45 minutes	AIC
1986	Gall Force: Eternal Story	Katsuhito Akiyama	85 minutes	AIC
1987	Gall Force 2: Destruction	Katsuhito Akiyama	50 minutes	AIC
1987	Metal Skin Panic MADOX-01	Shinji Aramaki	40 minutes	AIC
1988	Ten Little Gall Force	Katsuhito Akiyama	25 minutes	AIC
1988	Gall Force 3: Stardust Wars	Katsuhito Akiyama	60 minutes	AIC
1989	Riding Bean	Yasuo Hasegawa	50 minutes	AIC
1992	Scramble Wars	Hiroyuki Fukushima	25 minutes	AIC
1996	Hikarian	Chikae Kuwahara	25 minutes	Tokyo Kids

TV and OVA series

Year	Series title	Director	No. of episodes	In partnership with
1983	Genesis Climber Mospeada	Katsuhisa Yamada	25	Tatsunoko
1984	Super High Speed Galvion	Akira Shigino	22	Kokusai Eigasha
1987	Bubblegum Crisis	Katsuhito Akiyama	8	AIC
1987	Dangaioh	Toshiki Hirano	3	AIC
1988	Hades Project Zeorymer	Toshiki Hirano	4	AIC
1989	Megazone 23 – Part III	Shinji Aramaki Kenichi Yatagai	2	AIC
1990	Hissatsuman	Hiroshi Sasagawa	3	Watanabe Promotion
1990	A.D. Police Files	Takamasa Ikegami Akira Nishimori	3	AIC
1990	The Hakkenden: Part I	Takashi Anno	6	AIC
1991	Bubblegum Crash	Hiroshi Ishiodori	3	Artland
1991	Detonator Orgun	Masami Ohbari	3	AIC
1992	Genesis Survivor Gaiarth	Shinji Aramaki	3	AIC
1993	Casshan: Robot Hunter	Hiroyuki Fukushima	4	Tatsunoko
1994	Genocyber	Koichi Ohata	5	Artland
1994	Gatchaman	Akihiko Nishiyama	3	Tatsunoko
1995	Battle Skipper	Takashi Watanabe	3	Tokyo Kids
1996	Power Dolls	Tsuneo Tominaga Masamitsu Hidaka	2	OLM

External links

• Artmic at Anime News Network's encyclopedia