Asread

Asread Co., Ltd (株式会社アスリード, Kabushiki-gaisha Asurīdo) stylized as asread. is a Japanese animation studio established in November 2003 by ex-Xebec members.^[2]

Asread

Company type	Kabushiki-gaisha
Industry	Japanese animation
Founded	November 2003
Founder	Kiyonori Hiramatsu
Headquarters	Tokyo , Japan
Key people	Kiyonori Hiramatsu (CEO)[1]
Total equity	2 million yen
Number of employees	23[a]
Website	www.asread.net

Works

Television works

Year	Title	Director(s)	Animation producer(s)	Source	Eps.	Refs.
2005–2006	Shuffle!	Naoto Hosoda	Kiyonori Hiramatsu	Visual novel	24
2007	Shuffle! Memories	Naoto Hosoda	Kiyonori Hiramatsu		12
2008	Minami-ke: Okawari	Naoto Hosoda	Kiyonori Hiramatsu	Manga	13
	Ga-Rei: Zero (co-animated with AIC Spirits)	Ei Aoki	Kiyonori Hiramatsu Yoshiyuki Matsuzaki	Manga	12
2009	Minami-ke: Okaeri	Kei Oikawa	Kiyonori Hiramatsu	Manga	13
2011–2012	Future Diary	Naoto Hosoda	Kiyonori Hiramatsu	Manga	26
2013	I Couldn't Become a Hero, So I Reluctantly Decided to Get a Job	Kinji Yoshimoto	Kiyonori Hiramatsu	Light novel	12
2016	Big Order	Nobuharu Kamanaka	Kiyonori Hiramatsu	Manga	10
2018	Lord of Vermilion: The Crimson King (co-animated with Tear Studio)	Eiji Suganuma Satoshi Takafuji	Hiroshi Kudou	Card game	12
2019	Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest (co-animated with White Fox)	Kinji Yoshimoto	Kiyonori Hiramatsu	Light novel	13
2021	Mother of the Goddess' Dormitory	Shunsuke Nakashige	Kiyonori Hiramatsu	Manga	10
2022	Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest 2nd Season (co-animated with Studio Mother)	Akira Iwanaga	Kiyonori Hiramatsu	Light novel	12
2024	Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest 3rd Season	Akira Iwanaga	Kiyonori Hiramatsu	Light novel	16	[3]

OVA/ONAs

Year	Title	Director(s)	Animation producer(s)	Source	Eps.	Refs.
2009	Minami-ke: Betsubara	Kei Oikawa	Kiyonori Hiramatsu	Manga	1
2011	Busō Chūgakusei: Basket Army	Romanov Higa	Kiyonori Hiramatsu Keiko Nashimoto Atsushi Masaoka	Original work	5
2012	Corpse Party: Missing Footage	Akira Iwanaga	—	Video game	1
2013	Corpse Party: Tortured Souls	Akira Iwanaga	—		4
	Future Diary: Redial	Naoto Hosoda	Kiyonori Hiramatsu	Manga	1
2014	I Couldn't Become a Hero, So I Reluctantly Decided to Get a Job	Kinji Yoshimoto	Kiyonori Hiramatsu	Light novel	1
2015	Big Order	Nobuharu Kamanaka	Kiyonori Hiramatsu	Manga	1
2019–2022	Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest (co-animated with White Fox (#1–2) and Studio Mother (#3–4))	Kinji Yoshimoto (#1–2) Akira Iwanaga (#3–4)	Kiyonori Hiramatsu	Light novel	4

Notable staff

Representative staff

• Kiyonori Hiramatsu (founder and president)

Animators

• Hidetsugu Hirayama [ja] (2005~present)

Notes

1. 13 animators, 7 producers, and 3 painters.