Bridge (studio)

Bridge Inc. (Japanese: 株式会社ブリッジ, Hepburn: Kabushiki-gaisha Burijji) is a Japanese animation studio founded in 2007 by former staff from Sunrise.

Bridge Inc.

Native name	株式会社ブリッジ
Romanized name	Kabushiki-gaisha Burijji
Company type	Kabushiki gaisha
Industry	Japanese animation
Founded	October 8, 2007; 17 years ago (2007-10-08)
Headquarters	9-1 Kamiigusa 3 - chome, Suginami, Tokyo, Japan
Key people	Chieo Ohashi (Representative Director) Nobuhiro Kondo (Director)
Net income	¥8,000,000
Website	www.bridge-inc.co.jp

History

Bridge was founded by members of Sunrise's 6th studio while producing Sgt. Frog.^[1]

Works

Television series

Year	Title	Director(s)	Animation producer(s)	Source	Eps.	Refs.
2010	Mitsudomoe	Masahiko Ohta	Youichi Watanabe	Manga	13	[2]
2011	Mitsudomoe Zōryōchū!	Masahiko Ohta	Youichi Watanabe		8
2013	Devil Survivor 2: The Animation	Seiji Kishi	Yasuo Suda	Video game	13
2014	Nobunagun	Nobuhiro Kondo	Youichi Watanabe	Manga	13	[3]
2014–2019	Fairy Tail (episodes 176–328 (S2–S3); co-animated with A-1 Pictures & CloverWorks (S3))	Shinji Ishihira	Hiroshi Iijima Koutarou Nakayama	Manga	153	[4]
2016	Seisen Cerberus: Ryūkoku no Fatalite	Nobuhiro Kondo	Koutarou Nakayama Kimiha Makino	Mobile game	13	[5]
2016–2017	Flowering Heart (co-animated with DR Movie & DR Busan)	Shinji Ishihira	Hiroshi Iijima	Original work	52
2016–2019	Shōnen Ashibe GO! GO! Goma-chan (S1–S3) (co-animated with Husio Studio (S1–S2) and Studio Palette (S3))	Nobuhiro Kondo	Koutarou Nakayama Takashi Iguchi	Manga	96
2017	The Royal Tutor	Katsuya Kikuchi	Hiroshi Iijima	Manga	12	[6]
2017–2018	Cardfight!! Vanguard G: Z (co-animated with OLM)	Nobuhiro Kondo	Tsukasa Koitabashi	Card game	24
2018	The Seven Heavenly Virtues	Shinji Ishihira	Hiroshi Iijima	Manga	10	[7]
2020	Talentless Nana	Shinji Ishihira	Hiroshi Iijima	Manga	13	[8]
2020–2021	Pon Qiao Booth	Hashizou	Akira Tsunoda	Original work	22	[9]
2020–2022	Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens	Nobuhiro Kondo	Kouto Tono	Original work/manga	92	[10]
2021–2022	Shaman King	Jouji Furuta	Hiroshi Iijima Koutarou Nakayama	Manga	52	[11]
2022-2025	Yu-Gi-Oh! Go Rush!!	Nobuhiro Kondo	Kimiha Makino	Original work/manga	151	[12]
2024	Shaman King: Flowers	Jouji Furuta	Hiroshi Iijima Akira Tsunoda	Manga	13	[13]
2025	Farmagia	Shinji Ishihira Toshihiko Sano	Akira Tsunoda	Video game	TBA	[14]
	Bad Girl	Jouji Furuta	Hiroshi Iijima	Manga	TBA	[15]
	Hotel Inhumans	Tetsurō Amino	TBA	Manga	TBA	[16]

OVAs/ONAs

Year	Title	Director(s)	Animation producer(s)	Source	Eps.	Refs.
2012	Ichigeki Sacchuu!! Hoihoi-san: Legacy	Itsuro Kawasaki	—	Manga	1
2015	Ragnarok	Kazuyoshi Katayama	—	Original work	1	[17]
2018	The Seven Heavenly Virtues	Shinji Ishihira	Hiroshi Iijima	Manga	4

Gross outsource works

Works in which Bridge served as "gross outsource" (full outsource) studio, either across an entire series or individual episodes.

• Saint Seiya: Soul of Gold (Toei Animation, 2015)^[18]

Notable staff

Representative staff

• Chieo Oohashi (founder and president)
• Nobuhiro Kondo [ja] (director)

Animation producers

• Yasuo Suda (2008~2013) founded NAZ
• Youichi Watanabe (2008~2014) moved to NAZ
• Hiroshi Iijima (2008~present)
• Kimiha Makino (2010~present)
• Koutarou Nakayama (2014~present)

See also

• NAZ – Studio founded by ex-Bridge staff.