Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective

OLM (studio)

Japanese animation studio From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

OLM (studio)
Remove ads

OLM, Inc. (Japanese: 株式会社オー・エル・エム, Hepburn: Kabushiki-gaisha Ō Eru Emu), (formerly Oriental Light and Magic), is a Japanese animation and film studio headquartered in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan,[2] founded on October 3, 1990, by former Studio Gallop and OB Planning employees. They are best known for producing the Pokémon and Berserk anime series.

Quick Facts Native name, Romanized name ...
Remove ads

Establishment

OLM was founded as Oriental Light and Magic, Inc. on October 3, 1990, by Toshiaki Okuno, Shūkichi Kanda, Shōji Ōta, Kunihiko Yuyama, Naohito Takahashi, Yuriko Chiba, Nobuyuki Wasaki, Tsukasa Koitabashi, and Takaya Mizutani, all of which were formerly affiliated with Studio Gallop or OB Planning. Their name is derived from the American special effects studio Industrial Light & Magic.

In 1995, OLM representative director Toshiaki Okuno founded OLM Digital, which became the main CG work company behind a majority of OLM's works. Toshiaki Okuno stood as both companies' representative director since their establishment until 2024, when he elected to step down from his position. Hideki Kama, the vice president of the company at the time, was declared his successor at the main studio, while Misako Saka would succeed him as the representative director of OLM Digital. These changes took place on April 1, 2024.[3] Okuno remains with the company as part of the board of directors.

Remove ads

Studio structure

Summarize
Perspective

Similar to Bandai Namco Filmworks and Bones, OLM is divided into separate, distinct production lines that are typically named after the Animation Producer[a] leading the production. As of 2025, the studio officially operates six separate production lines.

More information Current OLM Production Units, Team Name ...
Remove ads

Works

Summarize
Perspective

TV series

More information Title, First run start date ...

Films

More information Title, Release date ...

Original video/net animations

More information Title, Release start date ...

Music videos

More information Title, Release date ...

Video games

More information Title, Release date ...

Video game trailers/pilot films

More information Title, Release date ...

Live action TV series

More information Title, First run start date ...

Live action net series

More information Title, First run start date ...

Specials/commercials

  • Pac's Scary Halloween (2015)
  • Santa Pac's Merry Berry Day (2015)
  • RYOTEI-NO-AJI "My Whimsical Little Boy" (Team Kato) (2023)[82]

Distribution/dubbing

Remove ads

Notes

  1. Team names often attributed to the Production Manager (制作担当) of the title until around 2014. Few titles before this time credited the team leaders as Animation Producers.
  2. Takashi Inoue is currently a Production Supervisor. Titles with him as Production Supervisor have the team name OLM Division 2, except for Ninjala.
  3. Written as TEAM 櫻 until Episode 12 of PriPri Chi-chan!!
  4. OLM took over animation production in September 2010 after the original animation studio, Group TAC, went bankrupt.
  5. Katsuhito Masuda and Daisuke Yoshioka are the animation producers, with Hiroyuki Kato serving as the production supervisor.
  6. First aired at the Inazuma Eleven Big Revival Festival event on January 21, 2018.
  7. Release date of the PlayStation port, which first featured the opening animation.
  8. Three unaired episodes were included in the DVD release.
Remove ads

References

Loading related searches...

Wikiwand - on

Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.

Remove ads