Passione (company)

Passione Co., Ltd. (Japanese: 株式会社パッショーネ, Hepburn: Kabushiki-gaisha Passhōne) is a Japanese animation studio founded in 2011.

Passione Co., Ltd.

Native name	株式会社パッショーネ
Romanized name	Kabushiki-gaisha Passhōne
Company type	Kabushiki gaisha
Industry	Japanese animation
Founded	January 26, 2011; 14 years ago (2011-01-26)[1]
Founders	Kazuhiro Saitō
Headquarters	Asagayaminami, Suginami, Tokyo[1] , Japan
Key people	Kazuhiro Saitō (CEO)[1] Takeo Takahashi (director)
Total equity	¥9,500,000[1]
Number of employees	25[1]
Website	passione-anime.com

History

Passione was founded on January 26, 2011 by Kazuhiro Saitō, former production manager of Studio Fantasia.

On July 24, 2022, publisher MF Bunko J announced that Passione would produce the anime adaptation of the light novel series The Demon Sword Master of Excalibur Academy, with Hiroyuki Morita and Yuji Nomi revealed in March 2023 to be the series director and composer, respectively.^[2][3] The series is Morita and Nomi's first collaboration and television work in over a decade,^[4][5] having previously worked together on The Cat Returns (2002) under Studio Ghibli and Bokurano (2007) under Gonzo.^[3][6]

Passione, alongside anime studios Hayabusa Film and Saetta, currently operates an anime themed bar in Osaka named "Anime Cafe&Bar CUE LAMP", which opened on April 10, 2023.^[7]

Works

Television series

#	Title	Series director(s)	Series writer(s)	Year(s)	Network	Co-production(s)	Notes
2010s
1	Haitai Nanafa[8]	Hiroshi Kimura	Kenji Konuta	2012–2013	QAB
2	Rail Wars![8]	Yoshifumi Sueda	Masashi Suzuki	2014	TBS
3	Rokka: Braves of the Six Flowers[8]	Takeo Takahashi	Tatsuhiko Urahata	2015	MBS
4	Hinako Note[8]	Takeo Takahashi[a] Tooru Kitahata	Tatsuhiko Urahata	2017	AT-X
5	Citrus[9]	Takeo Takahashi	Naoki Hayashi	2018	AT-X
6	High School DxD Hero[10]	Yoshifumi Sueda	Kenji Konuta	2018	AT-X		Season four of High School DxD
7	Wasteful Days of High School Girls[11]	Takeo Takahashi[a] Hijiri Sanpei	Masahiro Yokotani	2019	AT-X
8	Z/X Code reunion[12]	Yoshifumi Sueda	Tatsuhiko Urahata	2019	Tokyo MX
2020s
9	Interspecies Reviewers[13]	Yuki Ogawa	Kazuyuki Fudeyasu	2020	AT-X
10	Higurashi: When They Cry – Gou[14][15]	Keiichiro Kawaguchi	Naoki Hayashi	2020–2021	Tokyo MX BS11
11	Higurashi: When They Cry – Sotsu[16]	Keiichiro Kawaguchi	Naoki Hayashi	2021	Tokyo MX BS11
12	Mieruko-chan[17]	Yuki Ogawa	Kenta Ihara	2021	AT-X Tokyo MX KBS Kyoto SUN BS NTV
13	Harem in the Labyrinth of Another World[18]	Naoyuki Tatsuwa	Kurasumi Sunayama	2022	AT-X Tokyo MX
14	Love Flops[19]	Nobuyoshi Nagayama	Ryō Yasumoto	2022	AT-X Tokyo MX KBS Kyoto SUN BS11
15	Yuri Is My Job![20]	Hijiri Sanpei	Naoki Hayashi	2023	AT-X Tokyo MX	Studio Lings
16	The Demon Sword Master of Excalibur Academy[21]	Hiroyuki Morita	Kunihiko Okada	2023	TV Tokyo BS Fuji
17	Ishura[22]	Takeo Takahashi[a] Yuki Ogawa	Kenta Ihara	2024–2025	Tokyo MX BSNTV	Sanzigen (CG animation)
18	Spice and Wolf: Merchant Meets the Wise Wolf[23]	Takeo Takahashi[a] Hijiri Sanpei	Tatsuhiko Urahata[b] Yukito Kizawa[c] Yuki Nekota[c]	2024	TV Tokyo
19	Loner Life in Another World[24]	Akio Kazumi	Kenta Ihara	2024	AT-X Tokyo MX	Hayabusa Film Frontier Engine (Production cooperation)
20	From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman[25]	Akio Kazumi	Kunihiko Okada	2025	TV Asahi	Hayabusa Film
21	Nukitashi the Animation[26]	Nobuyoshi Nagayama	Kenta Ihara	2025	AT-X BS11 GBS KBS Kyoto MTV
22	Chained Soldier (season 2)[27]	Masafumi Tamura	Yasuhiro Nakanishi	2026	TBA	Hayabusa Film
TBA	Seitokai ni mo Ana wa Aru![28]	Naoyuki Tatsuwa	Masahiro Yokotani	TBA	TBA

Related productions

Title	Director(s)	Year(s)	Network	Notes
Rinshi!! Ekoda-chan	Takeo Takahashi	2019	Tokyo MX	Episode 9 only

Original video animation

Year	Title	Director(s)	Eps.	Note(s)	Refs.
2018	God Eater Rezo Nantoka Gekijou	Paraco Sasahara	8	Co-production with Creators in Pack
2019	The Island of Giant Insects	Takeo Takahashi[a] Naoyuki Tatsuwa	1	Later expanded into a feature-length film	[29]
2021	Bean Bandit	Kenichi Sonoda	1	Based on Sonoda's 1989 OVA Riding Bean	[30][31]

Films

Film	Release date	Director(s)	Writer(s)	Based on/Inspired by	Producer(s)	Composer(s)	Notes
The Island of Giant Insects[32]	January 10, 2020	Takeo Takahashi[a] Naoyuki Tatsuwa	Shigeru Morita	Manga by Yasutaka Fujimi	Tatsuya Ishiguro Yūki Yamaoka Jun Itō Fumihiro Ozawa Yukari Kuwayama	Akinari Suzuki Nilsson Johannes
Ōmuro-ke: Dear Sisters	February 2, 2024	Naoyuki Tatsuwa	Masahiro Yokotani	Manga by Namori		Yūsuke Shirato	Co-production with Studio Lings[33]
Ōmuro-ke: Dear Friends	June 21, 2024	Naoyuki Tatsuwa	Masahiro Yokotani	Manga by Namori		Yūsuke Shirato	Co-production with Studio Lings[33]

Notes

1. Credited as Chief Director (総監督, Sō Kantoku).
2. Credited as Series composition (シリーズ構成, Shirīzu kōsei) for Cour 1 only.
3. Credited as Series composition (シリーズ構成, Shirīzu kōsei) for Cour 2 only.