Production IMS

Production IMS Co., Ltd. (Japanese: 株式会社プロダクションアイムズ, Hepburn: Kabushiki-gaisha Purodakushon Aimuzu), or Production IMS, was a Japanese animation studio established on February 14, 2013, by former staff members from AIC Spirits. Its headquarters were located in Nerima, Tokyo, Japan.^[1]

Production IMS Co., Ltd.

Native name	株式会社プロダクションアイムズ
Romanized name	Kabushiki-gaisha Purodakushon Aimuzu
Company type	Kabushiki gaisha
Industry	Japanese animation
Founded	February 14, 2013; 12 years ago (2013-02-14)
Defunct	October 11, 2018; 6 years ago (2018-10-11)
Headquarters	Nerima, Tokyo , Japan
Key people	Yoshiyuki Matsuzaki (CEO)
Website	ims.tokyo

Financial problems

On December 20, 2017, animator Teru Miyazaki posted then deleted a tweet on Twitter stating that an anime studio, implied to be Production IMS, was not paying its animators.^[2] On June 7 the following year, credit research company Tokyo Shoko Research reported that Production IMS began consolidating its debts and that the staff was considering filing for bankruptcy.^[3] The company did later file for bankruptcy on September 21, 2018, and closed on October 11 of the same year.^[4]

List of works

Television series

• Inari, Konkon, Koi Iroha (January 15, 2014 – March 19, 2014)^[5]
• Date A Live II (April 11, 2014 – June 13, 2014)^[6]
• Gonna be the Twin-Tail!! (October 9, 2014 – December 25, 2014)^[7]
• The Testament of Sister New Devil (January 7, 2015 – March 25, 2015)^[8]
• Castle Town Dandelion (July 2, 2015 – September 17, 2015)^[9]
• The Testament of Sister New Devil Burst (October 9, 2015 – December 11, 2015)^[10]
• Active Raid (January 7, 2016 – September 27, 2016) – Co-production with Orange^[11]
• Hundred (April 4, 2016 – June 20, 2016)
• High School Fleet (April 9, 2016 – June 25, 2016)^[12]
• Hybrid × Heart Magias Academy Ataraxia (July 5, 2016 – September 20, 2016)
• Takunomi (January 11, 2018 – March 29, 2018)

Original video animations

• Inari Konkon: Cicada Chorus (2014)
• Date A Live: Encore (2014)
• The Testament of Sister New Devil (2015)
• The Testament of Sister New Devil Burst (2016)
• High School Fleet (2017)
• The Testament of Sister New Devil: Departures (2018)

Films

• Heaven's Lost Property Final – The Movie: Eternally My Master (April 26, 2014)
• Date A Live: Mayuri Judgement (August 22, 2015)