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Animal Ya (あにまる屋), alternatively called "Animal House" and currently known as Ekura Animal
(エクラアニマル), is a Japanese studio established in 1982 by former Shin-Ei Animation animators Hiroshi Fukutomi and Toshiyuki Honda.
Since 2003, one of their production arms, Studio Comet (スタジオコメット; a studio founded in 1986 by Ex-Tsuchida Production staff members after the studio went out of business, after which, Comet was funded by Animal Ya), split from them. For sake of simplicity, both companies have been combined into this article.
Compare TMS Entertainment, Toei Animation, and Madhouse, other anime companies that have had a presence in Western Animation (TMS in particular), as well as Wombat, Studio Jack and Studio Twinkle, Comet's longtime partners. Do not confuse for Animal House.
Shows (Anime & American) worked on by Animal-Ya/Studio Comet
Animal-Ya- Aladdin: The Series (with Walt Disney Animation Japan, 3 episodes)List
- Android Announcer Maico 2010 (with Group TAC)
- Art of Fighting
- Bonkers (With WDAJ; 5 episodes)List
- Flint the Time Detective (with Group TAC)
- Freakazoid! (the opening, plus "The Chip Parts 1 and 2")
- Gargoyles (with Jade Animation and Morning Sun, 6 episodes)List
- Goof Troop (for WDAJ and Tama Productions, 3 episodes total)List
- Jetlag Productions DTVs (with various Korean studios):
- Alice in Wonderland
- Cinderella
- Curly: The Littlest Puppy
- Happy, the Littlest Bunny
- Heidi
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- Jungle Book, The
- Leo the Lion: King of the Jungle
- Magic Gift of the Snowman
- The Life of Guskou Budori (1994 version)
- The Little Mermaid (for WDAJ and Tama, 6 episodes total)List
- Miami Guns (with Group TAC)
- Mighty Ducks: The Animated Series (4 episodes)List
- Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm (With Hong Ying; Animation and Storyboard services)
- Nightmare Ned (with Tama)
- Shin Dousei Jidai: Hawaiian Breeze
- The Twelve Days Of Christmas (Layouts and Key Animation)
- What A Cartoon! Show (one short: "Meat Fuzzy Lumkins")
- Young Guns (Japanese-Taiwanese co-production)
Studio Comet
- Bikkuriman 2000 (Notable for being the first entry in the Bikkuriman franchise to not be produced by Toei Animation in any way, this wouldn't happen again until 2023 with Bikkurimen being handled by Shin-Ei Animation and Lesprit)
- Capeta
- Castle Town Dandelion (with Production IMS)
- Captain Tsubasa J (with Nippon Animation)
- Cinderella Nine (with TMS Entertainment, A-Line, Studio Twinkle, Rocket Production, and Hiwa)
- Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE! (2 episodes of Season 1; second season and OVA)
- Dragon Quest: Legend of the Hero Abel
- Fairy Ranmaru
- Fatal Fury (Both OVA episodes and the movie)
- Humanoid Monster Bem (2nd series)
- Initial D (First Stage, with Studio Gallop)
- Jewelpet (until Magical Change)
- The Marshmallow Times (with Seoul Movie)
- Onegai My Melody
- Peach Girl
- RobiHachi
- Ruruli Ra Rura (animated cutscenes)
- Saint October
- School Rumble
- Shin Megami Tensei Devil Children: Light & Dark (With Actas)
- Sora no Manimani
- Sora to Umi no Aida (with TMS)
- Super Inventor Boy Kanipan
- Suzuka
- Wan Wan Celeb Soreyuke! Tetsunoshin
- Winter Sonata (prologue episode only)
Other Anime worked on by Animal-Ya/Comet
Animal-Ya/Ekura Animal- Ai Yori Aoshi (In-Between Animation, Enshi season)
- AKIRA (Animation Cooperation)
- All-Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku (Backgrounds, OVA)
- Asura's Wrath (Key & In-Between Animation for "Defiance")
- Anpanman (In-Between Animation)
- Berserk: The Golden Age Arc (Key Animation)
- Birdy the Mighty (Backgrounds)
- Blood+ (In-Between Animation)
- Bubblegum Crisis (Backgrounds)
- Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future (Backgrounds for the "Battle Training" videos, uncredited)
- Cat's Eye (In-Between Animation; uncredited Key Animation for several episodes)
- Cross Ange (2nd Key Animation)
- Cybernetics Guardian (Backgrounds)
- Deadman Wonderland (2nd Key & In-Between Animation)
- Dirty Pair (Backgrounds, OVAs)
- ERASED (In-Between Animation)
- Fairy Tail (2nd Key & In-Between Animation)*
- Full Metal Panic! (Finish & In-Between Animation)
- Full Moon (Animation Cooperation)
- Gate (In-Between Animation)*
- Gatchaman Crowds (In-Between Animation)
- Genesis of Aquarion (In-Between Animation)
- Get Backers (Key Animation; Production Cooperation)
- Golgo 13 (Animation Production Cooperation)
- Granblue Fantasy: The Animation (In-Between Animation)
- Gundam
- Gundam Build Fighters (In-Between Animation)
- Gundam Build Fighters Try (In-Between Animation)
- Gundam: Reconguista in G (In-Between Animation)
- Mobile Suit Gundam F91 (Backgrounds)
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans (In-Between Animation)
- Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin (In-Between Animation)
- Gundam Build Fighters (In-Between Animation)
- Heroman (In-Between Animation)*
- IGPX: Immortal Grand Prix (In-Between Animation)
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2nd Key & In-Between Animation)
- Joker Game (In-Between Animation)
- Kaitou Saint Tail (Backgrounds)
- Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! (2nd Key Animation)*
- Lupin III: From Siberia With Love (Key Animation)
- Macross Plus (Backgrounds)
- Monsuno (Key Animation)
- Noragami (2nd Key & In-Between Animation)*
- Oreimo (2nd Key Animation)
- Princess Principal (In-Between Animation)
- Sakura Quest (Production Cooperation)
- The Seven Deadly Sins (2nd Key Animation)
- SHUFFLE! (In-Between Animation)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Legend of the Supermutants (Key Animation)
- Tokyo Ravens (In-Between Animation)
- The Transformers: The Movie (Key Animation through Yoshitaka Koyama)*
- Twilight of the Cockroaches (Key Animation Support)
- Urusei Yatsura: Always My Darling (Animation Assistance)
- Yona of the Dawn (In-Between Animation)
- You're Under Arrest! (In-Between Animation)
- Yu-Gi-Oh! (In-Between Animation)
- YuYu Hakusho: Poltergeist Report (Animation Assistance)
Studio Comet
- 18if (2nd Key Animation)
- A Channel (In-Between Animation)
- Ah My Buddha (in-between animation for episode 2)
- Ah! My Goddess (In-Between Animation for The Movie, In-Between Assistance and Final Line for the series)
- AKB0048 Next Stage (In-Between Animation)
- Angel Beats! (2nd Key Animation)
- Another (In-Between Animation)
- Astro Boy (Production Support, 2003 series)List
- Berserk (1997) (Key & In-Between Animation)
- Black Jack (1994 OVA, Animation)
- Bleach (Animation)
- Burn Up! (Animation Cooperation for Scramble)
- Canaan (In-Between Animation)
- Cardfight!! Vanguard (Production Assistance with TMS, six episodes)
- Case Closed (CGI and Production Cooperation, Movie 11 onward)
- A Certain Scientific Railgun (2nd Key & In-Between Animation)
- Le Chevalier d'Eon (In-Between Animation)
- Chrono Crusade (In-Between Animation; Production Cooperation)
- The Daughter of Twenty Faces (Production Cooperation with Studio BONES and TMS, two episodes)
- Darker than Black (In-Between Animation)
- DearS (Animation)
- Durarara!! (In-Between Animation)
- Excel♡Saga (In-Between Animation)
- Eyeshield 21 (Animation, series)
- Fullmetal Alchemist (2003) (In-Between Animation; Production Cooperation)
- Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (In-Between Animation; Production Assistance)
- Gintama (In-Between Animation)
- Golden Time (2nd Key Animation)
- Gosick (In-Between Animation)
- Halo Legends (In-Between Animation)
- Hayate the Combat Butler (In-Between Animation, second series)
- High Card (2nd Key Animation)
- Itsudatte My Santa! (in-between animation)
- Karin (In-Between Animation)
- Kiddy GiRL-AND (2nd Key Animation)
- Kimagure Orange Road: The Movie (Background Art)
- Kirby: Right Back at Ya! (Animation Cooperation; CGI)
- Kiss Him, Not Me (Production Cooperation with Group Zen for Brains Base)
- Kuroko's Basketball (In-Between Animation)
- Little Busters! (2nd Key Animation)
- Love Tyrant (Production Cooperation)
- Lupin III: Dead or Alive (Key Animation)
- Mass Effect: Paragon Lost (In-Between Animation)
- Mobile Suit Gundam AGE (In-Between Animation)
- Mobile Suit Gundam Twilight Axis (In-Between Animation)
- Monochrome Factor (Production Cooperation)
- Nanbaka (Production Cooperation)
- Nodame Cantabile (In-Between Animation for Finale)
- Ōban Star-Racers (In-Between Animation)
- Ouran High School Host Club (In-Between Animation)
- Overman King Gainer (In-Between Animation)
- Outbreak Company (2nd Key Animation)
- PandoraHearts (In-Between Animation)
- Professor Layton vs. Ace Attorney (Animation)
- Puella Magi Madoka Magica (In-Between Animation)
- Raideen (In-Between Animation)
- Robotics;Notes (2nd Key & In-Between Animation)
- Saki (2nd Key Animation)
- Skip Beat! (2nd Key & In-Between Animation)
- Soul Eater (In-Between Animation)
- Space☆Dandy (2nd Key & In-Between Animation)
- Spider Riders (In-Between Animation)
- Squid Girl (In-Between Animation)
- Steel Angel Kurumi (Animation)
- Sword of the Stranger (In-Between Animation)
- Tari Tari (In-Between Animation)
- Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 (In-Between Animation)
- Toradora! (2nd Key Animation)
- Two Car (2nd Key Animation)
- Valkyria Chronicles (2nd Key Animation)
Tropes associated by Animal-Ya/Studio Comet
- Animated Adaptation: Mortal Kombat, Miami Guns and most of Comet's output.
- Meaningful Name: For Studio Comet, as 1986 was the year Hailey's Comet passed Earth.
