Creator / Studio Junio

Studio Junio (スタジオジュニオ) was an anime studio founded in 1970 by Takao Kozai after Hatena Pro (of which Takao was co-founder) disbanded and split a year prior. Since their establishment, they have worked with TMS and Toei on several anime. In 1999, after the troubled production of Gundress, the company withdrew from the animation business and a year later, reorganized itself as a joint-stock company under the name Junio Brain Trust.

See FAI International and SynergySP, studios founded by former Junio staff.

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Major Productions by Junio:

Anime

• 3×3 Eyes: Legend of the Divine Demon (with Toei)
• DNA Sights 999.9 (with Madhouse and Satelight)
• Gundress - To date, their final production, and the final straw that broke the camel's back for the company.
• Hakugei: Legend of the Moby Dick - First 18 episodes; Tezuka Productions did the rest.
• Kyoryu Wakusei
• Montana Jones (with REVER)
• New Cutey Honey (with Toei and Trans Arts)
• Ninja Gaiden: The Dragon Sword Story
• O-bake no... Holly
• Saber Marionette J (With Hal Film Maker)

Western Animation

• Barbie and the Rockers: Out of This World
• Batman: The Animated Series (Seven episodes^List"The Underdwellers", "Baby Doll", "Dreams in Darkness", "Mudslide", "Blind as a Bat", "A Bullet for Bullock", "Avatar")
• Freakazoid! (One segment: "Next Time, Phone Ahead")
• The Legend of Calamity Jane (3 episodes) ^List"Slip of the Whip", "Troubled Waters", "Without a Vengeance" (all with Jade Animation)
• Popples (Uncredited animation for DiC Entertainment, with KK C&D Asia, Studio Shaft, Studio Korumi and Madhouse)
• Road Rovers (Animation alongside AKOM. Episodes done with Jade, Studio DEEN, Thai Wang Film Production and Group TAC)

Other Projects by Junio

Anime

• Agent Aika (In-Between Animation)
• Anpanman (Finish & In-Between Animation; Production Cooperation)
• Cyber Team in Akihabara (Key Animation)
• Dragon Ball Z (Key & In-Between Animation; Also worked on the first series)
• Flame of Recca (In-Between Animation)
• Gasaraki (Animation)
• Ghost in the Shell (In-Between Animation)
• Honey Bee in Toycomland (co-producer with TMS)
• Japanese Masterpiece Fairytale Series: Heart of the Red Bird (aka Akai Tori no Kokoro)
• Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade (In-Between Animation)
• Kaitou Saint Tail (Ink & Paint)
• Lupin III (Key Animation for Lupin III: Dead or Alive, Lupin III: From Siberia With Love and Lupin III: Voyage to Danger; Animation Assistance for Lupin III: The Secret of Twilight Gemini; was also involved with Lupin III: Part 1)
• Macross 7 (Ending Animation for Encore)
• Martian Successor Nadesico (Finish Animation)
• Neon Genesis Evangelion (Animation, End of Evangelion)
• New Gigantor (Animation Cooperation for TMS)
• Penguin Memories (Animation Cooperation for KK C&D Asia ^note who is under the name of Animation Staff Room due to contract issues with DiC Entertainment at the time of its production)
• The Rose of Versailles (Finish Animation)
• Rurouni Kenshin (Key Animation)
• Slayers (Production Assistance for The Movie)
• Super Mario
  • Amada Anime Series: Super Mario Bros (Production Cooperation)
  • Super Mario's Fire Brigade (Production Cooperation for Toei)
  • Super Mario Traffic Safety (Production Cooperation for Toei)
• Tokimeki Tonight (Finish Animation; Animation Cooperation)
• Touch (1981) (Production Assistance)
• Trigun (In-Between Animation; Production Cooperation)

Video Game

• The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Illustrations through Minoru Maeda)
• Ninja Hayate (Animation with Toei, uncredited)
• Punch-Out!! (Illustration work)
• Sonic the Hedgehog CD (Cutscenes, With Toei)
• Time Gal (Animation with Toei, uncredited)

Western Animation

• Animaniacs (Animation Cooperation for TMS, uncredited)^List"Piano Rag", "The Flame"
• The Jetsons (Animation Cooperation for Toei Animation, Season 3, 1 episode ^note The Odd Pod, uncredited)
• M.A.S.K. (Animation services for Season 1, uncredited)
• The Real Ghostbusters (Animation, uncredited)^ListSeasons 1-2 for DiC; At least two additional elements seemingly carry their style: the first first opening animation; and "Follow That Hearse" in Season 4. Both for Toei

Western Animation; Unconfirmed

• The Transformers ^*At least nine Season 2 episodes carry their style: "The Immobilizer" (with Sei Young), "Dinobot Island, Part 1", "Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1", "Blaster Blues", "Quest For Survival", "The Gambler" (with Sei Young), "Auto-Bop", "The Search For Alpha Trion" (with Sei Young) and "The Revenge of Bruticus" (with Dai Won)

Tropes associated with Junio

• Animation Bump: Sonic CD, Batman
• Animesque: One of Junio's Batman episodes had this (see Off Model below).
• How the Mighty Have Fallen: What was once one of the more well-respected anime studios out there. Junio would suffer greatly during the production of Gundress, it effectively killed any remaining goodwill they had left, and forced them to change industries entirely. Most of its animation staff would go on to form FAI International and Synergy SP.

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