:Ultra Super Pictures
{{Short description|Japanese holding company}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Ultra Super Pictures
| native_name = 株式会社ウルトラスーパーピクチャーズ
| romanized_name = Kabushiki gaisha Urutora-sūpā-pikuchāzu
| logo = Ultra Super Pictures Logo.png
| image = IMG lidenfilms.jpg
| image_caption = Headquarters in Suginami, Tokyo
| type = Kabushiki gaisha
| genre =
| foundation = {{start date and age|August 8, 2011}}
| founders = {{Unbulleted list|Hiroaki Matsuura|Daisuke Suzuki|Hiroshi Adachi|Shunsaku Nagura|Kentaro Shiga}}
| hq_location = Kamiogi
| hq_location_city = Suginami, Tokyo
| hq_location_country = Japan
| origins =
| key_people = {{Unbulleted list|Hiroaki Matsuura (representative director)|Daisuke Suzuki (director)}}
| area_served = Worldwide
| industry = Anime (holding company)
| products =
| revenue = ¥210 million
| operating_income =
| net_income =
| num_employees =
| owner = Good Smile Company
Max Factory
Bushiroad
Nitroplus
Pixiv
| subsid = Sanzigen
Ordet
Trigger
Liden Films
ENGI (5% ownership)
| homepage = [https://uspi.jp/ uspi.jp]
| footnotes =
}}
{{Nihongo|Ultra Super Pictures|株式会社ウルトラスーパーピクチャーズ|Kabushiki gaisha Urutora-sūpā-pikuchāzu}} is a Japanese joint holding company established in 2011 comprising animation studios Sanzigen, Ordet, Trigger, Liden Films, and Galaxy Graphics.{{cite web|title=Sanzigen, Ordet, Trigger Form Ultra Super Pictures Holding Firm|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-10-27/sanzigen-ordet-trigger-form-ultra-super-pictures-holding-firm|publisher=Anime News Network|date=27 November 2011|access-date=8 February 2014}} They also co-own a part of ENGI, a studio established by Kadokawa in 2018.
Member studios
- Sanzigen
- Ordet
- Trigger
- Liden Films
- Galaxy Graphics
Ultra Super Anime Time
{{Outdated as of|year=2024|month=March|type=section}}
In 2015 it was announced that Ultra Super Pictures would be producing a 30-minute anime block called Ultra Super Anime Time, airing on Tokyo MX and BS11 TV channels, starting from July 3, 2015. Ultra Super Sisters are navigation characters of the program composed of {{Nihongo|Supica|スピカ|Supika}} and {{Nihongo|Sumaco|スマ子|Sumako}} voiced by Kaori Ishihara and Yui Ogura respectively.{{cite web|title=Nexus Animates Wakaba Girl Comedy Anime|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-03-21/nexus-animates-wakaba-girl-comedy-anime/.86214|publisher=Anime News Network|date=21 March 2015|access-date=21 March 2015}} The block features 3 short-length anime series, of which the following have been announced:
;Summer 2015
- Miss Monochrome season 2
- Wooser's Hand-to-Mouth Life season 3
- Wakaba Girl
;Fall 2015
- Miss Monochrome season 3
- Hacka Doll the Animation {{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2015-05-13/hacka-doll-anime-to-premiere-on-october-2/.88043|title=Hacka Doll Anime to Premiere on October 2|publisher=Anime News Network|date=13 May 2015|access-date=13 May 2015}}
- Kagewani
;Winter 2016
- Please Tell Me! Galko-chan
- Sekkō Boys
- Tabi Machi Late Show (January only)
- Kono Danshi, Mahou ga Oshigoto Desu. (February only)
- Kanojo to Kanojo no Neko: Everything Flows (March only)
;Spring 2016
- Space Patrol Luluco
- Puchimas! Petit Idolmaster (re-broadcast)
- Kagewani season 2{{cite web |url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-02-07/kagewani-monster-suspense-anime-gets-2nd-season-in-april/.98424 |title=Kagewani Monster Suspense Anime Gets 2nd Season in April |date=7 February 2016 |website=Anime News Network |access-date=7 February 2016 }}
Animated works
A list of works co-produced by Ultra Super Pictures.
- Harmonie (2014, animated by Studio Rikka)
- Monster Strike (2015–2016, animated by Studio Hibari)
- Monster Strike: Mermaid Rhapsody (2016, animated by Studio Hibari)
- Monster Strike: An Encore of Continuance- Pandora's Box (2016, animated by Studio Hibari)
- Monster Strike: Rain of Memories (2016, animated by Connect){{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=in5imBxMIfY|title= 映画公開スペシャル「レイン・オブ・メモリーズ」【モンストアニメ公式】|publisher= アニメ モンスターストライク公式 (Monster Strike Official YouTube)|date= December 3, 2016|access-date= September 14, 2018}}
- Monster Strike The Movie (2016, animated by Liden Films)
References
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External links
- [http://uspi.jp/ Ultra Super Pictures] (official) {{in lang|ja}}
- {{Anime News Network|company|10352}}
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