Asread

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}{{Short description|Japanese animation studio}}

{{Infobox company

| name = Asread

| logo = Asread logo.png

| type = Kabushiki-gaisha

| foundation = November 2003

| founder = Kiyonori Hiramatsu

| location_city = Tokyo

| location_country = Japan

| locations =

| key_people = Kiyonori Hiramatsu (CEO){{Cite web|url=http://www.production-ig.co.jp/xebec/kaizoku/m-xebec17/m-x17sub02.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050307220803/http://www.production-ig.co.jp/xebec/kaizoku/m-xebec17/m-x17sub02.htm|script-title=ja:XEBEC大辞典|trans-title=XEBEC Dictionary|archive-date=March 7, 2005|website= Production I.G|access-date= May 21, 2024}}

| industry = Japanese animation

| equity= 2 million yen

| num_employees = 23{{efn|13 animators, 7 producers, and 3 painters.}}

| divisions =

| homepage = {{URL|http://www.asread.net/}}

}}

{{Nihongo|Asread Co., Ltd|株式会社アスリード|Kabushiki-gaisha Asurīdo}} stylized as asread. is a Japanese animation studio established in November 2003 by ex-Xebec members.{{cite web|url= http://www.asread.net/about.html|title= Information|access-date= 16 May 2014|work= www.asread.net|language= ja|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150725064334/http://www.asread.net/about.html|archive-date= 25 July 2015|url-status= dead}}

Works

=Television works=

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
scope="col" class="unsortable" width=10 | Year

! scope="col" | Title

! scope="col" | Director(s)

! scope="col" | Animation producer(s)

! scope="col" | Source

! scope="col" | {{abbr|Eps.|Episodes}}

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Refs.|References}}

scope="row" | 2005–2006

|Shuffle!

|style=text-align:center |Naoto Hosoda

|style=text-align:center |Kiyonori Hiramatsu

|rowspan="2"|Visual novel

|24

|

scope="row" | 2007

|Shuffle! Memories

|style=text-align:center |Naoto Hosoda

|style=text-align:center |Kiyonori Hiramatsu

|12

|

scope="row" rowspan="2"| 2008

|Minami-ke: Okawari

|style=text-align:center |Naoto Hosoda

|style=text-align:center |Kiyonori Hiramatsu

|Manga

|13

|

Ga-Rei: Zero (co-animated with AIC Spirits)

|style=text-align:center |Ei Aoki

|style=text-align:center |Kiyonori Hiramatsu
Yoshiyuki Matsuzaki

|Manga

|12

|

scope="row" | 2009

|Minami-ke: Okaeri

|style=text-align:center |Kei Oikawa

|style=text-align:center |Kiyonori Hiramatsu

|Manga

|13

|

scope="row" | 2011–2012

|Future Diary

|style=text-align:center |Naoto Hosoda

|style=text-align:center |Kiyonori Hiramatsu

|Manga

|26

|

scope="row" | 2013

|I Couldn't Become a Hero, So I Reluctantly Decided to Get a Job

|style=text-align:center |Kinji Yoshimoto

|style=text-align:center |Kiyonori Hiramatsu

|Light novel

|12

|

scope="row" | 2016

|Big Order

|style=text-align:center |Nobuharu Kamanaka

|style=text-align:center |Kiyonori Hiramatsu

|Manga

|10

|

scope="row" | 2018

|Lord of Vermilion: The Crimson King
(co-animated with Tear Studio)

|style=text-align:center |Eiji Suganuma
Satoshi Takafuji

|style=text-align:center |Hiroshi Kudou

|Card game

|12

|

scope="row" | 2019

|Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest
(co-animated with White Fox)

|style=text-align:center |Kinji Yoshimoto

|style=text-align:center |Kiyonori Hiramatsu

|Light novel

|13

|

scope="row" | 2021

|Mother of the Goddess' Dormitory

|style=text-align:center |Shunsuke Nakashige

|style=text-align:center |Kiyonori Hiramatsu

|Manga

|10

|

scope="row" | 2022

|Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest 2nd Season
(co-animated with Studio Mother)

|style=text-align:center |Akira Iwanaga

|style=text-align:center |Kiyonori Hiramatsu

|Light novel

|12

|

scope="row" | 2024

|Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest 3rd Season

|style=text-align:center |Akira Iwanaga

|style=text-align:center |Kiyonori Hiramatsu

|Light novel

|16

|{{cite web|title=Arifureta - From Commonplace to World's Strongest Season 3 Reveals October 14 Debut|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-08-11/arifureta-from-commonplace-to-world-strongest-season-3-reveals-october-14-debut/.214172|website=Anime News Network|access-date=August 11, 2024|date=August 11, 2024}}

=OVA/ONAs=

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
scope="col" class="unsortable" width=10 | Year

! scope="col" | Title

! scope="col" | Director(s)

! scope="col" | Animation producer(s)

! scope="col" | Source

! scope="col" | {{abbr|Eps.|Episodes}}

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Refs.|References}}

scope="row" | 2009

|Minami-ke: Betsubara

|style=text-align:center |Kei Oikawa

|style=text-align:center |Kiyonori Hiramatsu

|Manga

|1

|

scope="row" | 2011

|Busō Chūgakusei: Basket Army

|style=text-align:center |Romanov Higa

|style=text-align:center |Kiyonori Hiramatsu
Keiko Nashimoto
Atsushi Masaoka

|Original work

|5

|

scope="row" | 2012

|Corpse Party: Missing Footage

|style=text-align:center |Akira Iwanaga

|{{N/A}}

|rowspan="2"|Video game

|1

|

scope="row" rowspan="2"| 2013

|Corpse Party: Tortured Souls

|style=text-align:center |Akira Iwanaga

|{{N/A}}

|4

|

Future Diary: Redial

|style=text-align:center |Naoto Hosoda

|style=text-align:center |Kiyonori Hiramatsu

|Manga

|1

|

scope="row" | 2014

|I Couldn't Become a Hero, So I Reluctantly Decided to Get a Job

|style=text-align:center |Kinji Yoshimoto

|style=text-align:center |Kiyonori Hiramatsu

|Light novel

|1

|

scope="row" | 2015

|Big Order

|style=text-align:center |Nobuharu Kamanaka

|style=text-align:center |Kiyonori Hiramatsu

|Manga

|1

|

scope="row" | 2019–2022

|Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest
(co-animated with White Fox (#1–2) and Studio Mother (#3–4))

|style=text-align:center |Kinji Yoshimoto {{small|(#1–2)}}
Akira Iwanaga {{small|(#3–4)}}

|style=text-align:center |Kiyonori Hiramatsu

|Light novel

|4

|

Notable staff

=Representative staff=

  • Kiyonori Hiramatsu (founder and president)

=Animators=

  • {{ill|Hidetsugu Hirayama|ja|平山英嗣}} (2005~present)

Notes

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References

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