Palm Studio

{{Infobox company

| name = Palm Studio

| logo =

| image =

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| native_name = 有限会社パルムスタジオ

| native_name_lang = ja

| romanized_name = Yūgen-gaisha Parumu Sutaijo

| type = Yūgen gaisha

| industry = Japanese animation

| predecessor = Triangle Staff

| successor =

| founded = {{start date|1999|3|}}

| founder = Katsumi Yamaguchi

| defunct = {{end date and age|2007}}

| hq_location =

| hq_location_city = Suginami, Tokyo

| hq_location_country = Japan

}}

{{nihongo|Palm Co., Ltd.|有限会社パルムスタジオ|Yūgen-gaisha Parumu Sutaijo|lead=yes}} was a Japanese animation studio located in Suginami, Tokyo.{{cite web | url=http://www.palm-net.co.jp/palm_Folder/contentsFiles/campany.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021211195534/http://www.palm-net.co.jp/palm_Folder/contentsFiles/campany.html | archive-date=December 11, 2002 | title=Company | publisher=Palm Studio | access-date=May 24, 2015}}

History

The studio was founded in March 1999 by Triangle Staff former member Katsumi Yamaguchi{{citation needed|date=May 2015}} and its first production was the film A Tree of Palme in 2001.{{cite book |author1=Clements, Jonathan |author2=McCarthy, Helen | title=The Anime Encyclopedia, 3rd Revised Edition: A Century of Japanese Animation | page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=E03KBgAAQBAJ&pg=PT3232 3223] | year=2015 | publisher=Stone Bridge Press | isbn=9781611729092}} Directed by Takashi Nakamura, the film was an official selection of the 2002 Berlin Film Festival.{{cite web | url=https://www.berlinale.de/de/archiv/jahresarchive/2002/02_programm_2002/02_Programm_2002.html | title=Programm 2002 | publisher=Berlin Film Festival | access-date=May 24, 2015 | language=de}} After having minor roles in 2002 TV series Saikano and Monkey Typhoon,{{citation needed|date=May 2015}} Palm was the main studio under the production of Tetsujin 28-go and Genshiken, both in 2004.{{cite web | url=http://www.tetsujin28.tv/staff_cast.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040604044307/http://www.tetsujin28.tv/staff_cast.html | archive-date=June 4, 2004 | title=Staff & Cast | publisher=Tetsujin 28-go official website | access-date=May 24, 2015 | language=ja}}{{cite web | url=http://www.fandompost.com/2014/12/23/ten-years-later-genshiken-anime-series/ | title=Ten Years Later: Genshiken Anime Series | date=December 23, 2014 | author=Smith, G.B. | publisher=The Fandom Post | access-date=May 24, 2015}} The studio produced Genshiken spin-off OVA series Kujibiki Unbalance.{{cite web | url=http://www.kujian.info/staff.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040706095550/http://www.kujian.info/staff.html | archive-date=July 6, 2004 | title=Staff & Cast | publisher=Kujibiki Unbalance official website | access-date=May 24, 2015 | url-status=usurped | language=ja}} In 2006 it was the animation studio responsible for the TV version of Bartender.{{cite web | url=https://www.fujitv.co.jp/b_hp/bartender/ | script-title=ja:バーテンダー - フジテレビ | publisher=Fuji TV | access-date=July 5, 2014 | language=ja}} In 2007 it co-produced the TV series Master of Epic: The Animation Age with Gonzo and animated the film Tetsujin 28-go: Hakuchū no Zangetsu.{{cite web | url=http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/moetaa/ | title=Staff • Cast | publisher=TV Tokyo | access-date=May 25, 2015 | language=ja | archive-date=September 12, 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110912011942/http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/moetaa/ | url-status=dead }}{{cite web | url=http://www.tetsujin28-movie.com/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071227205142/http://www.tetsujin28-movie.com/ | archive-date=December 27, 2007 | title=Tetsujin 28-go the Movie | publisher=tetsujin28-movie.com | access-date=May 25, 2015 | language=ja}}

Works

=Television series=

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Debut ! Series title ! Director ! Series composition ! Music ! No. of episodes ! Original network ! Notes
2004 \| Tetsujin 28-go \| colspan="2"\| Yasuhiro Imagawa \| Akira Senju \| 26 \| TXN \|
2004 \| Genshiken \| Takashi Ikehata \| Michiko Yokote \| Masanori Takumi \| 12 \| CTC \|
2006 \| Bartender \| Masaki Watanabe \| Yasuhiro Imagawa \| Kaoruko Ōtake \| 11 \| Fuji TV \|
2007 \| Master of Epic: The Animation Age \| colspan="2"\| Tetsuya Endō \| For-Ever \| 12 \| TXN \| Co-produced with Gonzo.

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Debut

! Series title

! Director

! Series composition

! Music

! No. of episodes

! Original network

! Notes

2004

| Tetsujin 28-go

| colspan="2"| Yasuhiro Imagawa